Sea World!

Our Day at Sea World!
(my "panoramic stitching")

We couldn't decide between going to the
San Diego Zoo or to Sea World -
well Sea World won out :)
It was in the 50's - so not too hot, not too cold - just perfect!
Both girls were free no matter which place we chose -
and since daddy had never experienced anything like Sea World before, we decided to take advantage of the time and place we were at :)

Cali just loved seeing everything - the colors, the animals and us of course :) She kept looking up at daddy through the little window of the stroller. She loves to be held and snuggled which was great since strollers are not allowed in alot of the attractions there. I just had to keep getting her out to see everything - she looked so happy - I couldn't resist.

Here is me and the girls with my new double stroller getting ready to head in! Both of the girls slept the whole way there so Kinsey was pretty sleepy at first :)

Now this was one of my favorite things - petting the mana rays (sting rays - whatever).
They are just swimming around and you can buy squid to feed them! Well, we didn't buy any squid, but we stayed up by the edge so we could pet them. They are just huge. Its so neat because they lift their head out of the water expecting you to give them squid - they look like huge aliens. They also swim by and splash you! Kinsey got freaked out when that happened but we went back for more. :) They feel so neat and it was so cool to pet them.

This is that alien face coming out of water at me :)

This is me petting it's head! It was so crazy!

I tried to get Kinsey to pet it - but she liked viewing from the edge :)

My happy baby got splashed - but she was all smile anyway :)

It's me and my handsome hubby :)

The end of the day we are still smiles :)

Kinsey & I after seeing the dolphins up close and personal :)

We were able to get pretty close to the dolphins too - Kinsey really enjoyed seeing them.

Kyle and I enjoyed the whales more than Kinsey. She thought they were neat -
but we were at the top of the bleachers
(behind everyone, so I could feed baby and WAY out of reach of the "splash zone").
Even though she enjoyed them, I think she wasn't as impressed as she may have been,
had we been in the first few rows.

She really liked the sharks - especially the tunnel you go through where the sharks are swimming all around you! She held on close to daddy for that part of the trip.

The seals were the first part that we saw. I didn't know that you could actually feed them,
so that was cool. They came right up to the glass and Kinsey got an eye full :)
She thought they were so neat!

Self portrait of us - Cali not looking so happy :)

The nice guy who takes pictures right when you walk into the park was kind enough to take one of us with my camera - he even offered :)
Its so nice considering they charge an arm and a leg for anything in that place.

I loved this part of it - but it was the end of the day and
Kinsey just would NOT wake up to see the whale.
I can hear her now saying "Woah! Woah! Woah!"
in her cute little voice pointing that cute little finger :)Kyle video taped it for her with his phone for later :)
Notice Cali watching the whale :)
Yep - my little princess was pooped and slept the last half hour we were there!
But she just look beautiful :)
Nice part of the park was that one day passes are the same as "all year long" passes.
Bad part of the park is that one day passes are the same as "all year long" passes.
We thought about going back again but since we had seen everything the first day we decided not to. They really get you on parking and anything else they can think of :)
But we had a great time the day we went and if by some remote chance we end up in San Diego later on this year then we will be heading back :)