Yesterday, our big event of the day was a trip to an aquarium called Atlantis. We've been there before with Elizabeth, but she was too young to remember. Elizabeth enjoyed it, but she was in no mood to linger, moving swiftly from exhibit to exhibit. Even the snow monkeys (yeah, snow monkeys at an aquarium) held her attention for only a little while. This short attention span worked to our advantage, as we got to see most of the exhibits in a reasonable amount of time.
In the picture above, Elizabeth is chilling near the reptile bones. She likes bones.
Below, you can see the family attempting to touch the skates or rays (I think they're skates). These fish are incredibly friendly! They swim up to you and poke their... snouts, or faces, or fronts, or whatever out of the water in order to get a pat. They really seem to enjoy being touched by countless kids and a handful of adults. Elizabeth kept making excuses for why she hadn't touched one yet ("It was too fast," "It was too deep," etc.) but eventually by accident one swam against her timidly outstretched hand and she shrieked in horror and delight and, of course, was very proud of the fact that she had touched one. Her verdict? "It was slimy!"
Indeed.
After Atlantis, the whole family, including Frank and Bev, went out to dinner at J&R's, a favorite. Grandpa continued his losing streak with drink orders by asking for a Dewar's and soda (regular enough) and receiving a Dewar's and 7-Up (huh?), which he promptly sent back.
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