Target sponsors free entrance to the Children's Museum once a month in Atlanta. My friend Tamme and I decided to make a play date and head to the big city. We started with lunch at Chick-fil-a and then went to the museum. However, everyone else in Atlanta wanted in on the free action, and the line was a city block long to get in. The museum employee told me it would be a 2-3 hour wait in the hot sun. NO THANK YOU! The Georgia Aquarium is just up the street so we decided to go there instead. Tamme has a membership and was able to get me in for free and the kids in for a reduced fare. I love the deals! The Georgia Aquarium is the largest in the WORLD! I am sorry that my photos do not do it justice, but it really was amazing. Here are some things we saw and did:
Miriam, Luke and Landon watching the fish up close
Only Landon was brave enough to try to touch a sting ray but Luke and Miriam enjoyed watching them splash in the water.
Only Landon was brave enough to try to touch a sting ray but Luke and Miriam enjoyed watching them splash in the water.
The Whale Slide (Of course this was Luke's favorite thing and he kept asking to go back!)
The slide was super fast!
More tanks to watch large rays, sharks and fish.
The Dragon fish...these guys reminded me of the recent movie "How to Train Your Dragon"
The Penguin tanks had a tunnel that the kids could crawl through to get a closer look at them swimming. They loved running through it over and over again.
The Aquarium was also having an Ocean Craft Day. Home Depot sponsored the dolphin shelves that the kids made. Luke was very good at hammering the nails in!
They also got to sift through the sand to find their own shark teeth to take home. 
Luke and Miriam with their finished dolphin shelves and shark hats.
This tank had some of the fish that was in "Finding Nemo."
After the Aquarium, we stopped at the playground across the street to nurse babies and play. Here are two happy babies, Eve and Carter! (A tummy full always makes for a happy baby!)
As we walked towards our cars, we realized that the Children's Museum no longer had a line. So with much begging from Luke, we decided to try it out too. It was complete chaos inside and I lost Miriam for a few minutes. After finding her, we found a show for the kids to watch so that they could at least all be in the same area for more than 2 seconds! Mr. Greg was a music man and had the kids up on their feet dancing and singing. Eve just enjoyed being able to play on the floor for a while.
Luke and Landon dancing with Mr. Greg
We stayed at the Children's Museum until 7:00 and then made the trek back to the van. What a long day but so fun! The kids ate all their dinner when they got home without any threats from me. (I guess starving children will eat whatever you give them!) Then there were no arguments about bedtime or even the slightest peep from their room when the lights were out. How I love to wear them out!
4 comments:
I've long since learned to stay far away from our children's museum on free day!!! serious chaos and I SO don't do crowds when I'm alone with 3 kids. You are brave to have tried!
on a side note I love the home depot/Lowes kids classes. I have only taken mine a couple of times to Lowes (never to home depot because Lowes is so much closer to home.) but I love that they get to build something and they get to keep their aprons and goggles. Those aprons get pulled out to use at home anytime we paint or do stamps or other art projects. they ROCK!!!!
Wow! That sure beats Seattle's aquarium. Ours is so tiny in comparison! Looks it was a day to remember!
Wow! It looks like such an awesome day for the kids.
Good job on your garden. I LOVE home grown peas. Yum!
You'll have to tell Luke and Miriam how brave they are. Those sting rays creep me out I won't even stand that close! lol.
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