I’ve had this post written for a couple of weeks, but due to technical difficulties with some of the pictures, was unable to post before now.
Last Friday we took a day trip to Mystic. Since Keith didn’t get home until 1am on Friday and Lilian slept til after 9, we got a bit of a late start and arrived right before lunch time. We decided to have lunch before we started exploring the aquarium, so we made our way over to Abbott’s for some lobster with a view.
Not a bad view…
We arrived a few minutes before they opened so we soaked in the gorgeous weather and lovely scenery.
Posing by the sea
Where is my lobster roll?!?!
Once we ordered and sat down, certain members of our family got rather impatient to eat!
After we all enjoyed a warm lobster roll (all except Jacob who opted for a PB&J – weird kid 🙂 ), we headed over to the aquarium.
Watching the beluga whales
Our first stop was to watch the whales. Both of the kids loved them and we wound up going back to visit them several times!
Frogs!
We stopped to see some of the other large, outdoor animals eating lunch before heading inside to visit some of the smaller guys.
Checking out some little fish.
Look Mama, a giant fish!
So many fish!
Jacob holding a starfish
Jacob also picked up a starfish and held it. We were really surprised he wanted to touch it, but he held it fearlessly and even gave Lilian the opportunity to pet it!
Lilian touching the starfish – brave girl!
Lilian hamming it up for the camera!
Jacob enjoyed the aquarium but Lilian LOVED it! I think she could have sat and watched (and talked to, and tickled) the fish all day long.
We topped the day off with a trip to a local bakery (no pictures, I was too busy eating!) and the four of us split a few desserts before getting in the car and heading home. What a fun way for our family to spend a gorgeous day together!
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