The White House

What do you see in this picture?

A little 3 year old boy sleeping in his own bed?  

Why yes, that\’s exactly what you see.  Quinn took a 5 pm nap on the way home from the aquarium on Saturday so he and Don stayed up late.  They talked about Quinn sleeping in his own bed and he was very agreeable to it.   Don had to do his usually wrangling to get Quinn to sleep but he spent the whole night in his own bed.  Imagine my panic when I awoke at 4 am and couldn\’t find Quinn in our bed!!  Don briefly explained, I went and checked on Quinn, and then laid there an hour or more until I finally fell back to sleep.  I ended up waking Quinn up at 11 am and he was pretty happy about having slept in his own bed.  I hope this continues!

And an extra picture of our fabutastic boy!

We took a drive south down the NJ Turnpike to visit the Adventure Aquarium in lovely Camden, NJ.  We got our tickets and rushed in to see the 4-D screening of Diego & Dora.  We had seen it previously at the Bronx Zoo but Quinn could watch it many times over.  This go around he left his glasses on for the whole movie and was reaching out to grab some of the 3-D objects floating our way.

 The aquarium is very kid-centric and there were alot of areas to touch the animals and get your hands wet.  This exhibit had little nurse sharks.  Most of them were sleeping but Quinn wasn\’t crazy about touching them anyways (although he\’s always up for splashing).

 There was a large tank with turtles, sharks and rays.

 In Stingray Beach Club you could reach down and touch the baby rays.  Again, Quinn took a pass.

 My favorite part was the hippos and their underwater dancing.  I could have sat and watched them forever.  There were 2 in this tank.

 Quinn touched a starfish!  I\’m not sure why that lobster in the background is BLUE!  I know they are typically blueish but this one is crazy.

As vegetarians and animals lovers we really wonder if zoos and aquariums are right for our family.  I can appreciate that zoos provide education on animal conservation but what a horrible life these critters must have living in small tanks being touched by humans all day long.  I guess we\’ll see where these thoughts take us the next time we consider a trip to the zoo.

btw, Q can easily climb to the top of that \’rock\’ wall by himself.  I had to grab his ankles a couple of times because I was worried he was going to go right over the top.