A dinosaur and egg story
10/18/2007 by Connie Veneracion · Filed under The Mommy Journals
The next day, and all through the days that followed, I just forgot all about the egg in the measuring cup. Until one morning, I noticed that the egg had began to crack. Darn, was that supposed to be part of Alex’s project? That was when I looked more closely and saw some yellow mass coming out of the shell. I took the measuring cup, held it up in the light and Sam walked into the kitchen, took the cup from my hand and told me never to touch it again because it was a dinosaur egg. What the f…k??? She bought it for fifty pesos I know not where from nor what for.
Okay, I knew that she took photos everyday. She has photos of the various stages of the egg as the crack grew bigger and bigger over the next few days days. But moi, take photos of that thing? I didn’t bother. To tell you the truth, the yellow thing coming out of the shell grossed me out.
About three or four days later, a small yellow head with very black eyes was visible. I just ignored the thing. A few more days and, finally, the bright yellow-green baby dinosaur was out of the egg. Sam kept it in the water because, according to her, it was growing still.
One morning, I saw the measuring cup on the dish rack. Someone had washed it and rinsed it and it was upside down as it dried. The dinosaur was standing upright on a shelf of the kitchen cabinet. When Sam woke up and saw it, she gave a half scream. She was annoyed. No, beyond annoyed — she was upset. All the while, I thought it was she who had removed it from the water. Not until that moment did I realize that the freaky yellow-green thing should still be swimming in my measuring cup. Okay, so, Speedy was the culprit.
Sam snatched the little dinosaur from the shelf, confronted her father and said something like Look, his head has shrunk! He looks abnormal now because you took him out of the water! But the deed was done. Later that day, I saw the dinosaur back on the shelf. The night I was making mango-melon fruit shake, Sam was the one taking photos. When I downloaded the photos to my Mac, I saw this:
The head looks “normal” so I suppose it was fresh out of its water bath. A day later, the dinosaur was back “gone” again, back to the water, I presume, because it started shrinking — not just the head but the whole body.
I don’t know where the saga of Sam’s dinosaur will end. It has become a now-you-see-him-now-you-don’t kind of thing. For whatever it’s worth, I did get my story prompt. Hey, Toni — and Sam’s dinosaur — thanks for the inspiration.
Rach on Thu, 18th Oct 2007 2:59 pm
Hi Connie. That’s a cute wallpaper.
I think I have an idea about that little egg in the water.
I would like to invite you to take a peek at my son’s pals ~ Henny and Chickee.
julie on Thu, 18th Oct 2007 3:25 pm
So it was a dinosaur.I
I think I saw something like that in Rachel’s blog but hers were chicks. It was submerged in water and growing bigger day after day.
We have something similar growing at home too, mongo seeds on cotton balls in plastic egg containers. We “planted” these seeds last Sunday and now these have grown to two inches tall. And yes, we took photos everyday too
A lesson on parts of the plants and plant growth.
Em Dy on Thu, 18th Oct 2007 3:26 pm
Me too. I like Toni’s new blog very much.
Connie on Thu, 18th Oct 2007 8:23 pm
Rach, I just saw your chicks hehehe Hatched in one day, huh? Fast, fast.
Julie, I did the mongo seeds and litmus paper thing in grade school too.
Great idea, Em, ‘no? And a photo as a story prompt is more stimulating than a word.
rhodora on Thu, 18th Oct 2007 9:11 pm
Ohhhh.. virtual pet! hahaha! Buti nga, ganyan lang kalaki, e, paano kung maging mas malaki pa sa bahay nyo? Thanks to Speedy!
Nice wallpaper!
Thess on Thu, 18th Oct 2007 9:23 pm
Hello Connie. That’s a very nice wallpaper. Cute actually.
I also saw Rach’s son’s chicks…what a cool idea for a ‘pet’
Toni on Fri, 19th Oct 2007 8:16 am
Ah! Those eggs are so cute! I picture them as the toys you see in arcades, wherein a crane picks them up after you push that quarter. You know those games?
Connie on Fri, 19th Oct 2007 8:25 am
Yep, seen them, played them. Never caught anything though LOL
liz on Fri, 19th Oct 2007 8:43 am
you are so right. the perfect stress ball for women would be in the shape of man balls. yes, i can almost see it now. less grouchy moms, more productive teens. easier menopause. by jove, i can see man ball-shaped stress balls saving the world!
Connie on Fri, 19th Oct 2007 12:23 pm
LOL Liz, you are right — it’ll work for EVERY female, not just employees but wives, moms and girlfriends too. I should apply for a patent hahaha
Lisa on Sat, 20th Oct 2007 2:41 am
Happy Birthday, Connie!
NYCMama on Sat, 20th Oct 2007 4:07 am
Synchronicity! After reading your post, I went home and received a fundraising catalog from my kids’ school, and there was an entire line of kitchen products pictured in your post, inside! They have chick egg slicers, one-egg fry pans, spatulas, whisks, egg mashers, and so on…. Napabili tuloy ako!
Connie on Sat, 20th Oct 2007 8:51 am
Thanks, Lisa.
NYCMama, it’s i-love-eggs day hehehe
auee on Sun, 21st Oct 2007 4:09 am
hehe you succumbed to the call of the viral wallpaper tag
cute nga
KK on Sun, 21st Oct 2007 5:29 am
Ate Connie,
Makiki-happy Birthday din ako ha! Ka-birthday mo pala ang Mama ko.
Re: desktop: That’s really cute.
Re: Dino eggs: I would like to buy a couple of those eggs for my Lil K, she’s going to be so excited over the dino eggs!
Off-limits ang mga measuring cups ko, nakasabit with an invisible “no touch” sign.
Connie Veneracion on Sun, 21st Oct 2007 12:22 pm
auee, tag pala yun? di ko alam hahahaha
KK, the eggs are PhP50.00 per only. Well, in the Philippines anyway. And I think the dinos come in different colors.