Sesame Place~Breakfast With Elmo and Friends~3rd Birthday

The long awaited day was finally here, the day we got to meet Elmo!!  Kylie was so excited to see where Elmo lives and to have breakfast with him.  She had talked about it for days and couldn't wait to go.  Even better, it was on her actual birthday!

I think I was more excited about the footprints than she was, maybe I should have taken my picture with them!

Waiting for the gates to open!

She couldn't resist dancing to the music!

Daddy and Kylie dancing

Finally, the gates opened and it was time to go in.  She seemed to get nervous at that point.  I didn't hear her, but she told Chad that she didn't want to see Elmo :(  We went in and fixed our plates, then the characters started coming out and she wasn't real sure about it all.  She didn't want to look at any of them, especially Elmo (who she absolutely loves!).  The characters did great with the kids that were scared and we spent a lot of time talking to the characters ourselves while Kylie looked away.  Finally she agreed to take some pictures with us and the characters.

We had to show Abby Cadabby that Kylie's dress had her picture on it!  I think Abby might be Kylie's new favorite, unfortunately she isn't as big of a fan of Elmo after meeting him in person!

Daddy convinced her to take a picture with him and Grover.

She was feeling more comfortable at this point.  I love this picture, looks like her and Grover are having a serious conversation.

You can tell by her face that she wasn't really wanting to take this picture.

Cookie Monster and Elmo!  Funny story...she picked out a small stuffed Cookie Monster as a souvenir.  Last night, I set her cup of milk down next to Cookie Monster, she got very upset and made me move Cookie away, she was so worried that he was going to drink her milk!

This one was taken at the beginning and she would not let me hold her near Elmo, she insisted I stand next to him instead.

She did lots of dancing that day!

 More Sesame Place pics to come!

Happy 3rd Birthday~Party in Philly

Our first night in Philadelphia, we went to Chad's aunt's house for dinner, which turned out to be a birthday party for Kylie! Kylie really seemed to enjoy it and that was after being up at 4 AM and only napping for about an hour on the plane.  I was really surprised how well she was able to do without a nap because at home she still naps for 2-3 hours a day.

She was excited to see a little table set up just for her!

She loves cards just as much as she loves presents!

A Big Bird cake!

Singing Happy Birthday

Blowing out the candles

The kitty even joined the party for a little while

Opening presents!

Sesame Street book!

Cousins

Ready to go!

This year, for Kylie's 3rd birthday, we decided to go to Sesame Place, near Philadelphia.  Chad has family in the area so we thought it would be a great opportunity to celebrate Kylie's birthday and also visit family at the same time.  The trip started out small, but gradually grew to 8 days packed full of fun!

We didn't tell Kylie much about the trip until a couple days before because we knew she would drive us crazy asking when we were going.  She was so excited about getting to fly on an airplane and going to see Elmo.  All she talked about was Elmo and wanted to know when she would get to meet him, though as often happens, she wasn't so excited once she saw him in person (more on that in another post).

On the plane, ready to go.  She was so excited the night before that she only had about 5 hours of sleep, that didn't stop her from hopping out of bed at 4 AM though!

Daddy carrying a Hello Kitty backpack thru the Philly airport :)

More on the trip soon!  I still can't believe that my baby girl is 3 years old now!