They're Here...

 Since late fall we have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the animated dinosaurs at the Memphis Zoo and we are excited to report that they have finally arrived!!  Last week we received the zoo magazine we get every few months and on the cover was one of the dinosaurs and inside was a map of the new exhibit.  You would have thought that Callum had come across the next bestseller because he carried around that magazine like it was gold and was very excited to show us/tell us about the map.   The exhibit opened to zoo members yesterday so after church today we headed to the zoo to check it out.  The exhibit has about 15 animatronic dinosaurs that roar and move different body parts (and one that even spits). It is neat and definitely worth a look; however, Callum did find some of the dinosaurs scary when they roared and hurried us past them while repeatedly telling us "They aren't real."

In the courtyard when you first entered the zoo
one of the zoo employees had this baby dinosaur
that the kiddos could pet and interact with.  She asked
Callum what they should name him and C answered
"Dinosaur."  Always practical in his naming.

Callum LOVES having a map and periodically
had to stop and "look" at where we were .

Finley and Callum got the opportunity to "ride"
a dinosaur.

Aren't they cute?

The dinosaurs C liked best were probably these
little baby dinosaurs whose movements and
roars where much smaller.  He like them so much...

He even went and told the Mama Dinosaur that she had good
babies.  What mama doesn't love to hear that occasionally?

Practicing their Paleontologist skills. 

Finley was content to hang out and be
adorable in the stroller while the boys played.

"Look how tall I am!"