big fishes

Yesterday I got to spend the day doing something totally new. I took a two year-old to the Shedd Aquarium.

Maddie's parents are in the middle of moving, and needed to spend the day cleaning their old apartment. So rather than Maddie and I sitting around all day, we bundled up and took a bus and a train and a bus, and headed downtown.

If you've ever been to the Shedd in a wheelchair, or with a stroller, you know its not all that "wheel friendly." I got to spend a lot of time carrying a stroller up and down the stairs. Building the biceps!

Maddie seemed to have a pretty good time. She loved the reef tank, which had a very very large sea turtle in it. We had to go back to see the turtle about 4 times. We went home with a turtle. The shark tank was a disappointment because "dere's no turtle in dere," just "big fishes." Thankfully, there was a huge snapping turtle in the next room. "Hi turtle!"

The dolphin show was fun - we enjoyed seeing the dolphins jump and dive. We liked the sea otters. The huge komono dragon was dubbed an "alliegador."

The dolphins go "swim, swim, swim, jump!"