Underwater Aquarium

Bracken and I went to the Underwater Aquarium that is beneath the Mall of America with Ligia and her little kids. I don't think Bracken really noticed the sharks, but we both liked having a change of scenery, and there were some pretty interesting creatures there.Bracken was squealing and hollering so much I had to get his binkie out. I have to hold it in his mouth because he won't suck on it himself. He's been really noisy lately, just discovering his voice and all the sounds he can make. He loves it when I hold him in front of the mirror and he'll bounce and "talk" to himself for fifteen minutes at a time. I think he's pretty cute and like hearing his noises, it just gets a little loud in church or when there's lots of other people around.
In the shark tunnel

This is a long nosed saw shark. I'd never even heard of this shark before but I was facinated by it. The shark will swim into a big school of fish and thrash its head back and forth spearing the fish. Then it just catches and eats the injured, easy to catch fish. I got the following picture off the internet so you can see how long its nose is. Pretty impressive, huh?
Bracken and me checking out the horseshoe crabs. He liked that he could touch the water.