I couldn't take the idea of being stuck indoors on such a sleepy bleh-y day, so Abby and I picked up Maggie and headed off the explore the local aquarium. Abby has been with her mom, but I've never been inside, so it was a great way to spend the day indoors and warm (although we did duck out for a little while when it ceased drizzling to see the otters and the lighthouse).
They have a "paleontology pit" where the kids can sift/dig through the sand to find bones, fossils, sharks teeth, shells, etc, and get to take one home with them. Abby would have been happy to stay here all day, I think, though she was much more impressed with the shells than the shark's teeth Maggie and I kept finding and handing her. :)
My little archeologist. :)
They had this huge mega-something skeleton hanging in the first display hall. They also had underwater sound effects playing, and an underwater light display. It definitely felt a little like being underwater, and Abby got a little freaked by the size of the shark. But so long as someone held her hand, she agreed to get a picture taken with cousin Maggie. :)
The true fun, in Abby's eyes, were the fish. She started saying "Fish! Fish!" the second we stepped in the door, and ran up to every display saying "Hi, Fish! Hi!" This museum is really kid friendly... everything is either low to the ground, or has nice carpeted steps for little folks to get to watch. I didn't have to lift her at all in the display hall.
She loved the bigger fishies.
Whenever a fishie swam close to the glass, she would wave frantically and start saying "Hi!" again.
She liked the shrimp, too, though I think she thought they were some sort of insect. She wasn't really sure they belonged in the tank with the fishies.
We tried to show her the Blemys hiding in the oyster bed, but she didn't seem very impressed. 
I loved the displays showing local habitats.
Abigail, fascinated. :)
We loved the crabs! Crabs are a big thing here in Maryland. As soon as she saw it, Abby started doing her "crab claws" and saying "pinch, pinch." :)
Maggie helping Abby do "crab claws".
One feisty looking crab!
"Hi, Fishie!"
The otters, Bubble and Squeak! Maggie and I love the otters... We read too much Brian Jacques as kids. :) Abby seems a little confused by them - furry fish?
We went to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants afterwards, as Abby was starting to get tired. She was super-loving at lunch... I think it might have had something to do with the fact that her favorite cake-ball-making coffeehouse was next door!
Eating a macaroon (they were out of cake balls) with Cousin Maggie. :)
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