Sea World, San Diego

We spent all day Friday at Sea World San Diego. Thank you, Sea World and your counterparts for the "Here's to the Heroes" program that allows military families free admission to Sea World once a year. Our last visit to Sea World was shortly after we moved to Yuma, almost two years ago, so it was nice to go back. The kids didn't remember it, and they had a really good time.

We made our first stop at the dolphin areana for the dolphin show. On our last visit, this was a big hit, and it proved to be again. I think the kids were really surprised at how much the dolphins could do.

Edward and I think we have found what all of the divers do after they leave the Olympics...this show was full of high dive divers, and they were all right on. These guys were great.

Riding the dolphins

Hot and humid in San Diego...good thing we are at a park with water rides and such.

Well, we discovered Luke is NOT 42 inches tall yet...he's 37 inches tall. Since he couldn't ride a water ride with Madison and Edward, he had to hang out with Alex and me. In doing so, he found this snake at the gift shop he had to have.

We looked at the different sea creatures and visited an area you could pick things out of the water.

We took time to watch the sea turtles (Edward and Madison ended up being gone for 75 minutes waiting in line for the ride).

After we all met up again, Edward took Madison and Luke to this Cirque du Soleil type show. Alex wasn't having it, as strollers can't be taken into the stadium, so he and I just walked around.

Madison told me that she really liked the acrobatics of this show. It did look pretty cool (from afar).

We found an observation deck in which you could watch the trainers with Shamu. The kids loved the observation deck, mainly because there was no one else there! We spent about 15 minutes just sitting there watching the trainers feed and play with Shamu.

Then, we headed into the Sesame Street play area of Sea World. As you can see, the kids were quick to hop on a few rides.

By the end of the day, Alex was wiped out. He didn't nap at all during the day, which surprised us. He was definitely tired, and man, he had a nice lounge chair with his stroller setup. He slept well that night!

Tired and very hot

The best picture of the three all day, seriously.

Sea World was a lot of fun, and we hope to go back next spring before we have to move again. Sea World is just off the I-5, so now everytime we drive by (and we drive by it a lot when in San Diego...it's in the thick of things by the airport), Luke shouts, "It's Sea World, Mommy! Can we go again?"