Sea World

We got up "early" this morning - it wasn't Brynn who woke us up - but Howie & Kali (who slept in the car the entire drive & was well rested) woke up & started plotting the events that were expected to come to life today, very nice, WHISPERED - in their loud breathy whisper and it woke everyone up. So we took inventory of what we had, showered, got "settled" picked up the air mattresses and bedding, etc and left for breakfast. We found a McDonalds - (see how much we love the kids - Ross & I can't STAND eating there, but the kids love the viddles) spent about $25 on 4 breakfast sandwich meals & a few breakfast burrito's - then we drove on in to Sea World.

We went straight to the new ride "Atlantis" The kids loved it - and went on it a few times. We saw a few of the exhibits. The highlight of the day was the dolphin show. Howie was selected out of the audience to be part of the program. Ross went with him and they joined up w/ Amber who played the "mom." Both Ross & Howie got to interact with the dolphins and a whale - or a shark or something - I dont remember, but it was a black & white fish of sorts. Howie was given a waterproof camera from Fuji and they took a bunch of pictures from the "front row" Ross got to pet & feed the black & white fish thingy.

Then Amber got to hold a rope up for Dolly to jump over....Howie got to pet the dolphin. He compared it's feel to a hot dog. The workers thought that was pretty funny, most kids think it feels like Rubber. I don't know that Howie has spent a lot of time feeling rubber, but he does know what a hot dog feels like!

Anyway - while Howie was interacting with the dolphin, his "mom" was taking pictures and lost her balance and fell in the dolphin tank - a dolphin went up to her and she held on to the dolphin as he took her around the tank. It was such a fun experience for Ross & Howie. Kiersten would have LOVED to be a part of that, she really likes dolphins, but they were looking for a child between the ages of 4 & 7....I sent them Howie, because I figured Kali would chicken out when she had to actually GO up to the dolphin.

We also saw the Shamu show and a pet show, among others. I think the kids really liked the shark exhibit! Kiersten enjoyed taking pictures with her camera. Now she just has to earn the money to develop the film that she used!