We have been having 2 teenage girls babysit Austin and Sydney while I am home. It is getting the kids use to other people especially Austin who is very shy. And it allows me to get some things done around the house. On Saturday morning, the girls came over so I could pack and load the car for sesame place. Austin and Brian were at swim class. Austin is now in level 2 swim class. He is doing so much better. He participates and doesn't cry for Brian any longer. It is refreshing to see. I am always surprised when we are swimming to see how much Austin can do. Since I don't go to swim class, I miss a lot. He sticks his head underwater himself and bounces around the pool.
So while they were at swim, the car was packed and once they got home we finished getting ready to leave. We left around noon. It is about an 6.5 hour drive to Sesame Place. We stopped along the way to eat and potty breaks. Austin does a fabulous job traveling and staying dry. He tells us when he needs to potty and then we look for the blue signs to know where we can stop.
Once we arrived at our hotel we placed the second bed on the floor so the kids could sleep on it. They always sleep on the floor together when we travel. Sydney is a little hard to get to sleep because she likes to continue to play but once they are asleep it works out well.
On Sunday morning, we ate breakfast at the hotel. They had a lady making balloons so Austin got cookie monster balloon and Sydney got an Elmo balloon. Austin's didn't make it to the car before the balloons started to pop but at least Brian got one picture first. Then we drove about 10 minutes away to Sesame Place. It didn't open until 10 am. We arrived early and got a good parking spot.
There was a roller coaster by the entrance that Austin really liked and wanted to ride. Sydney was not tall enough yet. So Sydney and I waited while Austin and Brian rode it. Austin loved it! He ended up riding it at least 2 more times that day.
We ended to the little kids section of rides next. They had at least 10 different rides that were all for little kids and adults. We got to ride all the rides with them. Austin loved everything. Sydney didn't like some of the rides but most of them she did. There were some lines but it wasn't too bad at all. The weather was great because it was cloudy with highs around 80.
We ate lunch at Cookie Monster's Cafe. Austin was happy because he got a cookie monster plate. They also got cookie monster cupcakes for dessert. After lunch we went and got our swimsuits on. We went to the water area but they were not to into it then. They were tired. Then the parade started so we watched some of that. Sydney fell asleep and then Austin wanted to leave the parade so he could sleep in the stroller too. While the kids slept in the stroller we walked around and sat for a while.
We had dinner reservations with Elmo and his friends. I was excited about this. I was thinking it was going to be similar to Chef Mickey's at Disney but I was wrong. Brian and Sydney got there first because Austin and I were riding the roller coaster again. It was a buffet meal. We didn't know when to eat because we were afraid if we ate too early the kids would get bored. We realized we should of eaten right away. When the characters came out, they came to all the tables. They were out for the entire hour.
The Count was the first character to visit our table. Sydney was terrified! She was actually shaking she was so scared. She really doesn't know who The Count is and it's easy to see why kids would be scared of him. Sydney was really excited to see Elmo from a distance. She would get scared when he came close to her. After dinner, we went up to meet Cookie Monster. We also danced with all the characters. We had a really good time. They do it so much better than Disney. We were happy that we did this experience with the kids.
On Sunday night they had a night parade. We got popcorn and got a good seat to watch it. The kids really enjoyed it. With it being at night, it was extra special. There was a lot of singing and dancing. We had a great first day at Sesame Place.
On Monday, we went back to Sesame Place for the entire day again. We did all the dry rides in the morning again. The rides were really fun. We all liked them. In the afternoon, we went on some water slides. We decided to take Austin and Sydney on the big water slide first. Austin liked it. Sydney got wet early on and she did not like it at all. Then we went to a little calmer water slide but because she was scared of the first one she didn't like it. She did like playing in the water though.
After playing in the water we went to an Elmo and Cookie Monster show. When Elmo came out, Sydney was screaming Elmo. She was so excited. It was so cute. They really enjoyed the show especially since it was each of their favorite characters. Even though we don't watch Sesame Street, it's very easy to love all the characters. It was fun to watch the show.
That evening they rode a few more rides after dinner. Then it was sad because the park closed. None of us wanted to leave but we had to go back to the hotel. We were all exhausted but it was a fabulous weekend in Sesame Place!
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