Three Little Turkeys

I did a post a few weeks ago about the pumpkins that Cole & Alex planted back in July. They hoed the garden, planted the seeds, and watered the plants throughout the end of summer and beginning of fall in hopes of having big pumpkins for Halloween. However, their big pumpkins never really grew very much. Finally, yesterday we decided that it was time to pick the only two little pumpkins that had turned orange. We were happy to have one pumpkin for each boy.





We decided to turn the little pumpkins into turkeys to use as center pieces on our Thanksgiving table. Anna Grace had a tiny pumpkin left over from Halloween so she had one to decorate too. Tonight the kitchen table was completely covered in construction paper, wooden sticks, and googly eyes, but the kids had a lot of fun creating their turkeys.

The boys worked late into the evening putting finishing touches onto their feathers, long after Anna Grace had gone to bed.





The turkeys will travel with us to Mike's parents for an early Thanksgiving tomorrow and then to my mom's house on Thursday.

We have so much to be thankful for...a roof over our heads, food on our table, and our three precious turkeys.