Lunch with Shamu

For Valentines Day Tim's mom (Nanna) made us reservations to have lunch with Shamu this past Sunday. Since we have had our seasons passes to sea world, the boys LOVE whales, so I knew Grayson especially would love this. We did this a few years ago when I was actually pregnant with Grayson and Brady had a great time then and this time was no different. They have a buffet set up and tables right next to the whales practice tanks. From the moment we sat down Grayson's eyes were glued to Shamu. He just stared and pointed and kept saying, "whale!", "there he is", and "Shamu!". He sat there the whole time with a piece of watermelon in each hand and he took a bite of each and that was it, so needless to say the little bear was very hungry later that evening. So we got to eat yummy food and watch Shamu swim around and the trainers did a few fun things with him and they gave us lots of fun facts about the whales. After lunch was over we enjoyed the rest of the afternoon playing at sea world. Good stuff! Thank you Nanna!

Grayson's view from the table.

When they started the presentation they told everyone they could come up to the fence if they wanted to get a better look. Tim and I weren't finished eating yet, so we just pushed Grayson up there in his high chair since he wasn't eating anyway, and he was pleased as punch!

And here are Tim and I, enjoying our cheesecake! :)

The boys taking in the sites.Shamu, up close and personal.
Shamu and her baby who was born here in January. They are teaching her all the tricks but don't expect too much out of her yet since she's so young. So they allow her to just follow along her momma and do some tricks if and when she feels like it. This show she did quite a bit. Too cute!
One of Brady's favorite things-feeding the dolphins.Every other time we have done this Grayson has been very tentative and wouldn't lay on his belly, but this time he did! He still didn't want to feed them, but at least he was willing to get a little closer.

The penguins! Tim got some great shots of these guys.