This week he's at a Cub Scout camp and loving it so much he has already declared he wants to go back to this specific one next year. He did not take the swim test but he is determined to be able to pass it next year. (I may not have to bribe him after all!). (We are glad the World Cup is over, because he loved to look at and compare statistics on my phone during the matches. Normally I don't let him use my phone for anything.)
He reads on the way to and from this camp, which is 45-60 minutes away each way. What does he read? Programming Lego Mindstorms NXT and EV3 books. This is, however, a bit of a problem; I want him to read fiction for a change. So Daddy pulled out a box of books that were his when he was 8-ish, and voila! Danny Dunn adventures series, and he was hooked and burned through an entire (albeit not very long) chapter book in an evening.
Tonight before bed he decided he wants to build his own laptop. He demanded paper and a pen and began drawing out the ports on his new laptop with excellent geometric precision from memory! You won't be getting credit for that in 3rd grade! How can I make him go to bed when he's being so brilliant, I wonder?
What can I say, if you just let them at it they never cease to amaze you.
