An afternoon at the Aquarium

Saturday, we loaded up the kids and went to the Aquarium. As soon as we walked into the building, Cody yells, "WOW!" and everybody turned and looked. He then started pointing at the big tank ahead saying, "Fish! Fish! Fish!" I just looked at those folks who were watching us and said "First timer." Although we had actually taken Cody to the Aquarium about a year ago when he was just learning to walk and he was more interested in escaping from us than looking at anything. Here is a view of the Charleston Harbor from the Aquarium:

The kids started out in the double stroller, but after we got inside, Cody wanted to walk, run and sometimes be held....anything but sit down in a seat. Here is sweet Abby hanging out in the back seat taking it all in.

Because Abby was in the stroller, I had to take the elevator while Clay & Cody went up the escalator. By the time I made it to them, Cody was crying and had a mouth full of blood! Clay said that he had busted his lip on the playground....it was pretty gross. Other mommies were huddled around trying to see what was wrong and Clay had a baby wipe trying to clean up the carnage. (it wasn't too bad, but it was more than he's ever bled before!) Finally Cody gave me a hug and then stopped crying...he turned and ran right back to the slide. He's tough.

The rest of the visit was fun. Cody was in amazement of everything. (I love this age!) Every corner started with this phrase, " What's that?" And of course more expressive yells of "Fish! Fish! Fish!" were to be heard as we saw the great big tank that had the sharks in it. He saw a hawk, a crab and some other little things like frogs, salamanders and such.

Here is a picture of Cody with all of his new animal friends. : )