Pottery and Peanuts

Saturday was full of family fun. After the soccer game in the morning, we took the kids to a pottery painting studio for some interactive creative fun. We let the kids pick out a piece to paint. Max chose a pizza plate and Cate chose a jewelry holder. Actually, we chose it for her, as it was small! She first pointed out a very large vase, but were nervous that she might break it, then we would be stuck with it.

The kids thoroughly enjoyed it. The mess was minimal all things considered. I was very impressed with Max's interpretation of his pepperoni pizza. It was very well done. He added a few things at the end that were a little odd, but it was still his piece of art to do whatever he wanted with. Cate just painted hers green...a little gloppy, but it should go well with her new room.

We also made something else...but I don't want to ruin the suprise! All will be revealed at a later date.

After the pottery painting, we were hungry. There is a seafood joint just around the corner. We thought it would be good and they have raw peanuts and you can throw the hulls on the floor. The kiddos LOVED that. We had to watch Cate carefully, though, as a couple of times, she tried to put the whole peanut, hull and all in her mouth! The fish was delicious and we enjoyed laughing and talking with them.

After that, we came home for Cate to take a nap and Max and Matt went for a nice bike ride in our neighborhood.

Yet another great family fun day that I hope our kids will remember each time they look at their masterpieces!