Two weekends ago, we had the pleasure of attending my baby brother's wedding in Kansas City. You may have seen some of the photos of Mimmy in her gorgeous dress that I posted on Instagram. I just couldn't get over how sweet she looked! Anyway, the morning before the wedding, we took the kids to the Sea Life Aquarium at the Crown Center. We were so excited about the aquarium and had been talking it up for weeks with Mac that he woke up Saturday morning begging us to take him RIGHT NOW. Of course it didn't open until 10 a.m., so we had about 7 hours to kill that morning until they finally let us in the door. By that time he'd had no less than 29 meltdowns (traveling is hard on him), was covered in Chiefs tattoos and basically wanted nothing to do with the aquarium after learning he couldn't pet all the stingrays and fish. Worst place ever! Mim, on the other hand, was a delight all morning and kept us all entertained with her silly faces and pole dancing. She absolutely LOVED the aquarium and hugged every tank at eye level (as you'll see below). It was the sweetest thing. And it just goes to show you how crazy different your children can be. Here are a million photos - some taken by me and some courtesy of my mom, who joined us. Thanks mom! It's so nice to be in a few pictures with the kids!
Mac loved the stingrays (of course). Ryan loved the eels. I loved the jellyfish.
And Mim loved every single thing she saw, including the sharks, the signs, the other kids, the walls, the floors and every stuffed animal in the gift shop.
What's your favorite at the aquarium?
Sea Life Aquarium:
2475 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, MO 64108
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Oh man it is amazing how different kids can be. From each other, at each age, and depending on the hour! Mim hugging the tanks is just the cutest! I love that Mac loved petting the sting rays... Noah is a little more timid (with everything) and wouldn't touch them! He was fascinated by the shark show though (at a distance)!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are amazingggggg!!!!! I love how enamoured Mim was with all the sea life!! Cute cute cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteMim looked beautiful in her dress for the wedding!! Great pictures as always.
ReplyDeleteI love aquariums!! Can't wait to take Nicklas soon!! Love how much Mim loved EVERYTHING!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos!! The one of Mim and the eel!! And then the stingray! So awesome!! It looks like a wonderful time (for her, at least). We have a Sea Life near us that my oldest son loved - he did a behind the scenes tour that he still talks about today!
ReplyDeleteMim hugging the tanks is the best! Liam's favorite thing at our aquarium is the sting rays too; however, he does get to pet them.
ReplyDeleteOur local Aquarium is our happy place! Love these pictures! How cute are those two fishes "kissing"?! ;)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had a lot of fun! We will have to check this aquarium out the next time we're in K.C. Jake has family there so we visit at least once or twice a year. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe aquarium is on our KC bucket list! We never seem to make it there when we are home, but it looks like we must! (Did you hit up Lego Land since they're so close??)
ReplyDeleteMac sounds so much like Marcus! And Mim, oh sweet little lady. Can we also talk about those little curls? Dying.
We want to take Cash to the Shedd in Chicago. Maybe next year. Three year olds are hard. Plain ole hard.
ReplyDeleteWe have yet to take P to an aquarium but have the Monterey Bay Aquarium on our list as her first one to visit. Is this in KC, Missouri? I used to travel their a lot when David played baseball for Avila University!
ReplyDeleteWow!! That place looks amazing! Cam's favorite place at the zoo is the aquarium (and the giraffes), but we spent so much time looking at all the fish. Love all the pictures, especially how much fun it looked like you guys had!
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet pictures...and I love Mim's little leggings. I love aquariums. There's something about being surrounded by water that makes it peaceful. We have a pretty nice one here and I love the sharks and the penguins. My kiddos also prefer the gift shop and the play room.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to Kansas City! I love the aquarium pictures. It looks like you had a great time! XOXO
ReplyDeleteThat place looks awesome!!! I love the one of Mac laying in the little port hole looking at the fish. And Mim... looks like she had an amazing time! She's totally mesmerized!
ReplyDeleteAlso, side note, what kind of bad did you bring? I got a new purse that I thought would work cross body but it totally hurts my shoulder and I'd love something better!
Cute photos! Sea horses and sea dragons are my fave. And it's so true that kids are born with their own personality. I can already tell differences between Ez and Declan even though Declan is only three months.
ReplyDeleteso sweet! loved this peek into your life! aquariums are always a hit with kids!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoyed your time in KC! Amazing photos! I wish my mom could take photos like that. ;)
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are so fun! And impressive. The lighting inside an aquarium is almost impossible to get right(at least for me!)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what beautiful photos! Mim looks so amazed by it all. I can't wait to take Mila to an aquarium - we're planning on doing Baltimore later this year.
ReplyDeleteLooks like SO much fun! I think I need to plan a trip to take Caleb to the aquarium!!! <3
ReplyDeleteOh I bet the wedding was so perfect! It looks like you had such a wonderful time exploring and doing fun things with your cute kiddos :) These pictures are gorgeous!! I love her cute dress and that she hugged every tank haha that is so dang cute!
ReplyDeletexo, Candace | Lovely Little Rants
Ok confession: I have a fear of aquariums. They creep me out and I can't handle it. Even the fish section of a pet store makes me uneasy. But I can handle virtually visiting one through a blog post! You got some amazing pictures! And I'm so glad Mim loved the walls too hahahaha
ReplyDeleteOh, looks like a great time!! I was going to say, I love seeing you and Ryan in the photos too, adorable fam. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite are always the sea turtles. I love turtles. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that Mac was being difficult & didn't enjoy as much as Mim.
You are so right, STL needs an aquarium! I love all these pictures!
ReplyDeleteI would like to virtually high five you on the "traveling is hard on him" line. I'm currently hiding from my own child while at my brother's house. Have just carried my child kicking and screaming home from a playground. After we visited a toy store for him, where he got not one, not two, but three new toys thanks to his uncle and Grammy. Ungrateful little thing!!! I am blaming it on the travel and not the close proximity to age 3. It has to be the travel bc I can't deal with that attitude on the regular!
ReplyDeleteWe love the aquarium!!! It's such a good size and never crazy busy. Arden's favorite were those creepy human sized crabs...ugh, what the hell are those things? Anyway, glad you guys had a great time! And Mim...I love that she loves everything :) :)
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