Today was Beatrice's first day of summer camp - a day camp at the Stough Canyon Nature Center in Wildwood Canyon in the Verdugo Mountains. The Burbank Parks and Recreation Department runs week-long themed camps all summer - this one is called T. Rex Trackers.
Beatrice loved her day at camp, hiking and doing crafts, though for the rest of the day all she wanted to talk about—at length—was how she got to pet a turtle.
"Did you learn what dinosaurs eat?" I asked.
"I petted a turtle!"
And so on.
But just when I was thinking she hadn't taken much away from her day, she launched into a long, long story about "duck-billed dinosaurs," explaining that they are "unpleasant*" and how she would violently evict one if it were to come into our house.
"What the hell, duck-billed dinosaur?!" she said at one point, "Stay out from my work project**! Stay away or I will kick you down! Stop it duck-billed dinosaur, get it lost!"
So in conclusion, today she pet a turtle and learned to fear duck-billed dinosaurs.
Beatrice standing next to a chalked dinosaur footprint, part of a dino trail they followed today.
*Beatrice loves to play the game Pleasant or Unpleasant? where one person imagines a scenario and the other says whether they'd find it pleasant or unpleasant. Another variant is Possible or Impossible?
**Her "work project" was a workbook page she was doing at the time.
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