I’m not sure if it’s because both Chris and I are both a kid at heart but we were so excited to take Ellie to Sea World. Because she is a huge Sesame Street fan, we booked a “Breakfast with Elmo” show so that she could meet the characters up close and personal. She even has a special Elmo outfit that we found for the date. Well, it turned out not to be the highlight of the week. Let’s just say that she is NOT a fan of any of the Sesame Street characters live. I don’t think she has ever been more frightened than when the 9 feet tall Big Bird walked in the breakfast area. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any better when Elmo and the rest of the gang made it around the tables.
Oh well, we tried. Since Chris had an early afternoon meeting, we walked over to the Sesame Street kiddie ride area and rode a few rides. That was a much better experience.
Later that afternoon, Ellie and I returned to Sea World and watched a few more shows and waited for daddy to meet up with us after his meetings.
It was finally time for the best part of Sea World…the Shamu show “Believe”. After sitting through a few shows with Ellie, we soon realized that the only real show she was excited about was Shamu. Chris said it best when he said that she is only interested in the headliner. During the sea lion show she was ready to leave 5 min. into the show, same thing with the dolphin show but the Shamu show was a whole other story. The excitement she showed in anticipation of Shamu’s grand entrance was indescribable. Ellie would scream out “Shamu” hoping that he might hear her over the sea of voices in the stadium. She would look into our eyes and pinch (gently) our cheeks screeching “Amu”. When Shamu finally made his appearance her face lit up like a Christmas tree, her mouth opened wide with a big “O”, and she jumped up and down because she could not contain her excitement. Both Chris and I cannot tell you how good it made us feel to see so much joy and excitement in our child’s face. This alone made the whole trip worth it.
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