Fish! Fish! Fish!

SeaLife Aquarium & Ikea

Colin loves FISH! He watches the fish in our tank all the time and we've been wanting to take him to an aquarium for a while. Shelby took 6 days of leave and we were supposed to be heading to Amsterdam to see the tulips. However, tulip season was just past peak and we couldn't find any good last minute deals on hotels so we decided to scrap that trip and do it next year. The weather was crap anyway, hence the need for indoor activities such as the aquarium. I remembered about one I had seen an ad for a while back and so we drove a little over an hour to check it out. It was nice size and Colin had a ball. He was saying fish over and over and pointing to them. He also liked that he could run around freely someplace public because that doesn't happen all too often. He behaved himself well and charmed anyone who would pay him attention. He loves being around other kids and gets so disappointed when they don't share the same enthusiasm when he's around.



After the aquarium we stopped off at Ikea because I will never get tired of Ikea's köttbullar (swedish meatballs) or browsing the store. Once we had lunch we shopped a little and found Colin his own chair for the living room. He LOVES Elmo and asks for you to turn it on anytime you go within 5 feet of the TV. He also likes to stand right in front of the TV to watch it and sometimes gets very upset when you disturb him to put him on the couch. So we decided he needed his own little chair. Of course we found other unecessary things we couldn't live without (such as an alligator bath mat...we couldn't say no, IT WAS A GATOR!)

When we got home Colin helped Shelby put together his new chair, which he was very excited about. Shelby told him he was just like Handy Manny (Disney cartoon) and then Colin spent the rest of the time putting the chair together and saying "Handy Manny" over and over again. When he was done we put it in the living room and Colin and Elmo sat down to watch TV. Of course they watched Elmo!