saturday, Gabe and I took Emily to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. She was hilarious in the car, dancing and singing along, stopping every now and again to say, "that way!" It was a beautiful, sunny day (if not a little hot). We had lunch at The Pike (shopping area next to the aquarium), walked around, and then went to the aquarium. There were so many exciting things for Emily to see/explore (even before we made it into the aquarium)... there were boats at the dock, there were pigeons, an escalator... it was all VERY exciting. :)
Emily, as she always does, won the heart of everyone at the aquarium. She said hi to everyone - even the man sleeping on the bench waiting for his family to get moving (Johnny Johnson, anyone?)
She loved running up to the glass (she could get right up to it) and saying, "Hi Fishies!" or "Wow!!! Look (at) That!"
There was so much excitment that it was hard to get her to hold still for a picture.
Uncle "Babe". We sat down on a bench for a snack and Gabe was out of her line of sight and she started to get worried. "Babe? Babe?? Babe!?" then he poked his head around so she could see him and it was as if she said, "ok. there you are."
After we had seen all the fishies, sharks, sting rays, seals, and sea lions, we stopped at the gift shop and told her she could get anything she wanted. She probably would've been happy with anything at the store and we made a few suggestions that seemed to be what she wanted, but she saw a book that called for her. Once she had that book in her hand, she could care less about all the other books, toys, stuffed animals - you name it. she was even reluctant to give it to the cashier to pay for it.
It was a fun-filled day. We all had a blast.
Thanks Mike and Janica for letting us take her!!
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