Turkey Dressing

Today we worked on a special project for Christian's classroom.  He and Michaela fixed up quite a turkey; I am not sure what it's for yet, but this guy is going to be a show-stopper. 

We began with the basics: coloring first.  Before we got into feathers, buttons, and other accoutrements Christian and Michaela gave the bird a first layer.  

Christian is a meticulous worker when he wants to be.  He really took his time and thought carefully about what he was going to do next.  This was a family project, so Michaela also helped to give this bird some proper duds.

I love it when they work together peacefully.  They worked out a plan for who would color what and when.  Will there be a pattern?  Who starts on which side?  What colors will go together?  Who cleans up the mess?  (Oops, I threw that one in there...)

Eliana was figuring out which color would be the best choice...

Talk about thoughtful!

She is certainly not going to be left out of the action.

She is determined to do whatever they are doing, whether it's coloring, dancing, eating ice cream, or kicking a ball.

 And Christian is so sweet with her; he usually will let her come right along, or join right in.  I heard him tell her he loved her a couple of times today, "sooo much."  How sweet is that? 

The progress they're making!  This turkey is looking mighty fine.  Christian checks out his work so far...

Eliana felt a couple of additions were in order.

Michaela made sure that the turkey was adorned on every side...

You can see how detailed they got.  It's all about the details...

And paying attention to details pays off in the end.  Here is the final product, in all its dazzling array of trappings.

Now that's what I call "dressed for success."