Fingers Broken?

I know, I know. I haven't posted in a while. I just wanted to let you know that my fingers aren't broken.

We are having a wonderful visit with the Wrigglesworth family. I love having a full and hectic house. The kids are great - they are so cute, full of laughter and share Mel and Mike's enthusiasm. I have always known that Melanie is a super mum but let me tell you, she is a SUPERMOM!! I don't know how she does it. Such an inspiration and full of helpful hints. I so love having her here. Fun times spending your whole day laughing and talking about nothing in particular, all while wrangling 3 kids.

Hope you are all well. Just to let you know the weather has been PERFECT. Highs of 30. YAHOO. Another day of shorts, T-shirt, and sweat. I'm a pretty picture. :)

Pumpkin

Some shots of our little pumpkin. Hope everyone had a great Halloween. We didn't think we would see any kids treating but were so happy to see  20 or so little fairies/princesses running around the villas. :)

Had to include this shot as B and I think it is a funny one. 

Walks

Fall? Thanksgiving? Hard to tell here. Happy belated thanksgiving to all. 

For the past few weeks it has cooled down (low 30s) enough in the evenings for Neva and I to go for a walk. It is one of the best parts of my day. We have been house bound for SO LONG - it feels phenomenal to get some fresh air.  Neva seems to really enjoy looking around and it gives me a MUCH better option than dealing with a tired baby in the early evening. 

Here is what we see: 

The front of our attached villas in The Springs

The park and pool behind our villa

We pass the detached houses in a different division (The Meadows)- hmmm slight difference in appearance to our villas. 

On the path beside the 1st little lake. 90% of those buildings in the distance are under construction. Once finished it will be considered the "new" downtown. Or is that the "best" downtown? Or is that the 3rd downtown? Hard to keep track. 

Neva kicking away at the bar on the stroller

A local mansion in Emirate Hills

Another lake in The Meadows

Evening catnap

More scenery

The back of a house along the lake

Returning to our park with a many little kids running around. They all seem to have those battery operated cars. So funny to watch 4 year olds recklessly driving around the park.

 

Have a great day. 

3 Months!

Fujairah

Last weekend Bruce and I decided to go to Fujairah, a beautiful emirate on the east coast. It was our first road trip with Neva and all went well. It is supposedly a 2 hour drive from Dubai but we took longer. Neva doesn't love her carseat so we had to make a few stops.  We only had one meltdown/emergency feed on the side of the road so I consider the trip a huge success. 

We had to drive through the mountains to get to the coast. Here is a bit of what we saw. 

We stopped at a beautiful beach in Fujairah for a little rest, cash stop, and much needed diaper change. 

Our hotel was located 15km and 25 speed bumps North of Fujairah city. 

View from the beach

Looking left and right when standing on the hotel beach. I had to take these shots really fast, as I was a total rookie and didn't bring my shoes to wear on the sand. 

View from our hotel room. 

Neva liked the bed - notice she is holding on to Muzzie. 

Great shot of Neva and daddy. 

The pool. Ahhhh. They kept this pool nice and cool (28). It was so refreshing to jump in and paddle around. 
Our set up - it was so great that they had huge umbrellas so that we could spend time outside and keep our younger fair skinned redhead out of the sun. 

It was so great to spend time outside and not feel like your skin was melting off. We are looking forward to many more of these days. 

Love to all. 

Guess My Favourite

Hi Everyone, 

Can you guess my favourite toy? 

Is it....

My cool play mat thingy?

My bug rattles? 

Hops and Winkie?
Team Whoozit? 

I love playing with all of those but my FAVOURITE is....

Muzzie!

It is a muslin cloth that I can play with all day long. I hide behind it, shove it in my mouth, wave it around, and hug it when I nap in my stroller. I sure do love Muzzie.