Dinosaur Dig

Jocelyn wanted to do something special today. Was I surprised?

I am still recovering from our HUGE Relief Society activity (meeting) last night. It turned out so beautifully and I'll share more on that once I get the photos from my friends awesome camera (because, of course, I forgot mine).

So this is what I wore today until about....well, now. Cecily is down for nap #2 so I'll finally be able to get ready for the day.


So I thought of something spur of the moment and inspired by one of my favorite blogs One Charming Party. Sometimes those spur of the moment ideas are the best, aren't they?

I grabbed a tray and filled it with some candy (fossils), cut snickers look like really dino parts:

Sugar and a brush (basting or painting):

Binoculars and Aprons:

A map:

And pulled Sammy off Angry Birds and we were on an adventure!

It helps to speak in a cool explorer accent like Spanish (think Columbus) or Australian (think Crocodile Dundee....side note-when I was staying up late creating for Cecily's birthday party I watched both films back to back! It was so fun!). Since I am not so hot at the Spanish thing I tried the Australian. Samuel asked me to stop it but liked it after about 3 lines.

So we went on our adventure looking for fossils around the house. We checked high and low until Jocelyn spotted them (okay, she knew where I set it up) with her binoc's. After the initial shock, of, "cool, what is this?", they got to work!




This activity lasted at least 20 minutes after I left them. It makes a bit of a mess (and a tasty one) but it's totally worth it!

Jocelyn cleaned all the dino's, reptiles and other creatures that belong in that basket. I like how she arranged them all over the sink to dry.


How would you arrange your dinosaur dig?