One of the many things I love about homeschool is that are schedules are flexible. Nothing is ever set in stone and we can change anything at the drop of a hat.
When we woke up this morning, it seemed like a really lazy day. The kids did their math and reading, but nothing at home seemed to interest anyone. While checking my email, I saw a Groupon for the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium here in Utah: buy one admission, get the second FREE!
Guess what we decided to do today. ;-)
Unfortunately, when we pulled up, there were six school buses parked in the parking lot and two more arrived as we walked inside, but the kids were undeterred. They were too excited about the fact that they were going to see real live penguins and sharks!
We wandered around for about an hour, just taking in the exhibits and the animals. There were a lot of questions asked that we had to hunt down the answers for by reading the signs, and a few interactive displays that the kids enjoyed. At one point, Ethan got to pet a stingray, which he totally got a kick out of. Jeff tried, but unfortunately was too short too reach over the pond wall. And Vanessa outright refused, lol.
Afterwards, we hit the gift shop and I allowed the three to buy something; they all ended up with plushies of some of the animals from the aquarium: Vanessa chose a pink otter, and both Ethan and Jeff walked away with stingrays that came with a baby stingray attached.
We left the aquarium with their souvenirs and them excitedly chattering about what they had seen and what they enjoyed the most. All the way home.
I think we had a pretty awesome day. ;-)
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