Safari of Fun!

Since we have passes to Busch Gardens when we took Mady for spring break, we decided to get away for a weekend and take Kaitlyn with us to the Safari of Fun. We knew she was going to love seeing all the Sesame Street characters, but we did not expect her to fall in love with Elmo. I think all kids love Elmo, I remember when Mady was KK's age and loved Elmo! Our first day in Tampa we decided to hang by the pool and just rest. The hotel was awesome and had a pirate pool as well as a big pool. Since the hotel lost our reservation when we checked in, they upgraded us to a first floor, pool-side room. Cha-ching! The girls loved going right out our door and to the pool.

The next morning we woke up early and got to the park around opening. Our goals for the day were to 1.) Conquer Safari of Fun and 2.) Stay only in the morning and leave as soon as it got too hot. We accomplished both goals and the girls loved Safari of Fun. We rode all the Sesame Street-themed rides and saw the show. By the time we were finished it was lunch time and we were ready to head out. We stopped for lunch and then headed back to the hotel for swimming and naps. After naps we went out to dinner and then headed back to the hotel for night swimming- my girls' favorite!

The next day we headed back to Busch Gardens and decided to see the animals and ride the older kiddie rides in Timbuktu. The girls loved seeing all the animals, especially the lions who were actually up and walking around. We did the walk through Africa, saw the hippos, elephants, giraffes, etc... We decided we had enough of the heat and had seen everything we needed and headed out for lunch and home.

The girls had a blast on this mini-getaway. We realized that KK LOVES Elmo and changed her 2nd birthday to an Elmo theme. We plan on going back this fall when the weather is a bit cooler and the crowds are so crazy.