Monterey Bay Aquarium

We recently got some free tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and they expire on Monday. So, this morning we packed a lunch, hopped in the car, picked up our friends Josh and Becca and headed off for a morning of fun.


Uncle Josh


Auntie Becca


If you look carefully at this picture you can see that we debuted our child-leash! We've had it since September, but never used it. I can't actually remember why we bought it, but it sure was nice to have today. Abby is a total wanderer, so the leash made it more fun for all of us!

One of the first things that we did was visit the jellyfish. I thought the girls might be a little nervous because it's dark and there are lots of strange creatures, but they loved it.




We also went to the Outer Bay exhibit and watched them feed the gigantic tuna. One of them was so big that Becca and I were sure it could probably feed all the starving people in India!


I think this is a life-size cut-out of a tuna. The biggest ones were bigger than this!

I think my favorite part was the penguins. Not because they were so cute (although they were) but because the girls kept YELLING at them to get in the water. I thought it was hilarious. Abby and Haley were getting really frustrated that the penguins weren't following directions!


Sitting in a penguin egg (I'm assuming this was larger than life-size)

When we felt like we were getting dangerously close to melt-down time, we went outside to enjoy our lunch.


We had a picnic (minus a blanket and basket) on some benches that faced the ocean.


What a fun morning it was!