Sea World

Sea World was a fun day. It was one of the days that both girls felt good. We enjoyed going to the animal shows the most.

Dolphins are Lilly's favorite! Not only was it a dolphin show, but an acrobat show as well. Lilly wanted to sit in the "splash zone", but we didn't. 

Both girls loved finding birds and squirrels to feed along the way. If Emery was ever in a bad mood, all we had to do was feed the birds and she would perk right up again. 

We loved this animal show. All the animals in this show are rescued animals. I was surprised how well the cats were trained. There were also pigs, ducks, and even a skunk in the show.

We wanted to feed the dolphins, but they don't do that anymore at Sea World, so we got to feed the sting rays instead. Did you know that sting rays don't have teeth? When you feed them you're supposed to put a tiny fish in between your fingers and place your hand at the bottom of the pool. The sting rays swim across your hand and suck the fish out of your hand. My mom was a little surprised and kind of screamed when she fed the sting rays... Note to self: don't let her go first because then Lilly will be scared and not want to try it. Ha! Lilly just tossed the fish to the sting rays instead.

We had fun watching the dolphins in an under water viewing area. Lilly really wanted the dolphins to acknowledge her and swim up to her. You know, like in the movies... The worker that was there said she sometimes has luck when she takes her big black jacket and puts it up to the glass. The dolphins get curious to know what it is. And then when the dolphins swam over to the jacket Lilly started waiving to the dolphins. They kept coming back again and again. It was so cool to watch!

Shamu is huge! Her baby is huge! It amazes me that whales this big can jump out of the water like that. It was a great way to end the day. The girls were tired. We were tired. And our fun filled week was just beginning!!