Life as a Yowler

We had a great day at SeaWorld yesterday. We all loved it. I’ve always loved sea animals especially penguins and dolphins. We stayed right until closing time. By doing that, we pretty much got to experience the entire park. We spent the morning seeing sting rays, the aquarium, and attending all four shows. We saw the pets ahoy show, dolphin show, sea lion show, and killer whale show. My personal favorite was the killer whale show. I think they are just the most amazing animals. We wanted to take the kids to seaworld before 2019 when they get rid of the killer whales. Joah got emotional last night(mostly because he was exhausted). He said, “mom, I’m just so sad that I’ll never see a killer whale again.” I understand both sides of the argument. I know it’s hard on animals to perform in shows over and over. Even zoos are tough for them. At the same time, it’s so fun for kids to go and see all different kinds of animals. We spent the afternoon yesterday eating lunch, riding rides, and seeing all the exhibits that we missed in the morning. The last hour of the day the lines for rides were not very long. We were able to get right on. Our oldest two kids have always loved rides, but Caed has always been timid. It was so fun yesterday seeing Caed come out of his shell. He was loving the rides. He is so expressive and it was so fun watching his face. We made some awesome memories and are thankful for such a fun day. I’ll upload the pictures to my Facebook because that’s a lot easier.

P.S. I will add two stories….2 poop stories just to keep life real.

Number 1: lunch time has to be the craziest most unorganized thing in the entire mworld with 4 kids. Brandon took Joah and juggled 2 huge trays of food plus drinks with no lids or straws(we are saving our planet at seaworld). I took the youngest 3 kids to reserve a table because they were filling up super fast. I found one and sat everyone down in their spots and breathed a sigh of relief. Brielle pipes up, ” I have to poop super bad mom. ” I didn’t want to lose out table so I left my purse and talked to a very nice lady at the table next to ours. She willingly watched it for me. I hauled the youngest 3 accross what felt like half the park. And keep in mind Caed is the most uncooperative child when his sugar crashes. It was 2:30 and he hadn’t eaten anything but snacks. He lays down on the ground refusing to move. I’m holding Isla. Brielle is yelling “I’m gonna poop myself.” I football held caed(the largest 2 year old in the entire world) still holding Isla and ran with Brielle following. We made it just in time, but I pretty much hated life until that moment was over.

Number 2: brandon took Joah on a shamu roller coaster ride. They were literally just seconds away from getting on after waiting in line. Joah pipes up and says “gotta poop dad.” Brandon asks if he can please hold it. Joah goes, “well I can try dad but it’s started to push in and out and rub against my pants, dad” thank you for the graphics, Joah. So brandon had no choice but to leave the line and lose his spot. Joah took a dump. They went back and luckily the line was very short and they got right on.