Thursday we went to Sea World!!! Thanks to their Heroes at Home program and my wonderful hubby the boys and I got in free!
(I forgot to post this yesterday. These were the tickets I made for him on his bday. Sorry for the misfocus too.)
Same disclaimer as yesterday; I am blaming my lack of photos on my children. :)
We still had to wait in line to get our tickets, so by the time we actually got in I had to sit down and feed Blaine. :) I sent Grandma on ahead with Ryan and Colin. We had been standing in line for about 30 minutes so the boys for anxious to get in and see the animals. (Oh and while we were in line Colin already had his first melt down of the day. He was on the edge a majority of the day due to a poor night of sleep the night before.)
It was right at 11 AM which was the first feeding of the day for the dolphins. Ryan was so excited before we went thinking he was going to get to pet the dolphins and I told him that it wasn't going to happen. We were both excited that you actually could! Of course I missed the actual feeding part since I was feeding Blaine, but here are some pictures I got after I caught up.
After the dolphins we got to see a lot of corral fish, sting rays, sharks, the like. Then we decided to see a few shows. The first show had the beluga whales, dolphins, and a lot of acrobats. The second show had sea lions, a walrus, and a sea otter. These were right before the show.
Ryan kept asking to ride the REALLY big roller coaster. He didn't believe me when I told him he was too short until one of the park staff told him. But they did have this little kiddy one we got to ride! He loved it! He even went the second time by himself! How fun is it going to be in a few more years and we can all ride the big ones together!?!
Of course Colin was upset that he didn't get to ride the roller coaster, so he got to ride THE MERRY GO ROUND! 10x's more exciting, right!?!
They also had a playground area so we went down the slide a few times.
It was a long day. Lots of fun. So we just relaxed when we got back to the hotel.
When I asked Ryan what was his favorite part he said it was the dolphins and the sea lions. Colin said it was the dolphins splashing and getting him wet. I think they both thoroughly enjoyed it. I think Ryan enjoyed the shows a bit more than Colin did. If we were ever stationed at Fort Sam Houston season tickets would definitely be worth it. They had animals, shows, playgrounds, spray parks, and a whole water park area we didn't even get to. I know water parks alone that are just as expensive. Also, we didn't get to see Shamu, so we have a good reason to go back!
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