I have been very poor at blogging recently, so here is a
photo summary of Christmas and New Year in the Cakir household.:
Gingerbread house…our construction skills are improving
every year and this year we added trees to the garden. Now, the boys are busy deconstructing it,
which keeps them away from the Christmas cake!
Boys with the tree.
Kaan was the first to put a present under it (mine) and then counted
every day to see how many more presents had been added. Emre is REALLY hard to buy things for now and
as even he couldn’t think what he wanted for his main present, it has been
delayed! Kaan had a new bicycle – his
first full-size one an the first one that has come to him brand new (the down-side
of being the youngest!) He is so taken
with it that he has started cycling to school this week. I went with him on Monday morning and it was
actually lovely cycling along the sea front at 7.30am, calm water, pink skies
and few people around. Let’s see how
long his enthusiasm lasts though!
Cem and Murat trying to put together one of Kaan’s presents
– a bird that flies. The moral is don’t
buy anything that needs constructing (unless you are good at engineering) and
especially don’t buy anything with instructions in Chinese!
Two fairies for the Christmas tree….Cem’s cousin’s very cute
daughters who celebrated Christmas and New Year with us.
Dinner on New Year – a true ‘fusion’ (for which read muddle)
of Turkish and English with quiche, roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese (me)
and chicken, liver and various starters from Cem’s mum.
My New Year’s resolution is to post a bit more often again. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoyed a
fantastic holiday season and wish everyone a healthy, happy 2012!
