Relaxed friday
Today we have weekend here, the kids went to their football practice but after that we have relaxed at home. J has a bit of a cold so we didnt feel like going out. Fridays everywhere is packed so everyone has to have lots of patience and none of us felt up for it I think. Instead we completed the photowall I have been planning and Im very happy. Photo will come one of these days! Right now we are relaxing in the sofa, with the Sweden - Faroe Islands on the tv. The arabic commentator is crazy excited, from the start of the match and both R and I are laughing and concluding that he might get a heart attach before the match is over and that its not only the italians that freak out over football....
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Dinner
Today we finally tried the gluten free pizza from N_K_D pizza. It was a very good pizza and Im so happy to know that for the future at least there IS a take away option for me!
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Birthday present
We are soon going to have a 6 year old in the house! My mum has been wanting to buy him a handluggage on wheels to use when we travel but it has been tricky since it has to be yellow! Yellow is his favourite colour and its not a very good one to have as your favourite as its really hard finding yellow stuff. J on the other hand loves pink, and finding pink is no problem at all. We have only found really expensive ones, prices that would get you a full size luggage and we´ve both agreed that its not worth it. Yesterday we went to Carrefour for our shopping and there it was! A yellow luggage not too expensive! I felt so good buying it on her behalf. Hopefully A will love it too :)
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Star of the week
I dont know if I have mentioned it before, but the classes (at least the younger ones) at DESS have a class mascot (in Year 1 they actually have two). Each weekend these softtoys decide which child to go home with during the weekend. This will be the star of the week, a child that has worked extra hard and has followed the golen rules (to respect eachother, teachers, school etc etc). Every thursday when I picked up A, he has come out of the classroom with tears in his eyes because he didnt get to take home a softtoy. "I have been sooo good this week". Poor thing! I have tried to explain that Im sure he has been good but maybe other children have been too. But good things come to those who wait, when our friends got him home yesterday he had Fiona, the deer, with him. He´s shining like the sun, repeating that he is star of the week and takes Fiona with him everywhere :)
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Like father like son
Sometimes something small happens and you realise how the kids are just like us.This happened the other day when we were eating stir fry for dinner. J (just like me) loves her soy sauce with the noodles so the bottle was on the table. A reads the text and says "Mushroom soy, yuk, I never want to eat that" (Im not kidding, these were the exact words R used when he saw that soy bottle the first time, many years ago). I giggle and explain that the soy sauce doesnt taste of mushrooms. Not totally convinced he still tastes a piece of my chicken. After that I see him slightly embarrassed, looking at the bottle and when I ask if he wants som soy sauce on his food he smiles and says "Yeeees! It doesnt taste like mushrooms at all!! At least he could admit that he was mistaken...sometimes when I put soy in something I can see the look on Rs face, I think he is still not fully convinced :D
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Im back
I think Im back on the blog now. Those first few weeks of school have been manic, driving kids, going to the gym and then picking up J early. I have been knackered at the end of the day but from this week J is back on track, her school days normal length until 2.15.
What has happened since last then? Not much I think, R has been working quite a lot in the beginning of October. We did go try out bowling though and we had a blast! That is until it was over and A got upset that J did a strike and he did not. He spent about an hour crying and screaming. Kids also had a party in the Villa compund and they both had a great time. A is really looking forward to his party, the invites went out yesterday, party bags have been bought and thank you cards are ready. Hope they will all enjoy it and next year we will then make a smaller party.
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Some perspective
Sometimes things happen that gives you a bit of perspective on things. Today I went as a helper with J´s class outing and suddenly I realise what a job the teachers and the ta´s do. I was absolutely shattered when I came home, the noise lever in the bus was insane. Suddenly I also understand why the kids dont want to leave home after a full day at school.....
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Ballet
New ballet term, new ballet uniform.
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Swim lesson photos
Here are the photos from Js first swimlesson
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Visitors from Abu Dhabi
Yesterday an ex collegue and classmate who moved to Abu Dhabi came to Dubai for a visit. We me at Festival City, had lunch together before they, together with R and the kids went to visit the dinosaur exhibition "Dino-live". In the meantime I went to IKEA in peace and quiet and bought some frames. R got 3 flights to Malta in October so we plan to order some photo printouts from "our" printer so we can finally start putting some pictures up on the walls. After dino live we all went to our house for some tea and the kids to play. We had a lovely time and I really enjoyed it. Tomorrow is the start of yet another school week, the last one J has shorter days.
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Anniversary
Just realised that today is our one year anniversary of moving to Dubai! Time really does fly :)
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Flightradar24
My mum told me about flightradar24 this summer. Its a website (and app) where you can see planes in the air, who/what is passing ontop of you and where they are going, what kind of aircraft, its altitude etc and also follow a flight from take off to landing. Nerd as I am I find this interesting and during the summer I tracked what routes are passing over my mums house. Back in Dubai we have used it to be able to know exactly which plane is daddys. This is from this morning.
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Oh London.....
