Riley and Avery

So, Riley and Avery have been taking clay class at the recreation center.  Actually, Avery went once then refused to go again.  I was all sorts of excited for them to be taking this class, thinking of how much they'd enjoy it.  I don't know what I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting this.  Basically, they play with air-hardening clay for 1.5 hours.  Riley said that the teacher doesn't teach them anything about clay.  There is no firing, no glazing, no nothing that I would associate with a clay class.  However, Riley still enjoys it.  But, this is a 10-week session, and they've only had two classes so far, so I'm not confident that Riley will continue enjoying it.  I mean, we can play with clay in our house.  I wanted something extra, something that cannot be done at home.  Isn't that what classes are for?  If it matters, yes, we paid for the class.  I was, however, very very inexpensive.


Well, one day Riley told me that she wanted to be in a play.  I think she got the idea from a Boxcar Children book that we recently read.  Well, lo and behold, I get an email the very next day from the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine that they have a Improv Comedy troupe for children ages 6-11, where they learn about improv, as well as write their own skits and perform them.  It's twice weekly, a 9-week session, and free.  Oh, yeah, and one of the weekly sessions falls at the exact same time as clay class.  So, what does a girl do?

Riley and I have decided to skip clay class today, and go the improv group instead.  If she likes the improv group, she can continue with it and forget about clay class.  If she prefers clay class, we can continue with that.  Seems like a reasonable solution.  Yeah, it sucks to potentially lose the money we paid for the clay class, but seriously, the class is just not what I thought it would be, and not what Riley thought it would be.

So, I will blog again with the results of Riley's decision, and more details on the improv group!