Day 2-Sea World

Day 2 of our vacation was SO fun!!! It was really the whole reason to come down to Texas....Sea World!! Camden was so excited, he couldn't sleep again!! We were all up at 7:00, ready to go!

We had to start out at the sharks of coarse!! Camden was so funny!! He kept telling complete strangers about all the different sharks. I think they thought he was crazy! He was telling them about Dwarf Sharks, Port Jackson Sharks, and my favorite... he described in detail how Bull Sharks are incredibly dangerous because they are the only shark that can live in fresh water and swim upstream in rivers. He definitely knows his stuff:)

Here is Mark and Camden checking out some Purana's and Lobsters!

Camden had a really hard time understanding the lines and waiting!! We had one minor meltdown when he realized he had to wait in line to feed the dolphins!! He wanted to feed them so bad, but he wanted to do it on his terms...right now!! Once we practiced what it would look like and sat down for a while, we were good the rest of the day!!

Feeding the dolphins in Dolphin Cove was the coolest thing I have ever seen!! I was so thrilled that Camden got to experience this. He was very hesitant at first, but then he LOVED it! Katelyn was scared to death of the dolphins and wouldn't have anything to do with them at all, so she stayed with me and we played photographer:) I asked Camden what the dolphins felt like because he got to touch them and he said they felt really rubbery. I was shocked at how big some of them were!

By the time we finished feeding the dolphins, there was about 30 minutes left until Believe started. Seeing Shamu was the one thing that I definitely wanted to do no matter what, so we figured we better do it next! I remember seeing this show when I was younger and I LOVED it!!! I am still amazed at what these amazing creatures can do and how beautiful they are!! One of the whales had a baby back in January, so the baby was following her around during the show! It was so cute:)

Next, Mark and Camden wanted to ride a ride!! By this time, it was starting to get very hot outside. The heat index on the day we went was 107 degrees. WHEW!!! The ride they wanted to ride was a water ride... I know, this made me very nervous because Camden doesn't always like to be wet, but he did it anyway and was totally fine!! He is such a daredevil, I am not surprised at all that he wanted to ride all the rides!!

Our meet-up place just happened to be in front of another show going on! We sat and watched for a while. I can't believe what those guys were doing with boats and Ski's! It was amazing!

Katelyn loved riding around in her stroller and playing on the little kids gym area! We decided that we needed to do something as Camden called, "boring" for sister!! So we went to Coconut Cove to see a Dance Party with all the characters all dressed up. You can see from the pictures, that Camden got more into it than she did. He actually got up and played limbo with all the other kids! If I didn't know any better, I would have sworn someone switched my kid out with an impostor!!

Next, Camden and I rode Shamu's Express. It was the only roller coaster that he was tall enough to ride, and he LOVED it!!

Alligator Alley was on the way to the penguins, so we decided to check it out. You could tell it was hot outside because none of them would budge. They were just laying out or staying in the water to keep cool!

We saw some beautiful Scarlet McCaws and even through this wasn't Camden's M&M car, he still wanted a picture with a real race car!!!

We had to stop for a few minutes, because Camden found a butterfly that he just had to stop and watch! You can barely see him, but Camden just wanted to sit and watch it for a while and he wanted a picture with the butterfly! I think he thought it was part of the Sea World exhibits!!

We couldn't get very good pictures from the Penguin Encounter exhibit! It was to dark in the building, but it was airconditioned!! We spend a good 30 minutes in there to cool down!!

ANOTHER RIDE!!!!! WWWWEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~~

Snack time!! Katelyn and I enjoyed a delicous funnel cake while the boys ate ice cream!!

Waiting for Daddy to get off the Great White!! This was the roller coaster that Camden wanted to ride so bad, but he just wasn't tall enough yet! Mark and I took turns riding it and watching the kids! It was GREAT!!!

The last show we watched was probably one of the best ones! It was called AZUL! It is their most recently developed show, but it was interactive with dolphins, whales, birds, syncronized swimers, divers, etc... It was beautiful!!!

One last thing to do... Pick out a special someting from the gift shop! Grandma gave the kids money to buy something special, so they got to pick out their gifts. In the gift store was a frog display, so we had to check it out!!

Katelyn actually fell fast asleep after she picked out a dolphin puppet for her special memory. She hadn't napped all day and at this point it was 7:00! I even gave her her pacifier because I really was desparate for her to just get a little nap in!!

Here is a picture of the happiest boy on the planet! Here he has his special memory... A shark tooth neckalace!! I don't think he will ever take it off ever again he loves it so much! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!!

Sea World was great! We were so hot, Camden and Mark went down to the pool for a quick dip at the hotel while I gave Katelyn a bath. Then everyone was so exhausted, we all went to bed!!