My Love of Dinosaurs

While trying to figure out what to write about today, Erica suggested I write about dinosaurs. I can't believe I didn't think of writing about them before. Dinosaurs are my absolute favorite topic on Earth. Ever since I was a little boy I can remember loving dinosaurs. I had dinosaur toys and books, I couldn't get enough of them. I loved watching television shows and movies about dinosaurs. The Land Before Time was my absolute favorite movie, and I own a copy of it on d.v.d. now. My favorite movie (as many of you already know) is Jurassic Park (pictured left), and I frequently refer to it as the greatest trilogy of all time.

I have memories in Kindergarten of kids talking about what they want to be when they grow up, and while most of them said things like teacher, or police officer, my answer was always paleontologist (pictured right). I don't remember how old I was, but during my grade school years, my dad and I went on a fossil dig as part of a class through the Carnegie Museum. It was awesome to go and dig up some real fossils from prehistoric aquatic creatures.

Even now as what many may refer to as an adult, I still love dinosaurs. I adore going to museums and seeing the dinosaur exhibits, and am definitely spoiled to have one of the best dinosaur exhibits here in Pittsburgh. My friends all know how excited I get when I see dinosaurs places, like the Jurassic Park T-Rex at the Toys-R-Us in Times Square (pictured left). Erica and I were at Sam's club and I saw a book about dinosaurs. I stopped a looked through this book for about 10 minutes, while Erica teased me for being distracted by dinosaurs. I fell in love with this book, it has information on over 50 dinosaurs. The book was also new, and there has been a lot of new information about dinosaurs found since I last read about them. I didn't buy the book at Sam's but I did go home and order it on Amazon (linked below). A few days later I got my book in the mail and right away started reading. I love it!! The book is amazing and I am so happy that I can continue to learn more about my favorite topic!
Also I am very happy to see that Caroline loves dinosaurs. She is an avid fan of Dinosaur Train (pictured left) on PBS Kids. Which is a fantastic show teaching kids about dinosaurs. She can name all kinds of different types of dinosaurs, and she definitely knows more about them than I did at her age, she probably knows more about them than I know now! When Erica and I were in Washington D.C. we bought Caroline a fossil kit where you dug out bones of a triceratops and then pieced them together to make a skeleton model. We also bought Charlotte a stuffed toy triceratops which has since been named "Dino (with a long "I" sound not like the Flintstones pet)" and it travels everywhere with her. It's awesome to see them take an interest in something I loved so much, and I can't wait for Caroline to come visit so we can read my new dinosaur book together.