To the aquarium with Tia Alison

While in Mexico last month, Emma learned to love sharks from reading countless of Aunt Alison's old books (Alison loved sharks when she was a little girl herself).  Aunt Alison and Emma developed a sweet friendship while in Mexico by bonding over shark books.

Emma picked up a lot during that time.  Alison was impressed by her memory, and how well not only she could remember all the different names of the sharks, but by how she could identify them elsewhere (seeing a different picture in a different book, she could still tell you the kind of shark that it was).

This led to Alison wanting to take her to the Atlanta Aquarium when we got back.  So last Thursday Alison drove into Augusta, spent the night with us, then early Friday morning (7:30 am), the shark-loving duo were on their way to the aquarium.

They had a great time, and got to see some whale sharks, among many, many other things.  Emma says that her favorite part was seeing the penguins.  They also saw the dolphin show.  

Emma was so sad when she learned that Tia Alison would not be returning with her home that afternoon (I picked her up half-way), and cried a good bit on the way back home about this.