...DD came into our lives!  To celebrate the day, she wanted to go to SeaWorld.  The weather was gorgeous, with sunny blue skies. However, the wind was nippy, so we saught the indoors to stay warm.  First stop was one of her favorite places, the Coral Reef.

We braved the nippy winds to go to the horse corral for the Anheiser Busch horses.  I could not bring myself to take pictures of them.  They looked so sad, being cooped up in the stables instead of enjoying the gorgeous weather in the pastures. 

After lunch, indoors, we stood in a windbreak and the dc fed the koi, surrounded by alligators and turtles.

Then we went to the Penguin Encounter.

We finally braved an outdoor show.  We shivered through one of our favorite shows, Seamore and Clyde and the Cannery Row Caper.

After the show, we went to the back of the stage in the windbreak.  In warmth, we enjoyed the otters and sea lions.  At one pond, we saw some of the trainers feeding some retired otters.  This is the 17 year old otter, once star to the previous show, "Fools with Tools."  We used to yell, "Otter, otter, otter!" during the show.  The poor fellow now has arthritis, but he did stand for us a couple of times.

Then we went to feed the Lorikeets.  I'm not yet adept at feeding these fun birds while taking pictures.  But I got a couple.

Then dd wanted to go to the playground.  This is the mother of all playgrounds!

Finally, it was time to go home and get ready for the tea party.  

Then time for presents.  We gave her a digital camera!  She's been using a 35mm.  The last time she turned in rolls of film to be developed, she put in 4 rolls from our Colorado vacation last Aug.  They were delivered to the wrong place; now they can't find them. They sent her more rolls of film and coupons, and when the manager sees us she always comes over to talk to us.  Now dd won't have to worry about 35 mm rolls of film anymore.