Halloween

Kids had a fantastic day at school today, there was a performance this morning which I went to followed by trick or treating round the classrooms and a go in the haunted house which sounded like great fun. Oh and also a disco.

Kids love this school, I'm not surprised really they do have a lot more fun here than they had in the UK!!

Emirgan Park

Went to Emirgan Park today, it's a lovely park not far from us. It's a national holiday today so kids and Paul are off and it was so warm we decided to make the most of it!! Kids had a really good time running in and out the trees!

Good times.................................

Internet!!!!!!!!

Finally we have the internet up and running. At long last I can contact people once again!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank God for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally got our stuff today, still not got internet set up so I'm still using Paul's sodding blackberry!

Hopefully the internet will be connected either tomorrow or early next week so I'll be back more often.

It's feeling a bit more homely now we have stuff in here!

Went to parents evening today too, both kids are doing well, Hannah is a lot more settled now, in fact her teacher said she has adapted really well her only weakness is maths so she probably takes after me in that department! Alex is doing really well too his teacher said he is an extremely bright boy and is working really hard and is a pleasure to teach! His only weakness is his handwriting which he has always struggled with so I wasn't surprised, she has put him into a support group for that along with another couple of boys from his class, I've already noticed some improvement.

So all in all things are good. Weather is still warm 20oC. I'm feeling a bit better about being here now but I still miss everyone back home :(

Furniture may arrive today.......................

Got to stay in all day today, our furniture may just arrive......................

Still no stuff...................

Furniture still not arrived. Getting frustrated having to cook with one pan, one knife, fed up with hand washing........................

Arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh where is our stuff????????????????????

YAY Our Furniture is in Turkey!!!!

Just heard that our furniture/stuff has arrived in Turkey, it is in customs now!! Hopefully we should have it next week.

YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pool Day

The kids had a day in the pool today on our compound, they loved it. The temperature has gone back up to 30oC, it's really hot!

Thankfully the pool gets the shade by 2pm so it's perfect!

I am feeling a lot more positive about being here now, being in our own apartment has certainly helped and also Tarabya is a beautiful place!

Exploring day

The weather hasn't been great of late, we've had a lot of rain. Apparently this weather is really unusual for September/October, it is usually still warm!

However it's a bit better today, still a little chilly 20oC - yes I know it's a lot warmer than the UK!!

We went out driving today and visited the nearest beach, Gumusdere, there are probably nicer beaches but this is the only one we've found so far! It is about 25mins drive away from us so really quite close!

Of course the kids think it's great living this close to a beach!