03 August 2007
Arabian Ranches Golf Club
14 July 2007
And we're back!
Andy finally has our blog up and running again, hurrah! Will hopefully get some photos up within the next few days.
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14 June 2007
A Daisy update
I thought I'd do a post on Daisy as it's been a while since I wrote about where she is at.
She's now 16 1/2 months old and still quite slim but tall. She has dainty (NOT monkey) little hands and feet just like her mummy and also like me, is rather fond of shoes. She also very much likes hats. Her hair is now long enough to get in a little ponytail on top although she's a terror at pulling out hair ties and clips. She's now running and her latest task is learning how to walk up stairs which she approaches with steely determination. She loves the pool where we spend an hour every afternoon and she has become confident going right under the water. She does however still need to learn how to blow out, not inhale!
She's beginning to speak and although mama and dada are still by far her most popular words other words include bye-bye, yes, bath, bed, water, this and fish. She also has her own word for Geoffrey (all round top giraffe and best pal), which to be fair is quite a mouthful for a little girl.
She's not a big eater but eats a wide range of things with her current favourite being fish. We go to Costa for coffee every morning which is opposite a pet shop. As soon as the pet shop is open Daisy runs across there making a bee line for the aquarium whilst shrieking 'feesh, feesh'. I think she's yet to make the correalation between the fish at the pet shop and the fish on her plate....
She adores other children, both younger and older and apart from a slight blip recently where she started to hit (and bit twice, oh the shame) she's normally very affectionate and loves cuddling and kissing. However, I'm currently trying to teach her that full on snogging her little friends not only scares them but is rather inappropriate.
Books are still a big favourite as are soft toys. When she's not demanding my complete attention she can often be found in her playroom curled up reading a book with some soft toys. She also still loves birds and with numbers dwindling here over summer, spotting one is cause for huge excitement.
That's it in a rather large nutshell really. She's getting bigger everyday and my latest task is to try to get her in to a good school. It all seems too early to be worrying about but they start here the September after they turn three (THREE!) and there aren't enough places so it's a bit daunting. Her year, the 2009 intake, at our local school is already full so I'm looking further afield. The thought of her starting full time proper 5 days a week school at three fills me with horror but starting them later means it's even harder to find a place. Woe.
Andy has gone to the Irish Village for a night on the tiles with his workmates. Daisy, poor button, is in bed early with a fever. Which leaves me with only a large bowl of pasta and a good book for company. How very nice.
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She's now 16 1/2 months old and still quite slim but tall. She has dainty (NOT monkey) little hands and feet just like her mummy and also like me, is rather fond of shoes. She also very much likes hats. Her hair is now long enough to get in a little ponytail on top although she's a terror at pulling out hair ties and clips. She's now running and her latest task is learning how to walk up stairs which she approaches with steely determination. She loves the pool where we spend an hour every afternoon and she has become confident going right under the water. She does however still need to learn how to blow out, not inhale!
She's beginning to speak and although mama and dada are still by far her most popular words other words include bye-bye, yes, bath, bed, water, this and fish. She also has her own word for Geoffrey (all round top giraffe and best pal), which to be fair is quite a mouthful for a little girl.
She's not a big eater but eats a wide range of things with her current favourite being fish. We go to Costa for coffee every morning which is opposite a pet shop. As soon as the pet shop is open Daisy runs across there making a bee line for the aquarium whilst shrieking 'feesh, feesh'. I think she's yet to make the correalation between the fish at the pet shop and the fish on her plate....
She adores other children, both younger and older and apart from a slight blip recently where she started to hit (and bit twice, oh the shame) she's normally very affectionate and loves cuddling and kissing. However, I'm currently trying to teach her that full on snogging her little friends not only scares them but is rather inappropriate.
Books are still a big favourite as are soft toys. When she's not demanding my complete attention she can often be found in her playroom curled up reading a book with some soft toys. She also still loves birds and with numbers dwindling here over summer, spotting one is cause for huge excitement.
That's it in a rather large nutshell really. She's getting bigger everyday and my latest task is to try to get her in to a good school. It all seems too early to be worrying about but they start here the September after they turn three (THREE!) and there aren't enough places so it's a bit daunting. Her year, the 2009 intake, at our local school is already full so I'm looking further afield. The thought of her starting full time proper 5 days a week school at three fills me with horror but starting them later means it's even harder to find a place. Woe.
