Moody Gardens Aquarium Visit

Today we brought the boys to the Moody Gardens Aquarium for a visit and a special treat. We were planning on going to San Antonio, but with my knee being re injured, and the subsequent Dr. visits, we decided to stay home. We checked out the museum for an hour or so, and then brought the boys to the 'Penguin Encounter'. It was expensive, but Lambert is a penguin freak so we knew he would love it. We got to go back stage to see what the trainers see, where the penguns are fed and cleaned and meet a real penguin.

A Rockhopper Penguin named 'Marly' was brought out and she called for us, made paintings for us, and generally just hung out while the trainer told us about all of the penguins. One of the highlights was that the trainer saw that Lambert had brought his stuffed Rockhopper penguin along and decided to let Marly see what she thought of it. She pecked at it, and messed with it, and wanted to keep it! She walked right up to Lambert when the trainer gave the penguin back to her and you could see she wanted it back!

Lambert was so stoked that he now wants to be a 'Biologist' because then he could work with the penguins. Max had a blast too, and asked a ton of questions. After the fourth time raising his hand and asking 'Why it was so stinky?" and "What did they eat?" he raised his hand and told the crowd "I have a rock in my underpants." Thats our boy.

Jason