A Dinosaur Adventure

It's really hard to get Cliff to drive into Kansas City for any reason whatsoever, but I thought the little girl would enjoy seeing huge, moving dinosaurs, and I was a little curious myself; so I resorted to nagging.  

Finally, just to shut me up, Cliff agreed to go.  "OK," he warned, "we'll drive up there and give those people a bunch of money, and the kid won't even think it's a big deal."  

I have to admit, he was sort of right.  At the age of almost-five, looking at the gigantic bones and fake moving dinosaurs certainly did nothing for her, although she tried to show some enthusiasm, for our benefit.  It was a pretty quick trip through the exhibit.  She spent more time digging for bones in the sand than anything else, I think because there were a lot of other kids playing in there.  

With that said, it was an enjoyable day as a whole (at least for the females in the group).  We got out of the house and saw some different things and people.  We had a picnic over near the Truman Library, which our little girl may have enjoyed more than the dinosaurs; she certainly was cheerful while she devoured her peanut-butter-and-honey sandwich.  None of the pictures inside the actual exhibit turned out well because it was semi-dark in there and we weren't allowed to use the flash.   

These first pictures were taken before we got our tickets, outside the entrance.  

And now, a picture that WOULD have been nice, if I'd had a chance to use the flash.  Keep in mind these things were moving all around us.  That's Cliff, with the child on his shoulders, if you couldn't tell.

Our girl is in the middle back there.  Yes, this was her favorite part, and she wasn't really trying to uncover the big bones, which was the object of the whole thing.  She was just playing in a sandbox.  

Yes Cliff, you were right, but wasn't it a good day?

Notice in the corner in back, a boy is covering his brother with sand.  Obviously our girl wasn't the only one who enjoyed the sand more than the big moving dinosaurs.

Then it was noon, and we were hungry.

The world doesn't have enough picnics these days.  

We two girls laid down on a blanket and took a selfie together.

However, on such a magnificent day as this one, we felt something was still lacking.... Dessert!  We all like McDonald's caramel sundaes.  

And we all lived happily ever after.

Here's a very poor quality, but also very short, video.  Perhaps it'll give you an idea of how the dinosaurs moved around.  Use your imagination, OK?