SeaWorld!

We had a wonderfully fun day at SeaWorld today. Our plan was to get up early and head down to San Diego so we could be there close to 10am, when the park opens. Of course this was one morning when everyone was sleeping well, I was able to get up and completely dressed and ready (even packing our bags for the day) before the kids were stirring. Once the kids woke up, we got on our way (still getting out of the house by 8am, pretty impressive). We stopped at a delicious place for breakfast in the middle of our drive and ended up getting to SeaWorld around 11.

It was such a fun day, although our park map was not up to date with the show times and details so we ended up missing a couple shows we thought the kids would like. Kylie led the way for the majority of the day (sorry Cooper), she wanted to see the rays and ride on Abby's spinning cups. It has been a very long time since Kylie has gone to SeaWorld but she seemed to remember quite a bit.

Cooper had a good time, but he was not in to it the way Kylie had been at his age. The animals could keep his attention for a couple minutes then he was on to the next thing. Overall I think he had a good time, he enjoyed seeing the turtles (of course) and the beluga whales were also a big hit. He did end up taking a nap in the late afternoon and missing the shark exhibit, but that just means we will have to take him back another time.

Kylie picked out a SeaWorld Barbie doll as her souvenir. She was so excited when she saw this Barbie set up with penguins that she decided she just had to bring it home. The Barbie was out of the box and completely naked before we were out of the parking lot.

We then headed to a delicious Mexican restaurant very close to Kyle's new job. Auntie Shena and Uncle Mike have been in SD this week, so they were able to meet up with us for dinner too. We had another yummy meal (toward the end of which both kids started to shows their tired signs) and then headed back to Shena and Mikes hotel to drop Shena off and change the kids into pj's. Once we were back in the car, it was just after 9pm and both kids fell asleep in less then 7 minutes. Craig and I enjoyed some good conversation on the drive home and now we are just getting ready to join little Cooper in bed.

I will add the photos tomorrow :o)
Good night,
Natalie