We've had a wonderful autumn in Dubai.
Maya started daycare for the first time. She was really not happy about it at first, but she settled normally and yesterday morning she ran into her classroom without even looking back at me! Magnus and Maya enjoyed reuniting with all their Dubai friends and we all enjoyed the company of Popo for 2 months. Magnus had his fourth birthday with a small party in his class as well as a tiny party at home with a pinata and an egg and spoon race.
Now the Christmas season is starting to wind up. Magnus and Maya are excitedly awaiting the arrival of Grandma and Grandpa this weekend, and they will spend the holidays with us. Magnus successfully petitioned his father to take him along to the airport to go get them. His aunt and uncle will join us later in December!!
I won't promise to blog any more this year, just wanted to post some conversations I overheard in the past few months....
Gina: Let's see who's coming out of that car…
Magnus: Mommy it's a man, just like me!!
Magnus: A roundabout is a legal U-turn
Magnus: That's what grandpa says.
Magnus: Popo is a treat girl
Magnus: And daddy is a treat boy
Maya: Water! Water!
Maya: Say please, Maya
Maya: Please!
Maya: Please who?
Maya: Please who!
Maya: Kokur! Kokur! Kokur! (Yogurt)
Popo: Maya have some macaroni
Maya: PO PO!!!!! <screaming, fists clenched, eyes flashing>
Kendrick: Maya say gold digger
Maya: Go bigga
Kendrick: Yeah!!!
Magnus: I want everybody to stop dancing
Gina: You can't stop the funk
Magnus: I want to stop the funk
Magnus: <pause>
Magnus: Ok, I'll dance.
Magnus: Oh I ate too much, but I didn't eat enough
Gina: Do you need to poo?
Magnus: No but I need some bacon so that I can make my poo go even faster
Gina: Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Maya: No singing!!!
Popo: Dian cong cong, cong cong…
Maya: No singing dian cong cong fei!!!
Magnus: What colour do you want to be, Daddy?
Kendrick: Green!!!
Magnus: Are you kidding, Daddy?
Kendrick: No, I want greeeeeeen
Magnus: No Daddy, you can't have green, I had green first!
Grandma: What's 10 plus 0?
Magnus: But if you hold your hands like this, it will make two circles, and you can look through them, see?
Magnus: It's full!
Gina: What's full?
Magnus: My weewee!
Gina: Do you have to go potty? Or is it just hard?
Magnus: It's hard!
Gina: That's right, sometimes your weewee is hard, and sometimes..
Magnus: You wanna touch it??
Gina: Nooooo thank you
Magnus: Mommy, I was having a great day until the doctor used the stick <tongue depressor>
Kendrick: Maya, you want me to sing you a song?
Maya: Yeah!
Kendrick: Twinkle twinkle little star?
Maya: No
Kendrick: Up, up, up?
Maya: No
Maya: I wanna Daddy sing Ho-ho
Kendrick: <pause> <sings a few verses of Just Breathe> Is that what you want?
Maya: Yeah!!!
Maya started daycare for the first time. She was really not happy about it at first, but she settled normally and yesterday morning she ran into her classroom without even looking back at me! Magnus and Maya enjoyed reuniting with all their Dubai friends and we all enjoyed the company of Popo for 2 months. Magnus had his fourth birthday with a small party in his class as well as a tiny party at home with a pinata and an egg and spoon race.
Now the Christmas season is starting to wind up. Magnus and Maya are excitedly awaiting the arrival of Grandma and Grandpa this weekend, and they will spend the holidays with us. Magnus successfully petitioned his father to take him along to the airport to go get them. His aunt and uncle will join us later in December!!
I won't promise to blog any more this year, just wanted to post some conversations I overheard in the past few months....
Gina: Let's see who's coming out of that car…
Magnus: Mommy it's a man, just like me!!
Magnus: A roundabout is a legal U-turn
Magnus: That's what grandpa says.
Magnus: Popo is a treat girl
Magnus: And daddy is a treat boy
Maya: Water! Water!
Maya: Say please, Maya
Maya: Please!
Maya: Please who?
Maya: Please who!
Maya: Kokur! Kokur! Kokur! (Yogurt)
Popo: Maya have some macaroni
Maya: PO PO!!!!! <screaming, fists clenched, eyes flashing>
Kendrick: Maya say gold digger
Maya: Go bigga
Kendrick: Yeah!!!
Magnus: I want everybody to stop dancing
Gina: You can't stop the funk
Magnus: I want to stop the funk
Magnus: <pause>
Magnus: Ok, I'll dance.
Magnus: Oh I ate too much, but I didn't eat enough
Gina: Do you need to poo?
Magnus: No but I need some bacon so that I can make my poo go even faster
Gina: Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Maya: No singing!!!
Popo: Dian cong cong, cong cong…
Maya: No singing dian cong cong fei!!!
Magnus: What colour do you want to be, Daddy?
Kendrick: Green!!!
Magnus: Are you kidding, Daddy?
Kendrick: No, I want greeeeeeen
Magnus: No Daddy, you can't have green, I had green first!
Grandma: What's 10 plus 0?
Magnus: But if you hold your hands like this, it will make two circles, and you can look through them, see?
Magnus: It's full!
Gina: What's full?
Magnus: My weewee!
Gina: Do you have to go potty? Or is it just hard?
Magnus: It's hard!
Gina: That's right, sometimes your weewee is hard, and sometimes..
Magnus: You wanna touch it??
Gina: Nooooo thank you
Magnus: Mommy, I was having a great day until the doctor used the stick <tongue depressor>
Kendrick: Maya, you want me to sing you a song?
Maya: Yeah!
Kendrick: Twinkle twinkle little star?
Maya: No
Kendrick: Up, up, up?
Maya: No
Maya: I wanna Daddy sing Ho-ho
Kendrick: <pause> <sings a few verses of Just Breathe> Is that what you want?
Maya: Yeah!!!
Magnus: <pointing to crabs> I'm allergic to that!
Gina: Yes, you are
Magnus: <pointing to sauce> I'm also allergic to that!
Gina: No, that's just soy sauce, garlic, and some vinegar
Magnus: Vinegar?
Gina: Yes, vinegar
Magnus: Are you supposed to put that in your mouth?
