Family Vacay - Part 2

Because we stayed for a few more days, we were actual able to go to Sea World for 2 days. The first day we made it a big trip with everyone and then we took Kenna and Dane back to do a few more things after everyone had left. We were there to open the place on Monday. What a beautiful, cloudless (read HOT) morning! Kenna was all decked out and ready to go.

She was so excited to go see the "Dry Shamu" and all of his friends. She said that she could only hug this Shamu because the other one that lives in the ocean would get her all wet! (makes sense to me!)

We went straight over to the dolphin area to feed the dolphins.

I think Anson was ready to jump right in! :)

I wasn't sure what KBB would think about holding the "Fishies" but she actually just grabbed it and was ready to go!

Daddies, Daughters, and Dolphins

We then went to cool off in the air-conditioned aquarium. I couldn't believe how ready for the cool we were when it was not even 10:30 yet! :)

Dane loved looking at the fish....Kenna fell in love with the sting rays (who knew?) and has decided that she is going to act like a stingray when she is swimming. :)

Dane really enjoyed watching the sea lion/walrus show.....

...he was captivated!

Kenna's favorite show (and mine) was Azul - or as she describes it, the one with the jumping and diving and swimming and ladies. It was an amazing show that was full of beluga whales, dolphins, synchronized swimmers, synchronized divers (who dove off of 60 foot platforms - nuts!!!), birds, and much, much more. Very fun!

Unfortunately, Dane missed out on this show. He enjoyed his nap time on Poppy though!

And what trip to Sea World is complete without a visit to Shamu! This was Kenna's other fav....I just didn't take a lot of pictures because we were on the outer edge of the splash zone and I really didn't want my camera to get wet!

And Kenna and Abbye got to experience their very first roller coaster - the Shamu Express. They thought it was so much fun! (I didn't get the camera zoomed in time - I promise they are on there somewhere with their daddies!)

We decided to go back for a short time a few days later. There were several things in the toddler area that we did not get to do and our tickets actually allowed us in for a second day so we decided to take advantage of it!

Kenna and Daddy on the Carousel. Dane and I were sitting on the bench behind them. Both of my kids thought it was great!

We got off the carousel just in time for the Elmo show and Kenna LOVED it! She was so excited to see all of the characters (Dane was just chilling in the stroller).

She literally danced her way to the front so she could see!

They had some great toddler rides...

...and she had a blast on every single one of them!

So there you have it....way more pictures than most of you wanted to see, but not near as many as we took! What a fun vacation - Sea World and Swimming - it was a Toddler's dream vacation. :) Every morning Kenna would wake up and say "Is my vacation still on?" and as soon as we would say yes, she would start clapping and saying "goody, goody!" Just what a mommy wants to hear! :)