Seven year old Declan wanted to go dinosaur fossil hunting for his birthday. We don’t have dinosaur fossils in Minnesota, but we do have fossils older than the dinosaurs.
His Mom and Uncle made a reservation for a hunt and also booked the Garden Cottage to stay in for the night. What an adventure!
It was raining when the hunt was to start, so I did a little Viking dress up with lots of picture taking until the rain stopped.
I gave him a piece of “chunk’osauraus” (unidentified dino bone) from Wyoming which we later wire wrapped into a necklace for him. And then we went fossil hunting. He enjoyed exploring the “cave man” cave along with his brother and cousin.
They got to see the tree that the beaver almost cut down but didn’t finish because it got hung up in another tree. The boys are showing their “beaver teeth”. LOL 😀
And yes, he found lots of fossils older than the dinosaurs!
After the hunt, they stopped at Dream Acres for woodfired pizza. At Whispering Winds, we made necklaces of their finds, they fed the horses and goats, played, explored the natural trail, and in the evening caught fireflies in the dog park. They even caught 3 trout from the stocked trout stream on the property before they left in the morning.
Declan told his mother, “Best Birthday Ever!” When she shared that with me, I teared up! How much better does it get than to bring joy and learning into a child’s life… 😀
