Tomris turns three

Our tradition when the kids wake up on their birthday is to give them all a present.  We had blown up balloons and put them in the living room.  The kids came in and opened their presents - Tomris got a collector's edition Wonder Woman (that was her Baba), Teoman got Optimus Prime - that transforms from a semi to a robot, and Tuana got a chew toy.

breakfast with heroes

We got dressed and ready for the day - but just before heading out I asked Gokhan to take a family photo since we were all dressed and most likely to forget when we came back.  We both felt so proud taking the photo.  Gokhan took a lot and as we paged through the photos I was slightly horrified at the weird things I was doing with my neck and face and how pudgy we were looking.  Tolga summed up the juxtaposition of our feelings and the reality in the observation that we were "Fat and proud."  We laughed until we cried at our proud fat selves.

still are working on getting a proper family photo...

We went to the mall in the morning as well to continue our tradition of allowing them to pick a toy from the toy store.  They kind of surprised me - they were like toy shopping professionals and three and four years old.  They didn't want everything, but went from toy to toy and picked their toy and walked around, then changed their minds three or four times.  In the end Teoman got a race track and Tomris hot a Barbie and horse.

We drank coffees and ate simit, the kids played Wonder Woman and Optimus Prime.  We went home and opened their new presents, ate lunch and sang Happy Birthday and ate the terrible cake.

I had the sprinkle cake with the jello princess, candles, sparklers, and handed bubbles for Gokhan and Teoman to blow while we sang happy birthday took pictures of the lasting memory.

Tolga commented, "I like your scenario."  And then we couldn't stop laughing at my elaborate "scenario".