Whew! It has really been over a month since I last blogged.
The Houghams have been super-busy lately! I’m officially in full planning mode for
Austin’s 5th birthday party in three weeks. We’re doing a superhero
theme, and you know I go big or go home! Needless to say, lots of things to do
on my list!
Anyways, onto the point of this whole post. J At the end of August,
we planned a big trip to San Antonio for the sole purpose of going to Sea
World. Well, as you can tell, that didn’t quite go as planned. Then my
Mommy-guilt got the best of me, and I knew we needed to plan a make-up trip to
actually deliver on my promise of dolphins, penguins, and whales!
These kids roll in style!
We took a few days off of work, loaded down the Tahoe again,
and made the 5-hour trek back to San Antonio. We didn’t splurge on the big
resort again, since I was pretty sure the weather was going to be too cool to
utilize the vast amenities of the place, so we stuck with a basic hotel this go
around. We arrived early Thursday
afternoon and got settled in. We utilized the indoor pool at the hotel for a
bit and then had some dinner. Later that evening, we had another family join us
(the same couple that went with us on our cruise this summer brought their kids
to San Antonio the same time). The kids enjoyed themselves running up and down
the halls like crazy before we wrangled them into our room to try to get a good
night’s sleep. But I swear, my boys are night owls and it was after 11:30pm
before they got some shut eye! Good thing Sea World didn’t open til noon on
Friday so we were able to sleep in a bit.
Little rascals!
How sweet is that?!
We got our cooler and bag all packed and headed out! We made
an excellent choice by coming on Friday, as it wasn’t crowded at all. We were
able to enjoy the Shamu show, a Pets show (who knew you could train cats, pigs,
birds, and even a mouse!), sharks, penguins, dolphins, etc. We pretty much hit
all the major attractions on the first day. Not to mention that we cooled off
in the splash park at the Bay of Play and played on all the nets, slides, and
tunnels. Chase was a bit of a weenie, but Austin rode a lot of the kid rides.
Since it’s close to Halloween, the park was decorated in fall décor and even
had some characters dressed up where the kids could trick-or-treat for some
goodies.
The best we could do with a family pic
Shamu!
Austin was super-excited to see all the characters and trick-or-treat
My sweet boy!
Exhaustion was finally upon us and we decided to call it a
day and head back. The kids were asleep within a minute, while clutching their
souvenirs in their hands. It was so damn cute!
We headed back again the second
day, but since it was a Saturday, it was super crowded! So glad we were able to
take in the more popular attractions the day before, with only a few extra
things to cross off our list. We took in the sea lion show, dolphin/acrobat
show, and rode some more rides. We called it a day earlier and decided to hit
up the indoor pool at our hotel. Then we ordered in pizza and had a ‘picnic’ in
the lounge area down by the hotel bar. Yep, 4 adults, 4 kids, 2 large pizzas, alcohol,
3 iPads, and 2 DVD players made for some relaxing time on our last night.
We had a great time at Sea World and enjoyed having another
family to hang out with. And I’m pretty sure that Chase may have a crush on
Ella. J
Luckily, we waited so late in the 2013 season to buy our fun cards for Sea World
that we ended up buying the 2014 passes with the Fall 2013 free. That means our
passes are good through the end of 2014, so we’re sure to go back again!
The boys had a blast and I was glad that I was finally able
to deliver on my promise of a trip to Sea World. As the boys are getting older,
these family trips and memories get even better!
The Houghams have a busy couple months ahead with lots of
blogging in store. We ventured to the State Fair yesterday, a trip to the
pumpkin patch this weekend, Halloween at the end of the month, Austin’s
birthday in a few weeks, then Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Chase’s birthday right after the New Year.
When will I ever sleep?!
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