Denver Aquarium

Our last day in Denver we visited the Denver Aquarium. I knew Jakob was scared of tunnels with fish overhead and he wasn't real crazy about dark tunnels, however I was sure the aquarium would have maybe one or two of these and the rest would be super cool.

WRONG!!!

Aside from the cool escalator where you went into a sharks mouth ( I should have taken a picture of that) there were multiple dark, scary tunnels and and a long tunnel with fish swimming overhead. I had a 60 lb 5-year-old clinging to my chest with his head buried for half the trip. We eventually sat in front of a large tank with an eel and a huge fish (there were also sleeping sharks that I did not tell Jakob about) for twenty minutes processing why he was so scared and why weren't the other children scared. Here is what he decided:

1. The other children were older even though they were smaller in stature than he it was only because he was tall for his age. They must be older to not be so scared.

2. The other children had more experience with aquariums. Even though Jakob has been to 5 different aquariums in 5 different states. He would be willing to go to more to get the experience as long as they didn't have dark tunnels with fish swimming around.

3. The other children were younger and they didn't know the dark was scary or the tank above might break or the dark was scary or sharks might bite little children through the glass or the dark was scary. Did I mention the dark was scary.

After 20 or so minutes he was convinced if we kept our backs against the wall and stayed as far away from the tanks as possible he could make it through the exhibits. We did get a few pictures of him in front of a few small tanks and at the end we had cotton candy. Whew!!

When asked what his favorite part of the aquarium was? The cotton candy!