The internet had gone out the night of our baseball game, but thankfully we had a flexible itinerary. The weather was supposed to be great all week with very little chance of rain, so we decided to save the fun outdoor stuff for the last two days. Little did we know about the rain we would get later in the day. :P
Our fourth day of vacation, we decided to go to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We decided to pick up some lunch first. We decided to stop of at Cafe Rio. It was so yummy! While we were there, a guy came up to us and said "Hey, didn't we see you at the temple on Sunday?" It was the same guy who was kind enough to take some family photos for us. Apparently, he had heard so much about Cafe Rio, but had never been. He was really nice and chatted with us for a few minutes and then joked that he was sure he'd see us around again. I don't know if he thought we lived there or what, but I thought it was kind of cool.
We finished up lunch and drove to the museum, but it looked super packed so we opted for the Downtown Denver Aquarium instead. It was pretty awesome! I thought our aquarium at home was pretty cool, but man! This one put ours to shame. I'll post some of the best pictures for ya'll to see.
Tali thought this shark was pretty cool!
They had some really cool things for photo-ops.
My honey!
Our kiddos (Tali & Jairus)
Tali was so fascinated with this cute little soft shelled turtle. It kept following her around.
I noticed that a lot of places we went, had a lot of dinosaur skeletons/fossils. It was pretty cool!
This fish was just as big as Tali was. Maybe a bit bigger. The thing was GINORMOUS! It was like a fish on steroids!
Can you see the two cute little seahorses? We also saw these other seahorses that looked like they were pregnant with....um how do I say this so it doesn't sound gross? Uh, well, let's just say they looked busty. I am not joking. It was the weirdest thing.
This shark was just lying on the glass above us. It was so cute! I LOVE sharks! I don't know what it is, but I am just so fascinated by them. I also thought this shark looked like one of those killer characters from a Super Mario Bros. game.
I think I made a friend. See? It's smiling just for me. Hahaha!
Another photo-op. There was this shark that actually came and laid down on the right side of Tali's between the little dome and the tank. It was so close to her, but by the time I took the picture, it had moved. :(
I LOVE this picture of this tiger. Something about it just seems so majestic. I don't know if it just had something to do with the book I was reading at the time (Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck) or what, but I love this picture!
Me and my babies.
These were kind of cool. They were called Inside-Out Jellyfish or something like that.
When Tali saw this fish, she kept saying "Look! It's Dory! Come here, Dory! I love Dory!"
The little man thought the fish were pretty cool too!
Haha! Tali saw this and was scared of it, but went up and touched it even though she thought it was real and would bite her. And when we were in this part of the exhibit, she would say "the bats will eat me!" I think I may have to filter what I say to her from now on. We didn't even see any bats other than the ones from the first night we were in Denver at the restaurant. Oh well.
My shark friend.
WOW! That's all I could say.
There was this swordfish we saw through the floor!
Tali liked looking at the jellyfish.
We even got to pet the manta rays. Another fish we absolutely love! This one came so close to Tali that it scared her because it would clap it's flap thing right against the cement wall. At least she got to feel it.
After we left the museum, we saw a Russell Stover's chocolate store that also sold Blue Bell ice cream. We had heard so much about Blue Bell that we decided to stop and get some. Brian wanted to get me a box of chocolates too as a late mother's day gift so I wasn't going to complain. We ended up getting a cherry cordial ice cream and it was just heaven! Mmmmm! It was so creamy and yummy.
