I woke Isaiah up early Saturday morning. He was cranky since he’d stayed up late the night before.“Why do we have to go to this thing Mommy?” he whined.
“Because,” I said, “it’s going to be really cool and you’ll have lots of fun.”
“No I won’t,” he replied. “It’s going to be boring.” Then I played my last card.
“There’ll be doughnuts.” I said.
He reluctantly got up and dressed and off we went to the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios in Midtown Atlanta to preview the new show DINOSAUR TRAIN. When we first arrived we immediately spotted the balloons and the welcome sign.
“See I told you this is going to be a lot of fun,” I said. Mr. Cranky Pants Isaiah finally perked up.
When we got inside the lobby was filled with fun activities such as face painting, balloon animals, and arts and crafts. And there were of course, the doughnuts. After quickly munching down our breakfast treats we headed inside the auditorium for the preview.
Dinosaur Train is a show about character “Buddy”, a T-rex who is adopted by a family of Pteranodons who take him on all kinds of adventures through different eras learning all kinds of cool facts about the animals they meet.
Though Buddy is a pre-school aged dinosaur, the educational aspects and cool factor of the dinos themselves was enough to keep my seven year-old interested in the show.
On September 13-18 GPB will kick off Dinosaur Week with the launch of Dinosaur Train on September 13 with two special episodes at 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (regular time slot weekdays at 8:30 a.m.)
PBS Kids favorites like Curious George, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Barney and Friends and Sid The Science Kid will run special dinosaur-themed episodes throughout the week. Primetime shows begin September 13 with David Attenborough's "Living with Dinosaurs" at 8 p.m. The popular IMAX attraction, "Dinosaurs Alive!" will air on Wednesday, September 16 at 8 p.m.
Check out www.gpb.org/dinosaur-train and www.gpb.org/dinosaur-week
Needless to say, by the end of the event Isaiah had had an absolute ball. He got his face painted, made a paper dinosaur, rode the train, and got a balloon animal. He even got to eat a couple more doughnuts. Proclaiming as he always does when he’s having a really good time,
“This is the best day of my life!”
