Sea World

We made lots of fun memories in San Diego. Here are some pictures to capture our vacation at a glance. Our hotel had a rainforest theme, with trees, parrots, waterfalls, pools of enormous fish, and ducks waddling around the pathways. It was a beautiful walk from our room to the swimming pool or the bay.


We had breakfast at our hotel and then were off to SeaWorld! (Jacob loved that the placemats could be used as a pirate mask :)
We headed straight for the Shamu show as soon as we got there. At the beginning of the show, there was a huge tribute to the heroes who serve our country and the audience applauded for families in the military. I was in tears of course, not only as our family stood, but everytime I saw a "Here's to the Heroes" sign around SeaWorld.

Jacob is clapping with the music to Shamu
Gavin and Jacob couldn't get enough of watching the sea lions swim and play
Here we are at the dolphin show... they can splash almost as far as the orca whales!
SeaWorld was definitely kid-friendly, as this entire Sesame themed area was filled with fun things to play on and climb! It was a great break between the shows, but you had to stay latched to your kids so you wouldn't get separated.

This was a cat and dog show that Jacob and Gavin loved. Dogs were jump roping, cats were leaping from high structures... it was pretty entertaining!
We walked through the shark, penguin and polar exhibits. In this picture, Gavin was in a polar bear cave and just heard the loud howl of a polar bear!
We let Jacob pick one treat for the afternoon, whatever he would like. Leave it to a four-year old to choose blue cotton candy!We ended the day at a tidepool, where you could touch all of the sealife (as long as it stayed in the water ;)