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Sometimes you could wonder if we cant afford beds for the kids! This is what I found when I came upstairs to hang the laundry tonight...

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Last Monday we went to the swedish church to "celebrate" Walpurgis Night. As per tradition they lit a small bonfire, the choir sang some spring songs, hot dogs for sale and a "fishing pond" for the kids. It was a nice but slightly sweaty evening that started at 5 pm and finished at 7pm for the sake of the kids as opposed to in Sweden normally starting as late as 9 pm for darkness.

Some of the swedes that gathered around the fire

Kids waiting for their turn by the fishing pond

Very happy A cought something

And even happier J

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It seems the social bit is getting better, yesterday we had our neighbours over and ended up having lunch together so it turned into a full day full of games, play and chatting. Lovely!

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Today we´ve had two mothers and their children over to bake some cinnamon rolls. Busy busy busy!

The whole gang

Lunch

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When you start working with Emirates they give you an aircraft fleet that you will remain on, its either Boeing (only one type of aircraft, 777) or Airbus (a total of three aircraft types 330,340 or 380). If you get Airbus you will start on the 330, the smallest aircraft Emirates have got and then move on to 340 and also 380. As both the 330 and 340 are going to be phased out there have been lots of speculations and it seems the fleet has been "frozen" until all the 340´s are gone. Even though R said he would have loved to have flown another aircraft he has never been sure if it was the best thing to go on the 340 career wise, its not that straightforward. On the one hand, on the 340 it seems they will have more layoves than on the 330 and for some that is something positive although for us it has been good that R was home almost every day (at least morning OR evening). On the other hand it could have been better to go direclty onto the 380 and start buliding up your hours for future command. As there wasnt an obvious better option we decided not to worry if R would get the transfer or not, we are happy as things are too. Today he got the email calling him for A340 conversion and he feels it will be exciting and then of course so do I!

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Today has been a very social day. Started with my normal wednesday "b´fast" with the swedish girls, this time in Springs. Always lovely to meet up! Left straight from there to go for J at nursery to go home for the double playdate we had planned. A´s best friend and his sister came over but also a swedish friend and her two kids. The kids had a blast but I get so tired when im this busy so even though its not even 10 pm I think Im going to call it a day.

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Today I had a lovely tea date with a danish neighbour and yesterday my dad booked tickets for his first visit to Dubai. He will be here when A turns 6 and we already look forward. R is in Malta, its one of April´s three flights there, im chilling in bed with Greys and enjoying some time to myself.

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I get so annoyed, why cant things be straightforward? Dont know if I mentioned it before but when I was going to change A´s carseat from rear-facing to forward-facing I did a whole lot of re-search to find out what is best and safest. Horn appeared to be a must to keep the seatbelt in the right position so I bought a Britax Kid Plus. We have been very happy with it, both in Sweden and in Malta but here its not stable in our car. A keeps tipping sideways and since we are going to turn J forward-facing this summer and need a new booster seat for Sweden I thought about trying to find a two new ones for here, that fit better in our car and bring the old one to Sweden. Its hard to know what could work so I contacted a swedish salesperson that helped me before and is very helpful and knowledgeable. He explained that Kid Plus is a bit top heavy so he could see that it would get a bit unstable if the angle of the seat in the car is not correct. He recommended Britax Adventure and Maxi Cosi Fero. I realised that both these carseats didnt have horns so I asked about this (had read from another manufacturer (BeSafe) that it was better and safer without horns as you would decrease the risk of clipping incorrectly. The answer I got was this (freely translated) "I like products without horn, but then they should have other details to direct the seatbelt properly, which Britax Adventure and Maxi Cosis Fero has. BeSafe have the right argument but problably the wrong product, theirs is very wide, too wide in our opinion". As A has shown interest in clipping himself in but its a bit hard with the horns I thought it would be a good idea to try without horns so I was deciding between Adventure and Fero. I picked Fero, partly because it looks better but also it has a built in function where you can "attach" the booster seat to the headrest of the car so it wont topple over. R was going to try to get them from the UK if he gets a flight he requested in May but the other day I had to change my mind. An independet testing magazine had tested carseats and found that some had chemicals in them, Maxi Cosis Fero is one of them! :O Feeling really annoyed, why shouldnt we be able to trust that products, especially for children, are safe? I dont know if Adventure is safe from the chemical point of view but Kid plus was safe from a chemical point of view so I guess I just have to hope and belive that Britax is on the right track with all their carseats. I just can not justify spending money on something that I KNOW is full of chemicals so now I have to re-think and am really left without an option, I will have to get the Britax Adventure.

