At Natalie’s school, they have an activity period every day and they gt to choose what activity they want to do. These activities range from academic things, like science and reading, to arts and crafts, like painting and weaving, to physical activities. Natalie has been telling us that she’s been spending alot of her school activity time in the clay room this year. But we had no idea what she was really up to. Last year most of her clay time was spent turning dry clay into dust, and then back into clay again with water. Why? Because it’s fun, of course.
But this year, being in fifth grade, Natalie’s old enough to use the pottery wheel. And it turns out she really has a knack for it. As Christmas approached she started sneaking pots home. Occasionally she’d show one to us. But it wasn’t until after Christmas that we realized how many awesome pots she had made. I think everyone in our family got a Natalie-spun pot this year, and they’re all beautiful. The picture at the right shows just a few, but we counted twenty of them!