Newport Aquarium

My computer has been giving me loads of trouble, and Phil has been so great putting in a lot of work to fix it for me.  He was going to make ANOTHER pilgrimage to Cincinnati to bring the computer to the Apple store to get her looked at again, and I decided we should make it a family trip with some fun mixed in.  We started at the mall where my computer WAS fixed (thank you Phil and Apple Man!).  Adam and I walked around the mall, saw the sights, and ate some lunch.  

After the business part was taken care of, we visited the Newport Aquarium.  It was so cool, and the bonus was that Phil got in free since he's active duty military!  Here are a few shots - Adam was pretty much on cloud nine the entire time, and was exhausted by the time we left.

Playing a bongo drum in the rainforest.

He got to touch a Horseshoe Crab.

He loved all the tanks with the bright colors and lively fish.  He was in a constant state of excitement!  He only bumped his head on the tank once, while trying to get a closer look.

He especially liked the "tunnel tanks" where you could see fish swimming all around you.  He liked to see the underside of the sharks as they swam over us.

One of my favorite parts - the jellyfish exhibit.  It was so beautiful and very relaxing to watch them float in the water.

Another highlight was the bird exhibit.  You could buy nectar to feed the birds and they came right up to sit on your hand.  Adam loved them since there were so many flying free all around us and they were very bright and beautiful.  It was great, too, because we didn't even have to buy any nectar.  Everyone thought Adam was so cute they let him come right up to see the bird while it ate off of their nectar!  So sad I left my camera outside the exhibit with the stroller.  Sorry - no pictures!