After returning form our traveling adventures in April and May we've tried hard to get back to a regular schedule. Those of you who know me are laughing at that. There is no normal schedule here! We tried anyway. This picture is a good summary of how P feels that return to routine is going.
So we tried something new instead. We've had lots of fun going to Hawaiian Falls, meeting new friends, forming better connections with not so new friends, and turning an old favorite into something even better. Last week P attended Lego Camp. He loved every minute of it, and wanted to keep going. He also learned about motors and the computer program the robotics uses. Not to mention working with his partner, and playing with a group of kids of mixed ages. It was a nice little break for me, and we'll surely be trying it again.
We've taken to collecting animals and learning about them. It started with a few basic bugs. Then we found the intact skeleton of a lizard. This week we found the spider below. We still haven't identified it, but in the short time we had him he was already making a web. We also found a giant leopard moth caterpillar. We didn't hold him too long, but long enough to know that when they pee it's green!
This weekend we celebrated Father's Day, so it was pretty close to most other days around here. But I'll take the moment to salute P's dad, because he's all around fairly awesome. We finally broke out the volcano kit, and Dad got to talk chemistry, mom got to talk geology, and P got to see the "explosion." I'll call it a win. The great thing is we can use this kit multiple times, and I know he'll take away something new each time.
So after all of this really awesome, fun, education stuff I overheard P say "I'm done with school." I wan't sure what to make of that. It sounded a whole lot like he was done learning, or maybe he meant he was done with Lego camp, or maybe that yes, he's really done with "school." We'll keep having fun (and we have another great adventure planned this week). We'll keep learning (whether he realizes it or not). We'll keep on exploring.
