This past Saturday, Mom Bloggers Club Members from all over met for a Tweet Up at Sesame Place and had the opportunity to have a buffet style lunch together at Big Bird’s Riverside Pavilion. We were meeting, networking, and chatting with each other and founder of The Mom Bloggers Club Jennifer James. It was great to meet other bloggers and match faces with Twitter ID’s and blog names that you connect with online. I even got to meet Cocoamommy a dear friend from the blogosphere that I’ve been speaking with regularly via twitter, Skype and even on the phone. We hadn’t met personally until Saturday, and it was just like old girlfriends playing catch up! I didn’t get the chance to meet everyone but, hopefully another opportunity will arise where we can all try and connect again. We were visited by Zoe & Grover during lunch and our children got to talk with the characters and take pictures with them! I think we all enjoyed that!
We prepared for this event by following each others Twitter accounts and while we were having fun with our families we were also tweeting out what we were doing and including @SesamePlace Sesame Place’s Twitter ID and the hashtag #TweetUp to stay connected! I traveled with my husband and four children from North Carolina to attend the Tweet Up and it was awesome! I took many pictures and will be sharing them on Whrll and my Facebook Pages .
It was opening day and the park was PACKED! The sun was shining; the temperature was in the nineties and it was great theme park weather! I must say we covered almost all the rides with the kids. We started at Big Bird’s Rambling River, which was a fun relaxing ride in a floating ring (donut) along the river. The Sky Splash was our next ride to conquer and it was humongous! It’s a huge water slide with a floating devise that seats 6-8 people and you get splashed by the rubber ducky and shower on the way down! Everyone got off that ride soaking wet! Now, I did get on a few rides but, me being the “capture every moment” mom that I am, spent a lot of time playing photographer and capturing our memories digitally. My daughters were brave enough to ride Vapor Trail roller coaster with dips, twists, and turns. They got off smiling looking like it was “no sweat of their backs”. My children absolutely loved Grover’s World Twirl; they were spinning out of control and got off the ride in a dizzy daze. My husband didn’t think I had gotten on enough rides and practically forced me to get on the Sesame Streak, a water slide that I screamed half of the way down on until I landed safely in the pool. That was definitely one of my highlights of the day!
One thing that I absolutely loved was that there are stations for nursing mothers to breastfeed in privacy, and as a nursing mom I truly appreciated that amenity. I also loved the beautiful landscaping. The landscape art was absolutely gorgeous with creatively sculpted characters with flowers, bushes and shrubs, and to top it off a three layered sculpted 30th Birthday Cake, it was Amazing! We were all exhausted from all the fun. When we left the park wouldn’t you know my hubby was the first one to go to sleep! I couldn’t do anything but laugh; overall it was a perfect day!
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Well it was very nice to meet another mom of 4! Thanks for chatting while I was waiting for my family.
Hi Jen, I think I saw you there, but wish I had a chance to say hi! We had a blast!! Wasn’t it a great day?
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Hey Jen:
It was sooooo great to finally meet 🙂 I have to hang with you next time so I can capture some awesome pictures. You have to come back so we can hang in my city!
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Hi i would like to join this group about sesame place. we have a season pass this year. but not sure how to join. thanks
I wish I would have gotten to meet more ladies…just didn’t want to bother everyone during lunch! It was so much fun {besides the heat} and kids had a blast!
What an awesome time. I sure wish we would have had more of a chance to get to know each other though!
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Thanks so much for the linky! We had such a good time but I do wish that I had been able to meet more bloggers! I love your Whrrl Picture Show.
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Thanks again, Jen! We had a blast!
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LOVE your pics! I’m so sorry we didn’t get to meet!
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Neat. Thanks for stopping by. New follower 🙂
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It was so nice to finally meet you, Jen! Glad you and your family had a great time! I linked up my post 🙂
Have a great day!
It was so wonderful meeting you! Thank you for coming up ALL THE WAY from Durham!
I’m sure we’ll see each other soon especially since we live so close.
Jennifer
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I remember when I took you there. Seems the fun is multiplied now. Cheers!
Awww! You have a great memory because I don’t have a clue! Your grandchildren had a ball! Love you Mom! 🙂