We headed to Pennsylvania to Sesame Place on a Thursday morning. According to the news we were going to get some bad weather on Saturday, but I didn't think much of it because we would be home by then. There was rain in the forecast for Thursday night, but we would have been back from the park and in our hotel by then. Or so I thought.
By the time we made it to Manhattan there was a steady rain. New Jersey greeted us with torrential downpours. By this time we were closer to Sesame Place than to home, so we figured we'd make it to the hotel and call it a night. No Sesame Place this time around! We checked in our hotel, which was in itself an adventure, and thought that was it. The weather cleared up after a couple hours and the sun came out, so we headed to Sesame Place after all!
We decided not to take a stroller and this is what happened as soon as we got to the park. It's cool, though....we're used to running after these two!
The boys really, really wanted to go to the splash park and truth be told this is the reason I really wanted to bring them here. It was a bit too chilly for my liking and they had a little cough, so mama had to say no. We did purchase a two day pass thinking we could come back the next day when the weather was supposed to be sunny and warm.
Evan and Daddy rode this ride. Ryan wanted no parts of it, so we stayed behind. We did convince him to get on another ride a little later, though.
Yes, I forced my child to take this picture! Ryan was not feeling Bert and Ernie at all!
Evan had his doubts at first...
But he overcame them and hung out with the Cookie Monster for a second.
Ryan did too, but he was NOT happy about it! You've got to win this one over, I tell you!
We had a good time even though we were only there for a couple of hours. We never got a chance to use the two day pass because when we woke up Friday morning, early Friday morning thanks to Evan, we discovered that there was a state of emergency in the tri-state area, and they were going to shut NYC down. Since we had to head through the city to get home to Connecticut we didn't want to risk being caught in ALL that traffic. Plus, we needed to get home to prepare 'cause Irene wasn't playing with us! The weather that day was BEAUTIFUL and it would have been the perfect day for the splash park, but we made the right decision. Daddy P is still giving me the side eye because we paid for the two day passes and didn't use them and they were NOT cheap, let me tell you! We really should have taken a million dollars with us to Sesame Place, but you know...it was worth it. I always enjoy doing things with my family, I love to expose the boys to new experiences, and it was an adventure!
