Go Sharks!

Today is a rainy day. However, the kids club at the zoo was learning about sharks so there was no way we were going to miss out on that! (Emily is just mildly obsessed with sharks these days!) We just wore our raincoats and brought along an umbrella and headed out.

Showing their shark fins to the sharks

It turned out to be a really fun little morning! The kids enjoyed reading shark books and singing shark songs. They even got to make little shark-fins that strapped on like a backpack. We then proceeded over to the aquarium (of course) to visit the sharks! Today was "Navy" day and so there were members of the US Navy there and they had divers swimming around with the sharks. Emily said she wanted to do that too, but then she realized she'd have to put her face in the water and said maybe when she's bigger.

One of the Navy's exploratory robots

The Navy guys also had these exploratory robots out for display, moving around and all. Christian was fascinated, but a little scared just the same! He wouldn't get too close for a picture, even though he couldn't stop looking at them.

Just hangin' around!

After the aquarium, Christian wanted to see the snakes in the jungle so we made our way over there. We usually have a stroller and so we only do the top portion. Today, however, I knew we weren't going to be walking too far so I didn't bring a stroller. We ventured down to the lower portion and had a fun time "hiking" around and even got to see some fun little monkeys really close up!

We finished up the day in the Wild Kingdom Pavillion (more snakes, turtles, fish, etc...). It was nice to be able to take our time and see a few different things, especially since it wasn't crowded. I'm so glad the sharks got us out into the rain--go sharks!