The Fossil Fair

I took the girls to the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society's Fossil show last weekend (April 2).  It was a pretty interesting display of fossils, minerals, and gems.  The place was crawling with "rock hounds" who had samples of interesting and beautiful fossils and minerals from all over the world...from local to international.  

Bella and a shark tooth~

Sophia with a fossil~

They had a Kids Korner section where the kids could collect samples...so now I have bags of rocks proudly displayed on shelves :)  The girls also got to enjoy a fossil dig...it was a big "sandbox" filled with rocks and fossils.  I'll admit, I thought it was kind of cheesy, but the girls thought it was great!  And they did find (and get to bring home) some pretty neato things...Sophia became especially excited about finding shark teeth and Bella really likes the fern fossil she found.

The girls "digging" for fossils...they loved it~

I also gave them each $5 they could spend at the show...yep, that's me...big spender :)  It was so interesting to see how they managed their money.  Bella wanted to make sure we looked at every sample at every booth before she was ready to begin thinking about what she might want to purchase.  She even took notes in a notepad so she could remember which things she might want to buy.  I actually really appreciate that she wants to be so careful with her choices and that she is careful about a budget.  It took a long time for her to decide, but she got two really nice samples for all her careful contemplating :)

Bella with her carefully chosen mineral samples~

Sophia, on the other hand, is much more impulsive.  We were there for about 3 seconds before she was asking if she had enough money to buy something that had caught her eye.  I helped her by not letting her purchase anything until she had looked around a bit.  She did make some good choices too and has some nice samples for her collection.  I say "collection" loosely...Sophia is my "rock hound" and is constantly bringing home "beautiful" rock treasures that she finds...from the yard, from the street, from walks around the neighborhood...from where ever she may be.  I often find them in her pockets or in little piles at the back door :)  

Sophia with her treasures~

All in all, it was a fun afternoon...and we learned a lot too~

God bless~
Rach