Leaning can be so fun...
Because our family does not celebrate Halloween, I kept the kids out of school for the day. We had made plans to go to a local aquarium because the girls each had received a free pass from the summer reading program at the library. We slept in late then headed downtown for a few hours of fun.
As we were walking to the entry gate, we noticed there was some type of IBM convention in town. They had an exhibit where the "globes" would "bounce" over your head as you walked by the wall. You could even touch the wall/globe and it would move.
After playing with the wall, we headed into the aquarium where we were each supplied with a cell phone type device. This device allowed you to key in the number of a specific exhibit and listen about what ever fish or sea animal was swimming in front of you, basically a self guided tour. I was not prepared to have all four kids on different numbers at any given time asking me different questions about what each one was listening too or having any of the four at any given time yelling "look over here mom". Nor was I expecting to be told "wait I am not finished listening" when I suggested going to the next tank. I really didn't need a the listening device, as I had my own personal tour guides directing me in four different directions.
All the kids thoroughly enjoyed listening about each and every creature swimming past us, over us or under us. I was surprised at how much each retained. Ask #4 about the blow fish...he now knows all about it. #2 was all about the jellyfish. #3 was about the stingrays. #1 was my helper so I would know where everyone was when I did my regular head count. They thought it was neat to see a real Dorey and Squidward. Wink had brought them mounted piranha back from his last fishing trip to the Amazon so they found it interesting to see live piranha.
In this post, I have used the word "each" several times. The word "each" was not important the last time I took the kids to the aquarium. They really don't remember it. I was able to hold the one listening device (does anyone know what this is called???) and tell the kids to "look at the pretty blue fish" and then easily direct them to the next tank. Not this time, it was odd because they were older. There were five of us there, each one with our own interest, each with our own "look at this fish" moment. I often think to myself "wow, 10 years ago these little people didn't even exist, and now I have a bunch of little people telling me their opinions." They are so fun!! But this reflective moment is for another post.
All in all, it was a fun day.
As we were walking to the entry gate, we noticed there was some type of IBM convention in town. They had an exhibit where the "globes" would "bounce" over your head as you walked by the wall. You could even touch the wall/globe and it would move.
After playing with the wall, we headed into the aquarium where we were each supplied with a cell phone type device. This device allowed you to key in the number of a specific exhibit and listen about what ever fish or sea animal was swimming in front of you, basically a self guided tour. I was not prepared to have all four kids on different numbers at any given time asking me different questions about what each one was listening too or having any of the four at any given time yelling "look over here mom". Nor was I expecting to be told "wait I am not finished listening" when I suggested going to the next tank. I really didn't need a the listening device, as I had my own personal tour guides directing me in four different directions.
All the kids thoroughly enjoyed listening about each and every creature swimming past us, over us or under us. I was surprised at how much each retained. Ask #4 about the blow fish...he now knows all about it. #2 was all about the jellyfish. #3 was about the stingrays. #1 was my helper so I would know where everyone was when I did my regular head count. They thought it was neat to see a real Dorey and Squidward. Wink had brought them mounted piranha back from his last fishing trip to the Amazon so they found it interesting to see live piranha.
In this post, I have used the word "each" several times. The word "each" was not important the last time I took the kids to the aquarium. They really don't remember it. I was able to hold the one listening device (does anyone know what this is called???) and tell the kids to "look at the pretty blue fish" and then easily direct them to the next tank. Not this time, it was odd because they were older. There were five of us there, each one with our own interest, each with our own "look at this fish" moment. I often think to myself "wow, 10 years ago these little people didn't even exist, and now I have a bunch of little people telling me their opinions." They are so fun!! But this reflective moment is for another post.
All in all, it was a fun day.
Labels: Outings
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I LOVE the stingray cages that are built so that you can touch them!!!! We went to Discovery Cove where Jake's sister works and got to touch and swim with dolphins, but I still found the stingrays more interesting and fun!
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