A Peaceful Sunday

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On Sunday we went out to lunch after church. The food was very good! (And this Sunday the Mass was entirely in Gaelic! Not a single word in English!)
Then we went for another visit to the Aquarium, which is right across the street from the marina where the boat tours leave from. We are hoping that one day soon will be warm enough for a boat ride!

The kids tried out the Hurricane Machine, which simulates hurricane force winds. Not surprisingly, Nora loved it!
The Aquarium is very small, more like the one at Jenkinson’s in Point Pleasant than some of the bigger ones in the states, like Camden or Baltimore. You can see it all in about an hour. But they do have quite a variety of animals in such a small space. I was a little jealous of this green turtle getting to sit so quietly under its nice warm lamp.
If memory serves, this was a Loggerhead turtle. Hard to tell in the picture, but it was about 4 feet long. It never moved from this corner, and we wondered if maybe it could see its reflection in the glass.
A Tiger Shark in the shark tank.
Penguin feeding time. These are Gentoo penguins, the fastest penguins swimmers. Sorry, all my penguin photos came out blurry. We did have fun watching them swim though. They were racing around the tank in a figure 8 and leaping out of the water like dolphins.
Bobby loved watching his shirt and white socks light up under the UV light by the jellyfish tank.
After the Aquarium, it was home to make dinner and write lesson plans for the coming week. And have a nice hot cup of Irish tea to warm us up after the damp
and windy day.
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We're a homeschooling family of eight - five girls and three boys. Our children are ages 20, 19, 17, 15, 12, 10, 7, and 5. We will be living in Ireland for the next six months, and then going to Tennessee! This blog is a documentation of our travels. Enjoy!! :)

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