We took the boys to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. We were in need of a little time away and we had a great time. Hayden loved seeing all of the animals, especially all of the ones with tails (story to follow). He had a few huge gasps as we passed animals that he liked, but was especially excited to see "Nemo", the alligators, and the sharks in the underwater tunnel. {We were all in awe of the underwater tunnel.} It was a great time to go, since admission for Hayden is free for a few more weeks.
Funny Stories from our trip...
1. Randomly, Hayden asked me on Wednesday before we left: "Mom, you got a tail"? I was a little concerned where the question had come from, so after verifying, he assured me that is what he asked. I told him no, and that only animals had tails. He then asked, "Does Dad have tail"? I said no, Dad was a person, and therefore didn't have a tail. We continued to have a lengthy discussion about who were people and what were considered animals. There were a few exceptions (monkeys & apes, thanks to the Veggie Tales for pointing that out) but we hoped to avoid those. So, we were excited to see tails on the animals at the aquarium.
2. We put Hayden to bed the night before we went to the aquarium and alluded to the trip to Atlanta the next day, saying we were taking a "road trip". He woke Josh up the next morning at 4:00am asking if it was time to go yet. After riding in the car for a while and still not knowing where we were going, he asked, "Dad, we go to Africa today"? (He's been talking about Africa & looking at our pictures lately.) After we controlled our laughter, we said no. He retorted, "Maybe later"? Well, maybe someday....
The largest manta ray in the US
Beluga Whales
The Fish School as you enter the aquarium
Hudson enjoying the underwater tunnel
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