Personalized gifts for Grandma and Pop-pop

With all the gifts that Grandma and Pop-pop were sending over for Christmas, we decided to do a little bit more in return.  So we went to visit a pottery painting studio. It was a first for me as well as for the boys.  Graham got into it pretty quickly and was so focused on the task at hand:

 So was Daddy, while Charlie "supervised".

 Once Graham colored both plates, it was time for the hand stamp:

 Thankfully, Graham was very cooperative:

 He truly enjoyed himself!

 After the hand prints, it was now time to get Charlie's foot prints:

 Thankfully Charlie didn't complain too much either.  I suppose he can't really say much at this point :-)

Once the prints were done, it was Mommy's turn to paint.  As Graham and Daddy went to get some ice-cream, Mommy somehow was able to paint and finish up the plates with one hand while trying to hold and keep Charlie from crying/being cranky in the other arm.  It wasn't easy but phew - we got it done!

Here's one plate for Grandma (Graham actually took the next 2 pictures)...

 ... and one plate for Pop-pop!

We left it at the store for it to be glazed and picked it up in 3 days.  And when we got it back, it looked awesome!  I was so excited to have it mailed to Grandma and Pop-pop (and so glad they arrived in one piece and on time for Christmas!).

Graham has been quite the artist lately with all the other projects at school for Christmas:

 And oh, Mommy got her new mug/gift from Daddy too...

 ... with a little surprise on the inside.

It makes all my drinks taste a little better. True story! ;-)