Saturday, March 5, 2011

Pottery and the Aquarium

So, it's been a while since I posted and we've done 2 fun things since then, so I'll combine them into one post. Every once in a while, we like to have what we call "Sydney fun day." This time, Sydney wanted to go roller skating. But we were going through the week and the skating rink can be a bit of a rough place, so I suggested we go paint some pottery. She was a little disappointed, but she loves arts and crafts, so she was on board. Above, you can see that Chris even decided to paint something. He chose an egg with a chick popping out.

Sydney chose an egg and a cat.


Daddy's finished egg (before firing, so it's a little dull)


And the finished cat


Here are all the projects (including one of my eggs) after firing.

And then, we decided to go to the aquarium (not for Sydney fun day, this was later). They had a special going on that you could get 2 kids in for free with the purchase of 1 adult ticket. So, we picked up Addison and Cali and headed out!
I just though this picture was neat.


This might look like a moss covered rock, but it's a gigantic snapping turtle!


This menacing looking shark was swimming around in the petting pond of sharks. I would not want to try to pet him! Fortunately, there were some smaller, more docile ones at the edge of the bay to pet. This was what Sydney was waiting for through the whole trip! She just wanted to pet a shark!


Doing the 2 finger touch.


Look at this girl! I just love her so much! She was too scared to actually pet a shark, but I'm sure she had fun just the same.