Sea Life Aquarium

As a parent, you are aware that your kid is listening to you, or at least you usually hope that they are listening. Sometime we have to throw out the occasional "Did you hear what I said?" or "I already answered that question" to remind them to keep listening. But do you ever have times when you are surprised at what they have indirectly picked up?

On Friday we had planned to take Eva to the Grapevine Sea Life Aquarium. We hadn't mentioned anything to her directly because we knew that once we did she would ask about it non-stop until we actually went. Plus as a mom I think it's awesome to allow your child to have totally fun "SURPRISE!" moments when they aren't expecting to get to do something big. So we went about our day and would make casual references to each other about going but we didn't actually tell her ahead of time. 

Then about an hour before we were going to leave Eva looked up and asked me about going to see the fish. I tried to play it off at first by asking her "What about the fish?" Then she asked again, and my response was "Where do you think we would see fish at?" (still trying to see if she has actually picked up on the bits of our conversation) to which see replies "At the aquarium." Woah. Not only did she just throw out the word aquarium like it was a normal word for her to use, but she was listening during the day and figured out all on her own that we were planning to go there and would see fish. 

I'm sure this doesn't seem like a call Harvard, our child is a genius moment to most people, but I was so surprised!  I guess I really need to be aware of what I say in front of her tiny, listening ears.

Anyway, we did visit the aquarium and had a blast! We hadn't been in a year so it was neat to see how excited Eva was to run around everywhere see all the fish. She would say "OH! Yyyook!" at everything.

I would definitely recommend this place. It is way cheaper than the Dallas aquarium (although smaller), and if you buy tickets online and go after 5PM you can get the best deal.  They have lots of interactive parts. The whole place is decorated in a cool aquatic feel, complete with peaceful sea-like music.