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Monday, February 25, 2013

Snow Day Surprise and a Tropical Escape

Well maybe I need to schedule more posts about the winter blahs. You see I had scheduled Fridays post ahead of time, so I had no idea that a snow day was in my future. Thanks to an ice storm Friday morning, I got my snow day. It was actually perfect timing, since we had conferences the night before and I got a touch of the stomach bug. So I have had some extra time to recover and recharge.

So since I have been battling the winter blahs this year, I have spent time trying to find some weekend escapes to have something to look forward to. Lucky for Logan, I found out the Newport Aquarium is having free admission for kids for the month of February. The weekend before Valentine's Day we headed south for some tropical fun. We had fun looking at all the tropical fish, a giant crocodile and lots of sharks.  Afterwards we stopped for ice cream on the way home. It was the perfect escape and thanks to a great deal, a cheap one too.

Checking out how sea turtles hatch

Help-A Shark is eating my hand!
Checking out Mighty Mike the 14 foot crocodile

Watching the scuba divers in the shark tank

I think he has a little growing to do before I reaches Mighty Mike

Taking a ride on a frog
Life Size Frogger

Watching the sharks

You could look through this tube down into the shark tank

The highlight was getting to pet a shark


6 comments:

Musings from Kim K. said...

What a fantastic aquarium! Josie and Logan would have such fun together!! Are you expected to get any of this storm that is headed our way on Tuesday?

Jboo said...

Wow -- that is such a cool aquarium!! Funny coincidence --hmmm-- am thinking you did some praying for that snow day! :)

Happy Monday!

Laurie said...

Fun!! I love how wet his shirt is in that last picture. Obviously he really got into the experience. So cute!

Tutus and Choo-Choos said...

Looks like a fun trip! My kids were disappointed about not having a snow day on Friday, but they did get a two hour late start. We received 7 inches of snow, but the wind didn't blow as predicted, therefore we went to school. Hoping that we get a few more inches of snow out of the next storm coming on Tuesday. Have a great week!

Jodee said...

What a fun outing! Cute pictures!

Hurry up, spring!

Heather Landry said...

I adore that last photo! He just looks so thrilled with the entire experience. That alligator is CRAZY big!