Friday, December 5, 2008

[Oct 2] Sea World With Uncle Jeff

Uncle Jeff teaches Choob many things, most of which fall into the naughty category. Like picking your nose with two fingers and wiping it on momma, naughty. Today Jeff taught the Choob something appropriate: how to raise both hands in the air when you are on a ride.
Choob is still a little afraid of the water squirts, but Jeff convinced him to get pretty close to them and by the end of the day, Choob was actually touching the water with his hands. A big step.

The one thing Choobie loves to do most at sea world is to climb the "buggle nets" (ever since he was a baby he has called spiders "buggles." We are not sure why) with Jeff. Choobie climbs them as fast as he can and Jeff pretends he is the big spider chasing him. Jeff web attacks him and then they roll down into the bottom of the net where Jeff sucks out his blood and then they climb and repeat the process all over again.
Until recently Chobie had no interest in theme park characters of any kind. Now when he sees them, he runs up to them and hugs them and sometimes even snuggles/nuzzles them. Here he is with Elmo.
Choobie wanted to go touch "Mr. Ray" but his little arms are too short to reach the Manta Rays. Uncle Jeff did not see this as a problem and would use his long Goose arms to grab the ray and gently guide him over to the side.
Once the Ray was at the side of the pool, Choobie could reach in and pet him.
And then Choob would get soaked as "Mr. Ray" flapped his wings in escape.

2 comments:

Kara said...

Oh man, this makes me want to come back and go to Sea World again with you guys!! Luke is so lucky to have such a fun uncle to play with and learn all these things from. And lucky you, to have someone else to help entertain him! Hope you are doing well and are having Happy Holidays!

Julie W said...

Luke is so lucky to have a fun uncle. Your family is fun!
Way to go with the arms up, it definitely enhances the ride!