Shedd Aquarium

Two of Owen's favorite animals at the moment are whales and sharks.

He has an assortment of small plastic whales and sharks that he carries around by the handful.  They are the one set of toys that I know will get played with without fail 

every single day, and the toys that are always a little harder for Owen 

to share when he has friends over.  

 Almost every night Ryan reads him Good Night Ocean and Owen points

out every single whale and shark in the book, along with turtles, coral, crabs, divers, etc.

So you can imagine his excitement when we decided to take a trip to the 

Shedd Aquarium this morning. 

We started in the Caribbean Reef.  He was completely in awe.

It had almost all of the things he names from his book, including the diver.  ;)  

Then we moved on to see all sorts of fish from different parts of the world.

And finally Owen got to see his favorite animal up close...the beluga whales!

And in case you were wondering where Joe was this entire trip, 

I made sure to give him plenty to look at so he didn't feel left out.

 

 Owen had such an awesome time and left with a special new addition to our family, 

courtesy of a very thoughtful and loving Daddy.  Meet Wally the Whale.