Sleeping with Sharks!

A few weekends ago, the kids went to the new Portland Aquarium with their good friends, Molly and Kaymen, to have a sleep over with the sharks! Oh, and the Dads went as chaperones (0:

They had a great time and said the aquarium is really cool. Pat's Iphone did not take the best pictures, but here are a few-

 Molly and Lilly really had a good time.

 Crazy Molly...love her sense of humor!!

 Mac became known as the bird whisperer...they seemed to really like him!

 Molly too...but we all know she is an animal whisperer!

I think it's great that Portland has an aquarium now. They do all kinds of fun stuff there, including this neat sleepover...would be a cool birthday party!

Pat was awaken at about 3:00 a.m. by some splashing sounds. He was sleeping next to a "sort of shallow" tank that had a stingray in it. He couldn't figure out what all the splashing around was about and was too tired to really check it out, so he just tried to ignore it and fall back asleep...then a big splash was made and before he knew it the stingray was on top of his sleeping bag!!! He jumped up and looked around for someone, but everyone was sleeping, so he had to go find an employee. The two employees were freaking out and were worried that the stingray had been out of the water for too long, but it seemed to recover OK and Pat said it was back to splashing in no time. I am hoping that they eventually moved it to a bigger, deeper tank that it can't escape out of! So funny....would only happen to Potter!!!

Anyhow, the kids said they are going to have otters and penguins coming in the spring, so we will be making a trip back for sure!

Thanks Izer's for making the evening fun!