Prolific

Button Turkey

Thanksgiving already? I'm way early, but I got an itch to sew something and the button turkey I saw at Counting Coconuts has been on my list for a while.

Maggie helped pick out the colors, and the kids colored (a lot) while I sewed him. I blanket-stitched two layers of felt for the feathers, and whip-stitched the turkey face onto the body. We did a light-colored turkey, because our neighborhood turkey is white. No, really.
Maggie is learning the new skill of buttoning. None of her clothes require this, but she'll be getting a new wardrobe in a couple months.

She was very pleased with her first successful button!

India Misc.

Love this house. Looking above from my friend's balcony. This little cement shack with a tin roof and a satellite dish. Goats and dogs in the yard. The woman washing dishes on a rock (no running water).
I've seen these buses a few times and I don't get it. Do they know they have the colors labeled wrong?
Maggie and her friend riding bikes on the roof.

Dalton and the Blade

Dalton got another hair cut yesterday.

He cried, at least until I sat him in the chair. Then he tried to wipe his runny nose with the cape.

Maggie didn't like the street noise.

Straight razor. Brave mama. You can see it in the mirror.

Monster Bookmarks

I saw these fun monster bookmarks a while ago and bookmarked it until closer to Halloween. So... now! Maggie and I each made one. We printed out the template and used it. Maggie traced the ruler and added a long neck to her monster. Perfect for marking our place in the latest Dinosaur Cove adventure!

A Nap in the Pool

A Trip to The WILD!

Today we went to THE WILD! The Wilds of Madagascar, that is. Our trip included swimming.We had a giraffe "game" - John colored a giraffe head and neck and I measured the kids against it. Maggie, by the way, had "hippo" hair (ears).
We made animal paper plate masks which, I'm sorry to say, turned out more scary than cute. Maybe we need to use smaller plates. Maggie is a hippo.
Dalton is a monkey. I made a zebra one.
We played Hippos in the Mud.
Then, for lunch, we had a Madagascar Muffin Tin Meal.

We were also going to do a hunt for glow-in-the-dark stars, but we didn't have time. Another day!

Shared at For the Kids Friday.