What a Week!

We have had the BEST week. It was kinda magical, actually...

Of course, we have 9 million photos to share.

Let's start out with our SeaWorld advenure. On Thursday Mom picked me up from school. We met up with Lindsay and Carleigh and headed out to see some whales.

First we met up with an adorable sea otter. Carleigh kinda loved him.

We had a little lunch and headed over to our favorite exhibit: The Arctic Expedition. That's where the polar bears, walruses and beluga whales live.

So, we watched some trainers feeding the whales for a few minutes and headed on over to the polar bears. They came right up to the glass where we were sitting.

 

So we're just sitting there, checking out the bears, watching them tear up their rawhide bones, when this trainer comes up and starts chatting with Mom and Lindsay. He was really nice. He was telling us about the polar bears. I asked him their names. Pretty cool. Then he asked us if we had a few minutes...which we definitely did.

And then we went through the AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY door. And then we walked down a hallway. And then Greg, the nice trainer, grabbed a bucket of fish and took us in to meet Ferdinand.

He's 40 years old. He likes to eat fish. And he talks. I know this because I learned how to make him talk...and he did it!

We got to fee him, rub his belly, hear him make noise, watch him jump up and touch our hands, pet his tail...pretty much the coolest thing ever. Mom and Lindsay were kinda squealing. I think they might have been even more excited than Carleigh and I were.

If you click on Ferdinand's picture above, you can see tons more pics of our time with him.

And then, Friday we went to a really neat place in Escondido. Somehow, we've never been there before, but we sure are glad we finally went. I don't really know what "sculpture park" means, but I know I liked this one!

Again, we've got TONS of pictures of this place, and Mom hasn't had time to edit them all. So if you click the picture of that cool thing right above you can see a whole bunch more pics of this place (which, if you're wondering, is Queen Califia's Magic Circle Garden at Kit Carson Park in Escondido.)

And that's all we have time to share today. We're going to enjoy our last night with Lindsay and Carleigh!

Love,
J