{"id":1517,"date":"2009-04-17T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2009-04-16T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T05:22:44","slug":"yep-the-aquariumagain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"Yep. The aquarium&#8230;again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t figured it out &#8211; the LB aquarium is at the top of our list of favorite places in the LA area to visit. We take everyone who comes to visit us there, and we usually make at least one trip by ourselves every month or so. I love the ocean, I love ocean life and I LOVE that the girls are just as fascinated as I am with all things &#8220;ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0259.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3449546432\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3314\/3449546432_44c36e1d2f_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0259.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So naturally, when the girls came to visit last week, the first place we took them? The aquarium. To see the<br \/>\n&#8220;fiss-hhhies!&#8221; as Ella would say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0235.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3448725209\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3373\/3448725209_1396196f0a_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0235.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think she liked the fishies. Addie certainly liked being older than someone and being able to show off the stuff she knows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0360.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3448739101\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3566\/3448739101_feed7631b4_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0360.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sting-ray touch pool was a definite favorite&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0282.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3449550356\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3593\/3449550356_43705c8863_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0282.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I think everyone (except maybe Madey, she wanted to touch them until they came within 3 inches of her fingers) got to touch one of these&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0231.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3448723553\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3542\/3448723553_72e2218887_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0231.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And look! I relinquished the camera yet again. When J. is with us I end up in a photo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0410.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3448740925\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3381\/3448740925_d386d5a609_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0410.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;sometimes even two!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0417.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3449556788\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3600\/3449556788_4832db42e5_o.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0417.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t get enough of the aquarium. 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