We arrived Saturday evening and since we had season passes we decided to go ahead and head over to the park for a little while. This was Gordon's first trip to an amusement park so we thought it would be a good idea to let him check it out a bit that evening before the big day we had planned ahead.
He found a slide that he wanted to try.....here he is with Daddy right before they went up to the top.
He had the best time .....as you can see he was dressed for the Sesame Street experience (outfit courtesy of Aunt Linda)
Gordon rode his first amusement park ride that evening....Big Bird's Balloon Race....he was a little uncertain but seemed to enjoy it.
We also caught the last half of the parade.
Our second day started out with Breakfast with Elmo and Friends. Cost...$40, Gordon's reaction when he met Elmo.....PRICELESS!
We got to visit with several of Elmo's friends as well, including:
Bert, who stopped by while we were eating
Ernie, who was actually one of the first characters we got to meet. Could Gordon be more excited?
Big Bird
And he even got to chat with Elmo for a while.
We rented a cabana both days we were there; which I highly recommend. It allowed us to have a place for Gordon to nap, get out of the sun and was right near Big Bird's Rambling River, which we got immediate access to. Zoe stopped by the cabana to visit. I think Gordon had a little crush on her.
I don't think Zoe minded.
When we ran into her later on I practically felt like he was calling us over to meet his girlfriend.
We also got to do meet and greets with the characters.
"G" is for Gordon and (Super) Grover! Gordon wanted to make sure Grover was aware of the location of his nose.
I felt like was okay to wear loud, fun swim shorts given we were at a place where there are bright furry monsters ranging in colors from blue & red to purple and orange.
Gordon also got to visit with Cookie Monster; and quite frankly developed a rather good impression of our furry friend.
We also showed off our impression of the Count,
"AH - HA - HA - HA"
Gordon really enjoyed the water park. We spent a lot of time over at Ernie's wave pool.
Gordon also enjoyed playing at the Count's Castle. But we had to watch out if you heard any thunder, that signaled the start of the countdown for the big splash!
PaPa and Nana met up with us for a while one day.
We caught the full parade while they were there.
PaPa and Gordon had a blast running through the sprinklers.
We were really impressed with how excited Gordon was about the water slide. We thought he might be a little hesitant to try something like that but he loved it. So much that we spent a good half hour to forty-five minutes going down the slide, getting out of the pool and getting back in line to go again!
A close up of the fun
And back in line again!
We had such a wonderful time. And the little man was a trooper as always while we traveled. We hope we'll find our way back there soon!
