Digging For Dinosaurs

Brandonosaurus and Baileyosaurus and myself, Mumosaur, went digging for dinosaurs today at the dinosaur museum. We had such a great time along with half the population of Queensland. It was busy. First up, both boys made dinosaurs out of plasticine. Brandonosaurus wasn't so sure to start with so I got in and started making a dinosaur alongside Baileyosaurus. I was half way through building one when Brandonosaurus came along and squashed it. As you had to name your dinosaurs, describe what it ate, and then put them on display for all to see, I thought a relevant name for Brandonosaurus's should be Squashosaurus.  As little Baileyosaurus was sticking pencils in his potential dinosaur/ current lump of plasticine I suggested we should call his Pencilosaurus and it ate pencils.

Once the 2 boys had displayed their orange plasticine dinosaurs, the 3 of us went to find the dinosaur dig area. Ah ha. We found it. The boys had shovels and brushes and went digging for dinosaur bones in the dirt. It was great fun. I even contemplated putting an orange dig vest on too, grabbing a shovel and a brush and wading through the dirt to find some bones. As the area was swarming with kids 2 years old and up, I thought it best not to push them out of the way just so I could satisfy some deep down desire to discover dinosaur bones. The dinosaur fun continued upstairs at the museum where you could read dinosaur books, do dinosaur puzzles, make dinosaur masks, play with dinosaurs, and dress up as a dinosaur. The 2 boys did all the activities.  Then Bailey began his tantrum which got louder and louder. I had said to the boys before we even left the house this morning, that as soon as anyone starts getting tired or cranky or just wants to go home today to please let me know straightaway and we'll all go. One in all in. I presumed by Bailey's screaming that he was telling me, and the world, that he wanted out. So off home we went.

The 2 boys and I spent a short time at home before daddy arrived home. Hooray! We were all now officially on holidays for 5 whole days. Yippee!! So we went food shopping. Wahoo! It was busy but we did it. The 2 boys were pretty good. So good in fact that on our way home we went and ordered some Thai food and took it home to all eat together. By this point Brandon had had enough. I sat and talked to him for ages just to calm him down. We got the kids into bed and settled and then they must have realised at the same time that they needed to eat more food to get them through the night.  Brandon and I met daddy and Bailey in the toy room and we all went into the kitchen for Brandon and Bailey's second dinner.

We finally got the 2 little boys into bed. I wouldn't be surprised if all they dreamt about tonight were dinosaurs. Sweet dreams boys.