DinoRoars, Part II

I do remember now on of the other recent instances of Ian’s improving communications… I asked him how his day went, and he actually told me about something that I hadn’t seen with my own eyes. You know up until recently you could ask him specific questions, and get yes/no/good/bad answers, if he understood the question. In this case Melissa had told me that they had been on a picnic at school, and so I asked him to tell me how it went. He told me that Miley fell off the table and fell on her head, in almost perfect English. Melissa told me the same story earlier, so I knew it to be true. Neat to be able to have him tell me something like that.

Today is Father’s Day, and I’m going to see a movie tonight with Melissa! I want to thank everybody for their cards as well, and wish Grampa Dave, Grampa Ray and Uncle Ben a happy Father’s Day!

Here’s how the Dinosaur exhibit ended up…

Ian and Isaac found their way to the top of a treehouse in the exhibit almost immediately. See this image larger.

And here’s the bottom half of the same treehouse! There they go smiling and running again — at least Ian’s tongue is in his mouth this time! See this image larger.

A smaller relative of the carnivorous T-Rex, the Crappantsasaurus* never-the-less scared the beejeezus out of Ian for a few moments. He didn’t freak out too bad at all, even though it was a mechanically animated model and moved on to the next area. *There is no such dinosaur name, but I didn’t take notes, so it has a new name. See this image larger.

Still an occasional look back over one’s shoulder to make sure the Crappantsasaurus has not closed any distance is advisable. See this image larger.

Here they had a metal skeleton rigged with various air compressors and motors set up to be animated by the simple press of a few buttons. Ian appears to be wondering if he could animate this right out the door, and down the street. See this image larger.

Isaac shows Ian how the puppets can surprise, Ian shows Isaac what a surprised Ian looks like. See this image larger.

After Mommy shows Ian the cool puppet theater, Ian puts on a brief show for Daddy. As the drama unfolded, the Triceratops did not win; it is a herbivore. See this image larger.

Mommy recycling. When I saw this happening, a quick picture seemed appropriate! See this image larger.

It was around this time that paleontologists Ian Dangerguy and Isaac Beastmaster showed up at the scene. See this image larger.

A brief picture of our half of the excursion, backdrop by the stegosauruses. See this image larger.

And then it was off to run s’more! See this image larger.

A ride on the carousel, one of the very few hand-carved versions left, and then it was time to head for the door. See this image larger.

On the way out, one last ride on the old car with Isaac. Good times, Schoenborns! See this image larger.