SEA WORLD TIME! We were there and ready to experience all the Sea World had to offer. I hadn't been to Sea World since we went in San Diego when I was in Jr. High School, so I was pretty pumped. I've always been a lover of things in the ocean - but I was extra excited because Max has an obsession with animals and fishies. It really was a recipe for awesomeness.
First stop - Sting Rays. Having just enjoyed a trip to Sting Ray City in Grand Cayman, we thought we'd bring the boys over to try it out. Max was enthusiastic at first to see the water.
And then he saw these bad boys and was back in mama's arms pretty quick. In some ways Max can be a real timid dude, particularly around animals. But he loves them.
Owen, T.Rex and B.Rex were not timid and were loving the sting rays. I think this is an amazing family picture (well, except Colette is not there).
Sometimes you just have to let Mittoo know that everything is okay and he slowly warms up to touching an animal. Here he is completely fascinated by the sting rays and gathering up his courage to touch them. This "shocked, fascinated, mind-blown" face is something you are going to see a lot from our day at Sea World. He eventually got down and touched a sting ray. Good job Max!
Fresh of his sting ray experience, Max was ready for more and more and MORE. So we took him to a small dolphin show. Again - transfixed and obsessed. "MOM! Are you seeing this???"
So cute.
Occasionally the dolphins would splash the crowd and Max would get all excited by the action.
And of course they did lots of awesome jumps and tricks the blew Max's mind.
Caitlin and Max - loving their lives.
Then we headed over to the larger, more official dolphin show because Max was not ready to be done with the dolphins yet. Picture posing time.
It was a whole fairy tale show. I have to laugh about this chick in pink. She had to do the most ridiculous stuff, like dance for 10 minutes at a time while the dolphins did tricks. The fact is that she probably was just a science geek who really wanted to interact with dolphins and somehow she got hired by Sea World and ended up being a pink princess + dolphin trainer and she hates her life.
But even if she did hate her life - Max LOVED his life. Look at that face. His mind is right in the middle of being blown to goo. Also, those are Cheetos all over his face. He rediscovered his love for Cheetos on this trip.
These dolphins could get some serious synchronized air.
And do cool flips and stuff. Why wouldn't Max's mind be blown?
And Owen's. Let's not forget that Owen was loving his life as well. I won't be surprised if both of these kids have a phase where they want to be marine biologists.
And then there is precious Colette. Here she is thinking, "Are you #$%&$% kidding me? You have me out in this #%!& heat to watch @#%#$& fish jump around? What a @*%& joke!" Colorful Colette, but it was hot so I can't blame you for the curse words.
The colorful finale with the sun burst.
After the dolphin show we needed a bit of a break. T.Rex and B.Rex went on the Kracken roller coaster and we fed the kids some ice cream. Yes, ice cream. That was all we could get Max to eat. We even put ice cream in a thing of peanut butter in hopes he'd eat some PB. Nope. Oh well. Then Max napped for a solid 45 minutes.
And so did Colette. She had had enough for a while.
Then we went over to the kid's rides for a bit. Max was not really feelin' sitting on the sea horses, but he was 100% down for riding on the bench with Mama. I think we rode this carousel 7 times at a minimum.
That was fine with Owen, since he is a carousel fan as well.
Dada and Max. Do you love our colorful t-shirts?
Sup Caitlin!!!
I love this picture of Max and I staring at each other smiling on the carousel. He really was the happiest kid on earth - and it was only 2pm! What would the rest of the afternoon hold for these adorable kids and their parents???
SEA WORLD TIME! We were there and ready to experience all the Sea World had to offer. I hadn't been to Sea World since we went in San Diego when I was in Jr. High School, so I was pretty pumped. I've always been a lover of things in the ocean - but I was extra excited because Max has an obsession with animals and fishies. It really was a recipe for awesomeness.
First stop - Sting Rays. Having just enjoyed a trip to Sting Ray City in Grand Cayman, we thought we'd bring the boys over to try it out. Max was enthusiastic at first to see the water.
And then he saw these bad boys and was back in mama's arms pretty quick. In some ways Max can be a real timid dude, particularly around animals. But he loves them. 
Owen, T.Rex and B.Rex were not timid and were loving the sting rays. I think this is an amazing family picture (well, except Colette is not there). 
Sometimes you just have to let Mittoo know that everything is okay and he slowly warms up to touching an animal. Here he is completely fascinated by the sting rays and gathering up his courage to touch them. This "shocked, fascinated, mind-blown" face is something you are going to see a lot from our day at Sea World. He eventually got down and touched a sting ray. Good job Max!
Fresh of his sting ray experience, Max was ready for more and more and MORE. So we took him to a small dolphin show. Again - transfixed and obsessed. "MOM! Are you seeing this???"
So cute.
Occasionally the dolphins would splash the crowd and Max would get all excited by the action.
And of course they did lots of awesome jumps and tricks the blew Max's mind.
Caitlin and Max - loving their lives.
Then we headed over to the larger, more official dolphin show because Max was not ready to be done with the dolphins yet. Picture posing time.
It was a whole fairy tale show. I have to laugh about this chick in pink. She had to do the most ridiculous stuff, like dance for 10 minutes at a time while the dolphins did tricks. The fact is that she probably was just a science geek who really wanted to interact with dolphins and somehow she got hired by Sea World and ended up being a pink princess + dolphin trainer and she hates her life.
But even if she did hate her life - Max LOVED his life. Look at that face. His mind is right in the middle of being blown to goo. Also, those are Cheetos all over his face. He rediscovered his love for Cheetos on this trip.
These dolphins could get some serious synchronized air.
And do cool flips and stuff. Why wouldn't Max's mind be blown?
And Owen's. Let's not forget that Owen was loving his life as well. I won't be surprised if both of these kids have a phase where they want to be marine biologists.
And then there is precious Colette. Here she is thinking, "Are you #$%&$% kidding me? You have me out in this #%!& heat to watch @#%#$& fish jump around? What a @*%& joke!" Colorful Colette, but it was hot so I can't blame you for the curse words.
The colorful finale with the sun burst.
After the dolphin show we needed a bit of a break. T.Rex and B.Rex went on the Kracken roller coaster and we fed the kids some ice cream. Yes, ice cream. That was all we could get Max to eat. We even put ice cream in a thing of peanut butter in hopes he'd eat some PB. Nope. Oh well. Then Max napped for a solid 45 minutes.
And so did Colette. She had had enough for a while. 
Then we went over to the kid's rides for a bit. Max was not really feelin' sitting on the sea horses, but he was 100% down for riding on the bench with Mama. I think we rode this carousel 7 times at a minimum.
That was fine with Owen, since he is a carousel fan as well.
Dada and Max. Do you love our colorful t-shirts?
Sup Caitlin!!!
I love this picture of Max and I staring at each other smiling on the carousel. He really was the happiest kid on earth - and it was only 2pm! What would the rest of the afternoon hold for these adorable kids and their parents???
2 comments:
that last picture is priceless. ahhh........
if you were in NY this week, what would you do & eat?
You should know that I am a faithful reader of your bitchin' blog, but generally just too lazy to comment with my phone keypad. But loved the post! Such great pics and you all look beautiful. Looking forward to your return to evanston!!
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