A Day with the Dinosaurs

Sterling and I spent some time with dinosaurs on Saturday—and our grandson Kona too. We watched him for the evening because Sage and Jason had plans. We took him to the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point, near where we live. The museum is the world’s largest display of mounted dinosaurs, and it was Kona’s first trip. He loved it!

We had dino chicken for dinner, dug for fossils in the sand, played in the water-erosion hands-on exhibit, and stopped at almost every single dinosaur! Kona wanted to know the name of each one, and since I’m such a dinosaur expert (NOT!) I had to read the placards pretty carefully. Thankfully the dinosaur names were spelled phonetically!

Kona didn’t want to leave, so we stayed until the museum closed! Kona had wanted popcorn earlier, and when we went to get some as we were leaving, they had already closed down the machine. So we went home, popped some popcorn, and put together a set of four dinosaur puzzles (his souvenir from his first visit to the museum) several times each!
 
It was a rare treat to have Kona alone, and we loved every minute!
 
And by the way, I hope you all had a Happy Valentine’s Day!

Comments

[Wendie Waldman]

What a lucky little boy to have his grandparents all to himself. And I'm sure you felt just as lucky.

[Kate Cecil]

My children's most cherished memories are their special days with their grandparents. It is always so inspiring to see you always have time for your family. Thanks for sharing your family with us.

[Angie Page]

I love reading about the Gardner family times together! Especially times with your grandkids! Although I don't want them right now (our kids are too young!), I can't wait to have grandkids of my own!!

I have seen a 3D dinosaur puzzle at a local craft store (that one named after a guy ;o}). I'll bet Kona would love to "help" grandma & grandpa put it together - IF he doesn't already have it! LOL!

I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day - something tells me it was!

[Sue]

What a great time you guys had. Memories are so much fun creating...

[Susan from Colorado]

What wonderful grandparents you and Sterling are. You made a terrific memory for your grandson that he will cherrish when he is older. Perhaps we should create a blog specifically for us grandparents ... we could all share our ideas for our precious grandkids. Ü

[Chelsea]

love this.
got to do that museum when we come up next.
love this...

[Terry Molineux]

What a cutie! How nice to have one grandchild for the day to spoil. He looks like he had a great time as did his grandparents! wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day too!

[Taresa]

Such a cute grandson!! Not a surprise from such a good looking family, though. Sounds like a fun time at the museum! Happy Valentines Day to you too, although a little late.
Love, Taresa

[Dawn Olchefske]

oh, he's a cutie! What fun to spend the day with him!!

[Caz Counsell]

Thats lovely. My Mum loves having my boys for me. She looks after my little one every week a few times. I know she loves having time with the older one (6) every now and then too :) and they love her to pieces.

Cazx

[Linda]

Grandchildren grow up to cherish these special times with their grandparents... keep it up! While I cherish my mom and dad, my grandparents were the cornerstone of my world while I was growing up. Their depression era morals and values made me the responsible adult I am today.

[Alicia]

I loved reading this post today! My son LOVES dinosaurs so I shared this post with him and now he wants to visit the museum in Utah. So cute! I guess he'll have to settle for another visit to our local Science Museum to see the dinosaurs. Thanks for sharing! Your posts bring join to demonstrators and kids.

[Kelly Peschke]

My son too loves dinosaurs! We have been to places like this and have loved it. What a great way to learn about these amazing animals. His interest over the past seven years has grown soooo much that he now wants to be a paleontologist (he's nine and can pronounce about all of their names).

[Laura W.]

How funny, we were there Friday celebrating our little lady's 4th birthday. Just missed you by a day. :)

[Elizabeth Giles]

Shelli- that looks loke a cool place. I am going to have to look it up. My kids love Dinosaurs!!! They were super happy when the stamp set came in the catty too!!

[Kate]

I remember the first year he was at convention 2006- While waiting for an elevator at the hotel and Kona & you, talked/played with my little boy also at his first convention. Wonderful to see these kids years later.

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