Good Ol' Turkeys of Thanks

While there are so many turkey crafts out there, I can't seem to pass up this good old-fashioned one.  A simple turkey body (the kids painted half of a paper plate) and paper feathers labeled with things that the kids are thankful for.

 Meredith easily told me 4 things she was thankful for: God, Daddy, Mommy, and Auntie Heidi.  After that, she just kept saying "God, Daddy, Mommy, Auntie Heidi" over and over again.  It took a while to get some other ideas from her.  Eventually, she added Adam (a little boy who we cared for last weekend), Mrs. Sue (a neighbor), her Doll, Caleb, Shane, and Tacos.  =)  

Meredith's 

Turkey of Thanks:

Caleb had no problem rattling off a list of things he is thankful for.  The first thing he said was God.  Then, it was Mommy, Daddy, Meredith, Shane, Family, Friends, Toys, and Blankie.  And, he wrote all of the words by himself (I helped with the spelling)!

Caleb's 

Turkey of Thanks

Lowercase Letters of the Week - yz

Meredith finished up her "letter projects" this morning.  She has really loved doing these projects and I have very much enjoyed going through them with her!  These activities have helped her learn to identify the lowercase alphabet as well as practice the phonetic sounds of each letter.  They've given her opportunities to play with paper & glue & stickers & other crafty materials.  Oh, and perhaps the most important result of these projects - she has discovered her love for googly eyes! =)

y is for yellow!

z is for zebra!

 I'm planning to put together a photo book (Kodak or Shutterfly or something) with all of the digital images of her projects, just as I did last year with Caleb's Uppercase ABC projects.

To see all of her (and Caleb's) letter-of-the-week projects, click here. 

Swings

Yu Kids Island

 One of the malls nearby opened up a new play area.  It was definitely different than anything we had done before....and all the kids had a lot of fun! Auntie Kir, Evie, and Zachary are in town so they, along with Grandma, came as well!

 What's better than a big room with balloons (that magically don't ever pop)
blowing around all over the place?

Where's Evie?                                                     There she is!

Exploring...

Our girl had a blast!

 

The boys ran and jumped and built and ran and jumped and ran and ran and ran.  And ran.

Paper PlateTurkey

Meredith (along with another little girl who was over here this morning) very much enjoyed this craft.  

There was paint.  Glue.  Googly eyes. And plenty of opportunities to say "gobble, gobble".

I mean really, what more could a girl want?

(Craft idea from No Time for Flashcards)

How Big is Shane?

Soooooo Big!

It looks a little bit like Shane was crying in this photo, but rest assured that he was laughing.  It's so fun to see him throw his arms up high when asked the question "How big is Shane?"  And the look he gets on his face when we respond "Soooooo big!" is priceless!