Downtown Aquarium

The Downtown Aquarium offered Two-for-One Adventure Passes on Tuesdays in June, so we went with some friends and had a great time!

This boat with the bayou background is near the beginning of the aquarium exhibit.

Lily and Dylan both stood on the barrels in front of the coral reef.

I think I have at least one more picture of Lily in this bubble thing, from when she was littler.  I'll have to try to find it to compare!

Ande and Dylan

Katie, Ande, and Gideon

Shark Voyage Train Ride

Lily was listening intently to the shark story on the speaker and looking in the water for the shark that had gone missing.  I knew what was coming, so I held onto the back of her dress...  I didn't want her to literally jump right out of her seat and end up in the water!

She was COMPLETELY startled by the shark jumping out of the water right in front of her, and it was so adorable to watch her realizing what had happened and see what a good sport she was. 

We went back through the aquarium exhibit for the tigers' enrichment time, which on this day was really just feeding time.  We watched one of the white tigers eat raw chicken.

We also rode the carousel and ferris wheel, had a picnic lunch, and the kids had a blast playing in the splash pad spray park.  It was a great day at the aquarium!