the long beach aquarium

Yesterday, the girls and I went to the Long Beach Aquarium for a few hours (between nap times of course). We're sure making good use of our annual pass, thanks Gigi! Ryan LOVES fish. She can't get enough of them. Her favorite attraction though by far is the otters. Unfortunately, they were sleeping when we went to see them. However, best part of the day is when Ryan, at the top of her lungs, started screaming, "WAKE UP OTTERS, WAKE UP!! WAKE UP OTTERS, WAKE UP!!" I really think she thought they would here her. I finally had to reassure her that we would go look at other fish and come back to see if the otters were swimming yet. Well needless to say, every 30 seconds that passed Ryan would ask me, "Are the otters swimming yet?" The otters never did wake up while we were there but Ryan reassured me afterward by saying, "It's okay mommy, next time the otters swimming, next time the otters swimming."

Above is a picture of Ryan with her new Roxy dress from Nonna and Grandpa. Isn't she cute?

Oops, I almost forgot... the second best part of our day was our celebrity sighting. Rev. Jesse Jackson! His entourage let us sneak in for a photo opp. My husband was thrilled (ha-ha, not!) Actually, Ryan doesn't look so thrilled either!