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Paint Date

Ever since Evie painted us a ceramics tile at one of her school field trips, we've been thinking going to a Color-Me-Mine type place could be a good rainy day activity to do with the girls. We finally went this past weekend for the first time and I learned two things:
1) It takes a LONG time to paint because you have to do multiple coats
2) Painting only holds the attention of a 2.5 year old for about 5 minutes.

Those two things do not get along so Scott ended up staying with Evie to paint her cheetah while me, my Mom and Dad all took turns trying to entertain Nora by walking around the mall. Oh well, it was fun for about the 5 minutes where we all got to sit down together! We'll get to pick up the finished pieces in about a week and will let you know how they look!

Look at my masterpiece!

Trying to make the Cheetah as life like as possible.

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