Monterey Trip!!

When we first got in the aquarium.

So on Thursday, my Mom invited us to go with her and Lindsay to Monterey. I was so excited because I was feeling pretty bored that week. I was ready to get out of the house and go somewhere. So our first stop was the Monterey Baby Aquarium. It was really cool. It was my first time and I was so excited to see all the cool animals. Jakey had a good time too. You could just tell that he was taking it all in. I wish I knew what he was thinking. It must be cool to experience animals for the first time. It makes me excited for other stuff that he'll get to experience for teh first time. I can't wait. So here are some pics from our trip..

The cool tidal wave simulation. The loud sound startled Jake. :-)

I can't remember what these are called but I thought they were really cool. They totally look like old fashioned quill pens. It's weird to think that they are living organisms..

Jake loved the Penguins. My Mom bought him a little stuffed penguin and an otter. He of course sucked on them right away.

I thought these were really cool. Leafy dragon seahorses.. I had never even heard of them.

I have to say that the Jelly Fish were my favorite. I thought that they were so cool. I had never seen so many up close before. We probably stood and stared at them for about 20 minutes..

Jake's first time by the ocean~

I thought this was a cool exhibit. This picture totally looks like it could be one of those computer backgrounds.

This penguin totally turned and stared at us as soon as I pulled out the camera. I wonder if they know what we are doing so they look and pose for the picture. ???

I've always loved sea turtles!! So cool!

I thought these Jelly Fish looked pretty cool too!

After the Aquarium we went to this sweet action park. It's called Dennis the Menace Playground and it's a really fun place. I think every city should have a cool park like this. I definitely think they should have one in Sactown. I should have gotten better pictures of the whole playground but I only got pictures of Lindsay taking Jake down the slide. He didn't seem to care about it too much! I can't wait unitl he gets excited about going to the park and playing.

And then right before we went home we stopped at a beach. It was pretty crowded but it was the one that my Mom remembered how to get to. I sat Jake in the sand and he immediately started digging his toes in and leaning over to grab this mysterious substance. :-) Then we went over to help Lindsay with her sand castle and I wasn't paying attention and then into his mouth went his hands. He hand sand all around his mouth and even a little up his nose. So I took him down to the water to rinse off his feet.. O boy was he not happy.. as seen by the picture below.. It was pretty cold and he did not like it. After that everytime I tried to get him to look at the ocean of if he thought that there was even a little chance of me putting him down he would grab onto my shoulder and hold onto my clothes as tight as he could. I guess that his first experience with the water was a little too cold for him. I can't wait to take him back.. :-)

On our way out, the traffic was pretty bad and we were pretty hungry so we decided to stop and get something to eat. Off the exit we took they mostly had a bunch of hole in the wall Mexican joints.  So we chose this one which I was skeptical of because it's call Roger's. I wasn't aware that that was a Spanish/Mexican name but maybe I was wrong because I had one of the best Quesadillas ever. It was delicioso...
We were pretty tired when we got home but overall it was a really fun trip. Can't wait to go back again!!