If you know Owen, you also know that when this kid takes an interest in something, he REALLY takes an interest!
First up, John Deere tractors. He learned the names of the all the different makes and models, created elaborate model set-ups on the family room floor, and he and I spent many afternoons wandering around the showroom and outside lot of our local JD dealership (they all knew him by name, and kindly gave him several green and yellow Nerf footballs that we still toss around).
While Owen still appreciates John Deere (and is looking forward once again to the Combine Demolition Derby this summer) his heart was next stolen by Monster Trucks. He knows all the truck names and who drives them, and can tell you who won the National Freestyle and Racing Championships for the last four years. His collection of toy Monster Trucks now numbers over 100. And thanks to this hobby, I got to attend two Monster Truck Jams last year.
But recently a new obsession has come to our household ... dinosaurs!
He has the Jurassic Park trilogy on his Kindle as well as a BBC show on dinosaurs. He knows plant eaters vs. meat eaters. At any given time there are Stegosaurus models and T-Rex skeletons roaming across our great plains of carpets. He's checked every dinosaur book out of his school library at least once, and we're working our way through the public library shelf too.
Yesterday, upon finding him shedding tears that he there wasn't an actual Jurassic Park and that he couldn't see a live dinosaur, I took him to the Baltimore Science Museum in the hopes of cheering him up.
Yep, I think it worked.
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| "Mom, I am staying here forever!" |
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| Digging up bones |
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| The chase is on |
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| T-Rex attack! |
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| My fav dino is the triceratops |
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| Building a skeleton |
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| So, so happy! |
Such a beautiful day in Baltimore and so much fun to spend time with my little buddy, watching as he got to see things he loved!
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