Spring Break 2010: The Dallas World Aquarium With The Cousins

This year, for Spring Break we stayed close to home.  We got to spend quite a bit of time with our family, and on this day we went to The Dallas World Aquarium with my sister-in-law, Adrielle, and her girls, Skyler and Chloe and with my sister, Emily, and her kids, Claire and Jacob.

~ the cousins ~

        

~ Allie and Baby Jake ~

~ Jackson ~

~ Adrielle & the girls ~

~ Claire and Cooper ~

~ Jakey ~

(I love this photo!!!)

  Cooper loves his baby cousin!

~through the aquarium ~

~ in the shark tank ~

After the aquarium, we walked over to the Spaghetti Warehouse for lunch.

They are SO funny together!

Chlo couldn't make it through lunch,  Sweet baby fell asleep right there on the table.

After lunch we walked over to an office building that has lots of fountains.  It was crazy-windy, but the kids had fun.

Jack is so good to play with his little cousins.

~ Sweet Claire ~

~ Jacob was next to nap ~

~ Jack videoing all the fun ~

~ more Claire ~

(She must have been feeling photogenic.)

Allie took this super-cool picture of Claire through a hole.

~ wind! ~

Oops. (I forgot to push "Publish Post")

I wrote a post on Sunday night called "Taking 4 Kids To The Aquarium (and living to tell about it)" that I evidently forgot to publish. If you are interested in it go back a few posts from here, and you will find it.

Taking 4 Kids To The Aquarium (and living to tell about it)

Off and on this weekend, we spent time caring for my niece, Claire, while her parents were on a mini-vacation to the mountains. We had a great time spending some one on one time with her. She is a cutie and made us laugh a lot! On Friday, my kids, Claire, and I went to the Dallas World Aquarium for the afternoon. (I love this about homeschooling - we get to go on field trips at times when places like aquariums are not too busy.) We have absolutely loved having a membership to the aquarium this year! While it seemed like a costly investment at the time that we joined, it paid for itself in 2 visits and we have gone 5+ times so far... and we are members until June. Each time that we go, we see something new, and we love it. We have gotten to go as a family and have taken several trips where we invite friends to come along. This was one of those times.

~ Jack & Cooper looking at the penguins ~

~ 2 manatee ~

~ anteater ~

This was the first time that we have visited that the anteater was in his exhibit.

~ Allie, Claire, and Jack ~

This is where Claire hung out most of our trip through the aquarium - on Allie's hip.

~ another new exhibit - a baby croc ~

~ the girls ~

~ Cooper, Jack, Allie, and Clarie ~

~ by the big tank ~

~ by the big tank ~

(with a flash)

We ate lunch in the restaurant in the bottom of the aquarium. Good food, SLOW service, fun atmosphere.

I like this photo of my girl!

Claire took this one of Cooper and Allie. I think it is a cool shot!

~ Beautiful Claire ~

~ Photo of Mom & Jack in the restaurant (by Cooper) ~

~ Claire & Allie through the aquarium ~

~ in the shark tank tunnel ~

~ Coop & a shark ~

~ Jack & some sharks ~

~ Claire and a shark ~

~ look to the left ~

~ leaving the aquarium ~

Oh, and by the way... it really wasn't that hard to take 4 kids to the aquarium (and live to tell about it). With Allie's help and 3 other kids that were really good, we had a great time!