Gekkos!

So recently Graham has fallen in love with a couple of rubber, beanie filled dinosaurs that are actually his sisters.  Sincerely, it is love.  They are definitely his "lovies".  He carries them everywhere, roars or growls with them all day long (including to unassuming strangers).  I thought this would be a great time to introduce him to snakes and lizards and were heading to the zoo to see them, until I saw that we had one day left to visit the Gekkos! exhibit at the National Geographic Museum.  With Lucy set up with a playdate at a friend's house after school, we had extra time to go and enjoy the exhibit. And it did not disappoint. 
There were tanks of live gekkos all over the room, little interactive stations with lots of buttons to push to play games, and entire walls of close-up photos of gekko feet, tails, etc. 
Harper quickly began picking up random facts about gekkos, mastered the games that were about and loved learning about the different scales that gekkos have through crayon rubbings.  We read books about the lizards, put together gekko puzzles, and she loved learning about "leopard gekkos".
Not to be left out, Graham loved the entire experience, from the live lizards to the stools set up around the room to stand on for viewing the lizards.  He stuck his tongue out at his scaly friends, roared and growled at them and kept galloping from one tank to the next (yes, he gallops, and it is hilarious!)  It was a day made for a little shorty who loves lizards.
We wrapped up the outing by hitting the gift shop and scoring new rubber lizards for all the kids.  Harper left with lots of stories about gekkos, Graham left with a dinosaur in one hand, a rubber gekko in the other and a big ol' smile.
(note, the gingerbread man is Parker's.  He sent it to us after Lucy sent one to Pop Pop and Gramzie for a "vacation" as part of a school project.  We take it wherever we go and take photos to send to Parker so he can see what his gingerbread man has done on his vacation.)