Oh yes, Peyton still adores dinosaurs. In fact, his newest game to is divide his dinosaurs between carnivores and herbivores, pair them up (one of each) and then have the carnivorous dinosaur attack and "eat" the herbivore it's paired with. (We most definitely have an imaginative boy).
The exhibit was held at the San Mateo Event Center which is a huge enclosed center. They set up eight displays using close to life-size size animatronic dinosaurs which were pretty incredible to see!
They also had standalone heads for photo opportunities. :-)
An Allosaurus spies a meal: a stegosaurus family.
They had a dinosaur dig set up across from the Allosaurus and Stegosaurus.
An Ankylosaurus!
The MIGHTY Tyrannosaurus Rex!!! Peyton was SO excited!
Then it was time for fun and games! Peyton enjoyed time climbing and jumping off of the baby dinosaurs (and area for babies and young toddlers to enjoy quiet play). Peyton has confirmed that his favorite color is orange.
Then it was off to the jumpy houses and slides!
And then, the thing I enjoyed the most - riding the dinosaurs!!
Peyton and I had so much fun at "Discover the Dinosaurs" on Friday! James was bummed that he missed the fun, so we just HAD to go back on Saturday. :-) This time, one of Peyton's Pre-K friends joined us too.
One thing Peyton and I missed on Friday was a TV set up in one corner with a button in front of it. I figured it was just a short video about the exhibit, but we found a family push the button so stayed to watch. Well, it was a video of a dinosaur pack when a ferocious T-Rex comes stomping by, notices the "camera" and comes over to the camera and ROARS at it. When the T-Rex roars, mist shoots out from under the TV which is a fun little fright for the kids!
Another view of the Allosaurus and Stegosaurus'.
A Stegosaurs skeleton.
A life-size replica of a Triceratops. Man, they were HUGE!
Another view of the T-Rex. The picture doesn't do justice to just how massive it actually was!
I decided to take a video of it.
On Friday, Peyton refused to take a picture with the giant T-Rex head. Saturday was a different story. :-)
The had mini-golf set up. James took the opportunity to help Peyton with his "form".
Then another round of rides on the dinosaurs.
Peyton's friend from Pre-K arrived and joined Peyton in the fun!
She is such a wonderful influence on Peyton. Much to my surprise, Peyton requested to get his face painted. Peyton, my son who won't normally let anything near his face and doesn't like keeping on band-aids, chose to get a T-Rex painted on his face. The artist was fantastic with him. She was very calm and soothing and painted so gently. Peyton loved it!!
Peyton's friend opted to get a full face butterfly painted on her face. Beautiful!
These two just had a blast together. They played on the slides for a while, watched part of the movie "Dinosaur" - a nice cooling off period after the slides. Then we were all getting tired so we made our way back through the exhibits towards the exit. There was a coloring wall set up near the Triceratops so the kids decided to color.
Then some digging!
And then it was time to head home. We had such a fun time at Discover the Dinosaurs. If you want to see if it's coming to your area, check out their web site. Peyton adores his little friend. They get along so well. Peyton refers to her as his sister. It's so cute!
