Sea World
While David ran and recovered from San Diego's Rock and Roll Marathon, I took the kids to Sea World. Notable moments:
Henry thinks dolphins say "woo woo!" Also, today when I was talking about dolphins and whales, he looked up and pointed. Was he remembering that they jump out of the water, or was that completely unrelated?
Luke reports that his favorite thing from the first day was when the pilot whale got us wet. (This after he cried a little and I was afraid he was going to have a major fit at the time it happened.)
When I asked Luke what we should do first the next time we go, he said he wanted to feed the dolphins again. They've improved the dolphin feeding - now you sit with a trainer and get to feed and touch a dolphin without trying to get one to notice your fish in a sea of outstretched arms holding fish. The downside is that you have to get in line pretty early, but I'll take it.
Emmett rode Shipwreck Rapids with David, they both got drenched, and Emmett thought it was the best thing ever.
Feeding the sea lions is tons of fun - they are aggressive and noisy, wrestling with one another for the best positions to get fish. They've also got us totally trained - one came right up to the edge and was eye-to-eye with Emmett through the glass when he started nodding his head vigorously! The unmistakable gesture of "Yes! Yes! Throw me the fish! Yes!!!" was hilarious. After dropping a couple of fish to that sea lion, Emmett looked for another mouth to feed. When he moved his arm to throw instead of drop the fish, the close sea lion immediately dropped back into the water, shoving a swimming sea lion out of the way. Emmett ended up tossing the fish to a third sea lion. We're planning to get more fish the next time we go.
Another family favorite is the pet show - something about dogs and cats (and a pig!) running around doing funny stuff sits well with the kids. We saw that show on both days.
Henry thinks dolphins say "woo woo!" Also, today when I was talking about dolphins and whales, he looked up and pointed. Was he remembering that they jump out of the water, or was that completely unrelated?
Luke reports that his favorite thing from the first day was when the pilot whale got us wet. (This after he cried a little and I was afraid he was going to have a major fit at the time it happened.)
When I asked Luke what we should do first the next time we go, he said he wanted to feed the dolphins again. They've improved the dolphin feeding - now you sit with a trainer and get to feed and touch a dolphin without trying to get one to notice your fish in a sea of outstretched arms holding fish. The downside is that you have to get in line pretty early, but I'll take it.
Emmett rode Shipwreck Rapids with David, they both got drenched, and Emmett thought it was the best thing ever.
Feeding the sea lions is tons of fun - they are aggressive and noisy, wrestling with one another for the best positions to get fish. They've also got us totally trained - one came right up to the edge and was eye-to-eye with Emmett through the glass when he started nodding his head vigorously! The unmistakable gesture of "Yes! Yes! Throw me the fish! Yes!!!" was hilarious. After dropping a couple of fish to that sea lion, Emmett looked for another mouth to feed. When he moved his arm to throw instead of drop the fish, the close sea lion immediately dropped back into the water, shoving a swimming sea lion out of the way. Emmett ended up tossing the fish to a third sea lion. We're planning to get more fish the next time we go.
Another family favorite is the pet show - something about dogs and cats (and a pig!) running around doing funny stuff sits well with the kids. We saw that show on both days.
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