Bush Gardens

The final installment of our Florida pictures are of Bush Gardens. After doing a bit of research we learned that Bush Gardens had recently opened 'Sesame Safari of Fun' - which is basically a small All-Sesame-Park within Bush Gardens . . . and given Kailie's current love affair with Elmo and the rest of the gang we just had to check it out! It was definitely worth the drive from Orlando! Jana and Chase came along which made our day even better and although it was cookin' hot, we got there nice and early and enjoyed a reprieve from the Disney-type line ups.

We started of with Breakfast with Elmo where Kailie got to see Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie, Ernie & Bert first hand. As long as none of them got too close to her she loved it!!! In 'real-life' her furry Sesame friends are pretty big and intimidating so she preferred to play and dance along with them from a bit of a distance . . . . or in Mommy's or Daddy's arms! We all had a lot of fun all the same:)

The rest of the day was spent going on rides and playing in the water. If it had been up to Kailie she would have stayed in the water fountains all day long and she really let us know that too when we finally had to drag her away!

Oscar's Stomp Swamp!


More 'swamping' . . .

Bush Gardens also had some safari sites that we all got to enjoy:)

Kailie got to choose one Sesame-Buddy and it was hand's-down "Enie" - we thought she might want Abbey - but there was NO swaying her, all we heard was "Enie, Enie, Enie" etc!!

Jana and I were crazy enough to go on this INSANE roller-coaster that basically consisted of two of the biggest drops I have ever seen! At the bottom of one of the drops it splashed up a TON of water - and Chase loved every minute of it!!

This bouncy floor was massive and we weren't allowed to go in, so we weren't sure how Kailie would take to it, but she LOVED it and eventually the lady working the ride had to go and pull her out :)

She loved the 'horsey' carousel.

More fun kiddie rides:)

Gettin' a bit too close Bert . . . . . !!!

Even two of her favorites were a bit much up so close - I'm sure it will be a different story in a year or two:)

Ernie - just the right size:)

The trip home after a very fun day!