A Dinosaur Adventure

We've decided that for the kids' birthdays they can choose between the following; a large scale present, an outing with family and one friend, or a birthday party with friends. This year Alexis chose to do an outing with family and one friend. She excitedly chose going to Dino World. Lately she loves all things dinosaur! 

We took a picnic lunch and began by eating. I think the kids were too excited to really eat. Then we did the fossil dig. Each kid got a sifter and a small bucket. They got to sift for fossils. Then they learned about what each one was. Finally, they got to choose 3 to take home.

Checking out the fossils they found while waiting to learn about them.

SCARY dinosaur face!

Next, we went on the dinosaur trail. The kids started the trail with a list of dinosaurs they would see. They had fun checking of the dinosaur and were excited to try to find them all (for about 10 dinosaurs). They ditched the lists and just ran as fast as we would let them from one dino to the next. Lexi and her friend wanted to spend a very short amount of time looking at and talking about each dinosaur.  Emi wanted to spend more time reading each plaque and learning about the dinosaurs. Johnathon was excited to be out of the stroller and run around on his own. Any time he fell behind I would just tell him to "go get Emi" and he would run as quick as he could to her.

We played a couple different times at the park. The kids loved claiming a dinosaur as their "pet" and riding them. They ran and climbed and jumped and played. It was never very crowded and it was nice for them to burn off some energy. (though there wasn't much for little kids, so Nater got kinda bored)

We ended our dino world adventures at the boneyard. A large dinosaur was being discovered. Each kid had a shovel and paintbrush to excavate the site. They could've spent hours here and worked until the entire skeleton was discovered. Even Johnathon had a great time playing in the sand and digging. They had stadium style seating for the parents to sit and observe.

How much did you love dino world?

We had a great time together and really enjoyed giving Lexi a special day for her birthday.

We ended our day with dinner of Lexi's choice, IHOP. We went home with bellies full and happy hearts.


If you want to learn more about dino world check them out here.