Family Day #1 - Tokyo Sealife Park

So, the hubby and I have decided to try and put aside one day a week as a 'family day'. Really, just one day we don't run errands or spend all day on the computer or otherwise waste a perfectly wonderful day off. To that end, we decided this week to make a trip to the Tokyo Sealife Park, which proved worth every bit of it's 700 yen (~$7.00) entry price.

Of course I'd have paid the price of admission just for the picture shown above. It was truely a magic moment when we walked into the first big room there which opens onto their tuna display. Sarah got one look at the fish and was absolutely enchanted. She couldn't tear her eyes off of the fish as they moved past and she had the biggest look of amazement on her face.

Kirk ended up taking her out of the stroller and carrying her around in the baby pack and she loved all the displays except the really dark ones. I don't think her baby eyes are quite up to picking out a three inch burgandy lobster in an almost black tank. lol

Besides the tuna tank she also loved the penguins, giggling at them as they swam past the underwater display window. There was also a very brightly lit tank that was a display of southern california wildlife that she couldn't get enough of. She talked to that one the entire time we were in front of it.

All in all it was a wonderful day, totally sunny which is rare enough in Tokyo and close enough to the coast to not be dripping in humidity. Not sure what our next excursion but Kirk and I both agree that if today is any indication Sarah is gonna be a scuba diving water baby for sure.