we're going on a trip in our white rocket ship...

We started out on our White Rocket Ship Adventure (like, Little Einsteins, but "mama's car white.") last night and drove to San Antonio. After an 'interesting' nights sleep (a little hard for the kids to settle down, and lots of 'musical beds' through the night) we headed out to Sea World for the day. It was a little chilly when we got there...so much that it 'snowed' on us as we went through the gates. Nice Christmas touch, Sea World!

Even the seals and sea lions were a little chilly, and were sunning themselves. Benson's favorite part was when the "alpha" seal/sea lion? barked at all the others, and they all went jumping off the rocks into the water.

Bailey helped feed the seals some breakfast.

mmm. Nothing like handling dead, frozen fish first thing in the morning.


Benson liked to throw the fish AT the seals. He loved how they reached up and barked/begged for the fish. So much so, that for the rest of the day, he was "Baby Seal" and would bark and beg for me to feed him at meal times.

OoPs! Don't forget about feeding this little baby seal!

Brynnie was so good and so happy just to check out the sights from the stroller.

We all got a good laugh at the Sea Lion Christmas Show. Some of us also froze, and some of us (Brynnie)slept, and some of us snacked during the show.

During the next show, Shamu's Christmas Miracle, somebody else slept.
He woke up just in time to catch a little bit of Shamu, and to now nickname me, "Shamu." Nice.

A little lunch, and then a little souvenir shopping, and then some more sights

What a cute little sight!

Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales

And Christmas at the Coral Reef/Shark Exhibit.

We even got to see Santa snorkel in this exhibit! By now, everyone was near meltdown. So we headed back to the hotel. But not before stopping at El Taco Tote (just for Uncle Dan and the Ralstons). More fun waiting for us tomorrow...if only we can get them all to go to sleep...