Finished Pottery Wheel products!

Today we got to pick up our plates from the Pottery Wheel. Claire was super excited and said that she was proud of herself for how good it turned out! She is very excited to do this again when Shannon and Grandma Rachel come to visit!

Claire did a plate she can eat off of, I did more of a bowl/dish that I can use as a candy dish for Christmas! 

Pottery class!

Claire and I had a free Saturday afternoon so I signed us up to take a pottery class. This was so much fun! We got to each make our own plate, got to paint it, and will get to pick them up in about 2 weeks!

We each had our own pottery wheel and were taught how to form the clay into a plate.

Once we had our plates into the shape we liked, we were able to pick out multiple colors of paints and paint our plates.

I went with a Christmas color theme, while Claire chose something that would match well in our kitchen.  The coolest part is we can eat off these plates, they can go into the microwave, dishwasher, and even the oven! We had so much fun doing this and are excited to do this again when Grandma Rachel and Aunt Shannon come to visit!

 

8th grade Cotillion

Claire joined the Cotillion Twist and Shout Chapter for the year. This is a monthly class that teaches etiquette and dance with the opposite gender. There is a strict dress code and the boys and girls have to introduce themselves to each other properly and then rotate dance partners 4-5 times throughout the night. Jeff and I were chaperones for the first class and we were very impressed with all of the effort and excitement we saw, along with lots of nervous young adults. Great to see these amazing kids come out of their comfort zone and learn how to best treat people and interact in society, along with learning how to properly dance together.

 

October swim meet- first 1000 meter swim!

At the October swim meet, Claire had a 500 on Saturday morning and then had to return Sunday to swim her first ever 1000! She rocked them both and even ended up coming in 4th out of the eight 13 year olds who swam it! She came in with a time of 12 minutes 10 seconds!

Her coach, Coach Rick, was very impressed with her effort and told us he was planning on training her to swim the mile soon!

 After all the hard work and swimming 8 events, Madelyn, Claire, and Abigail stopped for a treat at Jeremiah's before heading home for the weekend!