Memorial Day Weekend Part 1

On Friday morning we loaded up and headed to Sea World.  Cole had been able to take the day off which gave him 4 days off in a row with Memorial Day! (He has not had that many days off for a long time.)  We grabbed an early lunch in San Antonio before we got to the park which made it nice to avoid the lines and high prices. 

Our first stop was the Shamu show.  We got there just as it started and the place was packed!  Luckily we found a spot to stand where you cold see everything.  Connor did not say a word during the whole show.  He was so focused on what the whales were doing, but would clap every time he heard the audience start. 

We visited the penguins next.  It was so dark inside the pictures didn't turn out very well.

Watched the new show "Azul."  It had several different types of animals in it and lots of diving/acrobatics.  At this point we were so hot it was just nice to sit down for awhile and cool off. :)

My favorite was the dolphins.  They would swim by ready for you to feed them.  

Connor seemed to really enjoy watching them until this one came and opened his mouth right in front of Connor and we were done. :)

Our last stop was the gift shop to let Connor pick out a stuffed animal to take home.  He walked over to this big basket of Shamu's and said "hmm... lets see" like it was a really tough decision which Shamu to take. :)

Overall, we had a great first trip to Sea World with our little man.  Our tickets are good until the end of the year so we might head back and check out the water park once it is open.

On the way home we were talking about how nice it sounded to go to the pool.  So we called Mom and made plans to meet up and have a little BBQ picnic.  Such a great way to start off Memorial Day Weekend!  

By the time we made it home we were all exhausted, but glad we were able to do so many fun things that day.    More details on the rest of our weekend hopefully coming soon.