Girls Days

One of L's requests during Christmas vacation was to have some "Girls Days". She made a list of about 10 things that she would like to do - paint ceramics, go to the art museum, go to Exploration Place, go roller skating, get a manicure together, etc. We only got a couple of those things done during vacation, thanks to the stomach flu and a pretty aggressive cold, but we had so much fun on our Girls Days! We went to McPherson to a store called Joyful Creations. We've been there before on a previous Girls Day with Grandma to make bracelets. On this day, we each picked a piece of unfinished pottery to paint. We then left them at the store and we will go back in a week and pick them up. L can hardly wait -she asks every day when we are going to go get them! L chose to paint a puppy, which she then realized was actually a piggy bank! She chose to use the store's special tools to make polka dots, which was a test of her patience, but wound up being so cute!
On our other Girls Day, we went to Wichita to the art museum, where we had never gone before. We met my sister and her kids there. They have an amazing kids hands-on exploration room, and some mind-blowing glass artwork in their ceilings. We had a really good time, and L and I would like to go back some time and explore some more - it's hard for the younger cousins to be patient in the quiet, hands-off museum!
It was so much fun exploring new things with L - I'm going to start scheduling a special day at least once a month to explore something new with L - she is so curious!