On Saturday we took the boys to Sesame Place. For several days prior to our visit Adam told everyone he met that he was going to see Elmo. He was so excited and any time we got in the car he’d ask me if we were going to see Elmo. It was adorable.
When we finally did get to Elmo’s house, Adam was less enthusiastic. In fact, he was downright terrified of the furry red monster (and all his friends). We had breakfast with the characters that morning and any time one of them got within 10 feet of our table he clung to whichever parent wasn’t holding Luke.
We tried to get a nice photo of the four of us with Elmo. It turned out nothing like the vacation keepsake I had in my mind. Let me try to describe it for you, since I was not about to shell out $20 to buy a copy.
Picture it, Dave holding Adam on Elmo’s right and me holding Luke on the other side. Imagine a look of sheer terror on Adam’s face as he tries to scale his daddy to get as far away from Elmo as possible and Dave, dimples blazing, just smiling at the camera. Envision Luke throwing up at the exact moment the photographer clicked the button to capture our happy family, and my eyes wide as I try to protect our camera and Elmo (in that order) from his milk-based attack.
It was so bad that it was almost worth the $20.
Almost.
Later in the day Adam did get more comfortable with the characters. We got to see Elmo a second time and got the nice picture I’d been hoping for. Well, sort of – Adam wouldn’t smile and Luke was sleeping, but compared to that first photo, I’ll happily take it.
And here are some more pictures from our visit, you can click on any of them if you’d like to see them larger.
- Adam, not at all interested in playing Peek-a-Boo with Bert
- C is for Cookie, L is for Luke
- Poor Adam, see the fear in his eyes?
- Dave, Luke, and Big Bird
- Can you tell me how to get…
- Adam watching “Elmo’s World Live”, he absolutely loved it. I am sure it helped that Elmo kept his distance.
- Dave and Adam riding the Flyin’ Fish
- Our little family with Elmo & the newest monster to the street, Murray
- Happy Luke, while we waited for Adam and Dave to get off of another ride
- Adam showing Abby his rubber ducky that he won at a game
- No Luke here, he was sleeping in the stroller
It was really a fantastic day. At home Sunday night before bedtime, I asked Adam if he wanted to go see Elmo again sometime, and he said “No thanks, watch Elmo on TV”.
Apparently he didn’t enjoy our visit to Sesame Place as much as Dave & I did.
They had a ton of activities geared toward little kids. He was able to milk a mechanical cow, “drive” an ice cream truck (he absolutely loved that and still talks about it), and they even had free ice cream samples.
