Trevor seems a bit puzzled by our attempts to forever capture the memory of his little feet.So, the Twins Group I've been attending, called DoubleTalk II, get together once a week for an activity. Some weeks it's a walk, another for lunch, girls night is scheduled for next week and this week, it was a family activity. It was also my turn to plan. After rainy skies proved a trip to the carousel and park unwise, I countered with a family activity to create a family keepsake. We all visited a store called Color Me Mine in Walnut Creek, chose a piece of pottery (or bisque), and painted it to our fancy. It was rather interesting to have 5 sets of parents and their sets of twins all snuggle into the shop with their strollers, car seats, etc. and try to navigate around the other customers already there and staring with awe at the group congregating in front of them. Most of us did like Gianna and Trevor (above), painting our kids' feet and stamping them on little platters with other sweet sayings. The pieces, after being painted and fired in the kiln, are ready for pick up a week later.
Paul and I did a large, shallow bowl with both the girls' footprints along with their names and the date. The whole experience cost just under $40. Not being particularly artistic, it will be interesting to see what our hap-hazard design will look like. However, it was a bit fun. If you choose to do this sort of activity for your kidlets, I would recommend having a little bit of an idea of what you'd like to do as far as design. It makes the task seem less daunting and you're less likely to get the deer-in-the-headlight momentary-lapse-of-creativity brain-freeze (whew! that's a lot of hyphens!).