Andy has gone to the Irish Village for a night on the tiles with his workmates. Daisy, poor button, is in bed early with a fever. Which leaves me with only a large bowl of pasta and a good book for company. How very nice.
Bx
04 June 2007
Jumping for joy
Our things our here eeeeeeeeekkkkkk! I'm so excited. The house is filled with men unloading boxes whilst I leap about shrieking and taking photos. Which I'm sure they appreciate. Daisy is asleep, she's going to freak when she wakes up. A very large box marked 'toys' just got deposited in her playroom. Ohhhh, and my cookbooks just landed in the kitchen. I think I'm going to cry.
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03 June 2007
The eagle has landed
Brilliant news this morning, our container arrived in to port yesterday and is getting delivered tomorrow. Yaaaaaayyyy! It's going to be a few days of boxes and unpackers descending on us but I can't wait. We've also had the garden done and are now putting enough water on it every evening to float the ark.
We've just had a really good weekend. It was the first weekend since we arrived that actually felt like a proper relaxing one - not just rushing around sorting things out.
Andy was out on Thursday night with David, Janet and Oliver. He came home rather merry and had a good time by all accounts. They went to a restaurant/bar/club at Jumeirah Beach. Daisy has been having some sleeping issues (now resolved, fingers crossed) so I stayed at home with her.
On Friday we met Tara, Dayon and Sanna for brunch at The Organic Cafe in Satwa. Sanna is one month older than Daisy and they are becoming good friends which is lovely. The girls spent the whole time racing around getting in to mischief and having a ball.
On Saturday we went the the Iranian Hospital and I got my health card and had my visa blood test - the last step in my residency process. We then went for lunch at The Lime Tree in Jumeirah where we ran in to Carmen, Graham and Jamie. Daisy and Jamie proceed to spend the entire lunch swapping (often already sucked) food and throwing it around. They made an outstanding mess. Late afternoon Andy met Clive (who lives down the street) and they trundled off to our local golf club for a few hits at the driving range followed by beers and rugby at the clubhouse. Daisy and I headed down for the last half of the game which consisted of England getting wopped again by the Saffies. Boo. The golf club is great, it's all rather swanky with a big restaurant/bar and a huge terrace overlooking the greens. Plus it has beer and shows sport which is all Andy needs to be happy.
Pre-weekend, I had a night out on Wednesday to Vintage, a great wine bar at Wafi City. It was with one of the coffee groups I go to and was a great chance to catch up and properly talk to everyone without the distraction of kids.
No post would be complete without talking about the weather so I'm happy to report that it continues to get hotter. Which means that it's now very hot - not a day under 40 I don't think. Ooo.
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We've just had a really good weekend. It was the first weekend since we arrived that actually felt like a proper relaxing one - not just rushing around sorting things out.
Andy was out on Thursday night with David, Janet and Oliver. He came home rather merry and had a good time by all accounts. They went to a restaurant/bar/club at Jumeirah Beach. Daisy has been having some sleeping issues (now resolved, fingers crossed) so I stayed at home with her.
On Friday we met Tara, Dayon and Sanna for brunch at The Organic Cafe in Satwa. Sanna is one month older than Daisy and they are becoming good friends which is lovely. The girls spent the whole time racing around getting in to mischief and having a ball.
On Saturday we went the the Iranian Hospital and I got my health card and had my visa blood test - the last step in my residency process. We then went for lunch at The Lime Tree in Jumeirah where we ran in to Carmen, Graham and Jamie. Daisy and Jamie proceed to spend the entire lunch swapping (often already sucked) food and throwing it around. They made an outstanding mess. Late afternoon Andy met Clive (who lives down the street) and they trundled off to our local golf club for a few hits at the driving range followed by beers and rugby at the clubhouse. Daisy and I headed down for the last half of the game which consisted of England getting wopped again by the Saffies. Boo. The golf club is great, it's all rather swanky with a big restaurant/bar and a huge terrace overlooking the greens. Plus it has beer and shows sport which is all Andy needs to be happy.
Pre-weekend, I had a night out on Wednesday to Vintage, a great wine bar at Wafi City. It was with one of the coffee groups I go to and was a great chance to catch up and properly talk to everyone without the distraction of kids.
No post would be complete without talking about the weather so I'm happy to report that it continues to get hotter. Which means that it's now very hot - not a day under 40 I don't think. Ooo.
Bx