Oh, I do love the this time of year...it is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...the lights, the garland, the sparkle, the baked goods, getting shopping almost done before Thanksgiving, wrapping gifts, the smell of a fresh Christmas tree (even though ours is fake, I can still get the scent in a candle jar)...oh, I am just so happy this wonderful time of year! And it's even more fun the older Avery gets...she is talking more and more, so she can say Santa and HoHoHo and snowman though it sounds more like no man. David hung our outside lights two weeks before Turkey Day which was just great and every since Avery has said "e you lights, Daddy" which you should all know by now means, thank you for the lights, Daddy. She is just so sweet and always thanking us for little things. I put a small tree (which was my tree for my room growing up) in her room so she thanks me for those lights. She is bursting with personality, loves babies, loves to dance to the Fresh Beat Band, her favorite song right now is Barbaranne by the Beach Boys which she asks for by name "I want Barbaranne, too", by the way, she adds "too" to the end of most sentences, she still says "I wanna eat" several dozen times a day, loves to swing and sit on her dog Rainy, and enjoys reading books on the potty. There are so many more things she loves to do and so many cute things she says, if it weren't for those two year old tantrums life would be perfect right now!
But back to this wonderful time of year...What could be better than Christmas?! How about Christmas at Sea World! If you love Christmas shows and lights and trees and enormous wreaths then this is the place for you and your family! The weather was perfect, we actually were sweating at times on this first of Dec weekend. Since we went this past summer, Avery still remembered Shamoo and the dolphins and squealed with much excitement when we told her where we were going. She said a dozen times, "feed dolphins!" with eyes and mouth wide open. And yes we did, again, we fed those dolphins and she loved it. At one point the dolphins got a bit excited, started to roll around and splash and completely soaked Nana! So now everytime we mention the trip, Avery grins and says, "splass Nana" and waves her hands toward her tummy showing where the water went. She can't quite say splash so it makes it even more cute. We even say Santa though Aves had nothing to do with him again this year. What made the trip even better for Aves was having Nana, Marty, Kreek and Kaegen there. We met more of Daves family there and took a trip down the River Walk on a boat to see all the lights down town. 3-D glasses made it even cooler. We ate at Rain Forest Cafe which Aves also loved, especially when the elephants and monkeys did their thing. What a great way to kick off this holiday season! 
They loved posing together...and were so good at it for 2, 6, and 9 year olds!
Sun-grins on our balcony..
I love these kinds of pictures...
My high-tech, Christmas light looking girl...
Hello Christmas at Sea World!
The excitement begins...
She loved the Shamoo show, obviously. On his last jump he came completely out of the water and hit a ball that was dangling from the sealing, with that she watched, then thought, then turned to Nana and said, "Cool." I wonder which cousin she learned that from this weekend, haha!
Waiting to see Santa...
The "Not so sure about this guy" look...
Candy Cane Lane...one's eating it, one's trying to steal it and the other is just ready for bed...
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