Fun was had by all, but there were two humorous things that cannot miss being posted here!
One of the employees talked a bit about the stingrays during feeding time. We only caught the tail-end of the presentation, and she talked about how this particular tank, where we could actually touch the stingrays, contained only females.
The presentation ended and crowd dispersed. Our friends and most of the kids began looking at tanks near the stingray exhibit. I was tending to the baby and then snapping some photos of the rays now that there were not a ton of people in the way. Two of the rays seemed to pose for a picture and I snapped it.
"Yep, it kind of does, doesn't it?"
I turned to put the camera away in the stroller and I *thought* I heard Sam say quietly, "They're lesbians." But I was also tired and thinking the same thing, so I figured I might have possibly imagined what was already in my mind.
I wheeled the stroller over to where Sam and the other kids were looking at a tank of sea horses.
"Sam," I asked. "After you said it looked like they were kissing, did you say something else?"
Sam began to shrink, looking embarrassed, with a silly smurk on his face.
"It's okay. I was just curious. You're not in trouble or anything."
Sam spoke timidly, "Well, didn't she say the rays were all females?"
I smiled and laughed and said, "You did say what I thought I heard." I told our friends and the other kids what he had said earlier and we all had a good laugh. Brandon said, "I love your kids!"
The second thing isn't quite as funny...
Right after that, I mentioned to Brandon that the baby was hungry, so I was going to go sit on a dark and quiet bench that was along the path of the tanks they were currently looking at so that I could nurse him. He said that was no problem, that he and Michael would stay with the other kids for me.
I went to the bench, sat down, got the baby all settled in for an afternoon snack, when less than 30 seconds later this large group of people comes to a tank RIGHT IN FRONT of the bench I was sitting on. Turns out the Octopus was hungry, too, and it was his scheduled feeding time.
Brandon, Michael and the kids came over to see what the excitement was. Brandon approached me laughing and said, "Nice, quiet private spot you've found to nurse the baby."
I know, right?
I have always had amazing timing, that's all I can say. :)
