Ethan spent the week with Nana and Papa and went to a science camp about space in the mornings close to their house. On Friday we all went to see his rocket launch that he worked on during the week. 
Ethan with the class bottle rocket and his rocket. When I saw him coming down to the field carrying the bottle rocket I told Derek that I bet he was the teacher's favorite and that is why he got to carry the bottle rocket for the class. Sure enough, when we were leaving and thanking the teacher she confirmed my suspicion by saying, "he was my favorite student and he knew it." He is such a good kid and listens so well in a group setting. We are very blessed!
The class listening to safety instructions.
His teacher, Ms. Neutron pumping the bottle rocket up with air.
It really flew up in the air and was really neat to watch. 
Ethan was chosen first to launch his rocket. 
Putting the engine inside the rocket.
Ready to launch
Pushing the button and off it went! I did not get a picture of it in the air because it was hard to find with the camera, but it went really high and the parachute came out like it was supposed to. About half of them did not deploy the parachute correctly. 
The rocket as it landed
A very proud boy with is certificate and rocket. It was SO hot out there on the field watching the rockets launch.
We were able to stop by and see my friend Leslie at her parents house and the kids got to meet her little guy Tyler. They liked to show him how all of his toys worked. 
Here is video of the rocket launches. The weird noise in the background is the large sprinkler that was watering part of the field.
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