We celebrated Aubrey's upcoming 4th birthday at Sea World over the weekend. We had been talking about going over the summer but never made it because of the record-setting heat we had a few months ago. We thought this would be a fun and special way to celebrate Aubrey's birthday. She's been telling everyone about it for the last few weeks and was very excited to go.
We didn't have the best weather, but were still able to have fun. It was pretty cold, so at least we look festive with our coats and hats, but it also rained for most of the afternoon.
Luckily, we were able to buy a rain cover for the stroller. It kept the cold wind and rain off of Cooper!
Aubrey checked out the map while we waited to go into the park.
Cooper's
new nickname is Trooper Cooper. He was so good the whole time we were there. He watched a few shows and slept through some others, but he didn't seem to be bothered by the cold or the rain.
We got to see a live Sesame Street Show.
And we got to watch Polar Express in 4-D.
This is when the rain started and it never let up, but every one's still smiling!
Hot chocolate and cookies can make anything better!
We got to see Shamu, or actually about 10 of them! It was really neat to see these huge animals be so gentle and graceful.
The best part of the day was meeting some of the Sesame Street characters. We'd seen a few out and, we kept asking Aubrey if she wanted to take a picture with them, but she said no, she only wanted to see Abby Cadabby. As we were leaving the Shamu show, we saw Big Bird, Elmo, and Abby taking pictures, and we asked Aubrey if she wanted to go see. Of course she said yes! When it was our turn, she ran straight to Abby, but still didn't want to take a picture alone.
It was definitely an adventure, and we told Aubrey the next time we go back, it won't be cold or raining! I can't believe my big girl is almost 4!!
