Atlanta Aquarium pt. 2 & other stuff…

Before I get to the rest of the aquarium pictures I want to show off the new bows I just made for Hailey.  I’m so glad Amber taught me how to do this :)

This one was for Patriot Day!

I made her a bunch of Halloween ones:

Spider

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween

Polka-Dots

And here is my first attempt at a burp cloth!

Now more aquarium pictures.  If you missed the last post click HERE.

Getting to feel the sting rays. Hailey was all about it, but Jack….you guessed it: Not so much!

 

This picture was taken right before we all looked away from her and she picked up a sea urchin!! You are NOT supposed to pick them up! ONLY two finger touch! We quickly got out of there :)

Jack and Ralston!

Giant Spider Crab!! This guy was Hailey’s FAVORITE! There were 4 beluga whales but this one was such a show-off!

See Hailey at the bottom left? She was memorized.

I think he liked her too!

Now she’s playing with him :) See it’s little smile?!?! We hit the jelly fish tank one more time before leaving…. see what she picked out from the gift shop! After leaving we hung out next to the World of Coke and got a little refreshments. Because the bottles were glass I kept telling them to stay on the grass! We wanted the get the most of our day in Atlanta so we started walking…… The Olympic Rings fountain was a HUGE hit!! We told them the idea was to NOT get wet (didn’t have any other clothes). Next time we’ll be more prepared so they can just go for it!! Off to the CNN Center.

The kids were so excited to see this inside CNN Center :)

We walked to dinner at Johnny Rockets.  It was such a cool little diner.

They gave everyone a nickel to play the little jukeboxes.  And check out the straw dispensers….big hit with my two!

The cooks and waiters got down and boogied for us!!

I think this picture pretty much sums up our day!!!!

Update on my mom...

As most of you know my mom was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer a couple of weeks ago. She was told that it is only on one side of the thyroid and in Stage 1. They usually don't catch it this early, but with all the stuff she's had done with her neck (bulging disc) they caught it :) She had an apt. yesterday with the surgeon and he said they are going to take the whole thing and then do a round of radiation. Her procedure will be on Oct. 9th. She really likes her surgeon and feels so good about his decision to just take the entire thyroid out. Please keep her in your prayers and I'll update any new news!

I stole this picture off Tabby's blog :) Thanks for taking it, I don't have many recent ones of just the two of them!!

Atlanta Aquarium pt.1

Since we celebrated Jack’s birthday a week early we had a ‘free day’ on his actual birthday. Daddy was off so we invited the Lesters to join us on a trip up to Atlanta to see the aquarium!

First stop: Jack really had to warm up to the HUGE tanks, dark hallways, fish bigger than him, etc….  Some weird squid like creature.

The jellies were so cool!  Loved taking pictures in that room.

I think we could have just stopped here and the kids would have been fine.  This tank was beautiful and we could have stared at it for hours. The waves that crashed on the top and the music could just put you in a slight coma.

A family picture! It’s a Christmas Miracle!!

My least most favorite thing in the world: I was scarred for life after watching JAWS when I was 5yrs old!Next exhibit was the Giant one! This manta ray is one of the newest to the aquarium. He was so cool and enormous!!    

There were 4 of these whale sharks! Probably the size of our van :) yet they have tiny throats and can only swallow the tiniest foods. I watched one swallow a fish and it came out it’s gills!!

Feeding time was a great. It came up from vents in the bottom of the tank. Our crew got seats front and center! Including Darren :) It’s Deepo!! Jack and Ralston shared a hug!

We got tickets to the little movie and it was so much fun!  The kids wanted to do it over again :) Not only was it 3D, but 4D!! Water sprayed on us, bubbles in the air, jellyfish tentacles coming down from the ceiling!! (that was freaky) They LOVED it!!

More to come!!!