David's 12th Birthday

 

While on vacation, we celebrated an important 12th birthday. Dave's choice was to visit the aquarium inside of a large Bangkok shopping mall.

 After posing with the welcoming figures outside of the exhibit, we entered....

 

Oooh.. Jackie Chan! Funny how Mr. Drama didn't play it up here.
David really seemed to enjoy viewing all of the exhibits and could identify many of the species.

 One highlight was Dave's purchase of shrimp/prawns to feed the fish/sharks in our glass bottom boat trip. Look how proud we are to be holding the future victims.  In my opinion, the life jackets may have been overkill.

 

Brian tempted his mother with threats to touch the "biting" fish.

The exhibits included petting areas and a fish pedicure. Everyone (except Dad) seemed to love this. Look at the laughter.

 The end of the B-day brought his choice for dinner and a family photo.

 ...And a birthday candle to blow out in addition to his personal bowl of ice cream...