Sophia received four science projects for Christmas from her cousin. She picked the dig a gem to do first. I opened the box and out came a grey cube with a wooden chisel, wooden mallet, and a paint brush for dusting off the gems. “There are gems in there?” Sophia asked a little disappointed with the contents.

“Yes, it’s just like in your Curious George book when he helped find dinosaur bones. You have to dig for them carefully.” I told her. Anything relating to Curious George makes her happy and excited.

She chiseled away in search of gems.

After a while her arms got tired and dad brought out the real tools.

Working away. The heavy-duty equipment dad brought out helped a lot.

Cleaning the gems off.

Sophia really takes her work very seriously.

Showing me her gems not knowing I can’t actually seem them.

Here they are!