Birthday Trip to the Aquarium

We decided to make a trip down to the aquarium the day after Paige's Birthday as a fun little family outing.  My parents and John and his family came along.  Before the aquarium we went out to eat at the Fish Hopper as is tradition.  I wish I had remembered to take a picture of my meal.  It was so pretty and delicious.  I always love any excuse to get seafood since Ryan hates it and I hardly ever get to eat it.  I ordered tuna and coconut shrimp, Ryan got a cheeseburger.

The kids always love going to aquariums and seeing aquatic life.  The octopus was out and swimming around, it was so cool!  It was too dark to get a good picture, though.  Here's Paige and Lucas checking out some sharks.

 And some other sea creatures.

 Here was our favorite part, the Splash Zone.  They dump water on this glass walled and ceiling-ed room to mimic waves.  The kids love watching the water splash down and around them.

 Okay, I guess more than just the kids love this part-we all loved it.

 Here's a video of the kids giggling during the waves.

And it's fun from the outside too.

Here's Paige and Lucas looking at a tank full of clownfish, you can kinda see Lucas in the top right corner.

There were some cute penguins there that were really funny and interacting with the kids through the glass, but I didn't get any pictures of it.  I'll have to get them from my dad some time.

Paige decided to take a rest in a big egg shell.

After the Aquarium we went to Ghirardeli to get ice cream.

Paige ate all the whipped cream off the top.

When we got back to the cars, my parents pulled out Paige's birthday present-a cute pink tricycle that she can reach the pedals on.  She loves it!

It was such a fun day!