After spending a long week working on the house and finishing up that big ol' project we were all ready for some fun! The kids had been such troopers that week and we decided to surprise them with a trip to the Oklahoma Aquarium on Monday.
We got up early and drove over for the day. It was a great and easy trip both way, for which I am so so thankful! The kids were pretty excited after seeing the website and hearing us talk about it.
Our first stop inside was the turtles. All three of them got a chance to feed the them. Sweet potato stips were the food of the day and I think those turtle loved them some sweet taters! They gobbled them up!
We explored the fish exhibit and held shrimp, crabs, and starfish. Then we headed toward the back to get near the shark exhibit. The aquarium feeds the sharks on Mondays and we wanted to get a good spot for this -- we were perfectly located in the middle of the shark tunnel. While we waited for this the kids got to pet stinkrays and baby sharks. This was their favorite thing by far, and mine too! We spent a good 20 minutes there with them taking turns touching the stingrays and sharks. We headed over to the other side of the exhibit and they fed the stingrays too -- very cool!
The aquarium was very hands-on with sea life around every corner for the kids to touch.
Our crazy kiddos. Oh how I love them! It's so fun to see things like this through their eyes and watch the wonder of it all.
After several hours in the aquarium we headed home via Fuddruckers for a burger. :) Great end to a great trip.
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We live about 2 minutes from the aquarium!!! The Dahl's came last week to the aquarium and I ran into them in Target. Small world.
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