Today we ventured out to the Mall of America and went to Underwater Adventures. This past Christmas the girls received (from their grandparents) a gift certificate here. So, we put it to good use today. Daddy was able to join us for part of this outing, which was a pleasant surprise. We also met up with another family (you'll see them in a few pictures) from church. So, the girls were able to visit with friends a bit.
The aquarium is small compared to the Chattanooga or Atlanta aquariums, but you would be amazed at the size of it considering it's location (lowest level of the Mall of America).
The girls liked this guy!
I explained it this way to the girls, "They're like hallways made of glass and we will be able to look all around and see fish swimming."
This guy was swimming right above our heads.
There were some aquariums with smaller sea life. Here's a seahorse. McKenna was fascinated by these. Notice they cling to the plant life.
This seahorse was in a different aquarium, but I thought the shot was great! You'll notice a few brightly colored Easter eggs in a few of these pictures. Remember, Easter is a week away.
YUK! This is probably the most grotesque creature I saw there. What is it? Who can tell me? Come on, leave your guess in the comment section!
Shark's Cove was the preferred "hallway" by all. McKenna was very interested in reading about the fish and finding each one in the aquarium.
Here are some of the kids in the life size shark cage. I explained that divers stay in the cage under the water to study the sharks. Ella couldn't wrap her brain around that. "Why?" she kept asking.
Levi is touching a starfish! McKenna decided only to watch.
The "G" family!
The girls managed to find some sunken treasure while we were there. Ella liked this.
Ella didn't know what to think of this guy. I was a bit unsure myself. McKenna was happy to pose for the camera, though.
We also visited the American Girl store. Here are a few of the girls favorites.
This one is Ella's favorite.
After the mall we headed over to IKEA to check out some furniture that we are thinking about acquiring. Ikea is a fairly "kid friendly" furniture store. But, it isn't as "wallet friendly" as I remember it being. I was a little disappointed.
The girls liked this little chair. The canopy came down and it swiveled.
We thought this round bed was fun. We were looking at for 2 pieces of furniture. The shelving unit you saw above and day beds for Ella. The shelving unit might be doable. But, we will find a bed at a different store. Ella wants this gigantic round bed! I told her it wouldn't fit.
3 comments:
Looks like everyone had a grand time!
That "thing" looks like an octopus from what I can see.
several comments from cioci lynda, in one post:
I think that creature looks like an octupus...not sure though.
Bethany has that same Ikea shelf in her room, in black...wish we had an ikea here :(
that swivel chair is the same chair in the daniel cook show on pbs, except his is red.
my goodness - how does one make a round bed?
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