Very artistic

We took Wm to one of those places were you can paint your own pottery.  Wm picked out a gnome and a bowl to paint.  In hindsight, the timing may have been poor - both Wm and I were exhausted and crabby.  (I was tired because I had taken Wm on a Steve-less expedition for our weekly groceries right beforehand...and now that Whirlwind William has outgrown the little cart seat, it is an intense experience; and Wm was tired because he woke up weirdly early).  The pictures look a lot more fun than it actually was - but I do think Wm had a good time!!  I tried hard to hide my impatience and annoyance with him (example: I had painstakingly "helped" him paint tiny stripes along the whole outer rim of the bowl, then two seconds later he dragged his sleeve across it, ruining it completely).  I just had to keep repeating silently to myself, "he's 4, he's 4, he's 4..." throughout the whole experience.  I do think my "smile" boarded more on a grimace at some points, but Wm didn't seem to notice!

Wm putting the basepaint layer on his gnome

Steve doing some cleanup work

Wm is painting snakes and scorpions inside his bowl

DONE!

The car ride home.