T-h-e T-u-r-k-e-y I-s a F-u-n-n-y B-i-r-d

It was Thanksgiving Program time at preschool again last night. SO stinkin cute, I might add. BUT, t'was the same program as last year (it's the season, so I think I'm going to start using 't'was' more often in my regular dialogue.) Thus, I pretty much lip-synched every word of the songs and the play. "PRAISE THE LORD!" (There's a 5-year old who plays a preacher in the play and he randomly shouts that phrase out.)

Here's a few pics of E (you know - the cute one in the back row with the brown dress who's being blocked by the RUDE 3-year old waving to his STUPID parents!;) She's in her homemade turkey head hat (note the mouth on the side of it's head... neat!)



Aahh - here's mi little dumplin - she has the look of giddiness I usually get when someone's handing me a plate of deep-fried, chocolate-covered something-or-other goodness)


Anyhoo, I can't get one of her darn songs out of my head, so since I'm high on allergy pills that won't let me sleep (but at least I can BREATHE while I'm up at 4 a.m.) I'm going to go ahead and sing (write) it for you now. Here's the caveat - you MUST not read quickly - I don't care if you won the speed-reading championship in 3rd grade - you MUST read veeeeeeerrrrrryyyyyy ssslllllloooooowwwwwlllllyyyy because that's how those teeny little preschoolers sing it (and, partially, why it's driving me freaking batty!). Here I go...
"The turkey is a funny bird. It's head goes WOBBLE WOBBLE (picture kids wobbling)
The turkey only says one word.... GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE! (picture kids making hand movements under their chin to symbolize that red googly thing under a turkey's neck (what's that called?) Let's find out! (yep, it's 4:44 a.m. and apparently I'm UP for the day...)

On my rather quick and fun quest to find this fact (what the heck did moms do when they couldn't sleep 50 years ago????) I ran into some fun little trivia, so we're going to take a test...

1. What's the name of that red skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?
A. Snark (I chose that one cuz I likey the wordy)
B. Wattle
C. Garble
D. Swag

The answer is B. It's called a wattle. LOVE IT (however I would have been equally happy if it was a snark or garble).

Did you also know that...
* Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.
* Turkeys can drown if they look up when it is raining.

(****me dashing off quickly fumbling in the darkness to turn off my LOUD alarm that's supposed to be waking me up right now....) Good morning!