Dan Zanes Concert at Sesame Place
When we found out that Dan Zanes was giving a concert at Sesame Place, we jumped on the opportunity to do two fun things in one day. I rounded up a big group of families from our play group and we got tickets at a group rate—much cheaper than the regular admission price. If you’re not familiar with the music of Dan Zanes, I highly recommend checking him out. By his own description, he makes “family music” as opposed to “children’s music.” It really is music that I would gladly listen to even without Natalie around.
The concert was fabulous. It was held in a small amphitheater, so we were close without the music being too loud. Natalie was rocking out through the whole thing—from the safety of our laps, of course! The rest of the day at Sesame Place was a bit of a bust. First it started raining, but the rides were still open. Then it stopped raining, but was thundering, so the rides closed down because of the threat of lightening. The park has a policy where if it rains for more than an hour consecutively, they will issue you a “sunny day pass.” The park being shut down due to lightening doesn’t fall under that policy, so getting the management to issue the passes was a bit of a headache. Luckily another mom in our group kept at it and finally got the manager to agree.
There was another downfall of visiting Sesame Street. The night before our visit, Natalie started having nightmares about monsters. After about a week, Chris and I attempted to have a conversation with her about the fact that monsters are not real. Natalie’s reply? “But remember when we saw cookie monster on sesame street? He is a ‘really’ monster!!” Luckily, the nightmares seem to have subsided on their own.
