We arrived in Annapolis at Mikes sisters house on Monday evening. We didn't really have any plans for what we wanted to do while out here, just relax with family.
We woke up on Tuesday with Mason under the bed. He moves a lot when he sleeps I guess.
After breakfast we headed out to Sandy Point State Park at the Bay Bridge. Mike and Marley went swimming and we did some walking around. It wasn't very warm out and we weren't really prepared for the beach so we didn't stay more than an hour.
We headed back to Mike's sisters and just hung out and talked for the rest of the night.
Totally saw a cactus in Maryland- Is this normal?!
Day two of Sesame Place was waterpark day. We got there an hour after they opened and did all the slides before it got to busy. Then we played in the big splash area until late afternoon. We changed and rode a few more rides before it was time for dinner.
We had reservations for Dinner with Elmo & Friends. It was a buffet again and the kids got more souvenir cups and lots of visits from the characters. By the end of day 2 Mason was fine with them and didn't cry at all.
You can see in the video below that he actually ran up to a few of them and was so happy too!
After we stuffed ourselves we got in the car and headed to Annapolis, Maryland for the rest of our vacation.
On day 2 of vacation, which is now Sunday, we arrived bright and early at Sesame Place. We had breakfast reservations for Cookie's Country Breakfast Character meal. It was outdoors under a pavilion, and was a buffet breakfast.
The characters made their way around to each table, and Mason didn't want any part of it.
By the end of the meal he was getting a little better, but still not thrilled with these giant characters.
Our breakfast was done around 9:30 and the park doesn't open until 10 so we got extra time in the park before it opened to the public which was nice since we didn't know what we wanted to do first.
This was our first ride of the day, and Mason didn't like that either even though it looks like he's having fun.
It wasn't very crowded at all so we rode every ride, some twice.
This is the Let's Play Together Show. It was pretty neat because the characters were so close. The kids enjoyed that a lot.
We left around lunch time to go check into our hotel, grab some lunch and relax for a while. We headed back in the early evening to ride some more rides and grab some dinner. All kids meals come with a souvenir cup and plate which was nice, cause that meant we didn't have to buy more souvenirs. We stuck around for the Neighborhood Street Party Night Parade. I loved how they stopped and danced for several songs. I had done some searching before on tips for visiting Sesame Place, so I found out the best spot to sit during the parade (between the fire station and Abby's Surf Shop) so they were right in front and came up to the kids several times. Very cool parade!
After the parade ended we headed to our hotel to rest for day 2 of Sesame Place!
We arrived in Philadephia, PA on Saturday evening. We had a hotel right downtown so we checked in and then headed out to see the sights.
We headed towards the Liberty Bell and Washington Square Park.
Mike was making fun of me because I was taking all the pictures above, and I didn't know what they were and what significance they were, but I figure it was better to have the pictures, I can always delete them later.
On our way back we headed to JFK Plaza to see the LOVE Sculpture. It wasn't what I thought it would be at all. I pictured some huge thing, like 20 feet tall, it was barely 8 feet tall and up on a shelf so you could stand under it. They had some other neat pieces there that Marley liked.
We then headed back towards our hotel and ate at Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. Then it was time for bed because we were heading to Sesame Place in the morning!!
