Aquarium of the Pacific

Last week we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach for one of their homeschool days. The last time I had been to that aquarium was when Kiera was 8 months old and it had been even longer since Robert had been.
One of the first things we checked out were the sharks and the touch tanks. Though right after we got there it was feeding time so we couldn't touch the sharks for about 15 minutes. So we headed down the walk to view the bigger sharks.

                              

                            

Up to the touch tanks one more time since feeding time was over and our fingers were no longer in danger.

                              

 Fun stuff!

It was starting to get a bit warm so we headed back inside to see the seals and sea lions.

Don't know who the kid is on the right but I think he was enjoying the seal lions just as much as my kids. :)

Kiera's favorite were the Puffin's. We hung out and watched them for quite a while.

We also got to touch moon jellies which are like jelly fish but I guess their sting isn't as strong as a jelly fish so they're safe(r) to touch. Nathan liked them, Kiera liked looking at them and did not want to touch them.

Nathan said touching the moon jellies was his favorite. 

They both agreed touching the sharks was a favorite thing, Nathan added in touching the "live" sting ray as "another favorite thing". :)

Our last stop before heading home was the Lorikeet Forest.

So pretty! So loud!

Nathan wanted one to sit on his hand so bad. One even nibbled on him, I think it was grumpy.

Robert pretended to have food for them so this one jumped on his arm though it didn't stay long since he really didn't have food. It did jump onto Nathan's arm for a quick second.

He was so happy! I was happy for him!