This year we went to Florida to visit Michael's family before Christmas. Michael's cousin TJ was on leave from the Navy for a short time and wouldn't be there long after (when we usually go down) and we really wanted to see him and for him to meet Sophia (last time we saw him I was pregnant) so we squeezed in our trip a few days before Christmas to make sure we had time to spend with him. We planned to spend the day at Sea World, just us and TJ and Michael's youngest brother Brian (the rest of the fam had to work). Plus when we were there in November we didn't get to take Sophia to see the Sesame Street show they have special during the Christmas season and we wanted to do that. It really wasn't too crowded at the park, probably because it was three days before Christmas. The reason we had not seen the Sesame show the last time was because we hadn't gotten in line soon enough...that sucker filled up fast. So this time, Brian and TJ (they didn't want to see Elmo, imagine that!) went to ride some rides and Michael and I got in line
really early for the show with Sophia. You can imagine that a one year old just loves to stand around and wait for something that she isn't really sure what she is waiting on. Oh, did I mention it was about 80 degrees on this day? And we were packed like sardines waiting with apparently whoever was at the park with kids under 10. They actually let us into this giant auditorium thing a half an hour before the show started to sit and wait some more...at least there was some air. Sophia was as good as can be expected. She kept saying Elmo, Elmo over and over. Like where in the world is Elmo, is he even worth waiting this long for??!! She did love the show once it finally started though. She kept yelling to Elmo, although she really didn't want the characters to come near her (evidenced by the fact that when Telly...we had to look him up to be sure that was who it was...give us a break, we know all the main ones....anyway, Telly came running by and waved hello right in her face and she freaked out and clung to us, hahaha). And she was not at all happy when it was over. Personally I wasn't really either, after all that waiting it probably could've been a little longer! :-)
We really had a fun day and enjoyed spending the time together. Sophia and I didn't ride any rides so her and I got to look around in a lot of the shops and at some of the exhibits the boys didn't get to see, just some mommy/daughter time. We got back later than we thought we would, but saw and did everything that everyone wanted to do. All in all it was a nice way to spend the day!
Our little family!
The Boys!
Daddy and his girl!
The star of the show...Sophia's fave!
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