Now that's a walrus!

After school today, I took Meredith, Sean & Flat Samantha to the aquarium. You know how much we love the aquarium. We totally pink puffy heart it. There is some maintenance & construction going on since it's the off-season, but we always have fun anyway. Today was no different. And.... it turned out to be the perfect day for it. The weather was absolutely perfect. 

First up was the big tank. We stopped & waved hello to our friendly rays and various fish. We looked for the moray eel, but I think he was sleeping today. Samantha was so excited that she could be that close to the fish. It was almost like she could swim with them. Boy was she in for a treat when we visited the sea cliffs exhibit underground. 

When we stopped to eat lunch someone exclaimed, "Look Flat Stanley!!!" Not many people have heard of the Flat family, but those that have get very excited about it. In fact it's the 2nd time this week someone has gotten very excited to see someone from the Flat family. 

After lunch we were off to the sharks. Now..... our shark tank isn't much right now, but the NY Aquarium is planning big things for the shark tank. And Meredith LOVES the sharks. 

After that it was off to the sea cliffs to visit with the walruses, seal lions & penguins. Samantha & Meredith watched as the walruses swam around & up to the glass. Meredith showed Samantha how to "tickle" the walrus as it went by. 

Next up were the sea lions. They were either having a really bitter debate or playing a game of tag today. Either way even I enjoyed watching them this time. 

Usually when we're at the aquarium, there are a TON of people and the octopus is hiding from the chaos. Today, though, she was out. There were hardly any people visiting today & those that were there were pretty laid back. She's so cool. 

Samantha thought the tentacles felt yucky. Meredith agreed. 

Penguins are exciting too. Especially since it was feeding time. How cool is Samantha that one of the handlers let her get up close & personal?

On our way out we even got to see some handlers doing some training with the sea lions we had just seen underneath. 

And of course the measure of how good a day it was...... if someone falls asleep in the car, it was an awesome day!