Hatching a dinosaur

A while ago, I saw these dehydrated dinosaur eggs in one of those National Geographic shops. ahhhh.. the childhood memories.... I remembered my dad used to bring back dehydrated towels, dinosaurs, fish, t-shirts, etc.. back in the 80s for my brother and I to throw into the bath tub and watch it expand. So, as you can imagine my excitement for seeing those dinosaur eggs.. I was as happy as a leprechaun finding gold! I so desperately wanted Aidan to experience my fascination of "re-hydration" and "expansion". However, Colin had always managed to stop me before I buy one of them expensive rubbish from those National Geographic shops. So.. on one of them very fine day, while strolling through a fab $2 shop in Box Hill (I am secretly very fond of $2 shops), I spotted them miniature dinos in eggs.... 1 for $2.50!!! So, of course why oh why would I want Aidan to miss out on the joy of re-hydrating one of these fab things.

After we got home, Aidan and I filled up the plastic egg with water and gave it death stares in hope it would hatch quickly.

filled with water!!! wahahahah!

Day 1: we stared.. and nothing.. then Aidan lost interest and nicked off.. So.. I was staring alone for a few minutes.. but also nothing..

Day 2: we stared and it had a hair line fracture in the morning.. we stared again in the afternoon and it had a bigger crack..

woohoo.. its hatched..

Day 3: why is it stillllll like day 2? isn't the dinosaur suppose to be hatched completely??

So.. of course I had to poke it with a bbq skewer and ta da... its almost out of the egg..

So.. after I poked it several times, I decided it can no longer hatch some more, so I made the executive decision to take the dinosaur out. But of course I cannot open the clear plastic egg and begged Colin to open it for me. He took the egg out of the room and returned with the dinosaur (apparently he had to bash it with a hammer and left a wet puddle on the laundry floor which I mistook it for cat pee). Then just like a kid.. I lost interest after I saw the ugly dinosaur, which was rather badly made.. it had extra plastic flaps on its hand which resembled a pizza. ho hummm... note to self.. do not buy rubbish