I am just loving our holidays this year. Seriously.
We went to Marineland today and I think it was the most fun I had with my 3 guys ever. Cam was amazing and walked the entire time except for a short uphill distance when he hopped onto Seans shoulders. He listened and behaved and just had fun. Cuyler amazed us yet again and only had 2 minor meltdowns.

He went on his first ride! I was thrilled and he really enjoyed it. We figured we (Sean) would take him into the ride area and just see what he did.

After the ride, we went to see some animals and came upon the bears. It was really fun to see them so close up.


This brings us to our first meltdown. You can feed the bears for $2 - they give you an ice cream cone filled with corn pops. Sean gave Cuyler one and said "Throw it to the bear, Cuy!" Well...Cuy loves corn pops (the organic gfcf kind) and popped it into his mouth. Since we didn't know what kind of corn pops they were Sean popped it right back out of his mouth...Cuyler was NOT happy.
But we got through it and saw a bunch more animals; buffalo, deer, elk...Sean went on a roller coaster and we watched him do some loop dee loops. We stopped for some lunch and Cuy was a trooper and ate his chicken nuggets and fries that we brought from home (and were hardly warm anymore).
Then we went to the show. This is when my baby really amazed me. We got in about 10 minutes before the show began. He sat happily on Seans knee and participated in the pre-show stuff by cheering and clapping. The clapping was one of the things that Sean and I gave each other "the look". The guy performing had one side of the audience (our side) clap 2 times slowly and pause. During our pause the other side of the auidence gave 1 clap...like a "We Will, We Will Rock You" beat. Cuy kept the beat and regulated his clapping with the audience. Doesn't seem like a huge deal, but now that we're into the RDI, we know how important things like this are for him to master.
He loved the show, loved the sea lions and dolphins...
Then we went to check out the killer whale tank...the killer whale tank (any Tragically Hip fans? anyone...Bueller...)
We saw 2 killer whales - a mama and her baby. Cuy quite enjoyed watching them glide around the water.
We took the boys to the zoo last year and we couldn't get Cuyler into the underwater viewing area. He actually wanted nothing to do with any of the animals. Today, he would ask to get out of the stroller. He would wave and say "Hello reindeer!" "Hello bear!"
On the way home I treated myself and got a tall vanilla bean frappuccino blended cream from Starbucks - my favourite! (though the banana is quite yummy as well)

This was funny too! When it was time for a bath, guess what HAD to go in with him???

And to top off an amazing day, we put the kids to bed and Sean made a DELICIOUS dinner of breaded veal, sauteed mushrooms and ceasar salad. The veal is sooo amazing how he makes it. It's just like veal parmigan, but it's so good we don't put cheese or sauce on it.
Laying low tomorrow, no plans, but we're back to the beach on Friday!