Aquarium

The day after we arrived in Utah, Grammy and Grandpa surprised Lily by taking her and Madeline (her cousin) to the Aquarium. 

We had been there before, but it was rather crowded. This time we felt as if we had the whole place to ourselves. We were able to spend ample time at each exhibit and really appreciate each enclosure. It was breathtaking to just sit and relax and watch fish!

Lily's favorite place was where "Dori" was. Every time Lily ran away or got bored of what we were looking at, she'd sneak on over and watch Dori. Several times I just stood back and watched her wave and talk to Dori. It was so endearing and it made my heart melt that a little toddler could fall in love with a fish! From how much she loved watching Dori, I resolved that when "Finding Dori" comes out next Spring - I will have to take Lily on a Mommy/Daughter date to watch this movie. It gives me warm fuzzies just thinking about it!

With no one else at the Sting Ray station, I for sure thought that Lily would be trying to touch these creatures... but she remained true to character and felt more comfortable watching them from a distance and letting Madeline do all the touching.

And while the sharks weren't that cool...

... the sea turtle was a BIG hit! Lily waved to him everywhere he went.

I attempted to get some selfies with the sharks juxtaposed behind us. I failed. But I did notice that way behind me there is a meeting room with its curtains opened. How cool would it be to rent that room to have your company meetings? You could sit and watch the sharks swim on by... but on second thought, it might be too relaxing and the meeting wouldn't be entirely effective. 

I didn't get many pictures of Marco at the aquarium. It's probably because he was more interested in being held than looking at any fish.

While saying "Hello" to the penguins, Lily tripped and fell down and was not a happy camper about getting her picture taken or seeing penguins. All she wanted was to be held or walk around holding my hand. 

She got her wish and roped her Grandparents into holding her hand. My hands were busy because Marco had fallen asleep, so I was glad there was someone there to be my back-up. 

Every day for the next five days Lily asked if we could go again to see Dori. I think that she liked the Aquarium, how about you? My only wish was that there was an Aquarium, of this size, closer to where we lived so that we could take advantage of it and visit often. 

Thanks Grammy and Grandpa for such a fun morning at the Aquarium! We can't wait to go again!