Georgia Aquarium

Friday night of the Ace convention we had an event at the Georgia Aquarium. I had been wanting to go (even before Ava) but just never took the time to visit when I was in town, so this was the perfect opportunity. We had dinner at the aquarium and then were able to walk around for a few hours. It was closed only to Ace vendors and dealers. I was unsure how Ava would do since it was late and getting close to bed time and I was curious to see how and if she even reacted to the fish.

The first thing we did was walk through the underwater tunnel. She was in awe looking at everything. We had a hard time getting her to look away from the water to take a picture.

Did I mention this turned into a girls trip? haha!

After walking through the tunnel you went into this room that had a floor to ceiling wall of glass looking into the aquarium. Ava walked right up to it and wanted to touch the animals. She loved watching them swim by.

We had wanted to take her to see the penguins, but the exhibit was closed temporarily, so we took her to a "hands-on" area where you could actually touch starfish, crabs, shrimp....all this is so gross to me, I just look. Ava couldn't reach anything, the water was too deep, but she had a good time playing in the water.

Next we went to where you could touch the sting rays and sharks, again it was too deep for Ava to reach, but she loved watching them go by.

We had a really good time and Ava can't wait to take her daddy back and show him everything she was able to see- hopefully by then the penguins exhibit will be done.