Today, Annie's work had a SeaWorld Exhibit so Riley and I left Reed at home to rest and headed up to see the animals. Despite the image in my head of a large tank (kind of like a dunk tank) set up in the pkg lot with Shamu and dolphins and walruses, which were NOT there it was actually pretty fun. Here is a picture of Annie and Riley in the pkg lot where the festivities started with some employees doing animal demonstrations. Sea World Employees. Not credit union employees. Though I am sure Andrea would have kicked butt!
Here is the Sea World lady with a lemur. One of Reed's favorite animals. Thanks Zaboomafoo!
Here she is with a cuck-a-burra. I'm not sure how to spell that but it is a crazy sounding bird. She got the audience to make trilling 'ca' sounds and the bird who was apparently trying to stake its territory responded to us. It was pretty neat.
I didn't hear what kind of animal this was but it was still pretty cool.
At this point, we went inside hoping to get a chance to see the inside animals before the rush of the crowds. (they still had a few animals left outside, which they ended up bringing inside anyway.) Here is a giant frog. I cannot stress how big this sucker was. The picture does not do it justice because the frog was easily as large as my hand.
Here is Riley getting to look at a sloth. It was pretty cool. Because we went in early the Sea World people talked directly to Riley who was the only kid in there at the moment and they showed him how they feed the sloth. The lady in the blue shirt takes a bite out of an apple and then takes it out of her mouth and feeds it to the sloth. Not quite the same way this momma feeds Riley an apple but he found it pretty interesting.
Here is a giant turtle that they let just wander around the office. Riley and Annie went over and touched it but Riley kept asking if it was going to bite him. My brave boy, afraid of a turtle.
And here is Riley in front of the penguin cage. They brought in another penguin as the crowds started coming in but we had already snapped a picture with just the one and it was easier not to fight the crowds again. There were quite a few people there.
Here is Riley with daddy's favorite mascot. At least I am pretty sure it is an alligator. I can never remember if the alligator or the crocodile has the pointy snout. Though I am fairly sure someone said it was an alligator. Riley watched a few kids touch it before he tried. Then he sat and stroked the tail for a good few minutes before he let go.
And finally, just a a humorous picture, here is someone from Andrea's office standing on Andrea's desk to get everyone's attention to give away the 4 pack of Sea World tickets. And no, we didn't win darn it! We were 6 numbers off the winning one. Oh well. It was still a fun day.
Here is the Sea World lady with a lemur. One of Reed's favorite animals. Thanks Zaboomafoo! 
Here she is with a cuck-a-burra. I'm not sure how to spell that but it is a crazy sounding bird. She got the audience to make trilling 'ca' sounds and the bird who was apparently trying to stake its territory responded to us. It was pretty neat. 
I didn't hear what kind of animal this was but it was still pretty cool. 
At this point, we went inside hoping to get a chance to see the inside animals before the rush of the crowds. (they still had a few animals left outside, which they ended up bringing inside anyway.) Here is a giant frog. I cannot stress how big this sucker was. The picture does not do it justice because the frog was easily as large as my hand.
Here is Riley getting to look at a sloth. It was pretty cool. Because we went in early the Sea World people talked directly to Riley who was the only kid in there at the moment and they showed him how they feed the sloth. The lady in the blue shirt takes a bite out of an apple and then takes it out of her mouth and feeds it to the sloth. Not quite the same way this momma feeds Riley an apple but he found it pretty interesting.
Here is a giant turtle that they let just wander around the office. Riley and Annie went over and touched it but Riley kept asking if it was going to bite him. My brave boy, afraid of a turtle. 
And here is Riley in front of the penguin cage. They brought in another penguin as the crowds started coming in but we had already snapped a picture with just the one and it was easier not to fight the crowds again. There were quite a few people there.
Here is Riley with daddy's favorite mascot. At least I am pretty sure it is an alligator. I can never remember if the alligator or the crocodile has the pointy snout. Though I am fairly sure someone said it was an alligator. Riley watched a few kids touch it before he tried. Then he sat and stroked the tail for a good few minutes before he let go.
And finally, just a a humorous picture, here is someone from Andrea's office standing on Andrea's desk to get everyone's attention to give away the 4 pack of Sea World tickets. And no, we didn't win darn it! We were 6 numbers off the winning one. Oh well. It was still a fun day.
