On Saturday of Marc's visit, we went to Corpus Christi which is about a two hour drive from where we are. We started at the State Aquarium. In the way of aquariums it was pretty good but not the best we've ever been to. Not only did they have the aquarium exhibits inside displaying water habitats of all kinds like coral reefs, the Amazon, fresh water and so on, they also had outdoor exhibts with dolphins, sea turtles, and river otters. The Texas Alligator exhibit is just being built so we missed out on the "crocagators" as Aaron calls them.
This was a cool picture with the light coming up illuminating the boys with the fish behind them.The next picture was fun. In this one room the lights were aimed at the wall to make the walls look like water. Marc and the boys were pretending to swim.
Here was the touch pond. I was taking pictures, Richard was making videos, which left Marc to touch the hermit crabs with the boys. Andrew, of course, had no problem picking them up and looking at them, but Aaron was a little more leary. Finally, "Uncle" Marc put a crab in a large shell and Aaron was okay holding it that way.
Another cool thing they had was the "bubble" as we called it. It was a tank in the corner of the room with this doom in it. The boys had to crawl into it from underneath and stand up so they could be inside the aquarium. Really cool.
Here is my family outside the State Aquarium. Of course this picture was taken at the beginning of the day before I was tired and frazzled. We were there almost all day. At about 2:30, Richard and Marc decided to go over to the USS Lexington which is right next door to the aquarium. The boys and I stayed to shop at the gifr shop and play on the playground for a little bit. Later we headed over to the beach next to the Lexington to play in the sand and wait on Daddy and Uncle Marc.
After we all met up again, we ended a perfect sea-side day with a sea-food meal at Joe's Crab Shack on the Bay. The view was awesom! What a great day we had.
Here was the touch pond. I was taking pictures, Richard was making videos, which left Marc to touch the hermit crabs with the boys. Andrew, of course, had no problem picking them up and looking at them, but Aaron was a little more leary. Finally, "Uncle" Marc put a crab in a large shell and Aaron was okay holding it that way.
Another cool thing they had was the "bubble" as we called it. It was a tank in the corner of the room with this doom in it. The boys had to crawl into it from underneath and stand up so they could be inside the aquarium. Really cool.
Here is my family outside the State Aquarium. Of course this picture was taken at the beginning of the day before I was tired and frazzled. We were there almost all day. At about 2:30, Richard and Marc decided to go over to the USS Lexington which is right next door to the aquarium. The boys and I stayed to shop at the gifr shop and play on the playground for a little bit. Later we headed over to the beach next to the Lexington to play in the sand and wait on Daddy and Uncle Marc. 
After we all met up again, we ended a perfect sea-side day with a sea-food meal at Joe's Crab Shack on the Bay. The view was awesom! What a great day we had. 
One of the mascots that entertained for the evening was Clutch. He was a bear and also the favorite of the game. He went around and picked three kids who dressed up in bear costumes, followed Clutch around the court and had to mimic everything Clutch did. Comedy ensued as you can imagine. One of the things he did was pretend to pee on someone, then they had to shake their rear-ends at the players or the cheerleaders, I forget which one. 
