A day at the beach and the aquarium

Our zoo pass includes The New York Aquarium so I loaded up the kids in the car and we took a drive out to Brooklyn.  It was the nicest day of the week and a perfect day to be outside!

We arrived a little early to Coney Island where the aquarium is located so we headed over to the boardwalk to explore. Drew couldn't believe that we were at the beach and Katie loved playing with the sand.  They were so excited!

Perfect sunny day for the boardwalk.

They collected seashells for Daddy. 

After convincing them that we would come back to the beach another day, we finally went into the aquarium.   Drew and Katie have a big bucket of ocean animals that they play with all the time at home, so I knew that they would love it in the aquarium. Half of the aquarium is outside and the other half is inside and they had a great time running all over the place.

SHARK!

Playing on a giant plastic walrus.

Drew asked if we could get a bigger fish tank at home.

We also went to a 4D movie that was showing at the aquarium.  It is a 19 minute version of the movie, "Happy Feet".    Our seats moved whenever the penguins were dancing, we had wind and rain blown in our faces, and bubbles filled the theatre during key parts of the show.  They loved it!

So cute!