One Last Hurrah

With 2008 coming to an end, we decided to make one last outing, this time to the BioPark. Our first stop was the Aquarium, where Evan tried out one of his favorite words: fish. Imagine the comedy of this two-foot-tall ball of energy repeating “ish” over and over again for 20 minutes.
The littlest Tuner also got a kick out of trailing his brothers around; here they look at the koi:

We then went to the Botanic Gardens, which are still decked out for the River of Lights holiday events. So we missed the lighted display, but also missed the cold that descends into the area around the BioPark on winter nights (cold air settling and all).

Among the decorations is this:

And, finally, we went through the children’s garden, where the oldest three perched atop a giant ant:

It’s been a very fun and full year. Here’s to another one in 2009.