shamu! shamu!

I've said it once or twice (or a hundred times) but San Diego is the best place to live. It was a beautiful, balmy 75 degrees on Saturday so we drove down the street to Sea World. I take William to Sea World pretty often but we hadn't been together as a family in months. William was NOT into the dolphin show, Blue Horizons. Too many slow dance moves and not enough action. I actually feel the same way.

if you were wondering if we keep his nose clean, here is the proof.

After we made him sit for the 25 minute show we went to the play area so he could get some energy out. It worked. He had a great time just walking around and not playing much with the other kids. Except that one poor child who fell down and William just went over and laid on top of him. That was classic. Especially because we didn't do anything about it. If no one's crying, it's all good.

Then we headed over to the Sea Lions and died over how cute they are. I want one for a pet but then I actually don't because they smell really bad. We loved the sea lions and they loved William . . . or else they just were loving those feeder tubes full of dead fish guts that William had his hands all over. Yum.

The one thing I really wanted to do was take William to see the Shamu show. Whenever we go to Sea World with friends during the week we rarely make the show, so we went early and got great seats. All my friends' children around William's age love Shamu. They beg their moms to watch killer whale YouTube videos all day and say, "Shamu! Shamu!" around the house. I was confident that William would love Shamu as well. In case you haven't seen the show, it starts with Shamu jumping high out of the water as the music meets a thunderous climax. It's very grand and shocking to see this huge black and white creature come out of a sea of blue. Well, William happened to be staring right at the place where Shamu emerged. He screamed in shock as Shamu burst out of the water and everyone around us started laughing because his expression was one of terror but also "that was so awesome". He continued to look at Shamu for a minute to decide if he liked it or not and then he wrapped his arms around my neck, buried his face in my hair and wouldn't let go. About 10 minutes into the show William was done and grabbed my hand and lead me out of the stadium. I don't know if we'll make it back there or not in the foreseeable future.

I just had to get a few shots of William on David's shoulders (his favorite place to hang out). I was laughing because he likes to hold onto David's ears like they're his reins and David is his noble steed.

 

Sometimes he goes in for the eye gouge and it looks like it hurts but it's mostly really funny. I love our family.