Homework

Last week, CityBaby came home from preschool with homework. Homework! It was a blank turkey with instructions to decorate it as a family for placement in the class turkey farm. Let me back up and add that there are 6 kids in his class. So, there's a lot of pressure. Since we were late in getting it in, I was able to view the work of his classmates and their families, giving me somewhat of a competitive edge. But, also more pressure. Since it's Fall-ish here I thought a natural approach would work. I promised CityBaby all day that when he got home we would go on a nature walk, collect leaves and glue it to the turkey. Glue is his all time favorite activity lately so I knew this was a strategic move. Of course, since it had to be done as a family we asked Reuben to join us. And, off we went....

We collected a big bag of leaves. I really had to be creative since we don't have a ton of turning leaves and Palm trees don't turn. And, I had to explain why rocks would not work. As you can imagine, this quickly became a "mommy collects and everyone else plays" project.

As soon as we got home it was all about glue. It was all he could talk about. So, we quickly got down to task. I had envisioned taking the leaves and ripping them apart and re-gluing them in a mosaic pattern. So much for artistic vision. I had to do my best to keep the turkey from being glued to the table or the dog. And, everyone got in on the act.
Regardless, this was a fun project and CityBaby is very proud of the finished product. And, I am relieved it's over.