The VIP Visits the Aquarium

The VIP weeks at school have been such a great way to give some individual attention to S&Z. It can be hard to have your own spotlight as a twin, so I have loved seeing each of them shine on their own (although the other kid is never far away!). I had reserved some museum passes from the library last month and it just so happened that the Science Museum passes coincided with the Friday of Zoe's VIP week and the Aquarium passes were reserved for the Friday of Silas' VIP week. All of us have been excited to visit Aquarium and today was finally the day!

It was COLD along the Harbor this morning, but the kids were so excited to see the water!

We were welcomed at the entrance of the Aquarium by the sea lions. The kids were so funny, I had to shoot a little video.

We headed straight to the touch tanks once we got inside.

We spent some time with the jellyfish, which is one of my favorite exhibits.

And we got up close to one of the turtles.

The Aquarium is currently undergoing major construction so unfortunately the penguins are on "vacation" until July 2013. Instead we checked out the sea turtles and large sea rays who have taken up residence in the penguin area.

And then we visited the only penguins who are sticking around during the construction.

We spent the rest of our time checking out the multitude of tank exhibits. As you will notice, Zoe stayed closer to me and Silas was off with Derek so I have more pictures of Zoe...

The Aquarium was started to get packed with kids on field trips, so we headed across the street to Legal Seafood for Silas' VIP lunch.

What an awesome day. I think Zoe & Silas would agree...

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