We are perfect examples of how to be simultaneously very cool and lame. The cool part – in an effort to stem the flow of, well, junk, into the house at birthday and holiday time, we are trying to give experiences instead of stuff. Pumpkin would love nothing better than to be buried up to her eyeballs in plushies, but her dust allergy provides us with nearly daily exercises in cost-benefit analysis in this department. Most of the time, I fold like a fan. I blame it on being a believer in allowances and living four blocks from this place.
So, experiences it is! (are?) Grandma gave her a trip to Build-a-Bear. So much for the plushie accumulation. They had their trip back in November.
We gave her a family trip to My Masterpiece Art Studio. We finally cashed in on SATURDAY. Oy. Surely we could have made this happen sooner for a Halloween baby, but alas, it did not. It was worth the wait.
Dad was quite engrossed with his commuter mug glazing project, while Pumpkin worked on a wood sculpture.
The whole family indulged in glazing projects. Here are the masterpieces, all ready for the kiln. We’ll get them back in a week or so. For now, enjoy the “before”:
I thought this would be a good place for a joint birthday party, which saying something for a 10 and 15 year old. Art is very satisfying.
