But first, to calm her down from finding out we couldn't go to the amusement park, we led her to her big present from us...a grocery stand and shopping cart!!
Lily of course loved them, as we knew she would! She started playing right away, forgetting ll about the amusement park (well..not really...but at least she was happy!)On our way to the aquarium, we stopped at the SoNo Brewhouse for a breakfast brunch! We all had a wonderful time at breakfast, feasting on waffles, eggs benedict, lobster stew, bacon, and bagels with lox. (Well, Lily feasted on fruit, muffins, and bagels with cream cheese!) It was a wonderful breakfast! And for the first time we took Ella and Violet out of their car seats to join us at the table!
They made things interesting at the table, with them reacting for everything in their sight!
And Lily was particularly loopy with it being her birthday and all! We let it slide though (She wasn't to bad really...just fidgety!)
Ella the thumb sucker?
Lily had fun playing with all the condiments! This place just just stunning too! So much to look at!
We then made our way to the aquarium, which we discovered was packed with people! There was a line all the way out the building and around the corner to get in! We almost turned around and left to find something else to do...but decided to stick it out. It may have been a bad decision on our part...but Lily had fun!
Once inside, we made our way over to the seals. There was a break in the rain, so we were able to check them out from the outside, where there weren't as many people!
This Little girls name was Lily too! We met a lot of Lily's today!
The girls checking out the Seals:
Then we headed to check out the penguins!
Inside we found some turtles:
And a big sea turtle! Lily loved this guy:
And we all enjoyed the jelly fish!
They are so pretty (behind glass!)
We then checked out some tropical fish. It drives me crazy when kids these days refer to this fish as "Dory" from Finding Nemo...but alas I don't know the proper name of this fish! It still drives me crazy!
At least Lily isn't one of those kids calling clown fish "Nemo". She was telling everyone (and I do mean everyone) in the area "That's not Nemo! That's Nemo clown fish! That's his home (points to the anemone) It stings! (but it sounds like she says stinks!) I love that she was listening to me and learned that they are called clown fish...and that she needed to inform everyone his proper name! (This little girls name was Lily too btw! Haha!) This whole moment was my favorite part of the day!
We then went to check out the sharks!
And then Lily found her favorite...the touch tank!
Touching the whelk snail inside a whelk:
Touching star fish:
After wondering around a bit seeing some other displays, we found a play area for younger kids! Lily had a lot of fun in this area collecting fish and building herself a kitchen!
We also found a hippo to play on!
We then found a boat play scape! Lily had fun driving the boat! (and did a very good job at waiting for her turn if I do say so myself!)
And then there was this food display (all about the correct fish to eat to be environmentally sound) Lily had fun pretending to eat everything!
The girls passed out of course:
Before we left, we found the Meerkat display. There was a bubble you could go inside that put you right in the middle of the display! Very neat! (And also very scary for Mommy when it got filled with about 20 children, and Lily got stuck and couldn't get out!)
Lily loved it though!
She loved it so much that she cried the whole way to the car when I finally got her out! All in all we had a fun day! It was very crowded, and I don't feel this aquarium managed the crowds very well...but it was a nice little aquarium with some nice displays! Lily had a fun time, and that's all that matters!
At home that night we pulled out the rest of Lily's presents!
Elmo in Grouch Land:
A baby doll carrier that is just like Mommy's (Really, it is! Made by Ergo baby just like my carrier! Wonderful products!)
And play fruit and ice cream to go with her new shopping cart!
We opened those while on skype with Nanie and Papa! It was nice they got to join in some of her birthday celebration!
And lastly, we finished the night with cake for dinner! (We were all still full from brunch...no need for dinner too!) This was my practice cake for her party next weekend! I think it came out pretty well...and it was definitely delicious!
I hope Lily had a wonderful 3rd birthday! I still can't believe she is 3 already! To me she will always be a little baby. It's hard watching her grow up so fast, but I hope we are giving her lots of fun memories to look back on when she's even older! Love you baby girl! Happy Birthday!
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