Turkey Day

Just as January needs a "Snowman Day", so does November need a "Turkey Day". And that's just what we had around here!! Here are some pics of our "Gobbly-Gobble" Day ;).

We talked daddy into hanging around for breakfast so that he could enjoy these precious little Turkey Waffles with us. Talk about yummy!!

And we posed with our "Thankful Turkey" one last time. We've been writing what we're thankful for on her feathers each night and love her cute little face (she doesn't know it yet, but we're having her for dinner ;)).

Then we got down to some Turkey crafting! First up were our Handprint Turkeys. It was impossible for mommy to get a picture during the process, but here's the after. Awww. Though let's just say that Hayden was NOT a fan of paint on her hand!

Next we spent some time playing with Turkey feathers...not really, but we were pretending. Emerson counted out 6 feathers and used hers to make a beautiful turkey. Hayden practiced throwing hers on the floor, saying, "uh-uh" and then putting them back into their box.

Then while Emmy practiced tracing the letter T for Turkey, Hayden and I played with the little turkey a bit. "Boble, Boble" as she would say ;).

We all read one of mommy's old teacher books...The Plump and Perky Turkey. So cute!!

When Hayden went down for her morning nap, Emmy and I did some of the activities that only "big girls" can do ;). And this one was my very favorite of the day...Sewing a Plump and Perky Turkey! We used yarn for the thread and made a "needle" out of a small piece of pipe cleaner. She did SUCH a wonderful job and I only had to help a few times. We both really enjoyed this one!

Next we made a Turkey Doorhanger. A little painting, teamwork, cutting and gluing and here it is! She like the painting part the most.

Computer time. We watched some YouTube videos of real turkeys making turkey calls and Em got a kick out of that! And we watched this silly Turkey Song. Over and over and over...she loved it!!! And we played the Turkey Game on Starfall too...not my favorite of all their games, but Em still liked it.

Hayden's up and it's snacktime!!! We made these Apple Turkeys and while I just expected them to eat the goodies on the feathers, once Em picked up her apple and took a bite, little sister wanted to do the same! I was worried about choking at first, but she has plenty of teeth and REALLY wanted to do it like Em, so we went for it ;).

We played a fun little game of "Hide the Turkey" using the "you're getting warmer/ cooler" method. Guess we're a little young for that. Em kept telling me..."you're warm, you're warm, it's in the shopping cart!" Too excited to wait ;). But we all had fun finding the turkey anyway.

Turkey Lunchtime!! First we had these cute little turkey sandwiches and then these yummy turkey cookies...super yum!!

While they were eating, I got our "Thankful Turkey" ready for dinner tonight. They were both SO interested in watching me peel and cut that thing up...and Em was a little worried about our poor "turkey" too ;).

One last Turkey before naps...a Spice turkey!! We used pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Em liked how they smelled, but was NOT impressed with how they tasted. I believe "yucky" was the word she used. Ha! Hayden didn't really know what was going on, but she sure enjoyed pretending that she was shaking those spices onto the paper. I love that kid!

Naptime for my turkeys ;).

After naptime, we really spent the rest of the day in the kitchen. We made Turkey sugar cookies for dessert...well, Em and I did while HK ate the dough ;) and they turned out really cute. They don't necessarily look like turkeys, but they were cute anyway.

Emmy was working on this Turkey letter matching game when Scott came in so they kid a bit of it together.

And compliments of our very own "Thankful Turkey", we had this yummy Butternut Squash soup for dinner! It was a huge hit with Hayden and myself, but daddy and Em weren't huge fans. To be fair, I knew that daddy's isn't ever a fan of squash, but I really thought I could fool him. Not so ;). But we still had a wonderful family dinner! And wouldn't you know it, we completely ran out of time to finish our last few Turkey activities for the day ;(. Oh well, we might just finish them up tomrrow.

So goodnight from our little turkeys!!

ABC Trace and Match

This has been one of E's favorite ABC activities we've done. We got the idea here...such a smart mommy! E used a dauber to "trace" all the uppercase letters and then I placed one object for each letter on the table and let her put them on the letter with the correct beginning sound. She did really well and only needed help with a few of them. And it was so fun to see how excited she was about the whole thing. She has asked to do this activity almost every day...she's making me get creative on the objects we use. Ha! Next up, we'll do the lowercase letters too.

Bug Week

Last week was "BUG" week! And even though my little LOVEBUGS were a little under the weather, we still managed to have some fun. And the best part...sweet Em is starting to get over her fear of BUGS! Sort of :o)

We read TONS of BUG books this week! Em read to Abby (her babydoll), she did LOTS of Itsy Bitsy SPIDER finger puppet shows for Hayden and we had lots of fun with A Very Hungry CATERPILLAR...popsicle stick CATERPILLAR and coffee filter BUTTERFLY.

Kennedy came over on Wednesday, so the girls had a good time making paper plate LADYBUGS, fingerprint BUGS hiding in grass and a yummy UGLY BUG snack from our Books Cooks book!

Our sweet little LOVEBUG finally started eating a little bit of cereal...once I change from Rice cereal to Oatmeal, she is a much bigger fan!

We did lots of BUG cooking this week...ANTS on a Log (waffle sticks with peanut butter and raisins) and LADYBUGS (strawberries with mini chocolate chips)...

...WORM Dirtcups...

...Oreo SPIDERS...

...and Twinky BEES!

Miss Hayden LOVES her jumperoo! She totally gets her legs a jumping like a little BUG...especially when big sister is around. It's like she's trying to show off :o). And she loves that little DRAGONFLY too!

I was so proud of these next two! For the Picnic Picture, Em helped me find pictures of food for her "picnic", glued them to the blanket and glued all the little ANTS (chocolate chips) all by herself! Then she helped tell the story and I wrote it down. Way to go, little lady!

And then she identified all the letters in her name when I made the sound to help spell her name CATERPILLAR all by herself. SHE was proud of this one!

Here's Hayden laying down on the job...she was supposed to be playing with her BUG toys and practicing sitting up, but you can see how well that worked :o).

And of course we had to go on a BUG hunt!!! Several actually. On Monday, Em wouldn't even help look for them, by the middle of the week she would find them but then run away, but by the weekend she got really good and helped her daddy find a BEETLE, MOSQUITO and LADYBUG! So exciting! Oh, and she fed them dandelions from our yard :o).

Night-night from Em's little LADYBUG nightlight...oh wait, that's a cutie little Haydie-BUG!