while the cats were away, the mouse did play...

On a whim, Ethan decided to compete for a scholarship held by Thanksgiving Point for its Makers' Camp.  Makers' Camp is for kids who want to be inspired to "Make" the future.  So while we were at Disneyland, Ethan wrote a five paragraph essay with no help from us and we emailed it off for him.

We hadn't heard anything from Thanksgiving Point and so we decided to plan our trip to Arizona.  Wouldn't you know?  Within an hour of booking our non-refundable Arizona vacation, we were notified that Ethan won his scholarship!  Makers' Camp was his -- the same week as our Arizona trip.  I told Ethan that he could choose; I wouldn't force him to do either one.  He decided to do Makers' Camp and he had a blast.  Thank you Nanny and Papa for allowing Ethan to be a guest in your home that week and take him to camp!

Ethan made a lot of really cool things at Makers' Camp.  He made a marshmallow shooter (probably his favorite) and also a rocket launcher.  We have yet to try the rocket launcher because his needs to do something on still.  Here are some pictures of his cool inventions!

He had such a great time.  I am so grateful he had this opportunity to participate in such an amazing camp.  Ethan is so curious and innovative -- this was perfect for him!