Sea World

After Devin graduated from Optometry school, we told ourselves that we would take one exciting and grand vacation before we settled into real life.  And while Sea World isn’t really all that exciting, it was a vacation and it was grand.  And it had been forever since we had gone on any sort of vacation so it was a welcome change of pace.  We were worried about the long drive and sleeping in a hotel room with our boys since both Dev and I are light sleepers and in the past sleeping away from home has proved to be a terrible experience. But the boys did fantastic during this whole trip.  The first night we stopped in St George and we had them sleep in their tents since this would be the first time sleeping out of their cribs and without any barrier to keep them from rolling out of their beds:

They both ended up not only rolling out of their beds, but crawling (in their sleep!) out of their tents.  So the rest of the vacation they just slept on the floor surrounded by pillows…which didn’t keep them from crawling out in their sleep, but at least we didn’t have to hear them rustling around their tents.  One night on the trip Cameron woke up crying “I want to get in bed! I want to get in bed!”  He had crawled out of his bed and when he woke up he realized that he had no idea where his bed was! He was sad but once we took him back to his bed he was right back asleep. 
We stopped in Baker (btw, Baker’s only claim to fame, the biggest thermometer, is broken. Total let down.) at this old park to let them get some wiggles out:


Once we got to San Diego we stayed at the Welks Resort which had everything we needed to keep us and the boys entertained and happy: 4 or 5 club houses all with kid activities all day long, kids playground and playroom, crafts, ice cream, pools and poolside fireplaces, splash pads, foosball, airhockey, pool, video games. .. We could have been happy and kept busy just staying at the resort all day. 
 

Sea World was the main reason we went to San Diego.  I don’t know if we were going for me or for the boys because I LOVE me some Sea World.




Waiting for the Clyde and Seymour show:

Dolphin show.  Cameron was afraid of this show and was hesitant to watch other shows after this one.  Once I covered up his ears, he was fine though:

We took a break from the heat and went into the arcade area where we played ski ball.

Then we found this game that was like a slot machine, except that you always won!  My boys frequently landed on the 20s and 40s, which equaled the amount of tickets it spit out. Score!

My boys loved the pet show!  Birds, pigs, kangaroos, dogs, cats.  Can’t beat that!

Touching the stingrays and starfish:



A combination of churro and dolphins. Awesome time!

And of course, Shamu!





And any time Nate and Cam play together nicely for an extended amount of time is worth catching on camera.  Here they were playing restaurant where they would order food from each other.

One of Nate and Cams favorite part of SeaWorld was Sesame Street Bay of Play. 



I have a bazillion pictures of the Shamu show.




And the result of two fun filled days at SeaWorld :)

The last day we spent in San Diego at Seaport Village.




Waiting for their lunch and playing with their souvenirs:

Sleepy boys:

We went across the bridge to Coronado to play on the best beach around:

And Nate constantly got sand in his eyes and mouth.  He’d forget that he had sticky sand on his hands.

If Grandpa’s around, Nate is right there with him. He loves his Grandpa.

Cam was afraid of the water, but Nate loved to run away from the waves.



On our way home, we stopped in Vegas at the Belagio Hotel.  I love the garden area that they have there!



And the boys were happy to finally get to our hotel in St George and swim in the hotel kiddy pool.  These boys love playing in the pool.