Year in Pictures - Week 13

March 31- Another birthday party.  Our friends' little guy turned one!

March 30 - Happy Birthday Malachi!!  Mert even sang him a song!

March 29 - No picture today.

March 28 - Waiting for a ferry boat.

March 27 - Cay at the neighbors.

March 26 - Hillary and I on our way back from sight seeing on the European side.

March 25 - Going to church at Yasam.

8 Years and 8 Thing We Love About You: Happy Birthday Malachi!!

#1  Your giggle that we hear during funny movies or when being tickled.

#2  The way you look out for those who are feeling left out.

#3  The way you love a good story and know what a good story needs.

#4  The way you look out for your little sister.

#5  Your generosity with your things/toys.

#6  Your honest prayers. 

#7  Your artistic eye and the way you notice and appreciate art.

#8  Your wonderful imagination.

We love you Malachi.  You are so very special to us and we love to see how you are growing up.

Love, 

Mom and Dad

Checking out his new toy.

Gathering around the birthday cake.

Your own personal birthday song sung by Mert.

Singing Happy Birthday.

Sonora getting a turn at the candles because they were the kind that kept relighting!

Birthday Blessing

Yesterday was my birthday.  Thirty five years.  Aaron and the kids surprised me by making supper and a birthday cake.  As we sat to eat Aaron asked the kids to pray a blessing for me on my birthday.  Malachi prayed this prayer for me:

"Dear Jesus, thank you for Mommy.  Bless her on her birthday and help her to be happy with her new responsibilities now that she is older and is 35.  Amen."

Amen.

Year in Pictures - Week 12

March 24 - Enjoying the Bosphorous in Uskudar

March 23 - Eating Borek with Hillary

March 22- Fishing boats on the Bosphorous.

March 21 - No picture

March 20- Our guest arrives.

March 19 - The kids coloring.

March 18 - Eating out after church with our friends.

Malachi and Sonora

Just wanted to share some fun recent pictures of Malachi and Sonora

Year in Pictures: Week 11

March 17-  Enjoying sunshine, a great park and good friends!

March 16- Sonora's class at Krispy Kreme for a field trip.

March 15- Gray skies and rain on the way home from school.

March 14- Cleaning out Verdito's tank.  A joint effort.

March 13-  On the move imaginationing after school.

March 12- Sonora writing letters next to daddy.

March 11-  Another bedtime costume.

Sonora's Field Trip to Krispy Kreme

Kindergarten has been working on sequencing and finished up this unit with a field trip to Krispy Kreme here in Istanbul.  I, along with three other mothers got to chaperon this trip.  It was a lot of fun. Sonora has been looking forward to this field trip for a very long time.  We loaded a service bus and headed down to the largest Krispy Kreme store in Istanbul, where they make the donuts.  The kids got to see the process of donut making first hand and even got to decorate their own donut.  They each got two donuts and a milk box.  We had a great time!  Here are some of the pictures.