Random Musings And Photos (take 2): Dubuque ... Dubuque... Remember the Ham song?

Do you? Remember that song? I don't know if Dubuque ham was famous all over, or just here... Hmm.

Anywhoo, today was faboo fun! Mom & the boys picked me up about 10 & we went to Village Inn for breakfast. Thought it was gonna be bad, cuz Leyton was being bratty at the start. He wanted to sit w/ Anthony, but Anthony wanted to sit on the side w/ people. Leyton's a social butterfly, which is sweet, but in order to make sure the ppl around us don't feel forced into chatting w/ him while they eat, we try to have him sit on the side of the booth with the wall. Then he wanted me to sit w/ him by the wall. Then he wanted Gramma to sit w/ him by the wall. Eventually, we got him back into a good mood & he was polite & chipper the rest of the day, for the most part! : )

Mom wanted to stop at WM or somewhere along the way to get Leyton some tennies, because he left his Thomas shoes at Jen's & Mom wasn't sure if the flip flops would hold up w/ all the walking at the museum. We stopped in Maquoketa, and I thought I saw a Wal Mart, but it ended up being a Thiessen's, which we figured would be like Farm & Fleet. It was, but no tennies for kiddos. We did find some cute JD toys & there was free popcorn while we shopped, Leyton found a little firetruck & Anthony found some silly bandz or their version of it.

Also - how COOL is this??

We got to the museaquarium about 1 & spent a few hours there. They've really built it up since we were there last, a couple years ago, too! They've expanded into the old Diamond Jo casino, which built a new facility across the street. There's a whole water-play area, which we of course spent LOTS of time in. Actually, that & the gift shop are where we spent most of our time, I think. *laugh* We did see stingrays, sharks, turtles, snakes, lizards... It was really good times! : ) Oh, and there was boat racing!

What happens to the otters at 3:46PM??

They were soooo CUTE! I wanted to pet them.

Leyton made friends w/ the Kimodo Dragon, too. : )

We gathered our souveniers - more bandz for Anthony, an eagle grabber thingy for Leyton, lots of neat postcards for me! I also found something that I really want to send, I just need to get an address from someone. : ) The trip back was quieter, but nice, too. We had McD's for dinner, nothing too fancy (not that breakfast was! LOL). Mom dropped me & Leyton off here for a bit, while she & Anthony ran over to WM finally. *laugh* Leyton & I had some fun! He kept wanting to pet Angel, who was kinda wary. He got a couple good pets in before she'd had enough & gave a warning hiss. heh. We watched some of Shrek, but then he wanted to watch Bambi. We only got the first few minutes before Mom & Anthony got back, so they took the movie w/ them. : )