Dinosaur Days @ The Burke

This is our second year attending Dinosaur Days at the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus. Once again it was well worth it!

Holly loves all things dinosaurs and this event is right up her alley. They do such a fantastic job with this Dinosaur Days. She enjoyed checking out the main exhibit, several fossils, trying her hand at cracking open fossils, the dino draw, a dino dig and playing with friends in dino costume pieces. It was a really good time and she found some new things of interest to her.

Dinosaur Dig

Some family friends of ours shared a Toys R Us gift certificate with Holly as a 'Big Sister' gift - she had a fun time with Daddy picking out a special gift from them. My very science-brained child chose not a cute doll, no Polly Pockets, nope... no Barbies or Pet Shops - but rather a science kit that is a 'Dinosaur Dig'! And, she loves it!

This solid brick of rock/dirt contains 'dinosaur bones' that the child has to uncover using specialty tools. A little mallet, picks, brush and scraper. She has spent upwards of a couple of hours already working on this little project and has discovered several various bones in the mass of rock... none are actually out yet, we are working on that. But, I imagine soon we'll be assembling our bones to discover what kind of dinosaur she has unearthed! Many hours of fun are still to be had and we'll keep you updated....