Well, this is a pretty late post, but better late than never! A good friend of ours won some tickets to Seaworld and offered them to us back in October/November. So we took her up on it and had a fun day at Seaworld for free!! Sadly, Dan had to work, so I took the boys by myself. I had never been before, so it was a fun experience for all three of us. We saw a lot of cool animals that they don't have at the zoo, like penguins and whales. The penguin exhibit was Henry's favorite. Jonah loved the rides and the play areas and my favorite was a fish exhibit (I'll reference it in my photos.) We saw a really funny animal show with all kinds of dogs, cats, pigs, chickens and ducks. We didn't see the killer whale show or any dolphin shows, they boys were really wanting to run around rather than sit for a show. But it was a super fun day and we're considering buying passes so that we can do it again all year long!
Jonah in one of the aquariums with all the different fish.
It was so pretty in this particular aquarium room because it was dark except for the lights outside the fish tanks and the fish were amazing vibrant colors.
Jonah with a friendly turtle.
This was my absolute favorite aquarium/exhibit. These fish were massive but were so beautiful and graceful in the water. It was so neat to watch Jonah interact with them and I love how these photos came out.
The fish was pretty much the same size as Jonah. (Jonah and the Big Fish!)
Waving to the fish!
On one of the spinning starfish!
He thought he was such a big boy because I couldn't hold him on this ride. So he had to sit on the bench next to Jonah. I don't know why he has to grow up so fast!
This was Jonah's FAVORITE attraction. The giant jumping pillow thing. We waited in line A LOT for him to do this all day long! He's the one in the black pants flying by!
Waiting for a ride. They were such good boys the whole day!
A walrus! I've never seen one of these before!! There were two of them in the exhibit and they were gigantic! Wow! This one was pretty cute because he was sitting right in the window waiting for me to take his picture. Or maybe he's sizing up Henry!
The boys were watching these cute white wales. Don't remember what kind of whales they were but they seemed friendly and they were really active.
Jonah was super impressed with this helicopter in one of the arctic exhibits.
Jonah and the walrus
This year, with the help of Pinterest, we started a new tradition: The Elf on the Shelf. We bought the book and elf and started it up December 1. Jonah had a lot of fun searching for the elf every morning, although we didn't really hide him. He just did a lot of silly things that Jonah thought was funny. Henry didn't really get it, but he did know the elf and would shout "Elf" when he finally saw him! If you're not familiar with the story, the elf hides out during the day watching to see if you are naughty or nice. Then he flies back to the North Pole every night to tell Santa how you were during the day. Each morning the kids are supposed to find the elf. It was a lot of fun, although we didn't always remember to put the elf out every night before we went to bed. I think it will take a little more planning and sophistication as the boys get older, but it's a fun tradition that I'm glad we started.
The elf built a road for the cars and trucks. Complete with a box for a tunnel!
The elf wrapped up all the presents and put them under the tree for us!
The elf made a big town out of masking tape. This was a HUGE hit. The boys played with it all day before we pulled the tape up.
The elf put together train tracks for all of Thomas and his buddies.
