This first week of school holiday

They call it 2 weeks of school holiday. I call it 2 weeks of pure torture. Well..at least one week of that two weeks are over....


In my effort for my kids to be able to enjoy at least a bit of their holiday - homework free... i had made them worked and worked non stop for one week... i was their least loved mom...a dominant mom who ruled/s her reigns with an iron clad discipline...It was a week which involved a week of tears and headache (n did i mention screaming n shouting??) from both parts..the kids and i... but yes...!!

My son had finished his 48 pages holiday workbook last Thursday...he has only the activities left (ie...making pudding..etc..etc like Hatice did last year...)..that..i havent decide whether i will let him do or not......well...as for my daughter?...

As much as i sympathized with her as i pressed her to work harder......she had finished her 80 pages work book today (Sunday)...which left her

with her story books (with comprehension excercise)! Thatz the easy part... she had read 6 of them... that is 9 more left...

I have also realised one thing versince 2 weeks ago.... my Turkish is no longer enough...As Hatice starts to read and encounter new words....i can no longer explain to her the meaning of turkish words properly... n not wanting to be the one responsible for my daughter to have a limited vocabulary.... i had found this dictionary at my favourite bookstore in Kanyon...

Yup...this turkish-turkish dictionary will be with me..i suspect for many many years to come.....wish me luck!!!

i still havent updated the kids' blogs yet...i am yet to update on their performance before the holiday...etc...etc....i owe them big... sorry kids...will try to at the earliest possible time...

D kids' school holiday....well..it surely means that i can no longer do my morning walks..which result in my weight challenge to be on hold AGAİN!!...Having the kids at home.... well.... normally, i need to only prepare their breakfast and dinner alone....the moment they left for school...i was free to do as i pleased...but nowadays....it is lunch too...which is always difficult really coz last week, we were rushing to finish the work book..(of 2 kids) and in between hatice n baddin..i was trying to cook!I know...i know..i should have cooked during the night...but i was always dead on my feet by 10 pm!

But life isnt always about learning, eh? it is als about fun (which i still need to learn about..i am such a boring person)....and so....last Saturday.... the kids n i decided to tag along the dad... selim n halil had some ork to do at FÜSEM... and so we invited Funda n kids as well to join the kids n i for a window shopping at Kanyon n Metrocity...and on Sunday...we joined Meşe n her kids for a shopping spree in Pendik...my officially new fav shopping place (if i can drag halil there! :0) )

4 happy kids2 tired moms

chatting with each other..

This trip..baddin decided to be xtremely naughty...and with that elo decided to follow him too ..it is interesting how kids changed when they get together... normally baddin never let go of my hand everytime we go there on our own..

There was one more shopping complex more to go but the kids decided to go to FÜSEM...and visited my beloved's office room..
baddin directly went straight to mudur bey's chair hehehe

the kids posing at Halil's table..

when asked... what do u wanna be when u grow up?

Zeynep: Doctor and teacher

Hatice: doctor and teacher

baddin: University teacher

Elo: Non decided

Doctor coz their auntie Mehveş is a doctor (as well as an educator)... Educator coz... well... the family is full with educators! hahaha

They prefered this..playing in the lecture room instead of window shopping to the third shopping complex...!!! Kids!! and on Sunday.... a shopping spree with meşelar....

i went crazy! everywhere shops went on xtra sale!! i bought a red winter coat for 29.90YTL..the original price was... 192.50YTL!

The shopping bags (n i still need to find jeans for hatice!) .can u believe it? hatice no longer wear clothing for kids ages 9-10...she now wears clothing for kids ages 10-11 (and she is only 7 years old!)!!MasyaAllah...baddin... he is sticking to his age size... he wears clothing for kids of 6 years old...

İn Kanyon... i also bought this...

I have got 3 of her books..this is my 4th...i like her coz her books r sooooo light to read :=) i think i spent around an hour or so to finish the book..now i amrereading it the 2nd time (i can read one book a zillion times... just like i had read all my harry potter books! hahahah)

And so... the kids r at home... Hatice will have her birthday this Wednesday...I gave birth to her 7 years ago..it seems just like yesterday...Hatice n Baddin... u will always be my babies...!

Thank You for hopping by...Hope to see u again the next time....