We moved back into the realm of chemistry this week, and began studying gases. The Sunchild made CO2 gas by putting baking soda in a ballon, and attaching that balloon to a bottle that had vinegar in it. When the two mixed, the balloon was blown up. He also did something involving an egg, a glass, water, and salt. He was seeing how changing the density of the liquid influenced the buoyancy of the egg.

We joined the summer reading program at the library, and he has been making fair progress with that as well. He set himself a goal of 22 books over the summer, and has 8 more to go before he hands in his list to the library. The great thing is that he has read all of these books out loud to me, with some assistance with the more difficult words. He is really moving towards fluency. Most of what he has been reading lately have been Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer.

He has been tapering off on the paperwork, although several weeks ago, we bought a 2nd grade math workbook that he was really enjoying. I had been making a rule about doing some sort of paper activity every day, but I am thinking that I am going to ease up on that until autumn, and just let the summer play out as it will.

He has been getting into music again, as of late. Much to his papa's pleasure, he has been walking around with his guitar, and they once again went over how to play the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars. We have also been playing around with percussion, and drumming, and he loves playing the kazoo. I got some books out of the library on music for kids, so maybe we will learn a new song or two.

This afternoon, he had been playing Legos with his friend Muthu. He has been working on a piece for the latest Lego competition, and was excited to show it off to his friend. He is also looking forward to the return of his friend Tristan, which is one of the highlights of his week.