Sesame Place
We had a very busy weekend! Playdates, time at the pool, dinner with friends…but the BIG event of our weekend was our trip to Sesame Place. Earlier this summer, Lex and I decided we weren’t going to take Anya there this year, but when a friend from my online October ‘06 birth club suggested a few of us meet up there, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity (Thanks, Saina!). To say that Anya had a blast is a gross understatement. It’s two days later and she’s still talking about the trip constantly (”I meet Elmo! I eat breakfast with him! I give a hug to Ernie! I like Telly show!”).
We attended the Elmo and Friends breakfast in the morning (I highly recommend it; you really can’t get face to face time like that with the characters anywhere else in the park). Anya was a big fan of Elmo and Zoe, and eventually warmed up to Ernie and Big Bird. As for Bert, she only liked him from a distance. She was very excited to see him later at one of the shows we saw. Oddly, during the shows, she loved the characters, but the real people freaked her out. Stay away, Mr. Noodle! Anya loved the rides and the water attractions, and we even got her to take a (short) nap in her stroller. We took a lot of pictures; here are some of my favorites:
Anya gets a hug from Elmo:
The carousel:
Anya with Erica’s children (I’m still mad at myself for missing the chance to get a shot of all three families together):
Lex doing the hula dance at Big Bird’s show (see the video for more!):
And, of course, no post from me would be complete without a video:
July 17th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I hadn’t been able to view he video yesterday because the internet connection at this RV and vacation home park is spotty, but today I was thoroughly delighted when I could finally see it. I felt as if I were right there with you. Anya is braver than her Daddy and aunts were when they first met life size versions of their character friends! I love those “spinning teacups.”
July 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
We’re glad you finally got to see the the video! Anya really loved the characters and is still talking about “big” Elmo almost a week later. We were ecstatic that she wasn’t scared of the characters for the most part, but to be fair, we had talked them up for several days before going.
July 20th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I’m so jealous that you and Erica got to hang out at Sesame Place together!
July 20th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
It would have been awesome if you could have been there, too! You’ll have to come to this coast some time