Ella has been to a couple of birthday parties at our local paint-your-own pottery studio which has made Claire anxious for her own chance to go. So this afternoon while Matt stayed home with a napping Lucy, my mom and I took the big girls to paint a cupcake (Claire) and a shoe (Ella) piggy bank with the money they got from Matt's parents for Christmas. The experience lived up to Claire's expectations. "When Lucy takes a nap tomorrow, we can come back!" she exclaimed.