"Is that where they keep the monsters???"

I was down in Lehi with Aden and we drove past the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, and Aden said "Uh, mom, is that where they keep the monsters?" I explained to him that they were dinosaurs, not monsters. He quickly decided he wanted to go check it out. I felt a little obligated to take him, seeing as how he apparently didn't know what a dinosaur was! (I took him to that very same museum when he was about 2, but I guess he didn't remember)
We went in, and he got freaked out immediately! He heard the dinosaur sounds they have playing in the background, and he got nervous. We were off to a great start, before we even entered the museum! When you first walk into the museum there is a really dark area with stars...again, he freaked out--Awesome! We kept walking and he sees the HUGE dinosaur skeleton, and then he really got scared. It's okay, I thought, we can just get to the sand and water part and he will enjoy digging for bones...wrong! He wanted nothing to do with "getting dirty." He was being really difficult pretty much the whole time, and he wouldn't cooperate with me at all about standing next to the dinosaurs for pictures. My friend Nicole decided to come down and join us for a few minutes. As soon as she got there, it was a whole different story. He was into everything, and not scared at all! Why is it that Nicole can make anything okay?? (I think it's because Nicole is his girlfriend, and he has to act like a tough guy around her!) Well, thanks Nicole! Glad you joined us. :)