Vancouver Aquarium

Melissa's Saturday morning started abruptly with me waking her from a crazy long sleep-in (figures she chose to sleep in on a day that we had early plans!) As we were getting ready, I was telling her where we were going as plans weren't 100% until late the night before. I asked her what animals she expected to see at the aquarium (animals that live under water). Her best guess was that we were going to see ducks! Boy was she surprised to see all the amazing underwater life... although we did manage to see some ducks on the walk through Stanley Park!

In the first room we were thrilled by sharks and turtles which had no fear of people...

When Kiera & family arrived we hurried outside to catch the dolphin show...

which the girls had the best seat in the house for!

Next we headed over to the beluga whale outdoor show.

Lucky for us we sat in the "dry" section, some late arrivers may not have heard the warning and got pretty soaked!

Melissa and Kiera at the beluga underground exhibit looking at the big, white, blubbery masses maneuvering through the water...

The cutest little sea lion which was so entertaining chasing his tail/flippers. 

There was a heavy debate between Kiera & Melissa on whether he was chasing his "feet" or "tail"... 

Melissa making light of the subject which Kiera was very serious about!

Next the girls were engaged in a live show by Bobs & Lolo...

Melissa was really feeling the music and took to her feet and was groovin'

After the show, we went through some of the other rooms and found the jelly fish (which were my favorite ... so very intricate) 

Melissa in the children's play area which had this cool tunnel aquarium...

Unfortunately our time was cut short and we didn't get to see everything, but it would be nearly impossible as there was so much to see. We definitely will return again another time to do some more underwater exploration!