Sea World Saturday

Last Saturday we visited Sea World for the second time this year. It rained non-stop on Friday and had a high of 59 degrees Saturday so we expected it to be cold and possibly rainy. It rained only once for about 15 minutes. It wasn't too bad, but enough to get all the bleachers soaked so we all got stuck with wet bottoms for a while.

Some highlights of the day:

Katie got to touch a dolphin. She REALLY enjoyed that but was pretty mad at me when I helped her touch the bat ray.

Gee, from this angle it looks like I must've really flung her over the edge to get close enough to touch one of those guys. Nevertheless, one got close enough to us.

They had fun playing with the puppets and things in the gift shops. Somehow we managed to stop and "play" at about 4 gift shops without one meltdown. I don't think the kids even asked for anything ever.

Shamu.

A goofy looking picture of our kids on our lunch break. Ryan insisted on wearing shorts the entire day (even though it was cold enough for me to wear a sweatshirt and coat). I was only able to convince him to wear his jacket while it was raining.

When we got back from our lunch break, we noticed Jack Hanna. He had just finished up a presentation and was handing out autographed 5x7 glossy pictures of himself. Ryan got up on the ledge right in front of him and was passing by him to check out the camel. Mr. Hanna handed a picture to Ryan and Ryan looked at it with a "huh?" kind of expression and looked back at Jack Hanna. I prompted him, "Say, Thank you." In a nice and enthusiastic voice Ryan said, "Thank you." and walked back over to Derek and I. "Why did he give this to me?" We got a pretty good kick out of that.

And of course, the dolphin show.