A look Back at 2013-2014 School Year.

                        WOW! The school Year is over! 

This was the boy child's first year in school. He has matured, triumphed and had a wonderful Foundation Stage 2  school year! (He is in a British curriculum school, this is equivalent to Pre-K4.) We are gearing up for Year 1 (equivalent to Kindergarten) BUT SUMMER IS FIRST!!!!! I hope to be better about posting over the summer.  I will blog about specific events that have taken place in addition to this recap. Please enjoy!

    Kaleb and his "Brother Joe"
 Best Brothers!

                                                        There is nothing like a nap, 

after a hard days school, under mom's desk! 

Kaleb loves Math.

Lunch at Mom's desk

Dress as a book character day.

                                                                                                     

  Sports Day- FS2B Class Line Leader

Pajama Day 

Decorating the EAL 

(English as an Additional Language)

 bulletin board.

Ms. Mila on Crazy Hair Day.

FS2B Teacher

Kaleb wanted to paint his hair 

RED for Crazy Hair Day.

Kaleb's classmates twisted straws

 in my hair for Crazy Hair Day.

The end of the First Day of School.

Doing homework while mom is 

cooking and doing laundry!

The "cousins" sleep on the ride home from school 

Kaleb's first homework assignment!

Kaleb's first school assignment.

Kaleb's first day of school ! 

Arabian Sea Adventure -Part 1

The Mayans said that the world was ending. So what a wonderful day it was to be out in the sea if it was gonna be our last day on earth! (LOL) We were invited to a private birthday party on the "Prince of the Sea" that lasted all day! This was a wonderful experience. This might have been the best experience we have had as a family since being in the U.A.E. There was unlimited food, drinks, and fun. The best part was watching the sunset on the Arabian Sea. If today was the end of the world, then we had the perfect ending.

"Is this the big river?"

The Captain and the Skipper 

Pulling out from the dock.

The sea, our community, and the mountains.... what a view!

Sea Legs!

Enjoying the day!

Skipper raising the sails.

Kaleb, Keisha, Tai and Bria

The Captain doing water tricks.

One of the 3 sails.

Tai on the main deck.

Keisha , Jaye (our TRAINER) Bria

Mini Captain Kaleb

The Captain & Tai

Arabian Sunset

Captain's Wheel

Arabian Sunset

Prince of the Sea

Lions, Tigers, and Bears.... Oh My!!!

"Oh my!" is right!  We spent the night at Emirates Park Resorts and Zoo just on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi! The purpose of this trip was, that Tai had to report the the main campus for work. "Papa Bear" found this wonderful hotel for us to stay at (The price is pocketbook friendly!!!) because he felt that it would be great fun for "Baby Bear" and I while he was at boring work.

We checked in rather late, at 11pm and walked to our rooms and went straight to bed. Throughout the night I heard these weird noises!!!! To our amazement in the morning we found out who the weird noisy neighbors were. GIRAFFES!!!! GOATS!!!! ZEBRAS!!!! and IMPALAS!!!!! They were right outside our door to the hotel room!!! HOW COOL IS THAT????? So being the "Momma Bear" that I am, I woke the kid up out of perfect sleep and took him the to the front door to take pictures! After Kaleb's PJ photo shoot we got dressed and walked a total of 20 steps to the zoo entrance. (Later I found the backdoor that we  could have taken from our room!)

I was surprised at the size of the zoo, and the plan for additions . I thought it was going to be just a petting zoo with a few cool animals. I was wrong and was glad to be wrong. We bottle fed baby goats and grass fed camels, cows, a wombat,  donkey, and too many others to think of. Not only did we feed animals, we view an array or other cool species. Yes we got to see Lions, Tigers and Bears!!! OH MY!!!!

It was an awesome experience to spend the night at the zoo! I think this will be one childhood memory that will last for a life time.

Outside our hotel room door!

Who knows what I am????

"Swiper no swiping!"

White Tiger

"Ships of the Arabian Desert "

Kaleb feeding the donkeys!

Goat

Cow

Keisha taking pictures and feeding the baby goat.

Good Morning! We really spent the night at the ZOO!!!

Our hotel room neighbors!

Good morning neighbor!

"We are spending the night at the zoo!" 

Golf Club - Christmas Event

Al Hamra Golf Club is one of the hang out for the residents in Al Hamra Village  where we live.  The golf club was kind enough to put on a Christmas event for the kids in the neighborhood.  It was a wonderful evening of children running, playing (I was beginning to wonder if kids lived here, because I never saw them.), music, dancing (Tai has a video of me dancing with a neighbor, i'll post it later) face painting, bounce house, parents meeting new friends and throwing down the spiced red wine and food. (Of course there were food and drink options for the kids.)

Kaleb was happy to see Santa again. This time he was very confident, so much so he followed him to get several helpings of cookies that Santa was passing out. I mean, Kaleb shook him down.... I think he got like 5 cookies!!! (Yeah! That's my kid... I mean that is Not my kid!!  LOL!)  All in all we meet two wonderful families and learned about a playgroup that is hosted twice a week at the golf club. (Playgroup is a big deal because Kaleb needs friends.)

As the evening came to a close, Kaleb was wore out and asking to go home!!! (Point for Mom and Dad!) But, what he asked as we were leaving the golf club would make my dad (Charles) proud and stick his chest out a mile high..."Daddy, when am I going to come and hit the ball with the stick!!!?????" In American Standard English (for our British friends); When am I going to play golf? 

  Hold on to your hats, that ADVENTURE will start in January 2013!!!!! :)

Al Hamra Golf Club 

Kaleb following Santa for cookies

Jake The Pirate... ooh Kaleb the Pirate!