new things

Saturdays are our days.  We knew it would be a nice day and planned on going outside.  But we took the morning leisurely.  Tolga made pancakes.  The kids played, fought, cried, played.  Tuana these days won't let me go, and on Saturdays,  I don't mind so much.  I think she isn't feeling well, or she's learned how to use us.  I'm not sure which one.  I'm worried that she's still ill - she spit up twice today, a little throw up - so I'm guessing she's still fighting bugs.

We went to Incek to find a place to sit and drink tea, eat and let the kids play.  There are places like these around.  Tables set around a playground inside a restaurants garden.  Perfect for families like us.  Except Tuana still isn't walking.  Tottering more and more on her legs, but most crawling and she found the stairs.  Once she found those, it wasn't as relaxing.

There was a regular swing, one with no back.  I don't see those often around here and I tried to teach Tomris how to swing her legs out and in with each swing.  Yesterday I had to teach Teoman how to drink out of a water fountain - because he saw his first one - or first time it was relevant.

He tasted the water and said,
"Mmmm.  Sweet!"

Back at our building, we took out the bike and skates we had packed - and since there had been no place for them to ride there, we went to the park next to our house.  Tomris was trying Teoman's skates, and Teoman was trying Tomris's bike.  The ground was too rough to skate - but made it easy for Tomris to walk so that she thought she was skating.

Tomris's bike we learned the training wheels came off incredible easily - so we took them off and he was eager to try.  He had no balance - but he seemed pretty determined - so he may just learn this summer how to ride.

I still remember the day I learned to ride.  We actually had a babysitter - which is also surprising to remember, because I don't think we had one much.  Aaron and I were six years old.  We both tried and failed, probably a few times.  And I remember Aaron doing it first, then I did it directly after him.