A Whole Lot of Play

Instead of our regular summer Monday routine of swimming, sun, more swimming and more sun, we set off on an adventure this morning to the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester. Grandma JoJo and Nicole joined us on our trip to the land of Sesame Street and Elmo, Berenstain Bears and Clifford, Reading Adventureland and last but not least, my very favorite - the pint sized, all kiddie run Wegmans.

The boys worked the grocery check out and took home their individual Wegmans printed receipts of their grocery totals.

The boys loved the Clifford exhibit. They loaded giant dog bones into Clifford's huge dog bowl via a pulley. They tended Clifford's garden, drove a boat, played in sand and crawled through dog house tunnels.





And then we were off to the land of Berenstein Bears. The boys loved Father Bear's woodworking Workshop; Brother Bear's tree house, the Bear restaurant, the Bear dentistry, and most off all - the egg farm.





After lunch we admired the giant saltwater fish tanks. Griffin was in awe of the real life Nemos swimming all around him.

We finished off the play-extravaganza with a visit to Sesame Street. The boys sat on the infamous front stoop and Griffin drove Elmo and Cookie Monster in a cab. The boys even got a chance to visit with Elmo on tv.

It was a perfect day of play. A perfect, exhausting day of play. I need a nap now. If only my children agreed.