Reagan's Birthday Celebration #3; The Aquarium

Reagan's birthday celebration continued today with a trip to the aquarium.  She decided against a "friend" party this year and wanted to go to the aquarium with her family.  

Cooper, Reagan & Keira

 In awe of all the fish

such wonder in their eyes

 look at the size of that fish

 Our "friend" from our Sleeping with the Sharks adventure

 the elusive sea turtle

Captain Cooper

 Deep Sea Diver ~ Keira

 Deep Sea Diver ~ Reagan

 Deep Sea Diver ~ Cooper

 Digging for Dinosaurs

 the Penguin's Playhouse

 Sweet, sweet cousins

 the birthday girl

 Feeding time in Sting Ray Bay

 Reagan chose the Captain's Galley for her meal tonight.

They brought her a special dessert for her "birth-week"

 She shared with Cooper



Sleeping with the Sharks

Reagan's Girl Scout Troop had an overnight activity at Ripley's Aquarium.  They got to sleep with the sharks.  It was a great program full of art, learning, eating and a little sleeping!

Ready to go!

 The scouts brave enough to sleep with the sharks!

 learning about Sting Rays and Sharks

 the sting rays were huge!

 Petting a sting ray

 The craft was an ancient art form called fish printing

 Reagan's finished pillow case

 This is the shark that seemed to be above us everytime we opened our eyes

 spider crabs

 Reagan and Rachael looking at the fish from inside the tank

 on the scavenger hunt

 After sleeping in the tunnel with the sharks, we awoke the next morning to learn about penguins.  Reagan's favorite penguin was named Maggie

 Learning about white spotted bamboo sharks.  Reagan (correctly) answered almost every question the educator asked.  She says she wants to be a marine biologist when she grows up!

 petting the sharks

acting silly

 Receiving her certificate & patch for completing the activities