As Katie mentioned yesterday, last Sunday we took advantage of the buy-one-get-one free Boeing discount day and took the boys to the Seattle acquarium for the first time.  The boys didn’t know what to make of it, so I guess our weeks of preparation (watching Finding Nemo over and over again) was less than productive, but such is life.  We headed down after letting the boys run around in the morning, and they both took a quick cat nap on the way.  Nicholas of course woke up as we got on the off ramp, and Dexter awoke only when we got him out of his car seat.

Just after you walk in, there’s a huge floor-to-ceiling aquarium, and there were two divers in the tank giving it a good scrubbing.

After that, we went into a room with several displays, including the Jelly fish display.  Dexter loves PB&J sandwiches, but was horrified to learn how the jelly was made.

The boys ran from tank to tank, with all sorts of commentary (no, Nicholas – fish don’t roar like a lion – sorry, buddy)

Dexter found his favorite.  THIS ONE!

We headed outside to see the otters and seals, and then on to the next aquarium.  The next one was awesome – the whole room was surrounded by the aquarium, and the boys were glued to the glass.

And far more importantly than any enjoyable and educational experience, or family bonding, is that it let me learn what kind of pictures you can get with a good fast prime lens without flash in a dark setting.  I’m kind of impressed with it, though I wish the bloody camera would bump the ISO above 400 automatically when needed – I end up with all grainy shots, or randomly underexposed.  I guess there’s no winning.  Lots of whinning, of course, just no winning.

Katie already filled you in on the rest of the day.  Hope you liked the pictures,

-Joel