Ringing in the New Year: Sea World, San Diego

Our dear friends Kristin & Roman (and their family) were down in socal for the holidays and we met up with them at Sea World on New Year's Day. The day started at "Breakfast with Elmo" which was everything you would expect it to be and more (including rubbery buffet eggs).



As you can imagine, Angus was apprehensive at first:






but the sheer excitement of Elmo in person was enough to win him over (even though Elmo was freakily large and didn't speak which was really weird)


just in time to not want to meet Big Bird (who was even bigger and scarier! and seemed to be insulted by Angus' apprehension. bird=turd.)


Meeting the rest of the characters provoked a whole range of emotions

shock


amazement


apprehension


comraderie


love


after Breakfast with Elmo we took in the sights. Sea World has this super cool area just right for baby beans Angus' age. The best part was a giant foam pit for frolicking in.






this is the only picture we got of Angus & Roman together. It will serve as proof that we were, in fact, there together. :)


Unfortunately for the Bay of Play staff, Elmo's photo booth (which opens after breakfast) is very close to the foam pit. Once Angus realized this the foam pit was no longer fun enough to stay in. Instead...


and then...


(he walks with such purpose here.)


wow. who knew this child would EVER get so close to a "character" all by himself!


We saw Shamu which prompted several "oh wow"s from the Bangus and a lot of finger chewing


and he really enjoyed every venue and attraction, watched all the animals intently wanting to know what each and every one was.


Rod got really excited about this one. I think it was a manatee. Sea Cow. Har!




still gorgeous. :) even up the nose.


we parted ways with our friends and when it got dark we made one more trip to the Bay of Play. This is Angus leaping onto my chest in the foam pit.


then another on-deman visit with Elmo


and he passed out cold on the ride home.


great day. :)