My boys LOVE to go outside. They say they don’t mind the heat but after about an hour of 97 degrees…their whining, tantrum meltdowns tell me otherwise. So I try to keep them inside the cool house but there’s only so many ways you can stack the sofa cushions to make a fort. When Zeke started hanging out in my laundry baskets, I figured I better start getting creative.
We went to Sea World with friends and discovered that it was “Buy a day…get a year”. So now we have season passes to Sea World. They have lots of water at Sea World and lots of sea creatures that like to splash that water on you. Shamu is kinda like a giant whale-sprinkler. The sting rays love to lure you over for a touch of they’re rubbery-ness then WHAM! they drown you with a wall of salt water. Just like the first 10 rows of a Gallagher concert, this was extremely annoying the first time we went, but now…we come prepared.
But this time we’ve outsmarted the fish: Nate’s wearing his bathing suit and no shirt! Refreshed instead of distressed. That should be the new slogan for Sea World: “Wear a swimsuit, bring a towel” That’s my advise.
Sea World also has lots of indoor, underwater, AIR CONDITIONED viewing caves. We went underground to watch the dolphins, manatees and a beluga whale! The penguin exhibit is downright chilly! Well worth the cost of admission.
“Mommy how long can we watch the dolphins play?” “As long as the air conditioner keeps running down here, Nate.”
The secret to surviving the summer: Seek out the shaded water pools and disguise “air conditioner squatting” as educational outings.
My Mom keeps telling me, “It’s like the states that have horrific winters…you just keep your kids inside for 3 or 4 months.” “Yeah, that looks good on paper, Ma. How ’bout I send them to your house when they start singing, “Swing low…sweet chariot…”
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I wrote about you the other day! Did you see it? 😀
Maybe a trip back to Alaska would cool you down? We also came back to Vancouver with SUPER high temperatures! It made me wish that we brought the icebergs back home with us.
I knew I forgot to tell you something. I hung out in laundry hampers from the ages of 2-5. I think it was the feeling of having something closed around me. The protective feeling without a blanket.
Well that explains it then! Anything else I should prepare myself for??? Ha!