LUKE THE BOY: American Aquarium Seekers

Last weekend, at Luke's request, we revisited the Aquarium in Norwalk, CT.

Harper glam rocked it all the way to the state line in her shades and her"fuzzy coat" from the Leary Infantine Collection

"BLUE TANK FISH!" they are pointing out and yelling -- it looks like the stuffed fish that came in Luke's bucket form Aunt Slater

If you don't think the luminescent jelly fish tank is cool, you are no friend of ours

Luke got right down to business at the touch tank

Harper was a little more tentative this time around (vs. last time, when we had to restrain her from climbing into the tank), so Luke handed her a shell to touch and coaxed her into touching a sea star (what they call starfish now?)

We watched the seals get their lunch

And after our own lunch, we visited the touch tank with the stingrays and nurse sharks

Again, Luke dug in; Harper, not so much (she's standing with Mama across the tank)

Luke went "fishing" off the "boat"

Harper showed off her catch

And grew tired of posing

(to be honest, I think she was in the process of making "fishy faces")

Luke sold it more, don't you think?

For reasons unknown (some dowager's insistence, no doubt), this "aquarium" has meerkats? Luke checked them out up close

And showed Harper

It was a springlike day (the day before there were inches and inches of snow!) so we ventured outside

And visited the new African penguins

Later that afternoon....

Mama enlisted Harper's help in making Great Grandma Miller's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies - rated "best" by cousin Ian. Harper donned Grandma's apron and was ready. Here she is probably yell-asking PUT THIS IN THE BOWL, MAMA? ADD IT? PUT THIS IN? OK? I DUMP IT! CAN I DUMP THE EGG?