Sesame Place, Part 1

We had such a great 2 days at Sesame Place outside Philadelphia.  We started this leg of our vacation with a trip downtown to Philly for their famous Philly Steak Sandwiches....YUMM-O!  We then headed to our hotel for some swimming (which all parents know is a kid's FAVORITE part of a vacation).

The next morning, we were up bright and early and headed for Sesame Place!

"Sunny Days, Sweeping the Clouds Away, On our Way to Where the Sun is Bright..."

Miss Caitlin and Mommy waiting for Abigail and Daddy on a ride.  We did a lot of this, but we had a lot of fun (and ate our way through Sesame)

The first thing we saw when we walked in was the roller coaster.  Abigail and Daddy headed for this...which made me nervous because I thought she'd hate it and not go on any rides....but Daddy was right and she LOVED it!  I think she did it a total of 5 times on this trip.

Proud Riders of Vapor Trail (and yes, there is Grover's voice everytime they rode it...)

On the stairs of Sesame Street (very cute little road that looks like the show)

Waiting for a ride

Abigail jumping on Ernie's Bed (Caitlin was in there somewhere too)

Merry Go Round

Slides

Slides

Hugs with Ernie

and Bert

What a GREAT vacation!

Elmo Rock's Show (one of 3 shows we saw)

Dancing at the show

Kisses for Daddy...Caitlin had such a great time

Caitlin's favorite area...Big Bird's Nest

Sesame is so cute...even the bushes have Elmo in them!

Dancing at the Abby Cadabby Show

After a great morning and lunch (which Sesame is a GREAT place because they let you bring in coolers so we were able to bring food for the kids to eat (and of course stop and buy more food there...and of course we had to get an Elmo Soft Pretzel in the shape of Elmo's head) we decided to head back to our hotel for nap.  This really was the best thing we did for the kids because they were able to enjoy their evening (sort of...see below).

After naps, we headed back to Sesame for Dinner with Elmo and Friends.  Rob and I were so excited to take the kids to see all the characters and have a nice meal together.  See Below...this is right before the CHAOS began:

About 3 minutes after getting seated, Cookie Monster (who is HUGE and BLUE) came out of no where and scared Caitlin, which lead to her SCREAMING the entire meal...not crying, not whining...SCREAMING!!!!  That lead Abigail to crying...and the two of them continued to scream every time a character came within 20 feet of us.  So we never got a picture with Elmo which was supposed to be the highlight of the trip.  I am convinced that if Cookie Monster hadn't freaked out Caitlin, they would have been fine...but nevertheless, it was an "interesting" meal with lots of screaming!

I was able to convince bribe Abigail with cookies to see Abby Cadabby because I knew she really wanted to see her and would continue to talk about it after, which I was right. 

Abbi and Abby

WE DID IT (if pictures had sound, you would hear Caitlin screaming)

Screaming!

After a nice relaxing dinner, we headed out for more rides!  Swings, Elmo's Fish, more roller coaster, etc...

We found Dorothy (Elmo's fish)....that was exciting for these two!

There is a big electric parade at night, but we were having too much fun on rides to get a seat.  So we sort of "watched" as it passed, but promised the kids we'd watch it the next night!

(I am going to do a "tips" post about things that worked for us)

We brought the girls light up necklaces from the dollar store at home so they had lighted toys like the ones they were selling for ridiculous amounts of money!

Watching the Parade

Well....There's Day 1!  (Can you imagine our pictures when we go to Disney?)  We had such a great day..and were really looking forward to going back for Day 2.  We spent the day going into stores and deciding what "souvie" we wanted....so the girls were very excited to get back the next morning!!!!

Stay tuned for Day 2 and Tips for Sesame!