Today was an outside sort of day. We visited our local museum to see, amongst other things, locally discovered fossils.
Mammoth tusks!
Apatosaurus vertebrae
The Boy finished the day by helping Mummy make meatballs for dinner.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Monday, 13 January 2014
A Stegosaurus Cake and Boiled Dinosaur Eggs
Ballet Girl whipped up a quick sponge cake with the Boy helping out. She's a dab hand in the kitchen now and I'm so proud of her.
The Boy (with a little help from Mummy) cut the cake....
into a Stegosaurus shape...
...and then we ate it (perhaps we should have role played as a T-rex at this point).
Dino puzzle
I found this brilliant idea on the net somewhere. Boil some eggs, crack them all over but don't take off the shell, leave them overnight in the fridge in food colouring and water....
...to make dinosaur eggs...
to eat for lunch :)
Ballet Girl made salt dough and everyone made fossils or dinosaur track waves.
We baked for 3 hours at 100C, ready for painting.
We measured the actual size of a T-rex footprint...
we painted...
..The Boy made a baby dinosaur and egg...
...and had fun with a bicarb and vinegar volcano.
They spent a happy hour doing races and 'working out' in the garden...
...and the highlight of their day was a visit from a much loved Uncle Anthony.
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Dinosaur Musings
Dino pairs / snap game
Number pegging for The Boy. He's learning his teen numbers now. Good job dude.
Inventing your own dinosaur
The Boy began painting his dinosaur egg after a 24 wait for the papier mache to dry.
Dinosaur footprints
I love this little chap.
Our amazing dinosaur puzzle.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Papier Mache Dino Eggs
The Boy began the day making a papier mache dinosaur egg. He got super, mega, uber-gluey. We are hoping the egg (papered-balloon) will be paint-able tomorrow.
The Palaeontologist returned for further excavation work.
Sometimes one has to work on the floor.
Learning to take-away.
Almost at the end of his book. Clever sausage.
I run out of printer ink at the most inopportune times. Home-made dinosaur worksheets for The Boy.
Sea Cadets with a handsome Royal Marine Cadet Instructor Papa. I do like my family :)
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