Boys' Concert

Jack and Theo have really gotten into this song that we sing at church. Today at breakfast they were singing it really nicely so I asked them if they wanted to sing it for the blog. They said, yes, and here is the result as well as lyrics (in case they aren't intelligible):

Lyrics:


Jesus and his friends got in a boat
Lookin' like they're gonna drown.
Jesus yelled: 'QUIET'
and the storm was calm.
Only God can do that!
Who is this man?

He's the King of Kings,
He's the Lord of Lords.
He can heal the sick,
He can calm the storm.
He's the Son of God,
He can save us from sin.
And He calls us to follow him.

Good-bye Car

Sadly our little Honda gave out on in September. It was such a good car.

When the mechanic told me that it was going to cost £800 pounds to pass inspection and he wouldn't advise putting that money into it, I was so sad. My immediate response was 'oh I love that car. I brought two kids home from the hospital in that car.' He quickly told me, as all good mechanics will, 'Don't get attached to a car, Erin'.

I love our mechanic. Seriously, he is like the nicest man ever. Some times the kids just want to walk by and say hi to him, even when there is no need regarding the car. I cannot really blame them. He is great. So giving the car up was a bit hard for me. We sold it for scrap. I scheduled the guy to come get it the day that I was working so I would be saved the sight of seeing it leave.



That said, I did tell Charles to take pictures. Here they are for memory sake:


Our reliable friend


















And only in England - yes, only in England would someone move a car that is perfectly driveable onto a flatbed like this. It did make good entertainment for the neighbourhood kids though!

Indians?

Tonight when Jack was talking to my mom on the phone she asked him what he learned at church today. He began to tell her the Bible story that he was taught. It went something like this, 'And then the Indians ran into the pigs and ran off the cliff'.

Indians?

Really?

Thankfully Mom knows the Bible well enough to know that it was not 'Indians' but 'demons'! I think we would get a fail in cultural sensitivity and awareness. We'll work on it! And our apologies to our Indian friends!

Our little lady

Addie's latest hobby is to walk around the house with a handbag and a big medal around her neck. No one has taught her this - she just does it. She even insists on taking her bag (with play keys inside) to church, out to the orchard, etc. The medal, which is a gawdy old race medal, is a necklace in her mind. Today she added a hat to the ensemble. She is my fashion plate - and she was very happy to have her picture taken!

Parks in Turkey

While we were in Turkey we visited a great city park. Istanbul has not done the best job of planning so 'parks' are not plentiful. That said, they are trying to develop parks and just happens that a really nice one is not far from our friend's house. We had a lovely time wandering through the park and playing on the 'exercise' equipment that was around.

As a souvenir, we have been trying to get the boys football jerseys of the places we visit. Turkey doesn't have any great football stars so we opted for Lionel Messi's Argentina jersey for both our boys. We also got the Robles boys jerseys as a thank you gift for letting us come. I think it is safe to say that these jerseys got their monies worth just in our visit alone. All four boys would not take them off - it was fun to see them enjoy them so much.