Kat and Jason watched the house while we were away and Kat had reported that everything was in bloom. This is what greeted us when we returned home!
Friday, May 4, 2012
Second Day at Sea World
On Monday we visited Sea World for the second time. (We had a two-day pass for less than half the cost of a one-day pass to Disney World.) This time we focused more on the rides, although we also saw the new turtle show and an arctic explorer exhibit with a helicopter ride. The kids enjoyed feeding the sharks, seeing the sting ray tank and watching the dolphins. In the Turtle show they also got to watch manatees. Since they are seldom seen from below the water, this was quite a treat!
At lunch Leah was fascinated by an egret - who knew how to stay safe while begging. Egrets were all over the park - on the stage for the water shows, wandering near the eating areas, and just hanging closeby wherever they might get a bite of food.
Visiting Great Grandma
On both Saturday and Sunday we drove out to Cocoa Beach to spend time with Great Grandma Julia. We took Julia to the Cocoa Beach Pier for lunch on Saturday and the kids watch people fish off the pier. We also saw a pelican up close - within five feet - who was waiting for someone to give him a fish too small to keep.
After watching all the fishermen, Leah decided she wanted to fish, too. So we rigged up a fishing pole for her and she fished for most of the afternoon. (No, she didn't catch anything, but she saw fish jumping in the canal.)
Four Generations
CA in FL Part 2
After a day at Sea World we were ready to chill again. The kids played most of the day Friday in the pools at the resort. They are both learning to swim, so this was a good time for them to practice.
Rich did all of the cooking for the evening meals - so he got the most out of his bundle of meat. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs, ribs and chicken BBQ, sausage and steak. No one went hungry and Laurel didn't have to worry about any of the meal preparation.
CA in FL
We met our California family in Florida for a week at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club in Orlando. After a hectic drive from Cocoa Beach to Flip's to get the car seat then to the resort to drop off Susan so everyone could fit into the car and then to the airport to pick up the family and back to the resort (whew!) we finally all met up and got to our suite for the week. It was a very nice room with two bedrooms, two baths, living space, porch, kitchen, laundry, on one side and a smaller hotel-like room on the other side for the inlaws. We were near the pools, playground, and basketball court.
On Wednesday, the first full day, we just chilled at the resort (that is the adults chilled...the kids ran full-speed ahead). Luke and Leah discovered a ping-pong table and had a lot of fun with that.
On Thursday we sat in on an owner's update and breakfast at a new resort Hilton is constructing, then tackled Sea World for the day. Rich and Lars wanted to hit all the shows the first day, so we watched the dolphin and bird show, the otter show, the whale show, and an acrobat show. We also had time for some rides and the kids climbed in a huge above-ground play area. Luke's favorite was the water roller-coaster. Grandma's favorite was the carousel (of course), and Leah's favorite was the kiddie coaster. Pop-pop only rode one - the water roller coaster. I think Laurel liked them all, but agreed with Luke on her favorite.
In the aquarium.
Laurel, Leah and Luke climbing in the nets. Laurel was soon dismissed and the kids climbed by themselves - for at least half an hour!
The crab ride
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