Sesame Place

We took the kids to Sesame Place - LAST MONTH! A little behind on the blogging but better late than never! I took over 300 pictures, so I've done my best to scale the quantity down for viewing pleasure. (No wonder my computer is so slow...I've got a million pictures saved on this thing!)

So before I forget what happened on our trip...here we go. Our trip involved our family, the Buntings, the Hudsons & the Kirbys. We packed the kids up and caravanned up to Philly in the rain. That's right, in the rain. We were so disappointed, but the date was planned, vacation days were in place, and the kids were too excited for words...so we had to push through. Praise the Lord, he gave us a dry day upon arrival! And are we glad that we stuck with the plan. Because of the overcast day, the park was not too crowded and by the end of the day it was warm and sunny!

Our first ride was the roller coaster as we entered the park. It was just the right size for the kids and they LOVED it! (Except Tyler and Blake were too small.) Waiting in line for the carousel....Big T...having so much fun!!!A few fun rides in Elmo's World....After a while, Hailey decided she didn't want to ride any more rides! So I took Tyler on the next ride while Hailey & Daddy met Mr. Noodle. Fun Elmo Ride with Ty!Mr. Aaron & GarretMiss Lauren & IzMiss Lauren, Iz, Hailey & Jo on the tea-cups...Hailey was laughing hysterically the whole time.Meeting Big-BirdAnd Elmo - Tyler's favorite but of course getting close to him made him scared.Abby Cadabby!!Moon Bounce...so fun!!! Iz, Hailey & Kenna in this picture....If you look closely, Tyler is pulling Iz's hair as she's running away from him. Uh-oh Ty...You are messin' with the WRONG chic!!The boys minus Blake...Blakey boy....Elmo's World Live!Jo got picked to swim like a fish with Elmo...WATERS SLIDE! Those two little girls peaking out the rails are Kenna & Hailey.Hailey & Mommy coming down the slide.Ernie's Pool...this is where we spent the later half of the day on Thursday and most of the day on Friday. A little 1 foot deep wading pool that the kids had a blast playing in!!
Behind Mr. Mark is the Rubber Ducky Water Slide that was a BLAST...but I couldn't get Hailey to ride on more than once. All she wanted to do was hang out in the wading pool.
After the second trip on the roller coaster (see in the back) we found Super Grover hanging out by the gates!That was the end of the first day.....WHEW! What a fun day...kids were POOPED! This is Hailey and Tyler the next morning.....Up & at 'em! A BEAUTIFUL day! And crowded as you would not believe. Thank the Lord we got a nice day when it wasn't so crowded the day before. This was the second water park....but it was a little too much for our little ones...they were scared.Too much for Kenna too.See the water fall that came down every few minutes?? It's getting ready to poor...Too much Daddy!!!!Character Lunch...WHAT A BLAST! We got to meet Zoey, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Ernie, Bert, and Big Bird. They all hung out with us while we ate lunch.Awe...Hugs from ZoeyCOOKIE!Tyler was scared.Ernie!Tellin' Daddy a secret...about how much she LOVES him and LOVES him for bringing her to Sesame Place!!!Daddy's girl!Here comes Bert...he TOTALLY snuck up on Hailey. Next time you talk to her, she'll have to tell you the story. It's so cute coming from her.Mom, Hailey & ZoeyThis is sooooo much fun!!!Big Bird!Bert & Ernie doing a dance.Tyler having a blast eating (are you surprised?)...he was fine with the mosters as long as they kept their distance!!!!YUMMY CUPCAKE!Kenna & Hailey doing the Conga Line with the Monsters.The gang waiting for the parade.I'll save you all the boredome of the 50 picture of the parade! :-) After the Parade Jo decided to bust a move!The following pictures are on Sesame Street....Mr. Hoopers StoreBig Bird's showFamily Photo Op as we are leaving the park....Someone remind me the next time we do a trip like this to do the Family Photo in the begining of the day so we don't look so busted at the end of the trip! SHEWEY!The kiddos! What a fun trip! (Note, Tyler is throwing mulch is EVERY picture I attempted to take of this group. That's my son!!) The trip was PERFECT for the older kids. Blake and Tyler will definitely enjoy it more in another year or 2. The 3-7 age group is definitely the best time for this place. Hailey has been asking to go again!! So we'll have to start planning another trip for next year. This was her favorite thing about the summer.