Sunday, April 19, 2009
Aquarium and Botanical Gardens
Today was a beautiful day so we decided to go to the Rio Grande Aquarium and Botanical Gardens. I love this place! The aquarium has a ray tank, huge shark tank, and jellyfish section among others. They even have an outdoor area with pelicans! Recently they added a section where the kids can actually "pet" the rays - Aurora thought that was great! Alex isn't very brave so he gave me a firm "no way" - but he is obsessed with sharks right now and LOVED the shark tank! The botanical garden side has electric trains, ducks/geese, and a children's garden with a dragon, giant vegetables (including the pumpkin in the picture), and tons of other fun. They also have a butterfly house but it is only open during the summer. Here are some pictures/video from the day.
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5 comments:
oh how fun!! great minds think alike :)
That looks like so much fun :-) We have no aquairum
What a fantastic day!!! Isn't it great how children can just be so amazed at watching the fish. You could almost hear the thoughts running through their heads!!!
I miss not having something like that close by. Looks like a fun time was had by all!
What a cool place! I love the huge pumpkin! Did it smell like one too?
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