Pottery for little People

Today my friend Sherry, who is the only person I know who has a kiln in her garage, called and asked if John and I were coming to the Mommy and Me pottery class. Oh, I had forgotten, since I had talked to her about it a few weeks ago and not written it on my calendar. So, after preschool and a quick trip to the grocery store to get milk, John and I went to our first pottery class together.

Sherry’s got her pottery stuff all set up in the basement, with tables and stools and lots of clay. First the kids just play in a glob of clay while she gets everyone set up. John and I made a snowman, and then some “tornados”. Then came the official class things. We did a set of his handprints, which she will fire and glaze and they will turn out so cute–Not like the homemade ones or the handprints they do at school, these are great. In fact, she did one for me when John was just a tiny baby–it’s so cute! She’ll put his name on it, since he can’t write it himself, but some of the kids wrote their own names. Then we did Christmas ornaments. It’s just like doing playdoh at home. We roll it out, take a cookie cutter (we used a star) and stamp out you shapes. Then I gave John a pen and told him to “write” on his stars to decorate them. He jabbed a few small holes and called it good. I wrote his name on them and punched a hole at the top for a ribbon, and voila–we’re done.

It was a fun little class–for both of us! The best part is, it was free! The reason it’s free (for me), besides that Sherry’s my friend, is that Ryan does many favors for Sherry. Like record her favorite shows for her, or burn a cd of a missing episode, or fix their computer, or help them run wires. Stuff like that. So, if he continues to do favors for her, I get free pottery class. It’s a nice deal–for me, at least.