Seaworld

SeaWorld was a great way to end the trip. There were hardly any people there ... definitely their off season. We started by going to see the sharks. Once again ... Pax is a little nervous. We had to walk down this dark tunnel and but it was really cool at the end. There are sharks swimming all around you and above you.

We were walking by the Sea Lions and you could buy some fish to feed to them. So we thought it would be something fun for Paxton ... we probably should have skipped it. The Sea Lions bark really loud for the food and the Seagulls start swarming you to get it too. They take it right out of your hand if you aren't quick enough.

It took us until the last day at Disneyland to figure out that the boys could ride in the stroller like this. They thought it was tons of fun and were usually laughing ... plus it gave Bryce's shoulders a break from carrying Pax if he didn't feel like walking.

We also went on a tram ride across the bay at Sea World. It was an awesome view of the beach and San Diego. Tyler liked it too.

When Bryce went to SeaWorld as a kid you could touch the stingrays. Now they just have an open pond of starfish but that was good enough for Paxton.

There was this tramp with the bungees to jump and do flips. We thought Paxton would have tons of fun on it since he loves to jump on the tramp. He did think it was fun.

The funniest part was watching him try to do a flip. He wasn't quite strong enough or big enough to flip himself all the way around. He would go forward and flip backward and then back to the front. He wanted to do it himself so the lady helping him would try to grab on without him knowing.

We ended our day at SeaWorld with Paxton playing at Shamu's Playground. We watched Shamu and sat in the splash zone but didn't get wet. Pax was disappointed although I wasn't so sad. The people that did get wet were drenched! The show was amazing though ... Paxton pretended to be riding Shamu like the trainers did.

He also played at their playground. His favorite thing was this play area with probably 30 punching bags hanging down. The kids could run all around in it and push them and get hit with them. Paxton thought it was tons of fun ... even when he came out with a scraped arm. Then he went to climb the rope which took you up to the tunnels.

I wish Bryce hadn't had the camera and I had. He went through the tunnels with Paxton and it was so funny. Paxton was clear ahead of him and would just stop and wait. I had to go in with him too and am sure I looked just as hilarious.

We ended our trip with one last trip to the beach. Paxton built one last town of castles as we watched the sun go down. It was a very fun family vacation. Paxton asks every day if he can go back to Disneyland.