This past Sunday we had a little family trip out to Hollywood to meet and take pictures with a super popular celebrity. He’s red, furry, kids love him and he was much taller in person. Did you guess Elmo? That’s right people. We met Elmo! The event (called Sesame Street Presents : The Body) is put together by the people of Sesame Street and is an interactive exhibition that teaches children how their bodies work and how to keep them healthy.
It was also a great opportunity for my friend Amie and I to make a play date out of this event for Kareena and her son Riley. We got there early so Kareena had a chance to run around and have a little snack while waiting for her buddy to arrive.
Kareena saw the giant posters of Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street gang and got so excited! Seeing her and growing up watching Sesame Street - I was a bit too excited as well. I remember wanting to visit Sesame Street. So to be honest, I had some high expectations coming into this exhibition. I was dissapointed when we finally got in because it was so small! I was envisioning a much bigger place (like the actual set of Sesame Street?) and being able to run around and chase Kareena around…
It was still fun though. At least it had the iconic front porch with the green door and the black steps. I thought it was so funny that Kareena was pretending she knew how to read the program!
The kids spent some time wandering around and playing while we waited for Elmo’s appearance.
Elmo finally came out and it was really funny because all the kids got so scared! First of all, Elmo was way too big - I think the lil munchkins are used to a much smaller and dare I say, cuter Elmo? I think another thing was they should have had Elmo talk. Is it me or did Elmo look like he was out of it? Maybe i’m just being biased because I didn’t get to see the entire set of Sesame Street, so I’ll let you be the judge of this:
Nonetheless, I still think it was cute. I’m saying this because everytime I pull up these pictures, it just makes me smile - BIG. =D
Riley was scared of Elmo so we didn’t get to take a photo of him here, but Kareena seems to be star struck - just like her mama. I think we stayed with Elmo a little too long because we started hearing lil kids scream in line - so off we went.
We ended the trip with another snack - Kareena and Riley’s favorite, hawaiian bread! She loved feeding Riley and it was the cutest sight ever!
Riley with his beautiful mama:
Kenny and Benny were there too. =P
by Vanessa
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