SeaWorld Adventure

Yesterday was our big birthday adventure to SeaWorld. Military families get free tickets once/year through the Anheuser-Busch Here's to the Heroes program. So, we've enjoyed three free trips to SeaWorld since moving to TX. Because are able to get in free, we've splurged on a couple of extras that we probably wouldn't have done had we paid for admission into the park. Our first year, I did the Beluga Whale Interaction for my birthday! It was so much fun! And this year, for Boo's birthday, we signed up to have breakfast with Elmo and his friends. We had a GREAT day! Boo was so excited and so well behaved. Lil Bit did well too. I know there are a lot of pics, but consider yourself lucky that I didn't post all 200 of them!

This is his face as we walked into Rosita's restaurant and he saw the Sesame Street gang.

He took his picture right away with Elmo.
He kept making this silly grin when it was time to pose with the characters.
He was very excited and kept asking to go see them but then kind of got shy and nervous when he would stand next to them.

Zoe!


Cookie Monster!

Abby Cadabby!

Lil Bit wanted to see Elmo too.

The BIG guy!

Giving ole Bert a 'high-five'!

After breakfast, which was delicious by the way, the rest of the park had opened and we went to the new Sesame Bay of Play area to ride rides!

He LOVES to ride!

At three years old and the required 38" tall (with shoes on and hair sticking up), he was JUST tall enough to ride the Shamu Express roller coaster with Daddy.

Did I mention that he loves rides??

Standing in line with mama.

Thrill-seeker! Ha!

While Boo rode, Bit slept...

...and blew bubbles.

After riding rides, we stopped to watch the guys from Sesame Street perform a song and dance routine.
Compare to this favorite photo from Boo's first year.


We've seen the Shamu show, Believe, several times now but had not been to the Beluga whale and dolphin show (Azul) before. So, we decided to check it out.

Showtime!

Bit enjoyed snuggling with Daddy.

My Beluga buddies!

Dolphins!

This show had some acrobatics as well...

After the Azul show, we headed over to Dolphin Cove for dolphin feeding time.

Surprise!

He loved this too!

He was ready to try on his own after I showed him what to do a few times.

It really was a great day and a great birthday celebration for our big three year old! He loved every minute of it and we did too. We had great Spring weather too.
Happy Birthday Boo!

Oh yeah, Boo also kept his underoos dry ALLLLLLLL day! Hooray!