After the aquarium we headed next door to the Camden Children’s Garden.  It had a lot of great interactive, hands-on activities for kids (not so much for Adam, though he does try to get his hands on anything he can).   We still had a good time and it was nice to walk around and check things out.

We were welcomed into the garden by this guy.

You know who he is right?  Give it a little thought, ponder it weak and weary if needed.

Anyone, anyone?

It’s Edgar Allan Poe-tato Head of course.

The next stop on our Storybook Garden tour was Alice in Wonderland.  The little dude was a bit cranky here, having an “off with their heads” moment if you will.

He cheered up a little when we went to the Jack and the Beanstalk Garden.  We tried having him sit alone in the chair here as well, however…

There were tons of leaves in the seat,

Which Adam believed he needed to eat,

Perhaps he thought the foliage sweet?

Or sustenance to combat the heat?

But his parents saw (he’s less than discreet)

And told him leaves were not a treat.

It’s probably a good thing I picked a math/science intensive major.

I’ll just stick to pictures and brief commentary from now on.

They also had areas dedicated to The Three Little Pigs, The Frog Prince, and The Secret Garden (which is one of my all-time favorite books).

They had other themes as well.  The Dinosaur Garden was probably my favorite – most likely because we were able to take these pictures of Adam.

Be careful, that Adamosaurus is a carnivore for sure.  He eats everything we give him and tries to eat anything he can find, to include my earrings, a paperclip, cardboard…

On second thought, I’m pretty sure Adamosaurus is a goativore.

The first place we visited on our trip to Philadelphia last weekend was the aquarium.  I am pretty sure that the little dude could have sat right here for hours and just watched the fish.

He was so excited when the fish passed by him and didn’t understand why he couldn’t touch them.

I think we took more pictures of Adam looking at the fish, than of the actual fish.  There was one point where Dave and I were both taking pictures of Adam (we each had a camera).  The poor kid is constantly followed by the paparazzi (and the mamarazzi too).

He attracted a lot of attention from other aquarium visitors too.  People in Philadelphia know a cute baby when they see one.

I am really going to miss the day when he gets too old for me to put him in ridiculous poses and take pictures of him.  I’m referring to Adam here, not Dave.  I’m pretty sure Dave will never be too old for that.

He was not at all interested in meeting Gill.  First of all, it was getting close to nap time, and secondly, Gill’s a shark.  The next picture might help explain Adam’s aversion to sharks.

Sharks have a lot of teeth.  As of June 1st, Adam has three teeth.

I was going to help Adam build a fire inside the shark (a la Pinocchio) to get out.  That ended up not being necessary though, what with us being able to just reach in and grab him.  Plus, babies really shouldn’t play with matches.  I read that someplace.

I would have really liked a nicer picture here at Penguin Island.  But it was hot and the poor little guy was tired – plus he’d been inside a shark and terrorized by jellyfish (that was the only exhibit he did not like, and by “not like” I mean cried and screamed at).

I thought they were pretty neat looking.

Anyway, so that in a nutshell was our trip to the aquarium.  Here’s one last picture, just to prove I was actually there too.