Birthday Party day! Maren's birthday party was today at McDonald's from 11:00 to 12:30. She had a few friends from school come, as well as her lovely siblings and family, to make a party-worthy gang. Pictures will probably do better than words, except just realize that there is music blasting in the party room the whole time, and two McD's staffers working with the kids while the moms and dads (and great great uncles and aunts) sit outside the party room sipping coffee and tea. Nice way to have a party! :-)
We came home with a few gifts to open, including a live turtle from Eylul. Hmm. We'll see how it goes...Maren was very gracious and I could tell she wanted to ask if she had any other presents to open, but she held her tongue and started playing with what she had received. I was proud of her.
Then it was time for mommy's nap. Zzzz. Then it was time to get things ready for dinner at our apartment. I made a new record and went to Migros in a cab for only 3.38 TL, grabbed the groceries, and returned for 4.40 TL, all in 28 minutes. My previous record had been 4 TL for a ride, never anything less. Clear traffic and a crazy driver will get you under 4 though I guess! Maren and I started to prepare dinner, and all was looking good. We made 2 kilos of kofte (meatballs), a nice big cucumber and tomato salad, and a mosaic cake for dessert. She's a pretty good little helper in the kitchen.
Roseta, Tim and his girls, Paul and his girls, Myron, and Kaye all made it over for dinner and a movie. We watched Kung Fu Panda on the big screen and shared the movie with the kids...it was pretty fun to watch it again with people that haven't seen it dozens of times already!
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