Newport Aquarium with the Girls

Good morning,

My Honey and I are the proud grandparents of eight terrific children, six of whom live near us in Cincinnati.  Last summer we had an outing with the three boys for swimming, boat racing, and playing with the dogs.  Recently, we took the three girls to the Newport Aquarium, then out to lunch.  We had a fabulous time!

I really like turtles and was happy to find this guy at the aquarium.  It appears he is posing for me to take his picture.

We were here just after Christmas so the Christmas show and decorations were still here.  The children were given a map and encouraged to find Santa's reindeer that were hiding around the building.

Of course, Grandpa took plenty of wonderful pictures of the fish.  He has published some of them on his blog and I am sure there are more to come.

There was a special show at the Aquarium!  Scuba Santa in the shark tank interacted with the children in the theater.  I got a kick out of Santa's helper, the (huge) elf in the center of the tank was there with a long pole to keep the sharks from taking a bite out of Santa. 

 In addition to fish, there are also birds...

 ...and toads.  These toads would surely disappear from view on the muddy bottom of a river.

 At the end of this section was a place where the kids could climb on the frogs.  What a photo op!

Then it was off to lunch at the Irish Pub at Newport on the Levee. It was such a pleasure to spend the day with such great, well-behaved children.   We have good reason to be proud of them!

All the best,
Lois