J + Mommy Date Day

I'd been wanting to take Jackson to the Seattle Aquarium for awhile now, but figured it would be crowded on the weekends, and with limited time between when it opens and when we'd need to be en route home for nap time, crowds would make it tough.  So, I took today off yesterday so he and I could spend the day together and hit up the aquarium.

Overall, he enjoyed our trip.  His favorite parts were feeling the star fish in the tide pools, hitting the automatic door opener on the door into the family activity center, and playing with the NASA TV screens.  Yes, my kid may have been slightly more impressed in the electronics/gadgets the aquarium had to offer, than the sea animals.  But, he was happy, and that's what matters.

In order to get him away from the TVs, I told him that we could go look for a present in the gift shop.  Poor kid - he walked in and wanted to walk right back out when he didn't see any wrapped gifts.  I quickly explained that it meant he could pick a toy out to take home as a present for being a good boy.  He settled on three - a book, a light-up sea cucumber, and a bubble gun, all of which he was very excited about.

After we left, we stopped by Corey's off to see daddy at work before we headed home for nap time.  We both got in a nice, long nap and then wrapped up our day playing outside, waiting for daddy to get home.

It was so much fun to have a day with my boy, and I'm looking forward to our weekend trip to Yakima together this weekend.

 

 

 

He is working on his model pose here.

 

This is how you play with chalk when it's raining.

 

Testing out the new bubble gun