Friday, July 31, 2009
Last night we went to the member's open house Grand Opening for the Dino Quest at the Fontenelle Forest. We arrived 20 minutes before the open house began at 4 (highly recommended as the parking lot was full and people were parking in the streets!). It was an awesome event, featuring live turtles and snakes, fun dino crafts for the kids, lots and lots of food, drinks and snacks (lots of junk food!!), live music, face painting, and of course, the dinosaurs through the forest! It was so neat! Chris, who was dragging his feet on going, not wanting to deal with crowds after a busy week at work, was impressed, too!
We began with the main event...THE DINOSAURS! They were not life sized...but some were big and looked real as they stood in the forest. They are all along the boardwalk, so it is very stroller friendly. Some are in the dirt, some are in nests in trees, while one was actually "Flying," well, kind of. We told the kids we were on a dinosaur hunt, making it more fun to actually walk the trail. Asher had enough towards the end as he started to see people walking with trail mix and candy. He loves food and wanted a "SNACK!!"
Once back at the visitor center, the kids selected their pizza, fruit, lemonade, and TONS of snacks! Our kids do not eat like this normally! We were not so pleased about the over abundance of JUNK, but they had fun eating it! We went to the back of the center to work on crafts. Alivia played with dino stampers, made a dino habitat, and made her own little dino! It was so fun! Meanwhile, Addison and Asher played with the dino puzzles and toys.
We went back outside, listened to the music, decided against face painting, and touched the turtle and the snake (yuck!). We quickly peeked downstairs at the dino stuff down there (who knew they had such small brains!) before heading home.
Alivia said as we approached our van, which was luckily parked nearby, "Thank-you! That was such a fun party!" Oh, and it was!
We began with the main event...THE DINOSAURS! They were not life sized...but some were big and looked real as they stood in the forest. They are all along the boardwalk, so it is very stroller friendly. Some are in the dirt, some are in nests in trees, while one was actually "Flying," well, kind of. We told the kids we were on a dinosaur hunt, making it more fun to actually walk the trail. Asher had enough towards the end as he started to see people walking with trail mix and candy. He loves food and wanted a "SNACK!!"
Once back at the visitor center, the kids selected their pizza, fruit, lemonade, and TONS of snacks! Our kids do not eat like this normally! We were not so pleased about the over abundance of JUNK, but they had fun eating it! We went to the back of the center to work on crafts. Alivia played with dino stampers, made a dino habitat, and made her own little dino! It was so fun! Meanwhile, Addison and Asher played with the dino puzzles and toys.
We went back outside, listened to the music, decided against face painting, and touched the turtle and the snake (yuck!). We quickly peeked downstairs at the dino stuff down there (who knew they had such small brains!) before heading home.
Alivia said as we approached our van, which was luckily parked nearby, "Thank-you! That was such a fun party!" Oh, and it was!
2 comments:
I am SO jealous! We had planned on going ALL week then last night came and after a week at work the house was a mess and I was exhausted :( Now I really wish I would have sucked it up and gone. I guess we'll have to go sometime soon, but we missed the members only party :(
Riley will never know and will LOVE the dinos! It is really a neat exhibit. And, when you go, it will be much quieter!
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