An adventure with the grandsons
They love dinosaurs. They have dinosaur puzzles, books, and
herds of plastic figures. They order Jurassic Chicken at the Rainforest Café. Two helpings. What
is it about these prehistoric animals no man has ever seen? Perhaps it’s the
fact that this isn’t fairy tale or sci-fi stuff. They were real. And they were
huge.
And they’re not too young to remember the wonderful Don
Bluth animated movie “Land
Before Time.” And no doubt they’re aware
of serious adult dino flicks like “Jurassic Park.” Especially
since it just keeps going.
So for an end-of-summer fling I took them to Moody Gardens on Galveston Island to
see the animatronic Dino Alive display. It was quite something, but not as much
as I expected. We walked through the
exhibit twice and only burned about 20 minutes.
That’s why we ended up at the Aquarium
Pyramid.
It was hardly their first trip to an aquarium, but this was by far
the biggest one they’d ever seen. I was amazed at the way they stood
transfixed, leaving nose and hand prints on every inch of glass they could
reach. No TV show ever captivated them like this.
And they missed nothing. “Grandma, look at this one!” “Grandma,
look at that little one over there!” “Grandma let me take a picture of the
white one on the bottom!” “Hey! Here comes a shark!”
In short, discovery with kids is pure joy. You see through
new eyes. You see things you’d never notice otherwise. And you experience an
excitement long gone from jaded adult life.
I wanna do it again!
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