Ayse was here!

Last Saturday, Ayse arrived for a short visit. Always nice to see old friends who, even if we don't meet often, feels so familiar. It was a busy day, P had tickets for the football game downtown and he was going there with Dave. Tena came with Beck - a little late, they were selling old cars and buying a new one -. F has been asking for Beck for days. They can play so nice. Anyway, we had a nice dinner, 5 girls and 1 boy. (at that age, I guess Beck didn't mind!)

Sunday was P's day with the kids and we went to downtown Chicago. It was a nice day to walk and to shop. We saw the old Union Station, Grand Park, took a walk at the shoreline, went to the pier and got on the Ferris wheel. Nice view of the downtown by the way. Then we took the water taxi to the Magnificent Mile. Uups, then we saw the shops and that is always distracting... OK, also fun! We had to go back by train and P had to stop by his work that evening, so we had to leave not too late. We didn't have the chance to have some nice Chicagoan dinner. We did have a Cosmo at a restaurant and after the bread and the olives (Ayse was craving for olives!) I was quite full anyway.

Today (Monday), the weather was gorgeous. Ayse did some "beads" with the kids. She is really way more creative than I am. They made a zebra and a elephant with the beads! The kids, especially F loved it. (I'm afraid she will expect the same from me. It will be quite a disappointment to realize that mommy has no talent for beads.) We walked down at the beach, we drove around and had a drink in Libertyville. Unfortunately, after a day with their father, late night and a way too early morning, the kids were grumpy. They kept on fighting and complaining. I think Ayse was quite happy to leave in the afternoon for Denver, where she has a meeting. She took her cute little jet lag with her to feed it some sleep in the plane. I hope she won't sleep too much for her own sake. Getting sleepy at a meeting is a nightmare.

Thanks for coming Ayse, and don't forget the pictures!