Junior Mint Turkeys

 Our Thanksgiving Dinner/Party is going to be on Friday this year, so I had time to make these cuties on Thursday!  (you may remember I made these guys the first time in 2007)

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These are what I traced for my Turkey bodies:

You need 8-10 "feathers", 1 large body, 1 medum body, 1 small head, 1 heart for a wattle, 

1 small fat triangle beak, and 2 googly eyes....

 

....and 1 paper wrapped box of candy or raisins. If you do it right, the box can be slipped out without hurting the Turkey.  (note: If you use Junior Mints, cutting the paper long ways will give you the right amount for 2 boxes)

Organize your cutouts, and begin assembling!  

I used 2 kinds of glue- I used a glue stick for almost all the paper, 

and school glue to: 

1. glue the paper wrap, 2. glue the turkey to the box, and 3. to glue on the googly eyes.

 

1.  Cut everything out
2.  Glue paper box wrappers
3.  Glue the Turkeys (except not the eyes), &  lay them under something to dry flat, not curly!
4.  Glue the Turkeys to their boxes, lay turkey side down, and put something heavyish on top, so they stick well.  I used our camera....you get the idea!
5.  Glue on the eyes, lay them flat (see below) to dry~ don't worry if one eye is cockeyed, after they are dry, you can just give them a thump, to fix the problem!

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They left the house at half past nine, and the smallest one was Madeline....

Sophie says "I love my new friends! Can we keep them all?"

 

 ...no Sophie, they need to go live in their own homes...their new people will want them!

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(this picture is from '07)

Starting the day with song~

 Embedded today are my top 2 songs right now~  I hope that you enjoy them, too!  =)

 

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Am I late?

Hmmm...I guess that I am. Oh, Well. 
Happy 26th Birthday, Benjamin! 
                                            (You are my favorite baby brother, you know!)

~I love you~

Sophie the Election Clerk

Did you wonder what Sophie was up to today?  Well, now you know!

To work an election, you have to get up early...
....like around 4-4:30 so you can drive to the polling place, and arrive at 6-6:15 am. =)
And you have to be there early to set things up. (Note to self: lock the door til' 7am, other wise you have to throw the Way-too-early-birds out...)

(Clerks don't need to study this handbook, but Sophie thought that she would look smarter if she had her picture taken with it.)

 Sophie was having a sign-wave, but when you are only 7" tall, it's just too scary to stand by a highway in the wind for very long!

 Good clerks get to take a nap after lunch. IF their Mom is the Election Judge. =)

We had a whopping 60% voter turnout (172), and Adrienne wrote down nearly all the names & numbers...Good thing that Mom helped me sometimes, 'cause Sophie just watched.

 

And we all told the voters "Thank you, have a nice day!"

Biscuits....

...that don't make a "Gatherer" of the GenoType Diet world cheat too much.  =)

The Gatherer's Biscuits

Pre-heat your oven to 450.

Mix together:
1/2 c. Barley flour
1/2 c. Oat flour
1/2 T. Gelatin
1/2 T. Baking Powder
1/2 t. Salt

Then add:
1/4 c. Milk
1/4 c. Ricebran Oil

Spray/grease a pan, dump & shape in a rectangle and cut into 6 or 8 biscuits.
 (like you would scones)  Bake for 10 minutes.

Eat warm with lots of Butter....maybe a bit of Honey too.... =)

~Happy eating!

Adrienne

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My friend Sara, shared the following recipe with me: 

 http://nourishedkitchen.com/buttermilk-oat-flour-biscuits/    

I have not tried it yet, but it sounds good! =)