So, we took the kids to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden on Friday. Paul originally had taken the day off to give me a day all to myself (and, yes, his Husband of the Year plaque is in the mail), which I thoroughly enjoyed...until about 10:30 a.m. when I started to get lonely and a little bored. Highlights of the Dinosaur Park:
1. When you walk into the first room, there's a little scene set up with these robotic-type dinos, one's a t-rex, the other a triceratops defending its two babies. 
Their jaws would clank open and shut, and occasionally the speakers would coincide with a "roar" or some ferocious sound. In my darling yet impressionable children's minds, these dinosaurs were living-breathing-real, and this scene was verging upon horrific. Completely disregarding our quiet and soothing explanations that the dinosaurs were pretend/robots/statues/play-doh/whatever else we could come up with, Carson & Layla scrambled up into our arms as fast as lightning, clawing at us with all four arms and legs to "get away," screaming and hiding their faces at every metallic roar. It was hilarious. What can I say, we're mean parents, and we were fully laughing at them in their moment(s) of fright. (Layla got over it a little sooner than Carson...) I guess we'll have to re-think our FHE idea of watching "Jurassic Park" this week.
Their jaws would clank open and shut, and occasionally the speakers would coincide with a "roar" or some ferocious sound. In my darling yet impressionable children's minds, these dinosaurs were living-breathing-real, and this scene was verging upon horrific. Completely disregarding our quiet and soothing explanations that the dinosaurs were pretend/robots/statues/play-doh/whatever else we could come up with, Carson & Layla scrambled up into our arms as fast as lightning, clawing at us with all four arms and legs to "get away," screaming and hiding their faces at every metallic roar. It was hilarious. What can I say, we're mean parents, and we were fully laughing at them in their moment(s) of fright. (Layla got over it a little sooner than Carson...) I guess we'll have to re-think our FHE idea of watching "Jurassic Park" this week. 
2. I took a picture of Paul and the kids on this gazebo thing that overlooked a pond and a bunch of dinosaurs. Only after the picture was taken did I see a MASSIVE spider hanging on its web about, oh, 5 inches from Paul's head...it was by far the most enormous-seeming thing at the park. Sick. 3. We forgot the stroller at home, which was a near-fatal mistake. Layla wanted to "wot wot" (walk walk) in the beginning, but with a lot of pathways and an overlapping naptime, she soon became weary. But she hates being carried when she thinks she can walk, so we were stuck between a rock and a hard place (the rock being her stubbornness, the hard place being my abs) (hah hah) for a little while there at the end.
4. Carson informed us that he needed to use the potty, which sent him and Paul racing across jurassic terrain to find the nearest restroom. Victory. 5. Um, that's all I can really remember. It was a fun time.
4 comments:
it ser looks like you had a great time! cute pictures, and hurrah for carson on the potty! (going potty in a fun, public place always deserves more praise - cause it's way more horrific if they have an accident :) )
Praise be to Paul, seriously. And I agree--the spider next to Paul's head in the pic is nasty. But, the rest are great. Glad you had fun!
i love the picture of layla by herself with the little squished up smile.
This place scared the heck out of my kids too... But I agree, it's pretty darn funny. :)
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