The La Jolla Aquarium

While in California, we took a gloomy day with the family to go visit the La Jolla Aquarium. Brooks seemed to enjoy the fishes and all the bright colors. He loved tapping on the glass, even though it made mommy and Gammy a little nauseous to get too close to the glass. Outside at the aquarium, they had tide pools with sea cucumbers, sea anemones, and starfish. It was fun sticking my hand in the freezing cold water to touch everything. Brooks wanted to play in the water so bad. I thought at one point he might just jump in. Even though it was a cloudy and "cold" day, we had a great view of the surf below and La Jolla's Cove off in the distance.

Mommy and Brooks with all the pretty colors:


Brooks and Gammy taking a closer look at the sharks:


Owen and Brooks:


Exploring the tide pools:


Gammy, Great-Grandma Ruth, and Brooks:

Who's that stud?

Oh - that would be my little boy with a mohawk!

Brooks has these cowlicks in the front of his hair line that make it impossible to comb nicely or get to do anything! He gets these from his daddy. My mother-in-law has already told me that they make things hard, and she can remember Chad wanting a flat top (back in the 80's) and that it just wouldn't work. Hope Brooks never wants a flat top. So, I figured out that a mohawk actually does work with his hair. I thought he looked pretty darn cute. Kind of like a tough guy.