MOTE Marine Lab & Aquarium

We love aquariums...okay Darin loves aquariums and Nash and I think they are pretty cool too. To celebrate Darin and Grandpa Willardson's birthday we went to the Sarasota MOTE Aquarium. Nash is entering the terrible twos and so this is his way of letting us know how he feels while Grandpa and Daddy paid for the tickets...

Thank goodness he is not always like that! Just 75% of the time... ;)

Darin took it upon himself to demonstrate the conch shell whistle for the whole aquarium.

Darin is a great daddy, he is more adventurous then I am in touching sea animals, I am little grossed out by the water and refuse to put my hands in it. He has helped Nash not to be afraid.

The worker kept having Darin pick-up the sea creatures. I was impressed with his skill of juggling the wiggly child and picking up the little critters.

My favorite part of every aquarium is the shark tanks. Although the pictures with the real sharks didn't turn out...so here are the fake...Turtle feeding...Sometimes you should wear make-up.... :)

Isn't he just the cutest brown eyed boy ever!

I love special moments like these!

Fun, fun day at the MOTE Aquarium!