More Sharks!

We took a spontaneous field trip today. Well, ok, it was planned last night, but that is as spontaneous as we get these days. Anyway, we went to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ for something new to do. We have been to the aquarium in Baltimore, so we decided to check this one out. While it wasn't as nice as the one in Baltimore, we still had fun and they had a few things that Baltimore does not. There were more interactive touch tanks (Camryn wanted nothing to do with those), some hippos, and a shark tunnel to walk through. Camryn was semi-interested in the various fish displays and was absolutely terrified of some of the bigger fish. She loved seeing Nemo (who doesn't?) and wanted to count the fish she liked (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 8, 10) in their tanks. Overall, she seemed to be enjoying herself. Since she was scared of a lot of the bigger fish, we assumed that she would have nothing to do with the sharks and the shark tunnel. Of course, yet again, we were wrong. She ran right up to the first shark window without any fear! From then on, she was mesmerized by all of the sharks swimming by. She would get so excited when one would get closer and she would yell, "here it comes!" When we went into the shark tunnel, she continued to watch for them and got excited every time one would swim by and say "more sharks!" Leave it to her to like the one fish in the entire place that would love to eat her!!! When we went to the gift shop, she ran right to the stuffed sharks and picked one out. She loves her new shark and he even took a nap with her when we got home! Oh, and mommy and daddy were glad to bring cheese steaks home from Jim's on South Street - yummy!!! Of course, I will try to post our pictures soon.

We have been enjoying absolutely beautiful weather here the past few days. Camryn loves being outside, so we have been spending time taking walks and playing in the back yard after school. On Thursday, we took her new bubbles out with us and I attempted to teach her to blow some bubbles. She tried really hard, but wound up putting the wand right up to her mouth and got a mouthful of soap. But, after a while, she started to get the hang of it. She was very proud of herself every time she managed to get a bubble out!!! We are just so glad that the weather is becoming nice and we can get outside. We are tired of being inside all of the time. Although, this nice weather makes me think that summer is coming sooner than it is. I can't wait!!!!