So, after bringing my mom to the airport Saturday morning, we were on our way. We got there about lunch time, ate, and all the boys wanted to do was get to Sesame Street. The park is really spread out, but really beautiful to walk through. They've done a great job with all the plants and buildings. It's supposed to be in Africa.
As soon as we got to Sesame Street, we saw Abby Cadaby. Alexander wanted to get right in line, but as soon as we got up to her, he was very shy. That happened with pretty much all the characters, so that's why you'll see me in the pictures, too.
Both boys saw on the computer that there was the Grover Airplane roller coaster, but Alexander was one inch too short. He was pretty upset that he couldn't go on it. But he was able to go on the rest of the rides in Sesame Street. Here are Bob and Glenn on the roller coaster (Glenn actually went on it 5 or 6 times over the two days).
Here they are driving The Count's car:
Glenn in Elmo's three floor tree house:
The boys loved the obstacle course:
Alexander was small enough to go under all of these instead of having to go over the lowest ones.
This was like a large bounce house floor. Thankfully they didn't allow kids much bigger than Glenn because when the larger kids bounced, the smaller ones were bounced off their feet. They were tired by the time they got in here and didn't even stay in the whole time they were allowed.
The safari carousel:
We had flavored ice freezes and they turned our tongues colors. We took this picture while waiting for a train ride.
Alexander loved the train
We were on the train and after getting to the opposite side of the park, they kicked us off because of an impending thunderstorm. Of course our stroller was on the other side of the park. So, we camped out for a bit while the worst of the storm went over. Alexander and Bob were getting cozy:
Then Glenn realized I was taking pictures
When it wasn't pouring, we made our way towards our stroller, and saw a movie theater that we thought was going to show the Sesame Street gang in 3D. Unfortunately, we did not look at the sign, which showed the Sesame Street show was only in the morning. The show we went into was with pirates. Both boys were scared and we had to leave before it was over. When we finally got to our stroller, it was pouring, so we left and went to our hotel.
For our second day, the boys of course wanted to go back to Sesame Street. On our way, we took this picture:
Elmo and Big Bird are Alexander's favorite Sesame Street characters. We saw Big Bird right away and he ran up to the line. But, again, he suddenly got shy. He did give Big Bird five.
We then got to see Elmo, but they didn't allow personal cameras in that area. But he didn't hug him like he did the last time he saw Elmo last year (at Sea World).
The boys went on a lot of rides:
At one point, Alexander was enjoying himself so much on the swings, he closed his eyes. I tried to get a picture of it, but was too late.
We had lunch with Elmo and Friends. The boys were very hungry since they were too busy to snack. So, they weren't too interested in the characters. Glenn loves to see them from far away, but will not get close to them. So, that's why you don't see any pictures of him with characters. Alexander had been exited to see Ernie, but was a bit nervous when he came to the table.
I wanted to talk to Cookie Monster, but wouldn't even look at the camera when we were close to him.
We got in a parade with the characters, and Glenn actually held Ernie's hand. I was shocked. He had a big smile. I think Alexander thought he was going to get stepped on and made me carry him:
Bert had missed our table, and at this point we were completely done eating. When Bert finally came by, Alexander was very excited. It took a little coaxing, but I got him to stand with Bert.
Alexander was crying just before we left because he wanted to hug Ernie, so he ran up to him and hugged him just before the characters left. There wasn't time to get a picture.
We let them play in the water before going home.
And here's one last photo of us at the lunch with Big Bird and Elmo (notice how the boys were really into meeting them):
