Aquarium- LI

We took a family fun day to the Aquarium in riverhead bc it was always my favorite place to go with kids when i was living on LI. Shawn remembers when i dragged him and Chris there a thousand years ago and Ryan was glad to go in Chris' place (hockey of course kept him from the fun!).

The best part by far, is always the feeding of the stingrays- madeline was thrilled but i actually think don enjoyed it the most. they swim right up to you and suck the little sardines out of your hand and you can pet them and see them up close.

Here they are at one of the touch tanks and Ryan is getting a lesson in horshoe crab ettiquite- never pick one up bu its tail bc it serves as the creatures eye and leg and its just not fair to injure it.





Thanks guys for bearing with us as we schlepped through all of that traffic. It was great to get out on this field trip with you. I know it made madeline's trip that much more fun!