Girl's Day Out

I have been telling Grace for a few weeks that we would have a "girl's day" where she and I would go do something together. She has been wanting some alone time with Mommy - and especially makes her request known when I go anywhere by myself - for some time now.

We went to Taco Bell for lunch (since David hates that place), and then went to a place called That Painting Place. It is a paint your own ceramics shop. Since Grace enjoys doing crafts so much, I thought it would be the perfect place to go. We had a great time, and to my surprise, she did a great job painting her unicorn, and never got bored with it. I really expected her to say that she was done mid-way through the project and want to go home.

She chose her own colors: brown for the body, and black for the mane and tail

Talk about concentration!

The finished project - complete with blue eyes and coral colored spots...

Both of our projects awaiting glazing and firing.

The lady who owns the shop was very nice and helpful. She showed Grace what the next steps would be - dipping them into a glaze, and then showed her the kiln that they would be fired in and explained to her that they would be like glass and would be the colors that we painted the projects, even though the glaze turned them green. Grace had no problem leaving her unicorn behind, but I imagine I'll hear about it until we pick it up next week...

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