Honeybun just had her first “family homework” assignment: to make a turkey. She had to plan what she wanted to do and construct her own turkey. At first I was indifferent to the task but as we began working on it, I got a little irritated. 1) I don’t think we need anymore homework, 2) I am a bit offended by being forced to have “family time” as if I don’t spend time with my family as it is (can’t they assign me mommy’s night out homework instead?) and 3) we have so little altogether family time in a week, I’m a bit resentful of being told how this time should be sent. So hubby got stuck doing it with her and I think it’s great he did. He’s not yet done any homework with her so it gave him a chance to see how she works and to spend a little quality time with her. She was actually much more creative than I expected (she’s not known for her creativity and problem solving) and even added ground and a sky:
It reminds me of Sugarplum’s first Thanksgiving when we were in Dublin and I made hand turkeys with each of the girls.
For Honeybun, I painted her palm and thumb with brown
Then each of her fingers with red or orange
I helped her gently press her hand down on a yellow paper
and carefully lift her hand to keep from smudging the paint.
We then waited for the paint to dry, added googly eye and a gobble and Honeybun drew some feet:
Because Sugarplum was so tiny, I didn’t want to try painting her tiny little clenched fist (and risking getting paint everywhere including in her mouth) so instead I just traced her hand
Then I added the necessary bits to make it turkey like:
