Week 32: Pottery party

Buon compleanno papà! It's dad's (that'd be Cristiano's) birthday today. Anyway, this weekend some nice friends (thanks guys!) threw me a luncheon/shower/pottery painting party at the Pottery Cafe here in Milan. Baby showers are unheard of here as it is considered "bad luck" to prepare anything for the baby before his arrival. My mother-in-law (she had her husband put together the crib and the nursery furniture while she was in the hospital having Cristiano because she didn't want to see anything beforehand) - and many others - keeps reminding me of this but I plod ahead in my odd American ways all the same. Here are some pictures.

Having coffee before pottery painting begins


It takes concentration


Hard at work


I'm done so I oversee others' work