Another Turkey Project

Today I ventured out to the grocery store with both girls. I was feeling very brave. Or stupid. I'm still not sure which. I always stop by the bank first and get a sucker to keep Big Sister occupied. Except today I left the sucker in the car in my mad dash to get Little Sister's carrier strapped on and make sure her little head was covered and her ankles weren't showing (not because of some Victorian-era purity code but because it was stinking cold!). Even without the candy entertainment, Big Sister did really well in the store. When she started to get impatient, we pretended the sucker was calling to her from the van. "Big Sister! You forgot me! I'm waiting! Only a few more aisles!" It was a silly yet effective distraction.

Aside from the milk, eggs and bread of which we were completely out at home, I had other important things on my list: ingredients to make the cutest (and tastiest) little turkey you've ever seen. So, after we made it out of the grocery store and I unloaded everything, Big Sister and I tried to put together the turkey. Okay, really, I tried while she watched. I didn't really have instructions, just a picture I had seen. I figured if it was too frustrating or a complete disaster, it was better to do a grown-up trial run first. I improvised on a few things, but it turned out pretty well. Until the head started slipping. After putting it back on about 5 times, I finally just handed it to Big Sis who had been salivating over the plateful of ingredients the whole time. She popped it into her mouth and then proceeded to dismantle and devour the rest of Mr. Turkey. It was quite a lot of sugar before naptime, but oh well. To her, this whole endeavor had been a huge success.

I am not so satisfied. I at least wanted a picture of my creation, or better yet: a plateful of cute little turkeys to put out for Thanksgiving. I don't know if it was the motion of the head slipping each time or what, but my camera simply wouldn't focus to document the creation. So I found a picture of what it might have looked like. Here it is:

And as a bonus, the site where I found this had great little tips that I missed by not having instructions. For instance, freeze the reese's cups and cut off the bottom to make it more level and (hopefully) prevent head slippage. I'll let you know if it works!