Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Paint We (went)

The other night I was granted a rare "get out of jail free" card and had an evening with my good friend Lynn and her daughter Tess. We went to the Painted Pot and made some fabulous pieces. I don't think I've painted pottery since I was in college and have forgotten how much fun it is. We sat, talked, laughed, and well, painted. Thank goodness for stencils though, because I think I speak for the group when I say we're not super creative when it comes to the artsy part of painting.

Here are our masterpieces all painted and ready to be fired in the kiln. Lynn made some coasters, Tess made a mug, and I did a plate. Oddly enough we all chose versions of blue for our backgrounds. Once fired the colors will be much darker.

When we finished I was worried that X might not be in bed yet so I decided to detour on my way home and get some chips and queso at Qdoba. Delish! I strolled in the house about 8:30pm (yes, I know, I stay out VERY late!) and Walter just laughed at me with my Qdoba bag because he knew exactly what I'd done (detoured to skip out on bedtime).

While I was out Walter and X had some father son bonding time. They went to a Parents as Teachers event at the park. X made me a cute little craft, he played with a parachute, climbed through some tunnels, and put in some time on the swings (so I was told).