Aquarium

Instead of a birthday party this year, Lily chose to spend the day with best friend Ellie at the Baltimore Aquarum. The girls have been together in daycare for nearly 5 years, and now have gone their separate ways as they prepare for kindergarten. Both are very sad about it, but swear to remain best friends forever. Well, actually, they swear to get married to each other.

After a Potbelly lunch.

Styling for the camera.

We saw jellyfish!

And look at the reaction when a dolphin swam right by!

The best part of the day was that there was a Japanese anime convention at the convention center, and all these teenagers were walking around dressed as their favorite Japanese cartoon, e.g.:

Lily and Ellie kept shrieking out things like: "She has pink hair!" "That boy is dressed like a girl!" "Why does he look like that?" "Look at her belly!"

We ended the day with a big ice cream cone and the purchase of friendship necklaces. Who could ask for a better day?