Sea and Sun!

Day3 4/15/08
(Our 8th Wedding Anniversary!)
We were hoping to rest a bit today. That was not so! The kids decided they wanted to go to Sea World, even though we were planning on going there tomorrow to Dine with Shamu! The first thing we did when we got there was buy food to feed the sharks! Christopher and Anneli thought it was totally disgusting! They wouldn't touch the food--it was squooshy ikky squid! Okay, I admit it was pretty gross feeling and smelled HORRIBLE, but it was cool to watch the sharks gobble up the food so fast! Christopher thought it was funny that on our Anniversary Dad made me touch the ikky squid! We checked out a few things and then we had lunch at the Sharks Underwater Grill. We had a great time watching the sharks swim around as we ate and visited with each other. It was fun, and the food was good, but not really highly recommended by us--we thought it was a little overrated!! Christopher enjoyed the Dolphin and Whale show, but Anneli wasn't too happy about it. Christopher decided to sit in the SOAK ZONE and well Anneli got WET--or as she kept saying, "I'm soaked!" Later in the day we went to see the show again, and she LOVED it--this time we sat far enough back that nobody got wet! The highlight of the day would have to be feeding the dolphins! The kids were so excited to just see dolphins that when we had the opportunity to feed them and touch them they were thrilled! It was definately worth the extra fee and the wait in line! We totally recommend it to anyone! Dolphins are such silly animals! Christopher was sooooo excited and Anneli thought they were super funny!

Day 4 4/16/08
Today was Christopher's special day, since he had to sit in Lunch with the Princesses, we booked him to Dine with Shamu at Sea World. We started out our daying heading to Sea World again! We checked out some of the kids favorite things again, like the dolphins, manatees, sting rays and sharks. We saw the Killer Whale Show BELIEVE and then we headed off to The Cove to Dine with Shamu. We got a good seat, up close and personal with the killer whales! The meal was a buffet--which was pretty good, but who wanted to eat when you could watch these amazing creatures swimming around and jumping right in front of you! As we were eating we also got a special behind the scenes show. Christopher also loved asking the trainer some questions and getting his picture taken with her! Anneli told Kristen the trainer, "I don't like Killer Whales--not even Shamu. I only like dolphins." The Killer Whale Trainer, Kristen, smiled and told Anneli that dolpins and Killer Whales are from the same family! It was very imformative and super family fun! A day we won't forget! Definately a wonderful experience! We would do it again and recommend it to all of you!