Eleventh Day of Christmas

One of the Christmas traditions that we have done with my family is to go somewhere together. A popular destination over the years has been the Georgia Aquarium. It is a really amazing place. If you are ever in Atlanta, this is definitely a place to check out. So, on the eleventh day of Christmas we enjoyed the day at the Aquarium. (Some of these pictures were taken by Jon and Maureen.)

Here are the girls running with Poppi through Centennial Olympic Park. We'll have to visit sometime in the summer, so the girls can play in the fountains.

One of our favorite exhibits is walking through the underwater tunnel where you can see some amazing creatures swimming around you... including the whale sharks! Later in the day, we went back for the dive show. That was pretty cool watching divers swim around the tank.

After the tunnel, there is a HUGE viewing room with a giant glass where you can sit and watch the creatures. It is very soothing and I place I could spend quite a bit of time, but with little ones, they are always wanting to head to the next exhibit.

 Another exhibit has beautiful tropical fish. Elsa was fascinated by all the colors.

There is an amazing jelly fish exhibit. Although I HATE running into these things in the ocean, behind glass they are very spectacular!

 While at my parents' house, the girls watched "Happy Feet." It was fun seeing the penguin exhibit after that. It is set up so that you can come up at penguin level in a little glass bubble. Very cool!

Hannah and Elsa share a secret between cousins... everyone was getting a bit tired by this point in the day.

 Elizabeth had enough and was perfectly content to cuddle up with daddy.

 

It was our last afternoon at Nana and Poppi's. Even Hannah took a nap with the doll that Nana gave her for Christmas. It appears as though her baby was fussy, but the little mommy was the one who actually fell asleep.

 That night, Mommy and the girls played dress-up with some of nana's special clothes from her Indian neighbor.

It was a wonderful visit with family, but all good things come to an end and tomorrow it was back in the car for the 1250 mile trip home.