The Lone Dinosaur

Dinosaur fever has overtaken my five year old son. We saw a preview on a DVD for "The Land Before Time" series. Neither Dave nor I were young enough to have them and so we didn't quite know what to expect. He saw a three-pack on special and bought it just for kicks. [Note to DVD sellers: previews on other DVDs work.] All three of them love the stories. Yesterday Dave brought home more dino-paraphernalia and now it's strewn at kid level in all the rooms.

Today I ordered the books for Zeke's kindergarten curriculum. The history component is pre-history and is all about -- guess what? -- dinosaurs. The boy can tell the difference between an apatosaurus and a diplodocus. I confess I never went through a phase where dinos fascinated me [except for that brief spell during "The Flintstones"] and so I find I'm travelling in uncharted waters. I have trouble distinguishing Jurassic from giraffe's neck, but I am excited to continue the home schooling if for no other reason than to fill my trivia addled mind with yet more trivia.