Off to Sea World

Today we were off to Sea World for the day.  We arrived just after the park opened and to our surprise all three kids wanted their photo with the polar bear.  I think Anna and Olivier didn't want to be scared since they knew Mason wouldn't be.  

We went on a couple of rides which the kids really like.  They aren't tall enough to ride all of them alone so we are along for the ride.

Then we went to see the dolphin show.  Mason was very solemn the entire show but he says it was his favorite one.

 And Olivier stood for most of the show, excited to see what was coming next.

 And here is some of the dolphin action.

 "Surfing" on one of the whales.

We then went to the pet rules show which Anna says is her favorite.  A quick lunch at the car then off to see the Shamu show one more time.  Olivier loves all the sharks (ironic because he gets scared so easily!) so we visited them again and I wanted to get a photo similar to the one two years ago.

Then we went up the "tower" at the center of the park.  They were a bit on the silly/tired side at this point.

A little more serious.

We then went to the sea lion show again and boy, do they love that show.  They have been repeating lines from it since we saw it the first time and now they have more lines to repeat!  We went to cool down a bit in the Arctic section of the park.  Mason saw this photo op and wanted to be the first one.

Then Anna.

And Olivier.

And then all three!

After exploring the touch tanks a bit more we decided it was time to call it a day.  This is what happened a few minutes later...  :-)

After dinner we went to say "goodbye" to the beach.  Happy boys!

And Anna talking to the statue.  She was taking sand from the statue bucket and "feeding" it to the fish.

 And Mason kept saying cheese so I figured I better take his photo.

 The boys also enjoyed hanging out on "the wall" with Daddy.

 One last one for the night.

Tomorrow is a short visit to the zoo then heading home.  Looking forward to the kids having their own rooms again and just being home.  Vacation is great but it will be nice to be home.