Seaside

Later in the week the Gilbert men went golfing, and the ladies and kiddos headed into Seaside for some fun. Our first stop was the Seaside Aquarium. The aquarium is famous for its harbor seals, which you can feed while you’re there. Eli absolutely loved watching the seals eat, splash, and swim. He likely could have spent an hour there! His second favorite part of the aquarium was the touch pool full of starfish, anemones, and urchins. With Aunt Jill giving him a boost, Eli managed to grab hold of one of the starfish right away, and thought it would make a good sponge to clean up the water he had already splashed. I quickly realized that Eli didn’t understand that this was a living creature, so we had a quick lesson in sea life, which made for a much happier starfish! After leaving the aquarium we headed to the fun center so that Lucas could drive the bumper cars. Eli surprised me by wanting to drive, too. Even though he’s really into cars, I thought he’s be a little frightened by the whole bumper cars experience. He really seemed to enjoy it though, and excitedly told Dada all about it when the guys met up with us for lunch.