~~Shamu Performance ~~ On Saturday morning Colin and I headed to SeaWorld early so that we could take in the Dolphin show before the ECG picnic started (the picnic was at SeaWorld). I was pleased with how well Colin sat in the stadium to watch the performance -- that says a lot for the dolphins! Fortunately we were a few rows up from the splash zone and managed to avoid getting drenched!
Then we headed over to meet up with all of the other ECG families as we had a picnic to cap the end of the conference activities. Our resort was right next to SeaWorld, so we took a siesta that afternoon and then returned for more action later that afternoon. Yah, us and a quarter of the population of Southern California, or so it seemed! People EVERYWHERE! I don't like crowds like that, and it makes it even harder when you have a toddler in tow!
We did manage to escape to an indoor aquarium that had sharks, and Colin quickly learned to say "shark" over and over. I'm not sure if he liked sharks or liked that he had a word he could say over and over, but it was pretty cute to hear.
We got every last ounce of energy out of Colin in the Sesame Street play area. He bounced around in a bouncy play area filled with big, soft blocks and wore himself completely out. (Yeah!)
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We returned to Sea World on Monday morning and took in the arctic exhibit, the penguins, and more sea lions. Then we enjoyed the Shamu show, which is the really big show they are known for. Such beautiful animals!
The penguins were not a hit. It was dark in the exhibit and for some reason in dark exhibits Colin isn't able to focus and runs crazy -- this happens with the nocturnal animal exhibits at the zoo -- we have just learned to avoid these places for now, not to mention it makes it really easy to loose your toddler in a dark exhibit!
Colin enjoyed more bouncing at the Sesame Street "Bay of Play" before we had to bid farewell to San Diego. It was fun while it lasted!
Then we headed over to meet up with all of the other ECG families as we had a picnic to cap the end of the conference activities. Our resort was right next to SeaWorld, so we took a siesta that afternoon and then returned for more action later that afternoon. Yah, us and a quarter of the population of Southern California, or so it seemed! People EVERYWHERE! I don't like crowds like that, and it makes it even harder when you have a toddler in tow!
We did manage to escape to an indoor aquarium that had sharks, and Colin quickly learned to say "shark" over and over. I'm not sure if he liked sharks or liked that he had a word he could say over and over, but it was pretty cute to hear.
We got every last ounce of energy out of Colin in the Sesame Street play area. He bounced around in a bouncy play area filled with big, soft blocks and wore himself completely out. (Yeah!)
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We returned to Sea World on Monday morning and took in the arctic exhibit, the penguins, and more sea lions. Then we enjoyed the Shamu show, which is the really big show they are known for. Such beautiful animals!
The penguins were not a hit. It was dark in the exhibit and for some reason in dark exhibits Colin isn't able to focus and runs crazy -- this happens with the nocturnal animal exhibits at the zoo -- we have just learned to avoid these places for now, not to mention it makes it really easy to loose your toddler in a dark exhibit!
Colin enjoyed more bouncing at the Sesame Street "Bay of Play" before we had to bid farewell to San Diego. It was fun while it lasted!
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