Thursday, July 9, 2009

Sesame Place

Hello everyone, I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July. I went on a trip to Pennsylvania over the holiday to have some fun at Sesame Place. On Friday we drove to Philadelphia to visit Uncle Josh, Aunt Maria, and Marlee. We spent Friday night at their house grilling out and getting caught up. Here are a few pics from our visit.
Saturday morning we headed out to Sesame Place. It is a theme park based on Sesame Street and is designed for young kids like me. They have a bunch of fun stuff to do there including many water attractions. I went down a couple big water slides with Mom and Dad, rode the carousel with Dad, met Big Bird and The Count, saw a parade with all of the characters from Sesame Street, and even saw an Elmo's World Live show!!
We have arrived!!Here we are sitting on Sesame Street. We also saw Mr. Hoopers store!Here is Elmo at his show. The second photo is Elmo with his pet fish Dorothy.Here I am sliding down Snuffy's Slide.We went on Big Bird's Rambling River a few times. You get really wet!!I played in a little area only for kids under 5. I had fun running around and stacking blocks.This is the big parade they have twice a day. You get to meet all the Sesame Street characters and dance to music!Here I am walking around and splashing in the Teeny Tiny Tidal Wave pool. The deepest it ever got was 2 feet. I could of stayed here all day.I went on Ernie's Bed Bounce but had a hard time getting up to walk around. I ended up just laying there giggling the whole time.At Rubbie Duckie Pond I got to splash around in shallow water and go down some slides!I had fun going down Sesame Streak water slide with Mommy and Daddy!Daddy and I went for a ride on the Sunny Day Carousel.We got a chance to meet Big Bird and the Count.Here is the Count's Splash Castle. We didn't spend too much time here because you get really wet and I don't like being splashed in the face all the time.Mommy and I traveling down Slimey's Chute.This ride is called Sky Splash. You sit in a huge tube and go down a great big slide. If you look to the left you can see someone going down the slide on a blue tube. We did this ride many times.Saturday night there was a fireworks show and I thought it was great!! We watched from the parking lot and sat on the back of Mom's SUV. I liked the bright colors and was not afraid of the booms at all. I liked the fireworks so much that I cried when they were over.We went back to the hotel for a good night sleep. Sunday morning, we got up bright and early and headed back to Sesame Place for more fun!! We finally left the park around 4 p.m. and headed back west. On our travels, we stopped in Hershey, PA for dinner. We decided to take a drive around the town. Here is the downtown and museum. You can actually smell chocolate in the air. We thought it was fun to roll down the windows and stick our heads out to get a whiff!! We made it safely home on Monday afternoon. I also went to U of M for my 3 month check-up on July 1st. I weighed 26.5 lbs and was 35 1/2 inches tall. I lost a little weight but gained 1/2 inch. They want me to try Carnation Instant breakfast for added calories. Other than that, nothing changed. I am also going to participate in a nutritional study. I will update you on the specifics when I know more. I hope every one is enjoying their summer so far, I know I am.

Love,

Luke William