Eruption!!!

This morning Al came home from Oregon. He apparently had a boring layover at some point and was perusing a gift shop and decided to buy Tyler a volcano kit. Tyler was very excited for his "project". Luckily it ended up being the perfect day for a project such as this, as it was pretty miserable outside! Plus, it gave me a bit of a break!

First they read the directions.

Then mixed together the plaster.

After the plaster was in the mold, they had to wait for it to dry. Tyler spent that time looking up pictures of volcanoes on the internet (at his request). He particularly likes some volcano in "Costa Rica". We had to look at that picture repeatedly.

Then it was painting time.

After a mandatory drying period it was time to watch it erupt!

Tyler had a ball. Unfortunately later that evening his attitude erupted as well when he was told they couldn't let the volcano erupt again tonight. Lovely.