She is so cute and FULL OF LIFE! She is a jumper! Tim can keep Samantha's cage open and she would never dream of escaping. Not so with Chelsea! She is going to give Topher a run for his money!
It's nice though because Topher is a little older and able to care for her all by himself now. He can even change her cage with no help! He loves her already and she has made a great addition to our family. Welcome Chelsea!!
Here is Topher with his bracelet
Here Tim is taking Boston for a ride in the bike trailor. They are putting on my hats so they can go cross.
Boston LOVES Papa's four wheeler, but he doesn't like it when Terry starts it up. Its too loud!
Here are Allee and Alex. I love this picture, except I decided I had to take it in the garage. I need to photo shop a better background in! What a great day! I got a good lunch, a visit with all of my children, and they even gave me a pair of cute sandals! Terry and the boys also got me......wait for it.......wait for it.............. a leaf blower! YES, I asked for it! It was a great day, thanks everyone!!!
Tune: Colors of the Wind - Vanessa Williams
Here is the dinosaur that you see when you walk in. Love the faces these guys are making!
This is the digging room. You get to see real people working on dinosaur bones. This is the spine of a dinosaur.
Here is the big leg bone of a dinosaur. Kolten is a little camera shy, I couldn't get him to get in any of the pics!
I thought this prehistorice underwater scene was pretty cool.
Freaky water dinosaur!
There were cool scenes on arches above us. This was one of them.
They had a lot of "hands on" exhibits for the kids. Here is Topher going into the tunnel.....
and coming out on the other side. Love the drama for the camera!
More dinosaurs up high.
Real fish!
Okay, this is a picture of a Supersaurus. It is SO big, it takes FOUR pictures to get the WHOLE thing!
Pretty cool, huh! Here is a picture of a "smaller" one. Makes you see how insignifigant you are!
T-Rex!!!
They had a water table filled with sand. It helped show erosion, how soil changes over time, and changes because of wind. As you can imagine, it was quite messy. Glad they are the ones that have to clean it up!
Hands on also means "whole body on" in this pic!
This one too. This would feed the whole camp for a week!
How 'bout this Megashark? Oh yeah!
Moving on to the Mammoths...
Attack!!!!
Wow, this photo is full of ironic imagery, eh?
Then came the fun part....digging!
In this photo, there is so much dust in the air, you can actually see it reflecting off of the flash...hack hack.
These are the blocks you can play with that demonstrate reflected (or refracted, can't quite remember) light from the sun. The kids could make any sort of pattern they chose. This is Topher's.
OF course the self portrait!
These guys crack me up. The biggest hams I have ever seen.
Now, when you go into the museum, you see this plaque. Go ahead and read it.
Okay, pretty easy, right? NOT! This is one of the gnomes. Try finding all 13 of these!
What a fun day. We got to see a sneak preview of all of the beautiful tulips as well. I bet the garden is fantastic! That is another post!Tune: Walk the Dinosaur - Was Not Was
Day One: Bring in a poster telling about yourself.
Day Two: Bring in your favorite book for the teacher to read to the class. Topher brought "Walter the Farting Dog". Figures.
Day Three: Teacher reads a letter that Terry and I wrote telling why we think Topher is special.
Day Four: Topher's classmates draw a picture and write down five things that they like about him.
Day Five: These pictures are put into a card and presented to Topher on the last day of the week. Topher also brought Cosmic Brownies to share with his class. It was a good week!
Tune: Celebrity Status - Marianas Trench
