Sesame Place and Hershey Park

This year Melissa decided to join our at our annual trip to Sesame Place.  I also wanted to check out Hershey Park so we decided to do them together.  

Before we left, Brian and the kids were outside gathering wood from the addition when Brian accidentally stepped on a nail.  That meant he needed to go to the doctor and get tentus shot (our last dose was before our Asia trip) and an antibiotic.  That obviously hurt and the timing was terrible since there was a lot of walking in our future.  

I had developed an abscess on my right side.  I thought I would go to the doctor to get antibiotics and be done.  No, they took me to urgent care for an I+D.  I also had the kids with them. After waiting several hours, the I+D was done and they got to watch.  They were not bothered by it.  It hurt terribly!  I hope to never do that again!  It also required wound packing that Melissa got to do while on the trip.  

We left early Tuesday morning for Sesame Place.  We checked into our hotel and then went to the park to meet Melissa and the boys. Everyone rode some rides and we watched the night parade.  The biggest hit ride was the roller coaster.  

Wednesday we spent the entire day at Sesame Place.  We (meaning everyone but me because I couldn’t ride anything) rode dry rides for a bit then decided to do the waterpark.  The kids loved the waterpark however it was a bit chilly.  Cam and Graham did not like it as much.  Austin and Sydney rode several waterslides together.  It was cute!  

Then everyone got ready for the character dinner.  Everyone enjoyed that.  Sydney loved dancing to the music. She can’t wait to start dance.  We also watched the night parade again.   

On Thursday we went to Sesame Place in the morning.  Again rode lots of rides.  Then around lunch time we left and stopped at a Chick FIl A for lunch and drove to Hershey.   We went to Hershey park that evening for a few hours.  It was really cool!  

On Friday morning, Melissa got us tickets to make our own chocolate bars.  That was really fun especially for the kids.  They each made their own chocolate bar along with their label to go with it.  Awesome experience.  Then we headed over to the park for rides.  I was with Graham a lot since he could not ride as much and I couldn’t ride anything.  

The bigger kids enjoyed the roller coasters and fun rides.  The weather was great.  It was hot but not miserable.  Austin even rode the big Hershey Tower.  It is big and he was scared a bit but did it and liked it.  I am not sure I could ride that.  

Later that day, we also went to check out the waterpark.  It was fun but difficult for me since I couldn’t do it.  It rained that evening so the park cleared out however not hard.  It was a great day to be there since there was no wait for rides.  

Saturday was our last day there.  It was busy!  However we were able to do stuff together which was nice.  We checked out the zoo there.  It was small but there was a little show that Austin even got picked to be in it.  He enjoyed that.  We rode some family rides like the train.  Aunt Melissa took Austin on some big roller coaster and Brian and I had the younger kids.  Sydney loved being the oldest cousin and could take care of Graham and Cam.  We really had a great time!

When we got home the outside of our house was done with windows in and sliding up.  They had most of the inside framed up.  They started on rough mechanical.  It is coming along but not as fast as I would like.  It’s a challenge every night figuring out sleeping arrangements.  And our house is so hot without air conditioning.  Brian does a nice job cooling it off at night though.  Our kitchen is still basically still together which is nice but I still don’t have any desire to cook.  I can’t wait for our house to be done!  

Last night, I thought we had zoo night with the Cavs but it was actually next Wednesday. However we did not realize that until we have already arrived there.  I think I have completely lost my mind.  Then it stormed badly and rained.  We have moved stuff to our basement and the sump pump pipe broke off and sprayed everywhere. Luckily we had stuff covered but it was a mess.  It was another project we did not feel like dealing with.  We are all tired and cranky!  

Brian is also switching jobs.  It was a difficult decision for him but the opportunity seems right so this is his last week there.  That has been stressful for him. He’s been very busy trying to get everything set up for his old company to go on without him.  We believe everything is going to work out but we don’t really know.  We are hoping for the best in this new adventure!