Luke requested a dinosaur cake (a Stegosaurus to be specific) and Levi wanted a volcano "with lava shooting out!" Well it didn't spew lava, but it did smoke! I had planned to use dry ice to make it steam, but alas when I went to fetch the dry ice from the freezer, it had already dried up! All that was left were some empty plastic bags - sad! But Mom and I rigged up a little jar with some smoldering paper and such and were able to give the volcano a very active appearance.
We also took an outing to the dinosaur museum in Dickinson which the boys were VERY impressed with! Huge skeletons, fossils, minerals that glow under black lights, shark teeth, skulls -- it was a boy's paradise! And to make it even better, there were only two other people there, a mom and her young son, so we pretty much had the run of the place.
Another recent adventure was climbing a rocky hill not far from our house. Somehow in living here a year and a half we have avoided exploring this area. It was delightful... petrified trees, leaf fossils, a cave and enough cactus to keep us on our toes. It's also high enough to afford a beautiful view of the town, Mirror Lake and the surrounding plains, and we were blessed to be there at just the right time to watch the sun set.
In other big news, my sister Kristin is graduating from college this weekend -- Congratulations Kris!
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