And so, our adventures continue

Hello Everyone,

Since Layth and I are always on the prowl for new afternoon adventures, we decided to take a risk and try the " Paint a Piece" pottery studio in Cordova, TN. For years now, I have expressed my desire to paint pottery, but either found no one to accompany me or felt ridiculous going in myself. So when I observed that Layth loves to paint and express himself artistically, I thought to myself, it's never too early to expose him to painting pottery. It was also my excuse to finally be able to paint pottery. And surprisingly, Layth really enjoyed it! I mention this, because when I asked some friends to accompany us, they thought I was ridiculous to take a two year old to go paint pottery. Instead, Layth found it exciting he was able to choose the piece he wanted to paint, the colors, and of course, many paint brushes to accompany the different colors. Once he had chosen his colors, his dog, and five paint brushes, he sat down, put his serious face on and went straight to work! Since they recommend you to coat the pottery with three layers of paint, it was the perfect opportunity for Layth to test his different colors. Rather than designating a different color to each part of the dog, i.e. his ears, eyes, tail, etc., Layth found it simpler to cover the dog in one coat, before proceeding to paint over the previous coat with a different color. Although I did not get to officially paint my own piece of pottery, it was fun going over Layth's missed spots and putting in the details to make his dog look more like a dog. Of course, as I was doing this, Layth decided to take the paint brushes and paint over his own shorts; thankfully, all the paints were washable... one week later, we have an artistic, colorful dog to bring back home to show Chafeek!

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