SF aquarium

Today was forcasted to be a very hot day. We had orginally planned on going to Stinson Beach but opted for an alternative plan since temperatures at that beach were predicted to be 90 degrees. So we decided to check out what there would be to doing in San Francisco. We can't even remember the last time we had been to SF so we did some research. We were surprised to find out that in 1998 they built a new aquarium called Aquarium of the Bay. We decided the kids would love to see the aquarium so we jumped in the car and made the journey.

The aquarium is small but it does have two awesome tunnels where you can watch fish, leopard sharks, bat rays, and many other ocean species swim over your head. At first Aly was quite scared. It was a little dark and since the tunnels were downstairs you kind of have that closed in feel. After time she relaxed and really enjoyed the tunnels. We went through the aquarium twice since it was so small.

Check out our aquarium hats! Too bad KK's was too big for her. I had to wear it instead!

KK had a great time too. She wasn't afraid of the tunnels until she saw Aly freaking out over it. Then she decided there must be a reason to be afraid and became very clingy herself. Her favorite thing at the aquarium was the leopard shark. Do you know that KK is very fond of sharks? It is one of her favorite animals besides elephants. Good think she hasn't seen the movie Jaws!

After the aquarium we decided to head for the hotel that we had a free night stay at in San Rafael. I realized I had forgot my swimsuit so we had to stop by Mervins to buy a new one. We took the girls swimming at the pool and they had a blast. It was great for Aly to use water wings in the pool and learn to become comfortable in the water. By the time we were done swimming she was using the water wings and swimming by herself.