Vacation Day 2- Sesame Place

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! 

Vacation Day 1 Part 2 Philadelphia, PA

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!! 

Vacation Day 1 -- Hershey, Pennsylvania

It's time to share our vacation that we just took to the east coast.  

We left on Friday night around 8pm and drove until about 4am. By this point we were in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We slept for about 4 hours and then hit the road again to Hershey, Pennsylvania.  We arrived around lunch time and stopped at Fuddruckers.  Then we headed to Chocolate World. 

They have several tours and activities that you can do, but we just did the free factory tour and some shopping. 

 There is so much chocolate you can buy in different flavors and sizes. 

Marley picked out a giant Hershey kiss and ate it in two bites. 

It was so crowded.  We were there maybe an hour before hitting the road to our hotel in  downtown Philadelphia.

Kids Road Trip Activity Packet

So, we just got back from vacation last week and I wanted to share the activity packet I put together for Marley to do. We were in the car for a total of 30 hours over the last week, but she actually used this more while we were out of the car. She mostly slept in the car, which was nice too.

First I searched pinterest and other websites for activity pages. I printed them on a fourth of the page and upside down so when I folded them it made a little book.  Then I stapled in the middle to keep them from falling all over the place. 

I also printed out some blank bingo sheets and filled those in with things I knew she would see while we were driving. I made two copies, but put the items in different spots so I could play along too. 

I printed out some coloring pages too. She had these colored in no time. 

I punched holes in all the big pages and stuck them in a trapper keeper that my mom gave me. I also put some crayons and colorwonder pages and markers in there too along with some plain computer paper so she could make her own art work.