Kendrick took a long weekend away to a remote island in Yemen with his friends. He is on his way back now, but it was quite a tiring period for us here in Dubai. However, I consider this his belated Christmas present, since the only thing we got him for Christmas was a cantaloupe!
Ultimately the kids and I managed just fine, and I dragged along my playbook to record as much of the weekend as possible. I covered three out of the four days.
Day 1:
After school I took Magnus to the skate park (see previous entry.) Here is Magnus making a "sad" face.
Since the afternoon was still young, Magnus, Maya and I headed over to the mall. Maya fell asleep on the way over and missed the start of the Dubai Shopping Festival storytime. Here is Magnus killing some time before the story:
Soon after this picture was taken, the security guard asked Magnus to stop riding his scooter. So he lounged on the bean bag instead:
Day 3:
We spent the morning in Al Ittihad park. Maya had a gooood nap and woke up happy.
After the park, we headed over to Virginie's place for lunch. Magnus wanted to watch the cars go over the speed bump first. We decided to count twenty cars, and discovered that there are not a lot of early birds living in Virginie's apartment.
Here we are having lunch at the restaurant downstairs....
And visiting her apartment for minute. Magnus is helping Maya zip up her sweater:
Then we all went to the Mall for another storytime session. Except after a yogurt, a train ride, and a visit to the potty, we never made it for storytime.
Magnus and Maya enjoying next-gen astroturf:
Merry Christmas Kendrick!!!! We missed you!!!
Ultimately the kids and I managed just fine, and I dragged along my playbook to record as much of the weekend as possible. I covered three out of the four days.
Day 1:
After school I took Magnus to the skate park (see previous entry.) Here is Magnus making a "sad" face.
Day 2:
After school, I took Magnus and Maya to the park next door to watch the sprinklers go off at three o clock. We got early so that they could enjoy the playground for a little while.
Magnus, who loves riding his scooter on the grass, was arguing with me about staying on the grass when the sprinklers suddenly turned on. As Magnus ran away from the water, a little Spanish kid ran right toward the water and danced around in the spray for awhile.
Since the afternoon was still young, Magnus, Maya and I headed over to the mall. Maya fell asleep on the way over and missed the start of the Dubai Shopping Festival storytime. Here is Magnus killing some time before the story:
Soon after this picture was taken, the security guard asked Magnus to stop riding his scooter. So he lounged on the bean bag instead:
Day 3:
We spent the morning in Al Ittihad park. Maya had a gooood nap and woke up happy.
You should be able to see her top left tooth in this shot:
After the park, we headed over to Virginie's place for lunch. Magnus wanted to watch the cars go over the speed bump first. We decided to count twenty cars, and discovered that there are not a lot of early birds living in Virginie's apartment.
The apartments next door are very beautiful too:
Here we are having lunch at the restaurant downstairs....
And visiting her apartment for minute. Magnus is helping Maya zip up her sweater:
That Christmas tree looks like a three hour job ;)
Then we all went to the Mall for another storytime session. Except after a yogurt, a train ride, and a visit to the potty, we never made it for storytime.
Magnus and Maya enjoying next-gen astroturf:
I tried to stop her, but she licked it.
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