Mother's Day treat....

In celebration of Mother's Day this year, Ryan offered to take me to any local attraction I wanted (he was hopping for Disneyland) but I chose the Monterey Aquarium. We had a great time. We headed down late on Friday night & spent Saturday enjoying the fish & the surf.


Micah's favorite exhibit was the otters. He spent a lot of time babbling at the fish & mammals.




One of the "shows" they put on is having a diver get into a tank & swim around & feed the fish. The was extreamly exciting for Micah to watch.





They had some exhibits that featured the "characters" from Nemo. This was paticuarlly exciting for Micah...who we had to pry away from the fish tank.



After we were done at the aquarium I insisted on taking a short drive down the coast & dipping my toes in the Pacific. Micah kept watching the water out his window & wanted to jump in too. So we pullled our car over to the side of the road & got out and endured the wind to take Micah down to the surf. But just like last year he was scared to death of the waves (which I'm excited about). We we just walked along the shoreline.











Our final stop on the was home was Casa de Fruta. It's a whole in the wall tourist trap that is halfway to the bay area. Ryan and I always go speeding by it & have never stopped. We took in the resturant, miniture train & zoo. About halfway through the train ride we looked at each other & commented how we felt like we were at "Wall Drug," another cheesey tourist trap. But it was fun & Micah loved the train ride.