August 6, 2014

Vacation Day 5

On our fifth day of vacation we headed to Washington, DC. 

First we went to the National Zoo. 




It was a nice zoo and it's free admission but you have to pay $22 for parking.  We only stayed for a few hours because it was so hot.  




Then we headed to White House and the National Mall.  We parked up near the White House and then walked to the museums. It's pretty far and it was still hot so it wasn't fun at all. 



Best part of the trip for Mike was petting and feeding a squirrel. 



We went into the Museum of Natural History. I picked this one because I thought the kids would like it the most and I wanted to see if it was the same as in the Night at the Museum movie. 







After we left the museum we headed back to the car since we only payed for 2 hours of parking.  However, we didn't read all of the 15 parking signs posted on the numerous poles around where we parked and you can't park there after 3:30 and we arrived at 2:30 so we ended up getting a ticket since we didn't get back to the car until almost 5pm.  OOPS!  

August 5, 2014

Vacation Day 4

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?! 



August 4, 2014

Vacation Day 3- Sesame Place

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. 


August 1, 2014

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!