Sea Life - Playdate With The Arnolds

This morning we met up with Kara, Hudson and Luke at Grapevine Mills to go to the new Sea Life Aquarium.  I've been wanting to go for a while, but knew it would be packed since it just opened.  I had to take off today because Em's school was closed for teacher in-service (the school year starts on Monday), so I thought today would be the perfect day to go.  We bought tickets online ahead of time and picked the earliest time slot - 10:00 am.  Me and Em go there around 9:30 and walked around the mall a bit before Kara and the boys arrived around 9:45.  We got in line at Sea Life (yes, there was already a line), but luckily didn't have to wait too long.  Em was excited as soon as we got in.  She noticed all the fish immediately and kept pointing at them.  She loved watching the sting rays, but didn't like getting too close to the glass.  I'm not sure if she thought they could get her or what.  She and Hudson had fun walking around together.  The only part Em wasn't a fan of was the area where the floor was glass and you could see into the water.  She wanted me to pick her up to walk over that portion.  We went through the shark walk area too, although we only saw a few small sharks.  At the end there was a small area where the kids could touch some starfish.  Em really liked this part.  We finished at the play area.  Overall, it was neat, but I was a little disappointed at the size of it.  I felt like it was a little small.  We had walked through the whole thing in about 30 min.

The few pics I took didn't turn out great.  They didn't allow flash photos, so this was the best I could get.

After the aquarium, we all headed to The Rainforest Cafe for some lunch.  It was a fun morning.  Every so often, it's nice to get to experience what stay at home mom's do.