SeaWorld

First thing in the morning we walked outside the villa and ran into Shaggy and Scooby Doo.

Some of us weren't ready yet! Who could that be?

The kids were very excited to go to SeaWorld. Their cousins had been and talked about how much fun it was, and how cool the animals are!

Here we are with Shamu! (Not the real shamu silly, this one is too dry!)

I wanted to see the dolphins first and the show was about to start so we ran to the dolphin theater which turned out to be the training pool. Oops! We watched how they train the dolphins. It was pretty interesting!


We got to walk right up to the edge of the pool and pet the dolphins as they swam past. It was pretty neat!

Then we got to feed the dolphins! Yes, they eat real slimy fish. Emily wasn't at all too sure about touching the little fish. She only wanted to pet the dolphins.

The dolphins are very friendly. When feeding the dolphins we would hold the fish with one hand and, just like feeding a baby, hold your other hand under their chin.

Like so!

We went to see the underwater tank and watch them swim past.

We saw the dog and cat show. The animals would be tricks all by themselves. The kids loved it!

Then we saw Shamu!! That is one huge whale!

The kids thought it was awesome!

It was a very good show! Emily loved how the people "surfed" on the whales. She even did a school report on killer whales.

Here is Shamu!

Shamu is twice as big as these two.

We went and saw a shark exhibit.

This is Michael's favorite shark.

Another shark just chillin'

We saw the seal and otter show. The kids laughed and laughed so hard. It's always a great funny show to watch.

We went back to the villa for princess and pirates night. Emily got to put a star on the ceiling of the castle.

A fairy came and took her star out of this box to put it on the ceiling.

The kids each got a turn to make a magic pillow that will give them good dreams and wishes. The machine would blow bubbles while the pillow was being made. Emily got a pink girl pillow. Michael got a baseball pillow. And Alex got a blue frog pillow.

We got dressed up for the princess and pirate party. Emily was Arora and the boys were Indiana. It was the closest we had to a pirate.

This is the kids favorite tree at the villa "sleepy head." The tree sleeps all day and all night. He even snores the whole time.

Here's Emily as an official princess. Each princess got their own tiara, wand, and certificate that certifies them as a real princess.

Here the boys are certified pirates with swords.

We had a great time!!!