Future Archaeologist?

The day after Ava's birthday she woke up asking if she could go on a rock hunt.  She was so excited about her rock digging kit.  After getting ready for the day we got out her kit, read the directions, put safety gear on, and chiseled away.  At first Ava loved it, but as time wore on we realized it wasn't easy to chisel the block away.  After a bit she decided it was my turn, so I gave it a try.  It was much easier for me.  From that point on I would get a crack started for Ava and she would finish it.  It was a good team effort and Ava had a blast.  She was excited to find all the rocks and saw them as treasures.

Ready to hunt for some rocks.  The goggles from kit were really uncomfortable, but definitely necessary.

Ava was really focused and tried so hard to chisel away at the rock.

Ava using the magnifying glass and brush to remove the dust.  There wasn't much dust at this point.

Ava brushing the dust off a rock, so we could see where to chisel next.  Notice all the dust.  It was pretty messy and I'm glad we did it inside a gift box I could just throw away.