Swimming with Dolphins
June 25, 2011
Sydney’s new favorite animals are dolphins and whales. I don’t remember how it got started, but like the others before – goats, deer and rhinos – this one’s lasted a while. We’re going on two months of playing exclusively with her dolphin and whale friends for tea parties, in the bath, to bring on adventures, to talk to, etc. I love to listen to her talking to them. ”Here’s your tea. Don’t worry, I have another fish for you!”
So when we booked our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii, the first place I called was DolphinQuest to reserve a spot for Sydney to swim with the dolphins. Sydney enjoyed everything but the dolphin splashing her in the face and the fact that, when it was over, she hadn’t actually “swam” with the dolphins. She cried for 10 minutes and felt very cheated. I’d prepared her for how short it was going to be, and we’d taken her to see what it was like a few times before it was her turn, but obviously she had pictured something completely different than what she got, which was to pet the dolphin, feed him some fish and shake his fin.
