Trip to Rochester

Last week we took a trip up to Rochester, NY. The purpose for the trip was for Chris to check out the MBA school at the University of Rochester.

The drives up there and back were pretty miserable because Ella did not appreciate being stuck in the car. She would tell us over and over again "uck(stuck)...I walk...up". We all had a great time after we got there.

The first day we were there Chris had an interview with the university. That seemed to go well. He also attended a class. Ella and I just hung out on campus, it seemed like the students had never seen a child before because I got a lot of weird stares and a lot of people asked me if I needed help. I think they assumed I was lost. After the class they took us on a tour of the campus and out to lunch. It was a nice time. The campus is beautiful but not very stroller friendly.

That evening we went to Park Avenue downtown and got some pizza from a local place. While we were waiting we checked out a record store. The pizza was amazing, it was so good that Ella even ate it. This is a big deal because she would never try pizza before.

The next day we went to The Strong Museum of Play. We drove around trying to find the place and when we finally got there we turned around in the car to see that Ella had fallen asleep. So, we went and got some hot dogs off the street. We tried the local favorite called the White Hot and it was so good. I never knew a hot dog could taste that wonderful.

The museum was definitely my favorite place we went on the trip. It was crazy how much they had for kids to do. There was a train to ride and a carousel. They had a Sesame Street Set. Complete with Elmo's World and a yellow taxi to drive. There was a Market to buy groceries and check them out. The list goes on and on. Chris's favorite room was called Field of Play were everything was an experiment in science. My favorite room was called Reading Adventureland. The had made different exhibits for different genres of books. There was an actual ship for the genre of books like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island. There was a castle for the fairy tales and I could go on and on. This place was awesome.

I really loved how every exhibit had a art project to do, like make a crown or a kaleidoscope. I also loved that he museum got together with the local library and had books that matched each exhibit that the kids could check out. Isn't that genius?

That night we went to a Thai Restaurant and Ella got to experience curry for the first time. She didn't like it but she was really into anything that was deep fried.