Carter's birthday was Sunday, and with bad weather in the forecast, we decided to take the kids to the Dallas World Aquarium and to eat lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse. We headed down there first thing in the morning and beat the crowd! A pretty big storm came though as we were inside, and it felt very authentic, like we actually were in the rain forest with all the loud thunder and rain slowly seeping in! Kinda cool. Of course, the kids enjoyed all the exhibits, and we loved watching their excitement over all of it!
This is what I get from Ella now when I ask her to smile for a picture. :/
There's a smile.
Love my babies.
Baby penguin. Ella loved all the babies. Pretty sure she is saying "awwwwww!"
Checking out the giant otter. He was very active and entertaining!
LOVE!
Oh, these two..... :)
Handsome boy on his 5th birthday! Hard to believe that's even possible.
Oh Ella
"Cheese!"
Sting rays "COOL!"
:)
That is one big crab!!
The octopus was moving all over the glass. The kids loved watching it's little suction cups move and stick.
Sharks!!
Ella looks a little unsure, ha!
A few pictures from Eric's cell phone..... again, Ella refuses to look at the camera! Little toot!
With the beluga whale
Watching the octopus
This shark just parked it on top of the tunnel and took a nap, HA!
Lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse in the trolley!
Mmmmmm.... spaghetti! (One of my cravings lately.... so, so good!!)
And a birthday canoli for the birthday boy!
Caught this silly girl dancing at lunch, made me smile!
When we got home, Carter opened some gifts from us, we had left over spaghetti for dinner, and birthday cake!!
Carter was not all that excited about his very practical gift from me..... cool/dry athletic clothes for t-ball practice.
Games!
And LEGOS!
Pretty girl playing with his new umbrella
Carter has spent the better part of the last 5 days enjoying all his new lego sets that he got from his friends at his party and us! We got him a little lego desk to help keep the pieces off the floor.... we'll see how that works!
Happy 5th birthday, sweet boy!! We love you!!
