Shamu

On monday we headed down to Sea World to meet up with some friends. We all met under the Shamu tank and got to see one of the whales swimming around. No matter how many times I see these critters it still blows me away. Olive just stares and points and then runs around like a crazy person. I have a full blown walker now and if I would try and hold her she would have a meltdown. Oh ya we've entered the age of tantrums too which are super fun. She just wants to go go go. She let me put her in the stroller while we walked through the park but once we stopped it was walking time. The last time we went to Sea World I was able to carry her in my ergo through the aquariums but now she wants to climb on everything. Crazy how fast things have changed. I've never been so exhausted in my life chasing her around. Lets hope this leads to some serious weight loss for me.
We attempted the Shamu show but it was around noon and the sun was beating down so we basically walked in and out. None of the kids are old enough to really care that much about the shows yet. Instead we found a nice shaddy area and ate lunch. It was actually the best part of the day cause we were out of the sun and we got to sit for bit. Olive mostly ran around not eating her food but wanting to try all the others kids food. I discovered she can eat whole edamame, loves cheese and crackers, and goldfish. I've been kinda lacking in the snack department for her cause I hate all those salty shit snacks but yesterday I broke down and bought a ton of the more natural versions of some of the snacks that she likes. Not the best choice but on the go it's much easier than trying to cut up fruit.
The day was fun and we got to see most of the aquariums. I think the shark one was her favorite and mine too. It's basically a tunnel and sharks surround you. It's pretty cool stuff. Around 3 she was getting super cranky and had meltdown after meltdown so we decided it was time to go. I don't think I was out of the Sea World parking lot before she was passed out. Good times!

Shamu

 * This post was supposed to go up last night but my computer was busy being an asshole.

I am waiting for the sun to go down so I don't feel like a complete loser going to bed so early but holy shit I'm tired. I met up with some friends at Sea World today. This was my first all day adventure at a theme park with a baby and I have to say I think I did pretty good. I checked the weather and it was supposed to be a high of 72 which actually meant it was like 92. F You weather channel, you lie. Besides being quite warm it was such a fun day. Olive was on her best behavior and we got through the day meltdown free. I wasn't sure how Olive would do with the shows since sitting for a long time isn't really her thing. We only ended up seeing the Shamu show and the Elmo show and then spent the rest of the day walking through the aquariums.

As soon as we sat down at the shamu show Olive passed out in my ergo which was perfect timing as I didn't think she would be happy sitting through that show awake. The show was kinda lame. It used to be much cooler when the trainers went in the water with the whales. Or maybe I was 5 and everything was cool I duno. Ya I know Shamu ate his trainer and all which is a total bummer but out of how many years this only happened once?? I mean seriously, what are the chances it would happen again? The kids were thrilled so that is really what is important.

Olive loved the aquariums and especially loved the turtles cause I let her push her face up against the glass. I love watching her follow the animals and look around at things with big huge eyeballs. It's pretty darn cute. Our last stop was the Elmo show which is 3-D movie type deal. I nursed Olive for half the show which worked out pretty well since it was dark and cool. She was semi interested in the movie and would stand on my lap and watch a few min then get antsy and jump up and down but for the most part she was pretty happy. My mom got me a season pass so I'm pretty sure there will be lots of trips in our future.

Photo from the ergo looks creepy.

Nola and Julia checking out the Polar Bears.

Mooooooooooooommmmmm don't  use a flash it makes me look creepy!