Denver Aquarium

**originally written on December 3rd**

While Rob was here we took a family trip to the Denver Aquarium.  We had been early last year with Kai and had a good time but I'll admit that I wasn't convinced that it was worth the trip.  This time I changed my mind.  Kai LOVED the aquarium.  He had a great time and has talked about it several times since.  Even Finn did better than I expected, especially since he had to skip his afternoon nap for the trip.  It was so fun to see Kai enjoy it so much and we got to see the tigers so close.  That is definitely the closest I have ever been to a tiger.

We started our day out with a trip to Chicago for an Italian beef for Reid and lunch for the rest of us.  I got a meatball sandwich, Kai got a corn dog, and Rob got a Reuben.  We all enjoyed our food very much and the atmosphere was fantastic.  (Reid has pictures on his cell phone and I had been waiting for them, but it's been a while so I'm going ahead without them!)

From there it was on the aquarium.  Here are just a few of the highlights, including the tigers, of our trip.  I know I've already said it, but we really did have a good time!

This fish is almost as big as Finn!

Even Finn knew that there was something special going on here.  He couldn't take his eyes off of the tiger.

Divers pay to go diving in the tanks here.  These divers had stopped to play with the crowd.  These two played with Kai for quite some time.  The one making the monkey arms was particularly funny.  We enjoyed them!

And bunny ears!

Touching a stingray.