On Father's Day weekend, the Dinosaur Train came to our little town. If you don't know what the Dinosaur Train is, you probably don't live in the same house as a pre-schooler. Dinosaur Train is a fantastically informative and entertaining show on PBS about a family of dinosaurs who ride a train to different areas of the world - and even different time periods, with the help of a time tunnel - to learn all about different species of dinosaurs.
If you're like me, you're probably thinking, "If dinosaurs could build themselves a train, complete with time tunnel, why couldn't they avoid extinction?" What? You're not thinking that? Well fine. Never mind then.
Anyway, Norah loves the show and has learned a ton from watching it. A few of the choice morsels of learning include the following vocabulary words and their correct definitions:
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Predator
Prey
Cretaceous
A bunch more, but you get the idea.
We were able to arrange it so that Norah and her friend got to go on the Dinosaur Train together with their dads. It might not have been the relaxing afternoon that the dads had envisioned for the start to their Father's Day weekend, but they were great sports to take some time out to spend with their kids. I guarantee that it was a trip the girls won't forget!
Between kid-wrangling and mom-absence, there wasn't too much time for pictures, but this one is my favorite. They may have been a little excited.
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