This was my first Thanksgiving as a working mom in the UAE. Thursday are my busiest day at work by far and I ended up with two whole partner group meetings that we just couldn't find another time to do so we booked a dinner out on actual Thanksgiving. It was awful! The food was good (kind of a British interpretation of what they think Thanksgiving should be!) but so noisy that we couldn't even chat as a family so my planned discussion of what we were thankful for as a family couldn't even happen). But Thanksgiving was redeemed by friends the following day with a more traditional, relaxed meal. The bad news is that I already looked at the 2017 work calendar and it looks like I'll still have to have *one* of those meetings on Thanksgiving Thursday next year, too... Maybe we'll just pretend that Thanksgiving is on a Friday...
Winter also means the UAE's birthday (Happy 45th, UAE!), end of school semester activities and getting ready for Christmas.
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| Jane was picked to be co-captain of the soccer team by her teammates! |
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| Test taking in comfort |
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| Worst Thanksgiving ever. |
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| But we still manage a smile |
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| *Much* better Thanksgiving the following day with friends! |
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| Time to decorate (er, assemble!) the tree |
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| New ornaments this year from Italy and High Hampton (NC mtns) |
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| Fond memories from our ski trip with friends last year - each marshmallow in this hot chocolate cup has the name of our family and the LaBrache family kids |
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| Anna ready for UAE National Day with her "dab" |
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| Happy 45th Birthday, UAE! Just a young pup of a country! |
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| Christmas choir concert - Jane is in the back row - middle-ish/ left-ish |
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| Regan on the far left |
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| The 8th grade choir |
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| Regan & Jane needed to be in Sharjah (on the other side of Dubai) to take a test. Since it was an early morning start, we spent the night nearby at a cool hotel with a dangling swimming pool! |
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| Jane and Regan enjoying the pool that sticks out over the boardwalk overlooking Dubai Creek. |
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| This is what it looked like from the top |
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| Beautiful Dubai sunset |
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| Back at school for more soccer and a gorgeous sky |
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