Dinosaurs!

So the dinosaurs came to town at the San Diego Natural History museum at Balboa Park and Caleb had already went with daddy but momma wanted to check it out too so we went again. Lol. Caleb was my little tour guide since he already went. Before entering the museum I thought it would be nice to have a lunch picnic by the fountain. I packed a sandwich with some chips and a granola bar so we quickly ate before checking out the dinosaurs.




When we first got in Caleb wanted his picture taken with the falcon or eagle..or whatever that bird was so here it is:




Right behind me was a great white shark which kind of frightened me a bit. I wasn't expecting that as I turned around to go into the museum...



The museum was pretty cool. Dinosaurs and other creatures were everywhere. A lot of interactive things as well. I tried to teach Caleb about the animals but realized daddy is much better at that than me so I stopped trying and just enjoyed the museum like a kid. There were so many giant statues of creatures that Caleb really liked playing with.






Except for this guy....Caleb wasn't a fan of this one. He covered his ears when we walked passed it. This guy moves and roars when you walk by. Lol.



The museum was showing free movies and one of them was a 3D Dinosaur film so Caleb and I checked it out. It was a little scary but Caleb was brave and throughout the entire movie he kept taking off and putting on his glasses...I think he was scared and wanted to see it in 3D but then when it got too close for comfort he would take them off to find that it wasn't really there after all. After the movie we decided to take a break until the next movie which was Ocean Oasis. So we ventured outside and walked around the park. We checked out the flower exhibit and Caleb decided he wanted to smell all of the pretty flowers. :)




I suggested going to look at the little train and Caleb became curious. "What train momma? Does it have a tunnel?" I showed him the train and the little tunnel it goes through and he says "That's ok momma...I can ride the train now...I'm not scared." I didn't expect to ride it but since he usually hates rides I thought this was a perfect opportunity to ease him into them. So we got on the train!





Caleb had such a good time he wanted to go again but the movie was about to start so we had to head back. I'm just happy he isn't afraid of the train anymore because he used to hate it when he was little. Progress for sure! So we watched the movie which was all about Baja California and the sealife in the Oasis. Caleb absolutely loved this movie and he was very serious when watching this as if he was actually trying to retain the information being talked about. Lol. We had such a good time like always and this is one day that both of us will never forget!