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Lula's school is closed for their Christmas vacation. Some of Lula's classmates' parents moms made the holiday time so special with the gift packages and tasty cookies! She especially enjoyed the one above with her name on it.
Her school will start when we are leaving Istanbul for US, so, we said goodbye to all her friends and their parents. It marked the beginning of the end of our special year in Turkey; it was emotional. Lula enjoyed all the hugs from her friends...
Posting has been slow. My days are filled with thinking, researching, planning for Chicago; packing, canceling services for Istanbul. Not the type of experiences that you can take photos of and write your reflections about!
However, we still had the joyful celebrations for the birthdays of Lula and Adele. This year, we decided to do one birthday party for both and invited family and close friends. It was crowded and I could not get great photos from the party but I was able to take some photos of our decoration before everyone came.
Paper poms poms from Martha Stewart and calligraphy from Diva of Linea Carta. Here are some details.
It took a while to make each one of the pom poms but it was fun seeing them come together.
Diva visited Istanbul a few weeks ago and during her busy trip, I troubled her for a banner for our party. She did not have her usual materials, but I think that the end result turned beautiful. I got it printed on canvas here at a local university print shop. Thank you, Diva!
And of course, every party needs some flowers. Pink peonies preferred this time. We had a great time with all our guests. Our girls are a year older and we can feel that from every little change.
