Sea World

On Saturday we made our first trip to Sea World! Since it's so close, we decided to go ahead and get annual passes, and it was nice to not feel like we had to cram everything in on this visit. We focused primarily on seeing the animals. First we went to the aquarium.


Claire liked looking at all of the different fish and kept pointing them out to us.

Next we went to the dolphin and beluga whale show. I was surprised at how closely she followed the action, but the most enjoyable part for her was eating her peanut butter crackers.

I didn't even have to look down to know when she was ready for another one - she made it very clear. Note the expression of pure glee on her face as I pull another cracker out of the wrapper.

You can also see the blur as she snatches the cracker out of my hand.

I think we could've saved quite a bit of money and just given her a package of crackers. But then, we wouldn't have seen the sea lions and seals. Claire was totally enthralled, leaning over the railing and point at different sea lions.

A couple came over to watch her, too.

We were all tired and hot by that point, so we made our last stop of the day to see the penguins.

At the gift shop we found a stuffed penguin about Claire's size - she was a little freaked out by it.

We're looking forward to going back soon to enjoy the water park and see Shamu!