R has some leave in connection with the kids midterm holidays. We were looking at all our options for what to do and where to go. Flights are actually available to London and Im dying to go however we decided not to as with hotels and eating out it will end up being too expensive...oh well, I guess we'll just go to Fujairah again :)
Ballet
J wants to continue ballet this year and I´ve been avoiding dealing with it as I had heard the office was hard to find. Today though I decided to get it out of the way and it seems it was about time. They dont confirm you place in the class until you have paid the fee and it turned out that the class was fully booked but since some parents hadnt paid yet someone was bumped out and J got her spot. Good thing I ventured out on my own instead of waiting for R to return as I had originally planned.
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Reality check
my grandmother has had some problems since around april/may I think. She has fallen a couple of times and has been in a lot of pain. After lots of tests and being in and out of hospital she now got her diagnosis. ALS...I just cant get to grips with it, its like a death sentance. With the meds Im taking and the increased risk of cancer I have thought about how you would live knowing you have X amount of years or even months to live and it makes me sick to my stomach. I feel like I should call her but I dont know what to say, I mean, what do you tell someone who just got to know they are dying? Thinking I might send her a text to let her know Im thinking about her while I gather up courage to call.....
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Feeling hot hot hot!
Today the after school swimming started and this year both kids are attending the lessons after eachother. First out was a very excited J and her lesson almost turned into a private lesson as only 3 kids in Reception/Foundation showed up. First they asseded their level and one of the children also ended up with another teacher. J did really well and Im sure she will develop a lot! After the youngest kids lesson it was time for A and a couple of grades over him. He was passed on between the groups for a while until he got his spot in the middle group (which I think was right). Its great that they got started (an apart from this swimming lesson A has one during school hours tomorrow and J has hers on Tuesday) but waiting for an hour and half in the more than 40 degrees heat was a nightmare. They put shading over the whole pool this year but shade doesnt really help when its that hot and no breeze so I sweated like crazy! I took some pictures but Im too tired to go down and get the camera so I will try to upload them tomorrow as R is flying to Venice and I (finally) get an evening all alone. Dont get me wrong, its lovely that he´s been home so much BUT I do like some time to myself in the evening when the kids have gone to bed.
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Lovely weekend
This weekend passed quickly but was great. Yesterday J went to play with a friend from nursery last year. An irish girl she has always talked a lot about, even during the summer. It was great for the girls to meet up and for the mums to catch up a bit. "Forced" the kids to a siesta so that we could go out in the evening. Dubai Mall with the dancing fountain was planned. Since we slept early we could leave quite early and I even had chance to check out some shops and came home with a skirt! Regardless what I sometimes think about the kids behaviour it is now a pleasure to take them out for a meal. They sit fairly still while waiting for the food and do behave well over all and this is lovely for us who like to eat out every now and then.
Today we went to the "slide pool" at Habtoor hotel and had a great time too. Even going to the pool has become more fun now that the kids have gained even more confidence and you dont have to be keeping a constant eye. Unfortunately it became a bit too hot a bit too quick and to top it up they cranked up the music way too loud for some water exersices and we just gave up. In the afternoon we had some friends over, the idea was for J and their daughter to play but J was not on form. She was tired and prefered to play mostly on her own. In the end I think everyone had a nice afternoon and it always lovely to meet these guys. Tired kids are now getting ready for bed and I should be preparing for school tomorrow.
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Last Night of the Proms
One of my yearly highlights is Last Night of the Proms and I just watched my fav parts of it ("Pomp and Circumstance" and "Rule Britannia"). The music is amazing and seeing these wild and crazy englishmen (and others too of course, you see many different flags) just makes my day! This year I got to be proud on behalf of Malta too, as the maltese singer Joseph Calleja (whose son was in As class at San Andrea in Malta) took part. First he sang Nessun Dorma beautifully and the audience just wouldnt stop applauding him. He really looked touched, holding back tears and that was very nice to see. Then he got to sing the finale, Rule Britannia and I had goosebumps all over. Its so powerful when all those people sing together, and its like I can feel their pride of their country. At first I didnt see any swedish flags but then I saw a big one in the centre and most surprisingly there was the flag of "my" icehockey team almost at the front!!! When I less tired I will watch it all, and enjoy it to the full...in the meantime, if you missed it, do check it out on youtube.
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School lunches
After picking up the kids from school today we have spent our time in the kitchen. Stocking up the freezer with things for school. Pizzas and I also made my own cereal bars. The ones you find the shops are so full of sugar I wanted to try my own and so far so good. We shared one and it got thumbs up from both me and the kids though what they like one day can be pest the next so I really need to wait a bit more before I know for sure :) Anyone interested, here is the receipe I used.
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Good times!
School keeps on being a positive thing. Both kids are happy to go and J ran into her classroom when her teacher opened and we basically had to go after her to say goodbye! Her teacher looked a bit surprised at her eagerness and when I picked her up she had gotten a sticker that said "I came to school with a smile". A got some every now and then last year and he had one yesterday. The school seem to use stickers a lot as encouragement/reward when kids have done something extra good and A got one yesterday too.
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