Date with Caiti

Since Kevin is on leave from work because he just got home from deployment, we decided to take advantage of the Hero Salute at Sea World (free for active duty military and their family once a year).  We figured she would be in heaven because she loves water, animals and especially Sesame Street, and Sea World has the funnest little place for cute kids called Sesame Place.  Right when we got in the park, I took Caiti to see the Orca Whales.  She was really excited for a second...until she decided she wanted to go swimming with them.  I had to use all of my strength to hold her back and then spend way too much on a cookie to distract her.  Kevin and I decided she would probably want to go swimming in all the exhibits, so we skipped the actual Sea World part of the park and went straight to Sesame Place.

 
I took Caiti on the Abby Cadabby Spinning Jellyfish Ride.  She couldn't decide what she thought of it.  She took turns screaming angrily and trying to get out and laughing.  It was funny...

Kevin got to take her on the next ride.  I was very proud of her for how good she was while they waited in line.  :)

For someone who loves when we give her rides, and spinning and all that...she HATED the Elmo Flying Fish ride.  Kevin did too.  He was freaked out cause Caiti kept screaming and trying to get out of her seatbelt.  Needless to say, he didn't end up flying the fish very high.

The Sesame Street Characters put on a Halloween show.  So Caiti got to see the Count, Telly and Abby Cadabby in person.  She loved it.  However, they started singing a song where everyone clapped to the numbers.  That was a bit too much sensory input for her.  So we decided we'd been there long enough.

On the way out of Sea World, we walked by someone famous' house.  It was the cutest thing ever.  Caiti got to go up and knock on Oscars trash can.  Then she said,"Hi Oscar!"  :)  He let her pet him.  That made the rest of the day worth it to see her so happy and excited.