El Mar

Last Thursday, Joaquin and I had a marine day. We didn't have much to do so we decided to visit the aquarium for fun. (That's really our place that we like to go to together.) There was a very loud field trip there that made Joaquin feel kind of shy, but we had a good time anyway. Especially since they had some new jellyfish! Joaquin loves the jellyfish so the new stripey and spotted ones were very cool. We also got to admire the seashells secured in concrete. Then we went to Pro's for some horchata and Joaquin noticed the pan dulces case. He decided he wanted to try a concha, specifically a pink one. So we took it home (here he is devouring it, sitting at the table since it was messy!) and talked about how it was made to look like a seashell. He totally got it, especially since he knows what a conch shell is in English. (We have a beautiful one that Shiloh got for me a million years ago and Joaquin likes to listen to the 'ocean' in it.) Of course the only part he really ate was the sugar on top, but that meant a sweet roll leftover for mommy. :) Look at his expression in this picture, it's like total rapture. (Aren't his eyelashes ridiculous!)

Then he went to Grandma's while mommy tutored and had Nemo fruit snacks. She'd also bought a new Play-do set; guess the theme! You got it.... the beach. It even had some brown 'sand' play-do with grit in it. So all in all we felt very coastal all day.