So...dinosaurs may not have been the best topic choice. Gus already knows so much about dinosaurs and we've read many, many books on dinosaurs, and even own two seemingly exhaustive dinosaur encyclopedias. We are going to do some dinosaur crafts later today, if any are especially great I'll take pictures and post about them, the book I got is Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning About Dinosaurs, and I think it is geared to a slightly younger child.
Anyway, we did get several new dinosaur books from the library and read them, but the highlight of our week was a trip to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, which has a dinosaur exhibit including fossils found in North Carolina. We went yesterday and we had a good time, but that is because they also had a neat ocean/whale exhibit. Gus did NOT like the dinosaur exhibit. They had piped in "dinosaur" noises which were loud and never-ending and he hated them. As a result he spent the entire three minutes we lasted in that exhibit with his hands over his ears saying "hurry up." Oh well.
We got to touch a chinchilla which was really fun...so soft, and did you know they die if they spend time in over 80 degree weather?! Abe enjoyed the aquariums which were low to the ground, and we all enjoyed eating in the museum cafe.
We'll wrap up dinosaur week with some crafts this afternoon and perhaps some more reading. We considered doing another archaeological dig but decided it's too warm and buggy (the mosquitoes are brutal in our yard right now) so we'll go for a walk instead, or to the pool!
This is the skeleton of a blue whale. It was really amazing.
Abe enjoying the exploratory room at the museum.
Both boys loved the aquariums.
This is a cashew tree! I'd never seen one before.
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