Thank You, Google

"Hey Mama, what's this?" Isaac held out the plastic dinosaur, waving it in my face. I had no idea what type of dinosaur it was. And so I said the first (and really only) dinosaur name that came to me. "It's a Triceratops, Isaac." His puzzled expression told me that he wasn't buying it. As he ran off, I thought our conversation was over. Silly, Mama! About 2 seconds later, Isaac came running back into the room holding, you guessed it, a Triceratops. "No, no, no, Mama. This is a Triceratops. What's this?" That crazy looking plastic dinosaur was taunting me, as if to say "Name me! Go on, I dare you to name me, Lady!" It was at this point that I realized that Isaac was not going to settle for the wrong answer, because he already knew the correct answer. He just wanted to see if I knew the correct answer too.

I got online and thanks be to Google, I was able to find this handy little website, The Dinosaur Datafile, which informed me that the dinosaur is called a Parasaurolophus. As I butchered my way through the pronunciation of the dinosaur's name, Isaac looked up at me and said, "Yeah, Mama. That's it! It is a Parasaurolophus. You got it!" And because the boy asked, I also discovered that his Matchbox truck is a Dodge M80 model...

And so, I would like to thank PBS and the creators of the hit cartoon Dinosaur Train, for teaching my child everything there is to know about dinosaurs. But I would especially like to thank Google, for helping perpetuate the notion in my 3 year old's mind that his Mommy knows all, and can do all things asked of her. Thank you, Google.