D and the Dinosaur

Here's Donovan at the newly renovated science museum. Although nothing competes with the trash truck, dinosaurs are becoming one of his favorite things.

There's a fun story behind this picture... It's all because of Curious George. Donovan has really taken to reading Curious George stories every night before bed - I think he identifies with the character. I certainly identify with The Man in the Yellow Hat some days. So, one of the stories involves George and the man going to the dinosaur museum then going on a dig with scientists. That was all Donovan needed and we were talking about dinosaurs all the time. Some days we have a dinosaur that visits us at mealtime and we have to go to the front door to let him in.

One afternoon after school we went to the museum to see the Texas dinosaurs, but the T-Rex was missing! The museum was moving it to a new location and created a fun game out of it. The lady at the front desk told us he ran away and his friend, the other dinosaur, was sad. They had lost pet signs everywhere and even created a blog. Donovan talked about it for weeks. "The dinosaur ran away because he was sad." (so he got the story a little mixed up...)

So, the day the new exhibit was opened we all went to see him (most of all so he would quit asking about it!). He dug for dinosaur bones under the T-Rex and get his picture taken. And we're still talking about it... "The dinosaur came back!"