Sunday, May 15, 2011

Coney Island

We spent Friday checking out Coney Island and boy, oh boy, did we have a BLAST!



We started out at the original Nathan's hot dogs and T downed my whole corndog. It was good, but it didn't live up to the California State Fair (not even close!)






We played on the beach and Talmage LOVED feeling the sand between his toes. But, the water was freezing so we decided taking a dip was probably best left for another day.


A funnel cake was a great dessert as we cruised the Coney Island boardwalk.


And then we went to the New York Aquarium which is just down the boardwalk from Coney Island. On Friday's you can go inside by paying a donation (instead of the HUGE normal entry fee) after 3 pm, so we decided to go see the sea!



The aquarium was AMAZING. Talmage loves fisheys and super enjoyed seeing so many of them. His favorite area was the sharks...he is still talking about them. He's also been showing me his shark teeth. Well, he's also still talking about the walrus (which scared him out of his pants when he started barking!) And then there are the sea lions, which he's always obsessed with. OK, he liked them all.



The sea lion show was incredible. It was a full 30 minutes and those sea lions were super impressive. Talmage especially liked to hear them "talk" and see them jump.



I really liked the turtles. They were ginormous. Seriously, the biggest turtles I've ever seen. T saw them from a distance in the tank and said, "Hi turtle," and then when it came closer he gave a little gasp and said, "Hi big turtle!"




I am so glad we got to spend such a fun day at Coney Island. I've wanted to take T for some time, and I thought it would probably be much easier before the new baby comes. We all came home exhausted, and we all came home smiling. What a perfect day!

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