We had invited some of my closest friends over to see mom. She had met two of them before and one was a new friend. I told mom that they'd probably only come over for an hour or so to say hello. But, they ended up staying for 3 and a half hours!
We started the morning by taking Callie down to her guitar lesson. Her guitar teacher had an emergency and forgot to call me to cancel. So it ended up that Callie got to join us at Lucy and my favorite cafe (we go there every week while Callie is at guitar). It was so fun to have both girls there. Lucy had to finish up some homework. And, Callie taught mom how to play hangman. I could not believe that mom had never played hangman!!
As it was time to leave we loaded up on baklava and some other goodies to serve our guests. We dropped the girls off at school, and headed home to do a bit of housework.
My mom has taken over the laundry.
We all ate a quick dinner together. Then, Justin had agreed to meet a friend for a movie so we girls could have the run of the house.
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| Mom waiting for our visitors. |
My sweet neighbor from across the hall brought over two huge pans of this special super yummy bread. Her oven had broken, so she baked them here. My house smelled fantastic! My neighbor is such a great baker.
Then my other friends came over to hang out. We all had so much fun together. I was working up a sweat trying to translate, serve food, and tea! HA!
The weirdest part was hearing them refer to my mom as "teyze." That's the local familial term for auntie. Typically, people here refer to each other in familial terms like, auntie, uncle, sister, etc. It is such a kind and respectful way to speak to each other. But it was just weird to hear my mom referred to in that context!
They were all so sweet to my mom, and were so happy to get to spend time with her!
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| Little Lucy tried her best to stay awake the entire time. But, finally, she fell asleep in Gamma's bed. |
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