A Polar Express Christmas

On Saturday, Dec 11, we packed up with the Walsky's and the Cruce's (2 of Brody's favorite buddies - Baylie & Bradyn)and headed down to SeaWorld for the day. We took Brody back in May and bought a season pass since it was only about $10 more and Brody would still be free. We left around 6AM - crazy idea to try and get 3 3 year olds up at this hour. Once Brody got up and dressed he was eager to go but of course the "How much longer" questions quickly came.Best buddies

So sweet!!

We got down to the park around 9:30 and was off and running. We almost canceled the trip because we thought it would be raining, but it didn't even rain a drop all day - however it rained ALL DAY at home. We first went to the Polar Express before it got too crowded and attempted to see Santa. Well, Brody didn't want much to do with him of course, so all of the pictures have Jason in them.

Brody is not so sure about this man in red.

Finally somewhat of a smile.

We spent quite a bit of time in Harbor Town, which is SeaWorld's kid area. We put Brody on the Shamu rollercoaster - you guessed it he didn't want to go but we didn't even ask him. These 3 kids played all day and had a great time. Thankfully they behaved pretty good without having naps. Brody tried once but we woke him up so he could play on the ropes.

Of course I was not riding this one - I let daddy take over.
His favortie ride.

We were able to watch Elmo and Friends Christmas show which was great and the kids loved it. Of course they really enjoyed seeing Shamu so we saw 2 different shows - the normal show and the Christmas show. The Miracles Christmas show was wonderful and since this show was so late we decided to go ahead and end the night with that - it was about 8:15 and we had a 3 hour drive ahead of us.

The guys looking thrilled to be at Sea World.

After a long day at the park.

Our child made it about 4 sips of his chocolate milkshake and was out for the night. Yes, that was his dinner. I was such a good mom that day - full of good quality food - popcorn, crackers, pretzels, gummie snacks, hot dog and a chocolate milkshake for dinner. I think I won mom of the year for that daily intake of food.

Although the day was very long, I think the kids had a blast and it was so much fun to go as a group. I'm sure it will be an annual tradition.