Carnival Fun

Last Saturday, we decided to try out our city carnival and had a really good time.

Robert especially had a great night because he got to do one of his favorite things and that is throwing a baseball at breakable objects. He absolutely loves doing this! Don't worry, he doesn't do this often, and he only saves these occasions typically for fairs.

Well, he's actually pretty good at it too. In order to win the game you get 2 balls in attempts to break 2 bottles. He rocked it, each one shattered to pieces, and they announced his win to the whole crowd that started to form.

He really did impress everyone around. Some lady even paid him to throw 2 balls for her son, so he could win a prize. What? I don't know, I guess carnival prizes are the hot commodity these days. Although, isn't the giraffe pretty cute? I think it is the cutest carnival stuffed animal I have ever seen, and it helped me avoid all the carnival "salesmen" the rest of the night.

It made a trip to the carnival well worth it!

Also, look at Robert's new haircut! He got a buzz-cut, not by choice though! The lady at the hair cut place took it all off. Oh well, at least he won't have to get a hair cut until after finals.

I love...SeaWorld!

This past Saturday we decided to take a trip to Sea World. Back when I bought Robert's birthday present, the tickets to Busch Gardens, they were buy one get one free tickets to Sea World. It was a birthday gift that kept giving.

P.S. We forgot our camera, but luckily we had our iphone, so we were still able to get lots of pictures. However, they are just not the best quality! Thank goodness for camera phones, otherwise, I would have been really sad if we didn't get any pictures.

I was really excited to visit this park because I was six years old the last time I went to SeaWorld. Shamu was my favorite when I was little and still is! Who doesn't love Shamu?

It was another perfect day at a park with no rain, front row parking, perfect weather, and the lines were once again minimal. We rode every ride in less that 15 minutes and in the front row, except for Atlantis (we will get to that later).

Word to the wise: if you plan on arranging a family vacation to Orlando to visit all the parks, go during October - November (not during thanksgiving) and you will get to do everything you want without waiting in huge lines!

The dolphin show was the first show we went to, and we loved it! I love dolphins because I think they are such happy animals. Robert and I even got to pet them later in the dolphin exhibit.

Just showing off my animal trainer moves...

Manta was a really fun roller-coaster and our favorite.

Now, the infamous Atlantis ride, which I did not ride in the front two rows because according to the park website, these are the only spots where you get drenched. So, I thought we would be fine in the back, and the park employee agreed with us. No worries, right? I mean, I saw others getting off the ride without water damage. However, this was not what the gods of Atlantis had in store for me. As you can see in the above picture, there is a large drop that causes all this water to shoot up and splash everywhere. Well, you may be thinking well of course, the water splashed you when you fell from that large tower. No, no I came out unscathed, just like I had hoped. Robert and I were both dry as could be. So, I am thinking we survived, and no worries just a little bit left in the ride. Just one more dip.

Well that dip is why I am writing this novel. Unfortunately for us, we were not as lucky on timing as those good folks in the picture above (the ones riding on the left going up back into the tower) because when the boat behind us hit the bottom of the hill and splashed all that water into the air. That water went only one place, not at the good people sitting in the back two rows, but at us! The water shot right over the wall and completely drenched me!

How could they? I was supposed to be safe, and I was minutes from finishing the ride. Lesson learned, water rides are not to be trusted!

Luckily, I managed to keep most of my hair dry, so I didn't look like a crazy frizz ball walking around, and my clothes dried up pretty fast. I think riding a couple more roller-coasters at fast speeds helped me speed up the air-drying process.

Here's the after math.

We also took some time to get a closer look at the marine wild life.

And to play around in the jungle gym...


In you go...

It's nice to feel like a kid sometimes. Who needs to grow up?

Here we are waiting for Believe, Shamu's show to start. We watched it twice. We also watched two other shows that day with acrobats, pirates, and sea lions.

There he is!

They are beautiful creatures to watch. The shows were amazing. Even though we saw the same show twice, it was completely different. There were different trainers and completely different tricks.

We decided to really test our luck with water and sit in the soak zone. Uhh...I think Shamu can really make a splash...what were we thinking?

Here it comes. Well we lucked out this time, the people next to us got soaked, but somehow we survived without a drop on us. It was hilarious. Everyone in front of us was soaked and left the show. We had so much fun!

The show was amazing, so inspiring, that I had to buy a t-shirt that said Believe!

I love my shirt.

Like I said, it was a perfect day.