To The Aquarium!

I love the aquarium. I love the aquarium in Manteo because it's big enough to have all the fish you'd want to see without being too big that it takes forever to see everything. I also love that it's small enough that it's never really crowded, especially during the off season when the population of the Outer Banks drops to about twelve people.

So for half an hour, there were a total of six people in the entire place... and then the high schoolers came. There must have been 200 of them, and they descended on that place like a pack of locusts. We kept trying to beat them off, or smoke them out, but they just kept coming. Eventually, Kasia and I just cowered in the corner, covering ourselves to stay safe and waited it out. Then, just as quickly as they came, the teenagers soon left and all was once again quiet. The staff were so relieved, that they soon started showering Kasia with little free toys for her to play with to thank her for being quiet, and not being a teenager.

Kasia is still a big fan of watching fish and always seems to have a really good time when we visit the aquarium. This time around, her favorite thing was watching the river otters swim and fight with each other. Afterwards, she would act out just how the river otters fought by shouting, "This is my place to sit! You move! You go for a swim!" and then push the otter in the water. It's cute.