Derin Ege Sezgin: April 2012

April 30, 2012

Cold Spring, NY visit/ziyareti

Last Sunday, we did another day trip, this time to Cold Spring, NY. It's a quant little town on the Hudson river. So close to drive to, and totally worth it. A lot of people were there for hiking in the morning, and food and relaxing in the afternoon. We didn't do any hiking, but perfected the relaxation part through practice :)

Gecen Pazar gunu, yine gunluk turlarimizdan birini yaptik ve Cold Spring isimli kucuk bir kasabaya gittik. Yemyesil, harika dogasi olan, cok rahatlatici, enfes bir yerdi. Bazi insanlar da oraya doga yuruyusu icin geliyorlarmis. Biz ona pek girmedik, ama o insanlarin hiking sonrasi yaptiklari yemek/rahatlama calismalarina ciddiyetle ayak uydurduk.

Parking spot in front of a church.

Visit to daddy's work place at Princeton University / Babamizin calistigi Princeton Universitesi'ne ziyaret

One of our weekend trips was to Princeton University, to see where daddy has been working for the whole year. To our pleasure, the weather was beautiful and we enjoyed the day.

Hafta sonu gezilerimizden birini babamizin bu sene calistigi Princeton Universitesi'ne yaptik. Hava harikaydi.

Father and son exploring the surroundings

Something that's unfamiliar for non-Turks: we buried the fallen cord stub of the son of our close friend, and also of Yuksel's brother's son in the ground at the Princeton U. It's an old tradition, that's supposedly going to help these boys to go to good schools, and be successful in the future. Derin's cord stub is buried in Harvard, as I explained in an earlier entry.

Derin doing some digging...nothing to do with cord stubs :)

Baby Einstein... right in front of the house where Einstein apparently lived during his time at Princeton U.

Derin watching big boys and girls work on their juggling skills

Aww!

My little man!

Trio.

And with grandma, in front of daddy's office building

Yo!

Practicing for future public speech opportunities. I taught him about the assertive hand-on-the-table gesture. Ha!

Mommy and son

My boys.

Derin...here and there / Oradan buradan Derin'den kareler

This post will not be one that's organized around a theme or a trip, etc. Just a few snapshots of our baby boy just being himself.

Bu yazi digerleri gibi ozel bir konu ya da gezi uzerine kurulu degil. Oglumuz Derin'in olagan, gunluk yasamindan kareler var bu sefer sadece.

Last weekend we bought Derin a truck and a car made out of milk bottles. He's checking them out. I love the colors in this photo very much.

Derin is drinking KEFIR (a very healthy drink, it's fermented milk) with daddy.

It's a little sour!

But he's happy with the result. Yay kefir! Haha.

On a nice afternoon, Derin found someone to play football with. Yes, FOOTball. He can't quite kick yet, but enjoyed the playing and the tricks this guy made which amazed him.

Then, after he got tired of football, he walked around and came across this guy, who had this "backpacker" guitar and played for Derin. He even strummed the strings himself, but enjoyed the listening more.

I just love this one. An afternoon nap.

Those who are Turkish will recognize the guy on the screen: Zeki Muren. Quite a character in the Turkish Art Music genre, as it's called. Who knows why (maybe because grandma listens to him on YouTube all the time), Derin loves him. The other day, he gave me the remote when Zeki Muren was on, and asked me to turn the volume up. Not with words, but an unmistakeable grunt that turned into a smile when I turned it up. Par-tay! Hahah.

Here's Derin enjoying more music, this time at Central Park.

For a second I though he was going to start with some Latin moves...but he didn't. Maybe later.

I took Derin out for a walk after I got home from work early. There's a little square around our block, and tons of birds were there enjoying some bread crumbs of what looked like tons of unfinished Easter bread. He had a blast scaring the birds off and chasing them around. I figured he isn't at an age where "sweetheart, we don't scare birds, they're just having dinner" would make a lot of sense. So I let him enjoy it. He means no harm.

Derin would have none of his own whole milk from a zippy cup or any other vessel.....but when daddy's trying to have his breakfast cereal in cold non-fat milk, Derin is always there to help.

He's like a little bird himself, asking for food. I squeezed and kisses him right after I took this photo.

April 8, 2012

A little lamb, giant goose and a pony / Bir kucuk kuzu, dev kaz ve midilli

Last weekend, we went on a little trip to Long Island. We started from the light house at the very end of the island (Montauk), and made our way back slowly closer to home. Other than the rain and gray weather on Saturday, when we had to spend time more indoors than outdoors (an outlet mall...ugh!), we had a lot of fun on both Friday and Sunday: Derin enjoyed trying new things at the playground next to Montauk Light House, we enjoyed deliciously cooked lobster rolls, and had a lot of fun chasing geese and ducks while in Stonybrook. Feeding animals, watching shows, riding the toy train and even a pony at the petting zoo/farm was an awful lot of fun, too. Great times.

Gecen hafta sonu, Long Island gezisine ciktik. Adanin en ucundaki deniz fenerinin bulundugu Montauk'tan basladik, yavas yavas eve dogru geldik. Cuma ve Pazar harikaydi hava. Ctesi ise butun gun yagmur yagdi ve zamanimizin cogunu iceride gecirmek zorunda kaldik, bir alisveris merkezinde hem de... Derin cocuk bahcesinde cok eglendi, guzel yemekler yedik, ve de en cok hayvanat bahcesi, ciftlik gibi bir yerde eglendik. Derin minik kuzulari besledi, kecileri sevdi, trene ve hatta midilliye bile bindi. Guzel zamanlar.

Play ground next to Montauk Light House / Montauk Deniz Feneri'nin yanindaki cocuk bahcesi

Yuksel couldn't help getting on a swing / Yuksel de dayanamayip salincaga bindi

Lunch / Ogle yemegi
Montauk, Long Island

A little Pocoyo before sleep / Uyku oncesi Pocoyo

Going to see some geese and ducks / Kaz ve ordekleri gormeye giderken
Stonybrook, Long Island

Beware geese! / Kacilin kazlar!
He was laughing his lungs out while chasing and feeding these birds
Cilginca guluyordu Derin bu kuslari kovalayip beslerken