The Aquarium

On Sunday Aunt Betty and I took the kids to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden. John led the way. He loves reading a map.

We walked through the shipwreck exhibits. And we stopped at an amphitheater. The seats faced a huge tank and we could see a few turtles and sharks. We stopped to watch the turtles and ended up staying to watch a show with some divers. 

 

We checked out the sharks. 

And then John announced "We are going to touch a shark!" There was a touch tank. Gillian immediately said "No way." Aunt Betty tried to get out of it too, but John convinced her to try it. 

They leaned in the tank and touched the shark. And then John said "Let's do it again!" Since convincing Aunt Betty was not enough, John also got me to touch a shark!

But we weren't done yet. There was the stingray tank next. 

After the stingrays, we headed outside to see the penguins. It was feeding time and it was very crowded. We didn't stay long, which made Gillian very unhappy. I promised to bring her back. 

We headed upstairs to the kid zone. 

We checked out the hippos. The kids hated it in there. Gillian said "Why is it so stinky!" John said "I'm going to have shower after are done." 

We ended up in the gift shop where John picked out a new stuffed turtle and Gillian picked a stuffed penguin. We went back outside to see the penguins. It was empty and Gillian got to show the penguins her new friend. 

 

The kids also got to ride on the big slide that was outside. 

 

We had an awesome trip to the aquarium!

Penguin visit

Today the penguins from Jenkinson's Aquarium visited Gillian's school.  They visit every year.  Check out some of my previous posts about the penguin visit:  1) 2011 Penguins & Toothbrushes, 2) 2011 Yoshi & Checkers and 3) 2013 Penguins. 

I picked up Gillian from school today. In her cubby was an adorable picture of a penguin. When I saw her I said "I love your penguin! He's so cute!" She said "It's a girl. And a real penguin came to school today! He didn't like his cage. And and....and..." And her teacher interrupted, and said "He was new. He doesn't like his cage and he followed the trainer around the room. He was so cute." 

In the car on our way to get John, Gillian told me more. "They use their beaks when their hair gets crazy! But they don't gots no hair!" I asked "Did you get to pet him?" She said "No! Cause he would bite me!" I asked "So what else to penguins eat besides little girls?" She laughed at me and said "He doesn't eat people! Thems eat fish. And some other stuff. But the boy only likes fish! And him's didn't like his cage. He would put his wings up when he had to go in!" 

When we got home, she posed with her penguin. She decided "Hers a girl. And her name is Sparkle!"

Penguins

I was talking to Gillian tonight.  I asked her if she knew who was coming to school tomorrow.  She said "You?"  I wish I was going to visit her school tomorrow, but I told her no.  And then I told her that the penguins were coming to visit.  Every year, TLC has the penguins from the Jenkinson's aquarium come visit the school.  Check out my first post about John and the Penguins.  It's amazing to see how much they have grown in the past two years!

Anyway, I told Gillian that the penguins were coming to visit school.  She smiled and told me "I'm going to hug them!  But I not going to kiss them!"  I asked her why she wasn't going to kiss the penguins.  She told me "Then they turn to frogs!"