Greyson and Mommy Date...

The other day Greyson and I decided that we needed a "date" so off we went to the Marine Science Center!! It's cute and quaint, no crowds and tons of volunteer workers who love to take the time to tell you everything there is to know about what they have on display. The newest attraction is the Sting Ray touch pool... Greyson was a little skeptical at first... but after a bit and as long as my hand was with his he happily "pet" the sting rays... They were remarkably soft!!

He was still a little un-sure at this point!

They have a great resource and education room filled with all kinds of craft projects for the kids. Greyson decided that he wanted to make this paper bag owl... and it turned out pretty cute!!

He spent a lot of time watching the turtles... There is a rescue center here and we were able to see some really big sea turtles that are re-habbing in hopes of going back out to the ocean. Greyson got a kick out of the one that had to wear a life jacket! The poor thing was hit by a boat and one of it's lungs is at less than 50% capacity, so with out the life jacket it can't stay level... (interesting and sad....)

Overall, it was a great time, we hiked the nature trail, spent time with the sea birds, the bald eagles and owls too... Climbed the observation deck, and went back to the sting rays numerous times... I'm sure we'll head back again soon!!