Tropical Dreams

Sunday's inspiration was from J Crew's July 2014 Catalog:

I didn't have a striped scarf and the pure neon yellow did not look right next to my blonde hair…

This is a cool tee made out of silky material...

Tee - Zara

Shorts - TJ Maxx

Espadrilles, necklace - J Crew

SUNDAY:
Had a nice breakfast with family in the morning...

 Turkish breakfast consist of fresh bread, jam, butter cheese (mostly feta), olives, fresh tomatoes in olive oil, peppers, fruit such as figs….And lots of fresh brewed tea!

My daughter helping my stepdad hang his fish art….

We then set-up the 'slip'n'slide' for the kids….

Aquente Beach Club's grass area:

Big family dinner again at home. My uncle bought and grilled fish! My son announced the best part of this trip to Turkey is the 'fish'. His words: 'The Fish is awesome!"

Kids speaking to their dad on the house phone… Had to tell them at least 5 times that this was a corded phone and they can't walk away from it! :) 

Build me a sand castle

 Have been busy even at nights so trying to catch up now… This was my outfit Saturday afternoon and night….

These earrings broke off before the night was over...

Jacket, Earrings - Forever 21

Tank - Kika Paprika

Shorts - Zara

Sandals - C Wonder

SATURDAY:
Went to the famous bazaar in the morning after breakfast. My son went to the beach with my cousin and his fiancé and took my daughter with us. My step dad hung out with her but we spent very short amount of time so we are hoping to go back again next saturday without the kids.

 I am here at fig season!!!!

Then we went to the beach again with family then my uncle arrived and we had a great nice big dinner with family at night.

 Mom and my daughter making princess sand castle...

My stepdad...

 Making this weird shaped sand structure with my son….

 With my Uncle!

With my cousin….

The Shell Seekers

This was my outfit Friday night…

The inspiration is from 'WhoWhatWear' website:

Another simple outfit of distressed jeans, white tee and a pastel scarf with easy metallic slide on sandals….

T-Shirt – Zara

Jeans – Forever 21

Scarf – H&M

Sandals – J Crew

Necklace – Baublebar

FRIDAY:

It was the first morning we all saw my cousin’s son who is almost 2 years old. He is the one that was born in San Diego and spent his first 2 weeks at my house.

They they came again when he was almost 1 to visit but he was still a cute baby that was not talking…

Now he is a total character. A little man. Says the funniest things, wants to do everything himself and wants to be part of every conversation. He is a constant source of laughter in the family.

He adores the kids and they adore him.

They spent the morning playing all sorts of games…

Of course his toddler schedule doesn’t quite fit our schedule but he did finally join us at the beach after lunch and nap. The kids loved having him in the water with him…

We had a nice family dinner at night and of course my daughter put on a performance for the family.

The kids have miraculously adjusted to the crazy hours here. They go to bed around 11 PM to Midnight (adults usually go to bed around 1:30 – 2 AM). We all wake up around 10-10:30 AM and have breakfast shortly after. I can give the kids a bowl of cereal and that way they can wait until the big breakfast with everyone. Beach is a moving target. So far we have been going pretty late like 3 PM and staying until 6:30 or 7 PM. I pack snacks for the beach to get them by and they eat a snack at home. Then dinner is around 9 or 9:30 PM.

I know this sounds crazy for the U.S. lifestyle but that is how it is here in the summer. I just was never able to be part of it with the kids but now they are old enough I enjoy company without stressing about food and bed times….