"Playing with kids"

Hudson titled my post today.I'm not sure if it's relevant, but it's cute. I think he likes "playing with kids" at his new school, even though he complains about going most days.
I just picked the boys up from the Anaokul (preschool/ kindergarten). When asking Silas about what he ate for lunch his response was "Mom, there is something funny about me: I only eat things that look good. So I  just ate bread today."
Apparently Silas got into a "fight" today with a classmate. According to Silas, the boy hit him first, and he hit back. So we had a Turkish lesson on how to say "stop" - "DUR"!
Silas' accomplishment was asking for "water" - "SU" when he got thirsty today.

The other day I ventured onto our balkon to hang up a sheet...you can see how that ended up below.

Caleb retrieving our sheet from the tree.He had to use a mop handle to reach it.

The box of one of our recent purchases reminded us of Oklahoma. It was a wooden kitchen chair we had to assemble...

I'm starting to realize why I've been spending a lot of time in our kitchen (besides the fact that our boys are eating like horses lately). There are many things I don't know about this new culture and especially the language...so I suppose I'm doing more of what I know :)
Maybe I'll post some pics of the "fruit" of my kitchen-time later.

Going to the Beach

Ah yes, finally the beach...

Though it was 60 degrees F.

 

MAVI! BLUE!

Hudson's all smiles.

Silas looking for seashells.

 

The beach is rocky.

Sweet boy.

Some of the beautiful rocks.

Thistle?

One of my favorite places...

Exploring new places

 Fresh greens, tomates, peyner (cheese), and chicken shish on it's way...

 Sweet gumdrop bean bag

 Finding critters in the park

A treasured moment

 View from our balkon.

View of a nearby park