This year Christian decided he wanted to go to Moody Gardens for his 8 birthday. We headed down to Galveston and got there just in time for the IMAX Dinosaur movie. Kara and Ethan were grabbing at everything trying to touch the 3-D images. It was cute watching them. After the movie, we visited the Aquarium. Christian enjoyed the octopus they had the most. Ethan got quite attached to a yellow-headed jawfish which burrows in the rocky sand to make a home. It was constantly moving rock brushing out sand and tending to his little hole. We had to go back and visit it three times. I think Ethan could relate because he's one busy boy himself. He told his Dad to get to work mowing the other day because there was still light outside. He'll make a great supervisor or cop one day. Kara enjoyed everything that could possibly be a baby--fish, penguins, seahorses. At the end of the tour, we let them get a stuffed animal from the gift shop. Since it was Christian's birthday, he got the huge octupus he wanted. Ethan got a tiger shark and Kara a "baby" pink penguin. When then headed out for some seafood. Christian wanted king crab so we headed to Kemah to go to Pappadeaux's. While already sitting down enjoying some bread, the manager informs us there is no crab to be had in the place. Not wanting Christian to miss out on his birthday request, Dad let the manager know we had to go elsewhere. They were super understanding and even treated us to the drinks. We then headed over to the Boardwalk and realizing we weren't dressed well enough for the Chart House, we settled on Joe's Crab Shack. That is funny because we don't consider that a favorite Hernandez family choice. Christian was delighted to get crab and they sang happy birthday to him making him put paper towels in his shirt and show his muscles. He was slightly embarassed but went along with it. He finished his meal with the largest piece of chocolate cake I've seen. Kara was sure to help him with it! She is a chocolate feign! Overall, it was a wonderful celebration.
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