fishy fieldtrip

this last week home from camp i have tried to spend a ton of time with the kids. if it sounds like i'm feeling baddly about missing the first one third of their summer planning camp and other activities, you're right. tuesday apey and i took our kids, plus natalie who's mom is at girl's camp this week, to the aquarium for some fishy fun. i was SHOCKED at how small the building was, i guess it's a "preview" exhibit for the good things yet to come. at first ethan was into this big "bruce" from finding nemo, but then he kept looking up at it all nervous like, i'm thinking it was just a little too life-like for comfort. the kids loved the sting rays, everyone but ethan anyway, and i was surprised at how people friendly they are. i'll be honest and say that every time my kids stuck their arms in the water i was thinking about steve erwin! ethan and ashton loved the fish aquariums that were sort of built into the floor, they could see everything right up close on their level which was great. ethan kept saying, "whoa nenny", translation: "whoa nelly", which rich says all the time. my personal favorite were these super cool jelly-fish that i wanted to bounce on like dory. the octopus, on the other hand, kind of grossed me out, ok really grossed me out. what would you do if you ran into one of these in the ocean? now you know why i don't scuby dive! yikes! by the end of the day, the kids were all feeling a little fishy, especially taylor and spencer who couldn't find enough reasons to make these faces.