We had been planning to take Teagan on a trip to Sea World before her new little brother arrives this summer, and we finally got chance to actually do it! It is a 5 hour drive each way, and amazingly, she did great. She only had one meltdown in the car and that was because she had purposely ripped a cardboard box and then was devastated that the box was ripped! 10 minutes of crying in 10 hours of driving seemed pretty good to me.
We spent two days at Sea World seeing the dolphins, sharks, penquins, sea lions, and whales. We saw a baby sea lion on the same day it was born and a baby "Shamu" whale that was only a few months old. When we asked Teagan what kind of stuffed animal she wanted at the gift shop, she quickly answered "penguin!" She has always been a fan of penguins. Of course her daddy didn't want her going home without a stuffed dolphin, so we got one of those also. Teagan insisted that her baby doll also needed something, so we go a little mini squeaky Shamu whale.
Teagan's doll Molly has been her constant companion lately, and she went everywhere with us on the trip. She needed her own high chair at breakfast, and sat in Teagan's carseat while we were at Sea World.
It was pretty hot the first day, and pretty exhausting to walk around in the heat, but I'm glad we were able to do it with Teagan.
