Time for another update! On July 22, 2011 we took Mackenzie for a trip to Sesame Place for the first time. Of course the day we chose to take off and go on this trip had to be a 100+ degree day, but we went along anyway. Mackenzie was good for the 1 ½ hour ride sleeping through most of it.
After we had arrived, were admitted, found our locker rental (for diaper bag/purse storage), changed into bathing suits, and applied sunscreen, we were ready to go. We also signed up for a nifty amenity that Sesame Place offers. Sesame offers to link your credit card to a waterproof barcoded wristband, that can be scanned at all stands and stores. This allows the guests to charge their purchases without having the burden of carrying cash/credit cards with you.
Being a hot day, our first stop was of course the Count’s Splash Castle. The Splash Castle is a 12” wading pool with slides, fountains, water sprays in every direction and a big bucket that dumps hundreds of gallons every 5 minutes. My little fishy had a ball! She didn’t even get scared when the big bucket dumped water on her head. She just laughed and kicked her legs. After cooling down in the pool, we ventured off towards the water slides. No I didn’t take Kenzie on them. At 8 months, she was still a little too small in my opinion. But her daddy sure did have fun on them while we watched in the shade and stayed hydrated.
At a little before 1:00pm we decided t break for lunch. Taking a small walk about a block outside of the park, we hit the Red Robin. A smart choice as it was A) air conditioned, B) had an amazing turkey burger and C) kept us out of the 10 minute rain shower that decided to pass over while we were eating. Mackenzie was very good and had a few small pieces of my turkey burger and wheat roll. She was very attentive and tried mimicking our eating by pulling the whole burger to her mouth and trying to take a bite herself. Lol.
I have to tell you, that Red Robin has a great kids menu. I have been looking at kids menus as we go out to plan for future dinner/lunch trips when the kids get older. With many healthy options such as grilled chicken, turkey burgers, melon as a side, etc. I would definitely bring my children back there when they are older. After a nice filling lunch, we headed back to the park.
Back at the park we took another stop at the locker, and pushed a sleeping baby along the main road to catch glimpses of the 2pm parade. Very cute from what we saw. Too bad Kenzie slept through it! Next, it was off to Big Bird’s Lazy River. The lazy river is basically a long pool path with a slow current where you can float along in an inner tube. Halfway through there is a pool area with a fountain where you can stop to splash around. After a few times floating slowly around (which this mommy and baby enjoyed immensely) it was back off to the water slides.
At about 6:00pm after much playing, shopping, picture taking and sweating, we decided to head off home. Our little princess was so exhausted from her busy happy day, that she slept the whole way home. All in all we had a wonderful day despite the 106- degree weather. I cannot wait to go back later on this year. Sesame Place is definitely somewhere I look forward to taking our girls back to in the future years to come.
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