When I was hapai with Waiola, I CRAVED seafood. I ate as much seafood as I was allotted each week, and that was with a great deal of restraint. And I knew that that little boy that we hadn't met yet would grow up to love the ocean. Two years later and I laugh at how real that has become. My little man devours sushi, crab, and shrimp, he would camp out at the beach every day if we let him, and he thinks sea creatures are awesome. But who could blame him? So today, we took a family trip to the Waikiki Aquarium to see some of his favorite things.
Right off the bat, Ola got an "official" sea horse stamp which he was absolutely fascinated with.
And we didn't even have to make it to the actual exhibits for him to get excited. The pictures were almost enough.
At a few of the tanks there was a ledge big enough for him to stand on, which he took full advantage of. Who wants to stand back and look at the fish when you can be right up in their face?
We saw lots of different types of fish and coral...
different kinds of jellyfish...
a tank full of Ulua, Groupers, and even some sharks (some of which were the size of our little man, if not larger)...
and the highlight of the show...A HE'E!!! He was kind of small, and a little shy, but he'e are Ola's favorite, and he loved it!
And last, but not least, we watched the aquarium's two monk seals take a swim.
All it took was a 45 minute drive and a $12 admittance charge, and the result was a perfectly happy little boy. Such a small price to pay for such a big smile, and a day full of "MOM! DAD! LOOK!" I'm so happy our little man is such an ocean lover.
Right off the bat, Ola got an "official" sea horse stamp which he was absolutely fascinated with.
And we didn't even have to make it to the actual exhibits for him to get excited. The pictures were almost enough.
At a few of the tanks there was a ledge big enough for him to stand on, which he took full advantage of. Who wants to stand back and look at the fish when you can be right up in their face?
We saw lots of different types of fish and coral...
different kinds of jellyfish...
a tank full of Ulua, Groupers, and even some sharks (some of which were the size of our little man, if not larger)...
and the highlight of the show...A HE'E!!! He was kind of small, and a little shy, but he'e are Ola's favorite, and he loved it!
And last, but not least, we watched the aquarium's two monk seals take a swim.
All it took was a 45 minute drive and a $12 admittance charge, and the result was a perfectly happy little boy. Such a small price to pay for such a big smile, and a day full of "MOM! DAD! LOOK!" I'm so happy our little man is such an ocean lover.
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