A Trip to the Aquarium

On Martin Luther King Day, the kids didn't have school, so I took them to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey.  Paul was planning to go but he couldn't walk in the morning because his foot hurt too much.  I insisted he go to the doctor while I took the kids even though I was nervous to drive there on my own.  Sure enough, Paul had an infection in his foot.  Two days later he was in the hospital for the rest of the week.  Thankfully, the infection didn't travel to the bone and they were able to treat it with IV antibiotics.  Whew!  What a relief.   

The kids loved the aquarium.  They had a ton of touch tanks.  They were able to touch sharks, rays, crabs, lobsters, starfish, anenomes, jellyfish, shrimp, and more things that I can't remember.  The shark tunnel was awesome!  Each twist and turn in the aquarium brought us new things to explore.  My camera battery ran out halfway through the trip but it was a wonderful, educational activity for the kids. 

At the aquarium, looking at Philly from the New Jersey side of the Delaware River

Spencer, Caitlin, Rachel and Courtney with Philadelphia in the background

Kids with the Ben Franklin Bridge in the background

The kids loved watching the hippos swimming around

These jellyfish were huge!

Giant Crab

Sharks were awesome!

Horsing around!

Caitlin and Courtney called the pink fish "pinkalicious fish."

The rays glide through the water so fast that it's hard to get a picture of them!  They are beautiful, though.

Touching the sharks

Feeling the rays

Outside watching the seals

We got to see this one get fed!

We loved these little clown fish swimming among the anenomes