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Apart from reading A also learns how to spell at school. Yesterday was the last day of the easter holidays and I was trying to excite the kids a bit telling them tomorrow its school time and how much fun it was going to be. A replied "N-O, no!" J was quick to jump in and said "N-O, yes!" :D

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On the first day we had dinner on the beach at Gonu, the grill.

Fish´n´chips for the kids

J chillin after dinner

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Today we had a semi planned playdate at our house. Had invited a friend in the morning and one in the afternoon but in the end both decided to come in the afternoon so it turned into a busy day. The kids play well together and it was a lovely afternoon.

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Hajar mountains in the distance

Hardly beautiful mountains....

...but just out of nowhere a patch of greenery!

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Yesterday we returned from our mini vacation. We had a great time, the hotel was lovely with lots of good food and had they had a room for us we would have stayed at least one more night. The kids spent the whole days in the water (pool or ocean) and now both me and R feel exhausted and in need of a holiday ;) The first evening I was the first one to fall asleep! I have so many pictures to share that I will try to split it up a bit.

Otherwise life goes on, yesterday afternoon J's friend came over to play, this morning we went to play with our carpooling friends and in the afternoon a quick visit to a swedish friend before we had to leave to go see my liver doctor. I think Im looking forward to school to start as much as the kids :P

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As I wrote in an earlier post (link here) we met my friend from Malta during her holiday here in Dubai. Here are the photos from our visit to Dubai Mall.

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We finally have a bbq, courtesy of the in-laws!

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You could think it sounds crazy but there are a couple of places here in the desert where you can actually ice skate. The kids have been telling me they want me to teach them and today we went with some friends to try it out. I have to say that it went better than I expected. R, having only been on skates twice in his life, did his best holding on to the barrier with one hand and trying to help a child with the other while I helped the other child (I managed without holding on to the barrier though!) I thought the kids would get angry and stubborn as usual when they didnt manage but they were really brave and kept trying for a whole hour AND they say they want to go back again. I think its great and look forward to taking them again.

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After a long but lovely day Im now exhausted in bed and will soon switch off. We have had a great day, first with playdate for kids and then a visit to the Aquarium and dinner near the dancing fountain with swedish friends from Malta here. It was great to meet up again!

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Yesterday we finally found a 12 inch bike with backpedal break on Dubizzle (second hand). J was not totally happy as it was not pink but the excitement over having a proper bike took over and she said she accepted it. On the first try it looked like this

And today she rode her bike to Spinneys and back! I have to say the balance bike was the best buy we could have made, the transition was so easy!

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Since R had a flight to Malta on Easter sunday and could go to Candynavia to buy swedish pick and mix I told a little white lie to the kids and said that the Easter Rooster (as in Sweden we say its a rooster laying the eggs, not a bunny. Here is a link to last years easter egg hunt) would be a bit later to arrive in Dubai as he has to pass all of Sweden AND then find his way to Dubai. Kids were a bit hesitant and asked to go for easter egg hunt on sunday (normally they dont know what exact day things are supposed to be done so I guess the had been told from school) but on Tursday when R was back from Malta they found this in our back yard. A was so excited his whole face turned red :D

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Here are the photos from our little "cruise" with the abra around the creek

Our boat mirrored in the building

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Hmmm

Walpurgis Night

Getting better?

Cinnamon rolls

Exciting times ahead

Social day

In bed

Booster seat

Spelling

Gonu

Playdate

Roadtrip

Minibreak

Swedish/maltese visit

BBQ!

Ice skating

Exhausted

Best buy

Easter eggs

Abra

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