On Saturday February 12th, we finally went to the Research Experience and Education Facility, the REEF, at UCSB. It is an interactive aquarium that is open to the public on Friday and Saturdays from 11am to 1pm. UCSB students work there and will tell you all about the fish and let you touch and hold them if you want.
Avalon was very interested in the star fish and was eager to touch it. She even held one after a while. We kept telling her to be very gentle with the star fish. Now whenever she sees a picture or toy starvfish, she tells us that we need to be very gentle with the star fish. It is very cute! She definitely does not have any fear of animals at this point. She has held ladybugs, beetles and frogs thus far. And with her Dad and Grandpa Ukki, I'm she this will continue as they are always finding animals for her to see and hold.
When we first arrived, one of the tanks had leaked and there was water all over the floor, so they asked everyone to leave for about 15 minutes while they cleaned it up. As we found out later, someone had pulled the plug on one of the tanks. oops! In the meantime, we headed to the beach, which is where Avalon wanted to go right away when she the water. She immediately asked for her swimsuit so she could go in the water. Since we didn't have it with, we just let her run around with her diaper. Luckily, it was a beautiful sunny day in SB. Avalon had a blast running in and out of the water. The waves were very gentle that day and the tide was low, so there was a lot of beach to play on.
And a beautiful shot of a grebe in the water with the Channel Islands in the background.
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