Thursday, October 31, 2013

Dallas Aquarium

We took a day trip down to the Aquarium in Dallas since both boys love love love animals right now. This first guy is a shoe-bill, and Gammy's favorite bird. This one's for her! It's like the bird knew and was right at the front of the exhibit for us. And pardon Ian's awkward hand placement...the other picture we have in front of this magnificent bird, Ian's picking his nose and Oliver looks like he's about to fall asleep...


More critters - a tree kangaroo.

And monkeys eating each other's lice just feet away from us!

This was a very curious little guy. I enjoyed watching his pupils constantly change size as he focused on all the onlookers. Yes, I'm weird, but in my defense I have never claimed to be normal.

I think they're both eyeballing each other with the same thought.

And more critters



Brotherly love

Actually, they were hugging and ended up holding hands for the next several animals. Totally melts my heart!

Now we're getting to the underwater life!








LUNCH!!! Oliver's ready!

Ian?

Ian? You look a wee bit sleepy.

And literally 10 seconds later...

Love!

We finished lunch and continued to the tunnels of fish!

And this guy

SHARK tunnel! 


Ian's still sleeping, now on Nich's far more comfy shoulder

The second he woke up he yelled "Fish! FISH!! FISH!!!" with lots of pointing. I think he woke up in his own personal heaven

Kisses. These boys sure love each other. Again, heart melting here

My totally handsome husband checking out the man-eaters

YES!

And one of Oliver's favorite places




Penguins! And just something we noticed while hanging out with these little guys...they poop. I mean, a LOT. Like half their body weight is squirted out of their behinds each time. Very entertaining to a group of males, I have to say...


We think this turtle was trying to get closer to the heat lamp on this chilly day.

We had a marvelous adventure at the aquarium! 

Super Halloween Brothers!

We started our Halloween 2013 with some pumpkin painting and chocolate chip cookie eating:







And Trunk or Treat with Gammy and Papabear. This year Oliver decided he and Ian needed to be the Super Mario Brothers. The old-school guys...plumbers! They seriously make the coolest, cutest Nintendo characters I've ever seen! Papabear went as a, well, bear. Last year he was a clown and scared all the kids (I think that's a little funny, but since he's bishop, it might not be too funny to everyone else). Here they are:






And Daisy was Dr Daisy. Again :) She really likes the costume - jumped around the house like a deer when we put it on her and then took a nap on it when we got home so I couldn't put it away for a while   Such a goofy doctor...must be an Emergency Physician. 


Happy Halloween!