Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Dominic and His Bucketful of Dinosaurs
12-MAR-2008:
Last Saturday morning saw us braving the cold and rainy weather to go ... swimming! This is one of the things I absolutely love about this country - indoor heated swimming pools. Bless! Because of his chickenpox, Dominic had not swum in ages. Fortunately, he still remembered and enjoyed himself.
After swimming, we had Nando's for lunch and made our way to the National History Museum near Kensington. The museum was rather large, with various sections of exhibition, as you can see below, but we visited only the dinorsaurs and mammals sections.
The dinosaur section was so crowded with people, we could hardly walk - and all because everyone wanted to see the T-Rex. I've got a video of the moving T-Rex, which I'll upload shortly.
Dominic enjoyed himself although we was a bit nervous at first. The animal displays looked real and they were life-size. We explained to Dominic that those animals were not real as he was afraid of them. Strangely enough, he wasn't afraid of the same animal that was displayed behind a glass window. I never realized that elephants evolved much the same way humans evolved from Neanderthals.
At the end of the dinosaur exhibition, Dominic was already making dinosaur sounds. Since he loved them so much, we bought him a bucket of toy dinosaurs, much to his delight.
Apotosaurus, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops ... do you know your dinosaurs?
