On my mums second day here we went to the Dubai Marina for a nice stroll and to take the water taxi out passed the Palm.











Atlantis hotel



We finished off with a light lunch at the food court at Marina mall to make sure we would have space for the bbq birthday dinner later on




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My mum was a bit interested in the spice market and I had to look for something at the gold market so one day we went to check them out. I came home empty handed but mum got saffron and vanilla pods.






We then took a boat across the creek to check out the textile market








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Very happy J got to welcome daddy home from work when we were heading to nursery one morning <3



On our way to nursery



My mum's birthday dinner, BBQ!



Is it just my kids that insist on balancing whenever there is a chance?



Cuddly J waiting for ballet lesson to start


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Doesnt show very clearly but sign says "Sandstorm, drive carefully"

Near Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa they put a show with the "dancing fountain" and the kids love it when we take them there.













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Today was a busy day. As usual on a Saturday and R is off we try to do something together, all of us. Most of the time it ends up being a trip to a park and today was no exception. I had left a msg on fb to a friend to see if she and her kids wanted to join us but when I had had no reply and a swede that just moved here logged on I told her what our plans were and said they were welcome to join us and they were. Just after that the first mum got back to me too and we ended up being a little group heading to Creek Park. On our way there R got an sms from one of our neighbors saying he was planning on taking his kids to a park wondering if we wanted to join so we invited him to Creek Park instead. Had a lovely morning, it was nice to spend some time with adults while the kids were playing. Lovely! When we got home a curtain maker and we decided on curtains for the livingroom, it will be great when we can close it up a bit. When R went to sleep for tonights flight I baked some bread with the kids as A is supposed to bring some for tasting to school tomorrow. It was a very simple bread, no need for kneeding or raising, perfect! The kids didnt really like it but R said it was very good. Had time to bake some banana muffins, the best way to use up brown banans :) Right now I was supposed to have some time to myself but R came up, awake way to early so now we are relaxing on the sofa, watching Bones. I hope he can rest a bit more though before heading off to work, otherwise it will be a very touch night for him.

Here are some random pics from around Dubai.



Dubai Mall



Desert in sandstorm



The Spinneys parking in our area (great for practicing to ride a bike!), lousy visibility cause of sandstorm

We obviously had to take my mum to our favourite park, Creek Park. Sandstorms around us but we took a chance that actually paid off, no problems with sand OR wind. 

On the way to A's school we pass some swamps with loads of flammingos. We stopped there to look at them one day from a watchtower and it was really cool.







They had binoculars to borrow and it was an impressive sight, with or without binoculars!











A man came to feed them, a total of 3 big sacks I think!



This lovely bird is a Hoopoe and they visit us often in the garden. They have a kind of crown on their head that they open up at times. Picture from Creek Park.



These cute green parrots are flying around in Dubai, pictures taken in Creek Park but we have also seen them in our area.

Sometimes he ends up like this but the strange thing is that he doesnt get angry and annoyed, he just gets up to try again!

A swedish tradition for Mardi Gras is to eat a bun filled with marzipan and fresh cream. Thanks to my mum we got one today. It was lovely!

We are expecting our first visitor to stay with us in our house. My mum is arriving today, or rather tonight, after midnight. Me and the kids are so excited to see her and show her our new home, school, nursery and activities.

Welcome mum!

Today, about 2 hours before end of school day,  the school nurse called me to tell me that A had been taken to see her for a red eye. She said it might be conjunctivitis and suggested we take him to see a doctor. We packed up at home, got J from nursery and went to get A. On the way to school I was thinking about A and it struck me that he had been up late last night, coming up 10 times saying he couldnt sleep AND he woke up very early with R's alarm for work in the morning and maybe he was red cause he was tired? I decided to ask the nurse before I picked him up and she told me she didnt think so as only one eye was red and cause he said it was itchy. When I picked up A his eyes were normal and I thought to myself that no doctor will see anything wrong with him so we passed the nurse again, to get her feedback on seeing a doctor or not. She was very surprised to see that his eye was looking normal again and agreed that there was no need to have it checked. My theory is that he was very tired, kept rubbing his eye so much that it got red. Happy that we didnt have to go to the hospital we went home and changed to go to the pool, thought we would practice some strokes with A but our pool was closed for cleaning! Not a very lucky day for us huh? Jumped in the car and found the pool in the other part of the compound open and enjoyed some time in the kids pool. Now swimming practice though so maybe we try again tomorrow ;) I found the underwater pocket for the camera, here are some pics from today.

The hairy legs are not mine btw :)



It was a bit cold in the air, but the pool is heated so we enjoyed it!

This is what it looks like at bedtime in our house!

Today was book day at DESS and the kids had a small parade around the courtyard to show off their costumes to the very proud parents that were there. R got called from his standby and although he landed this morning there wasnt enough time to come with us but we took many pictures so he could see it all anyway :)



Here is A´s teacher, Mrs. M



Some of his classmates



A and his best friend A



Captain Hook



Our friends son J as Peter Pan



A´s teachers assistant Mrs. F

Yesterday morning we had to take A to the clinic for some bloodtests before the biopsy. He had to be fasting so we brought b´fast to eat in the car and for picnic when we went to play at Creek Park afterwards. I think its our fav park from the ones we have tried.









These lovely wild parrots fly around the park






Best part about a picnic is that you can eat lying down :)



...or lounging on mummy!



R trying to swing with both kids...not easy when you dont weigh the same :D