Sand in the City is going on this weekend, and we just had to go down & check it out. There were a ton of activities hosted by the Hands On Children's Museum, many with a Japanese theme. The Sunchild got to do a variety of craft projects, got his face painted, dug for treasure, played in a mamoth sandbox, and had a great time. It was a hot sunny day, and perfect for checking out the sand sculptures. His favorite ones were a great big pyramid and and a lion faced sphinx. Not surprising, really, as we have been on an Egyptian kick recently.

In other news, we had great tag sale luck yesterday too. We scored some new bookshelves (finally, a place to put library books that isn't on the floor!), a comfy new chair, and a hoard of good homeschooling games from another homeschooling family that is moving to Alaska. Included in these games was something called 'Mummy Rummy' which is a pictoral mummy game featuring ancient Egyptian artifacts. Since we have been reading and watching videos about King Tutankamun, this was a nicely timed find. Sun also bought a working electric train set, with the parts still in the boxes, and I found some Ravensburger puzzles, a partial advanced Chemistry set, Life, and the Worst Case Scenario board game. I think we will plenty to do once the rainy season kicks in.