Cooking with Pau Pau: " Papa...I wanna see the dolphins"

Us with Sir Walter Wally as we start our day @ Sea World

So about to weeks ago Jailene said to her Papa that she wanted to swim with the dolphins. He asked her "Really? You want to swim with them?" She said "Aww...no but I have never seen or touched a dolphin". So he said "We should go to SEA WORLD so you can see them and touch them". Her brother chimed in..".Me too Papa, I have never been to SEA WORLD and I wanna see the dolphins". So this is how the plan to spend the day at SEA WORLD was hatched by two "innocent" kids wanting to do something they had never done before and by one "lovable" papa who wanted to make their dream come true....

So on Friday after work I picked up the kids so they could spend the night so we could head out bright and "early" to Sea World. Tommy's plan was to be there when it opened at 9am. Friday night was fun too...we took the kids over to the Covina Farmers Market, had dinner, sat on the blanket listened to some music by a local band..it was a nice evening...even Thomas and Jackie joined us.

heading out @ 604am Saturday morning

So we started out a little late, 4 minutes to be exact. Lil Alex was out time keeper for the day. The drive down was nice, as expected, pretty smooth. We mad it i to San Diego around 8ish...( as planned) and we decided we would eat breakfast before we went in....we ended up at a placed called THE BROKEN YOLK, voted best breakfast in San Diego...and it was. They also had a breakfast item that was actually a challenge to the person who order it...NO we didn't but we thought we know a person who could do this...lol

So we made it to Sea World about 915a...and it was great day. Alex and Jailene loved it!!! We did just about EVERYTHING....and the highlight of the day....Jailene not only saw the dolphins up close...she touched them!!! Lil Alex and Papa did too...but the joy and excitement in her eyes...awww made the trip down there so memorable for Tommy and I....man we love these kids. Lil Alex touched the manta rays...which was the highlight for him...I mean the whole day was so full of fun times and great memories for all of us.....even the Shamu Show....