Aquarium Outing.

Yesterday I took a day off. Fiona had a last minute orthodontist appointment in the morning which meant that I needed to be home to watch the kiddies. We decided to hit up the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach after that. The last time Fiona and I went there was not too long after the grand opening back in 1998. One of the things that I remembered there was that we were only there for a little less then 2 hours. We were hoping that this time around the aquarium would have expanded and that our stay would be longer. We thought wrong. We arrived at at the aquarium at about 1:30pm. It took about 20 minutes to get our tickets because they only had one ticket booth opened. After the line got longer the staff members decided to open up another one. Still though, they took a freakin' long time. The place around there has certainly developed with an out-door plaza with a lot of restaurants. Natalie was the first one to start crying. When we hit our first tank she was in tears. As we got going and we occupied her with gold fish, she started to calm down. Then that was when Jadon started to act up. He started to get scared because the viewing areas were dark. Vanessa, on the otherhand, seem to enjoy herself. She was laughing at the sea lions and at some of the fish. Jadon got to touch his first shark (I'm not sure what type but it was a small one). I was able to touch a sting ray. Reminds me of sushi. Probably some of the cooler exhibits were the different jellyfishes. They came in all sorts of colors and sizes. They also had this partiuclar tank where they displayed four different egg sacks (about the size of a clam) . They were able to open one side of the egg and cover it with a clear protective sheet so views can see inside. You can see baby fish growing inside. So how long where we there for? We were there for a little over an hour or so. Jadon wanted to go home and the exhibit itself isn't that huge. Fiona and I determined that for the price of admission it wasn't worth it even though we had a 'buy one get one free' plus we got Jadon's admission for a discounted price PLUS the girls got in free. At least the kiddies got to go to see an aquarium for the first time.