Nana's Visit

My Mom came this week, and so we have been doing lots of fun things around here.  We spent this morning at the Shedd Aquarium and spent the afternoon hanging out around the apartment.  The last time we went to the Shedd was either in late November or early December, but Jesse could not stop talking about going to the aquarium this morning and was so excited when we got there.  He was more interested than before in actually seeing the fish, and would run around from tank to tank looking for them.  Of course, he doesn't like to stop for very long at any particular tank, but he did seem more fascinated than he has in the past.

One of his favorite areas is "Camp Shedd" where kids can ride on a canoe, play in a tent, and cook breakfast over the campfire.

Back in the fall, Jesse very eagerly touched one of the live starfish, but he was kind of freaked out by it this time.

His favorite thing this time was probably playing in the pretend tide pools, probably because he got to splash around in the water.



Jesse always likes all the buttons, knobs and wheels inside the submarine.

And there are lots of opportunities for rock climbing.

This afternoon after Jesse's nap we asked Jesse if he wanted to go play in the snow, but he very firmly said "no" twice, so we did some fun indoor activities instead.  Here are Nana and Jesse having fun with some games on Nana's iPad.

And painting with some water colors...