Sea World, Thanksgiving & funnies

So last week Tj's dad took us all to Sea World. It was a really fun couple of days except he had to work for part of it. That was kind of a bummer but the boys had a really great time and LOVED watching the shows and seeing the animals.
We made the trek to Orlando Monday morning. We put the boys in their seats and turned on the portable DVD player (which has unanimously won the "best" purchase ever to save a parent's sanity award) with the first Toy Story movie. Roughly 90 minutes later we changed movies to Toy Story 2 and basically didn't hear a thing from them until we pulled into the outskirts of Orlando. We made a quick potty/lunch stop and added mom to our car. Then the 5 of us headed to Sea World while dad headed to the hotel to work. We watched the Shamu "Believe" show, the Sea Lion & Otter Show, saw the sharks, and did a lot of walking. By the end of the day we were beat. After a quick dinner it was off to the hotel and crashed for the night.
Tuesday we were up and ready to head back to the park. I was feeling a little under the weather and Tj's dad needed to finish up some work so Tj and his mom took the boys to the park in the morning and then we met up with them later. We watched the "bird show" which is actually the dolphin show but the boys call it the bird show, the Shamu show again and rode the Polar Express to see Santa. Pa and Nama also bought the boys their very own Shamu's and the boys are seldom seen without those stuffed toys. It really is SO fun to see the boys really enjoy these experiences and makes it even more fun as a parent. We spend Wednesday driving home. The boys did really well in the car minus Vance the last hour. But overall it was fun.

Thursday we got up and watched the Macy's Day parade. Okay, I watched the Macy's Day Parade and the boys caught bits and pieces. We had dinner at Tj's parents with some friends of ours. Tj's dad had heated the pool and the men and kids swam before dinner. CRAZY! How many other places can you swim on Thanksgiving?! It was a delicious dinner with great company.

The boys have said some really funny things lately. I'm terrible at writing them down though. Hopefully I can remember enough to make this part of the post worth it.

While at Sea World we were looking at the polar bear. I told Joel, "Do you see the Polar Bear? It's just like you, Jolar Polar Bear." Vance heard this exchange and excitedly said "It's just like Joel." As we were leaving that exhibit he told me, "Mommy, now lets go see the Vancer Pants." :)

Joel is getting such a funny sense of humor. He loves to tell jokes and has about 2 or 3 memorized that he tells all the time. But every once in awhile he "misses" a joke. So awhile back I told him the banana and orange joke (knock, knock- who's there?- banana- banana who?- knock knock- who's there?-banana- banana who?- knock knock- who's there?- orange- orange who?- Orange you glad I didn't say banana?) So his favorite thing lately is to tell the joke but he'll use random objects- for instance: Knock knock, who's there?, Christmas tree, Christmas tree who?, I guess I didn't say wall.

I know there are more. And as soon as I post this I'll remember them. But anyway. Things here are fun. We're getting into the Christmas spirit and this is going to be a fun year with the kids! Now if I can just keep them out of the Christmas tree! :)