We were originally planning to do this trip over spring break, but we had some glitches with booking the hotel using travel points. By the time the glitches were worked out, the hotel had doubled in price! We decided to take advantage of homeschooling and just make a second spring break the following week. So after two days of school, we packed up and headed for San Antonio for 3 days of fun!
Sea World wasn't open Wednesday, so we spent our first afternoon at the zoo. I had an avid photographer who kept stealing my phone from my pocket to take photos of every single animal (ahem, Stephen). But I will just post a few favorites. ;)
Black bear
Copperhead
BIG snake!
This was moments before Mariana leaned too far forward and lost her sunglasses to the pond! :/
Parrot
Rhinos (We even had the privilege of watching one poop. Glad I'm not in charge of cleaning that up!)
Hippos (I think this was the favorite animal of Sebastian and Cecilia. They were so in awe, we had to pull them away!)
Komodo dragon
Mongoose exhibit. (We recently watched Riki Tiki Tavi, so fun to see them in real life)
Green Mamba
Stephen bought a souvenir snake
Day 2: Sea World Aquatica!
We spent the first day at the water park because the weather forecast was better for that day. It turned out to be perfect (after a few hiccups getting our passes straightened out and such).
The water slides were amazing, and some quite thrilling. Anastasia and Stephen were so brave going on even the really high, crazy ones. I even skipped a couple of those. ;)
Dolphins!
Sharks!
I was planning to take this little one back to the hotel for a nap, but the park closed at 5 so we just plowed through, and she conked out in the car as soon as we left for the day! So sweet.
Day 3: Sea World main park!
We hit the big roller coasters first to avoid the lines later in the day. Anastasia was so brave and rode every one that she was tall enough to go on!
Steel Eel!
Great White
After lunch we went to see the Orka show since they may not have these creatures much longer.
Then Cecilia decided she was getting a nap this time so she fell asleep in the stroller. I stayed with her while everyone else went on Rio Loco.
She was tossing in the stroller after a bit so I just held her while she slept a little longer. Precious girl! She was a real trooper for this trip!
After a few more roller coaster rides, we packed up and headed home. We are so thankful for such a fun, smooth trip and can't wait to go again!
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