Dinoland!

On November 7th Jasper, Benjamin and I went on a outing. We went to Zilker Botanical Gardens to walk through their "Dinoland" exhibit. Positioned within the vegetation are life-like and I think life size dinosaur models. There are docents at each station to tell about the dinosaurs, and there were several school groups going through the exhibit the same morning. It was a cool but gorgeous fall morning.

Here are our companions: Luke, Debbie & Gayleigh walking along the path with Jasper.

Jasper loves Luke! Luke likes Jasper, too. But Luke is a little older, so there is a little bit of adoration Jasper has for him which Luke does not quite return. But they get along well and have fun together. They often hold hands. That morning Jasper kept asking to hold Luke's hand. :)

While the dinosaur models are cool, they are not very eye catching. However, all the T-Rex wood cutouts decorated by the local elementary schools were bright and eye-catching. It was clear that Luke and Jasper thought they were cooler than the brown and green models which blended into the vegetation.

Here the boys are roaring like dinosaurs:

Here are the three of us:

Benjamin was a good traveler. He took a bottle when we arrived and then was pretty content to hang out in his car seat in the stroller for our visit and nearly through lunch at Panera. It is becoming easier to go out with him. He's not quite predictable yet, but he's getting easier to manage. For the most part, we feel like we're able to figure out why he cries, and most of the time it's because he wants to eat. He's a growing boy!