LENNOX @ ATLANTIS!

So - I have a fear of anything that moves unpredictably.  A prime example would be birds, but things of the sea are also included in this "sporadic action" category.  Fish.  Crabs.  Water snakes.  And dolphins.  Yes, dolphins.

I have always thought that dolphins are darling from afar, but to actually be IN THE WATER with them?  NO THANK YOU.  What if they touch me?  Want to play with me?  Bite me?  Or eat me?  Gah......I'd rather be sentenced to a lifetime of adult cat sitting (the un-cute kind of cat sitting).

Anyways, when we booked our trip to Dubai I thought it was time to face this dolphin fear of mine.  People always tell me that dolphins are "the puppy dog of the ocean" and I thought it was time to trust their word and book a playdate.  And so we did.  At Atlantis.  Somewhere almost as magical is Disney.

Here are some pictures from the nerve-racking, fear-fighting morning of ours:   

TA-DA! Our destination!  My stomach was full of nerves as soon as we pulled up!

On the ceiling inside Atlantis.  SO CAPTIVATING!  I could have stared at this all day long (and I swear some people did!).  Check it out - it is unpredictable creations in freeze frame! 

Phil getting romantic with Lennox.  This was one long SMOOCH I tell ya!

Playing sports with Lennox.  You can see that once I saw other people interact with him (and survive), I loosened up and LOVED HIM!

GO MOVEMENT STUDIES!

Group hug!  HOORAY to a successful DAY of fear-fighting!

But wait!  Phil hadn't faced a fear yet!  We had to stop at the most scary water slide ever:  THE LEAP OF FAITH!