The Strong Museum of Play

The nice thing about government work is the holidays.  Thus, I had Good Friday free.  Ben took the day off as well and the three of us headed to Rochester to spend the day at the Strong Museum of Play.  This place is AWESOME.  It's absolutely ginormous and there are so many different things to see and do.  Cora was like a human pinball, she was just bouncing from one thing to another. 

Your eyes do not deceive, she is indeed standing on the steps at 123 Sesame Street.

We then took a left into Elmo's World, where she had a nice conversation with Mr. Noodle and took a little rest in Elmo's bed.

We met the Berenstein Bears:

They have a butterfly house at this museum as well.  It's timed entry, so you're not crowded in there with a bunch of different people.  It was lovely.  We got to see some beautiful butterflies.

And even a hummingbird.

Cora very patiently waited for a butterfly to land on her (you can see she has her finger out as a landing strip).

She was slightly disappointed when they didn't choose her.  She really wanted those butterflies to land on her, poor thing.

After that we did a little shopping at the tiny Wegman's. 

Not a bad selection for a healthy lunch:

Then, she got to dress up like a beautiful princess:

And Daddy got to be her prince:

My poor Cora, I do believe she has a mild (at the moment) form of OCD.  This was a ginormous Lite-Brite.  Instead of making shapes, she had to pull them out and separate them into different bins according to color.  She is more like me than I care to admit.

This one is for Grandpa Pranger - she wanted to fly the "hoptocopter" (helicopter).

And we finished off our experience with a little ride on the carousel.  I'm not allowed on carousels, they make me ill.

What a great day we had!  The little one passed out in the car after lunch and slept the whole way home, so you know she enjoyed herself.  If you're ever in the Western New York area with tots in tow, I strongly recommend a visit.