After the winter break, we've gotten back into school, school activities and lots of winter fun. Our pool was under repair and now it's open again but the heater isn't working so we're not swimming much these days. But we are having plenty of other fun.
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| Meredith enjoying the wonderful weather in her UAE shirt |
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| Meredith protecting her "cookies" from friend James at school |
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| Ameera and Jane dancing at beach BBQ |
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| Ameera and our big girls dancing |
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| They were all in the kids' dance party - no official winners here but they all looked great and had a ton of fun. |
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| Amazing cake that friend Marjorie made for a baby shower that she and I hosted (with another friend Amy) for our friend Nicole who just had her fourth (but first baby girl) - we had an all pink celebration for her |
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| The baby shower ladies |
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| Nicole (now the proud mom of her three older boys plus recently arrived Baby Chloe!) with Marjorie who just whipped up that beautiful cake |
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| 3-D film about sailing at the Volvo Ocean Race festival here in town (they brought all the big sailboats to Abu Dhabi on a container for a short leg of the race as it was too unsafe for them to sail here (too many pirates near Somalia) |
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| Water balls at the sailing festival |
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| Ameera's first time in the water balls - we think she liked it! |
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| Getting ready for the big explosion! |
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| It worked! Soda everywhere! |
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| Regan and Anna on a bike ride |
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| Anna clearly likes riding her bike! |
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| Anna is Queen of the Mountain during a family game of tag |
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| At our first horse jumping competition (as spectators - NOT participants!) |
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| Our family plus friend Ava at the horse show |
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| This one is some Saudi prince competing |
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| Anna and I have started doing a little toddler pony club with a local mom's group. This was her first time and she was a little unsure of it all (she loved riding the horses and donkeys at Petra - but I was on with her). She was a little more relaxed her 2nd time around |
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| I found a little dwarf when I picked Anna up from school the other day. |
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| The girls are all in heaven when we get Meredith's class guinea pigs for the weekend. Carrottop and Checkers get worn out during their stay at Casa Puryear - they do not get a break! |
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| Getting a ride! |
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| Tiger Woods! We went to the HSBC Abu Dhabi Classic golf tournament. The girls weren't up for a lot of wondering around the course but we were able to see Tiger warm up on the driving range and the putting green. |
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| At the golf tournament |
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| Seeing the chairs lined up where parents will spend the whole night waiting to turn in an application at our school definitely makes me appreciate our slots here more. The 7 or so people in this picture were the first in line and spent almost 24 hours in line. Meredith and I took them popcorn and drinks.. I'm not sure how many people ended up in line but probably hundreds... |
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| Our family's FIRST 1000 piece puzzle. It took us a couple of weeks (with a LOT of parental help) but we did it! Thanks, Aunt Mary Ann and Uncle Bob! |
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| Regan's art was selected for the main display in the elementary atrium. Yay, Regan! |
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| Anna's school had a winter snow party for all these kids who rarely get to see snow. This snow was made of bubbles and was very realistic. They had another snow maker that blew snow confetti and they all made snow angels. |
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| Regan (#1) on her soccer team. There are some girls on her team that are really good. Regan tries hard and handles being the youngest, littlest and least experienced one on the team very well. Jane also plays (not sure how I don't have a photo!). She does great and scored 3 goals in their 2nd game! |
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| All dressed up for International Day at school. |
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| Traditional Emirati dancers at the ACS International Day celebration. This was an amazing event (the elementary kids weren't included last year so this was our first one). All the countries represented at our school set up a tent and had maps, things from their country and (most importantly) food! I was stuffed from all the yummy food and loved how the kids got exposed to so many places and new things (Regan ran up to me and told me that I just *had* to try the Iraqi food because it was so delicious). The kids had pretend passports and they had to get them stamped from six different countries. What a great event! |
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