While Grandma Nana was here, we spent Saturday, March 23 at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. It was diver's day, so we all got in for free with our scuba diving passes! The aquarium was super cool. I personally liked it more than Monterey Bay Aquarium because of all the activities that Long Beach had outside. They also had theatres, craft stations, and movies that would play on the walls of the aquarium every 20 minutes. Since it was diver's day, they had a huge expo of diver merchandise, and they had divers go into the tanks and talk to us through walki talkies.
At first, Tanner was a little nervous about the big tanks and not really sure what the hype was all about. He was nervous about the fish swimming by. We showed him that they can't get through the glass. After about 15 minutes, he felt comfortable walking up to the tanks and touching the glass. Soon he was shouting "Whoa! Fishie, fishie!" "Oh, WOOOW!" and "What's this?" Just like at the zoo, he would watch intently at each tank for several minutes and got upset when we ushered him to the next tank. He is quite the observer!
He liked the lorikeets from a distance, but was very nervous when they came near us to get food.
Tanner's favorite thing was the display of the water sources that lead to the ocean. What a silly kid. He wouldn't touch the water at the petting areas with star fish. But he loved the water tank that was completely fishless!
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