Nearly there....

Thanks blogger, out of sequence photos AGAIN. To celebrate to end of the concert season, a few of Andy's workmates came over one night. The Jagermeister came out and some air guitar went down.

The night after the Joe Cocker concert, Andy and a few workmates went out with him for a curry at the One and Only. This is Joe with his backing singers, and Thomas.

And back to the night before, it was a great concert. Lovely venue and excellent performance.

Back to earlier in the day, in the right sequence after this one! Setting up for Joe Cocker. Jonno, Debbie, Mohammed (Andy's boss) and Thomas.

Waiting for the concert to start with Kath and Gav

Dolphinarium!

Watching the action.

Jumping dolphins.

Friends for dinner.

The start of our girls night. Lunch at Toscana, the Madinat.

Tequila had a starring role in an excellent night filled with fun and dancing.

I've been trying out the waterproof properties of Andy's new camera by taking it in the sprinklers.

Ta da!

Bastie loves fun in the sprinklers.

Zach and his mate Reubs at Room on the Broom.

Down cried the witch and wooosh, they were gone!

We've got a slip n slide in the garden. It's a big hit.

Kath and Gav's leaving party was Dubai Bling/Arabian Nights. It was a fantastic night.

Andy and Mike kick back in the majalis.

It's been a VERY long school term and Daisy is exhausted but we have only four days of school left before year end, woo!

It's been another action packed month Chez Ellis. A particular highlight for me was my first child free night in nearly four years thanks to a girls night, staying at the Madinat, for Kath's going away. We've also been to the Dolphinarium, seen Room on the Broom at the Madinat theatre, had lots of kid's parties and a few not for kids parties.

I seem to have a glass in my hand in a lot of the photos. In my defence, it's been a long time since I've been neither pregnant nor had a small baby and I'm making the most of it. Rock on.

Bx

Another month flies by.

Another year bites the dust, 41 for Andy.

Strawberry ice cream, yeah!

Bastie flouts the rules and shows scant regard for the golf club's collar policy.

Easter treats all the way from England courtesy of Grandma Madge and Grandad Bob.

Thanks!

Ready set go for The Royal Wedding.

Daisy loved her Union Jack purse.

Lucy, Phoebe and Daisy were great bridesmaids for Kath and I.

A marshmallow tea cup.

Summer fun!

Woo!

Yeah!

Rah!

Daisy and Zach try out my new exercycle for size.

Hurts (the band, not another broken ankle), at Irish Village with Kath and Gav.

On stage action.

I can't believe how fast time is flying by at the moment, the end of the school year is hurtling towards us at warp speed.

In the past month Andy has gotten another year older, we (well, I) swooned over The Royal Wedding and the kids gorged on chocolate over Easter. Summer has arrived with a bang, mornings and evenings are ok but we're creeping in to the mid forties during the day. The hose is getting a lot of use to cool down hot little bodies!

We've had a garden spruce up, the gazebo got revarnished and curtains up, the outdoor sofa set cushions re-covered, the tiles re-grouted, new plants, the back steps boxed in by trellis (complete with gate) and a few new cushions to finish it all off. It was a couple of weeks of workmen spending their afternoons snoozing under the gazebo, using my new food trolley as a work bench, taking three attempts to get the job done properly (ish) and generally being an utter pain in the arse but it is finally looking really good.

We've had a few changes inside as well. Bastie has moved in with Daisy and Zach which he loves so he now goes to bed with a smile rather than broken heartedly sobbing. His room is now a play room which is fantastic, all the kids love it. I love it too, stairgate on and I'm off downstairs for a coffee in peace, woo!

We saw Hurts at Irish Village with Kath and Gav last night. They were great, very theatrical and fab live. Andy has spent all day on the couch as a result. We're going to see Joe Cocker on Sunday night at Al Badia Golf Club, last outdoor concert of the year. It's gonna be hot, my money is on Joe keeling over.

Bx

Ticking along

Bastie is right in to babies at the moment.

We went to Usher at Media City. It was amazing.

This is Faithless at Sandance Beach, Atlantis. Amazing too. Another concert! The Streets at Barasti. Very good.

Bastie having his first ice cream. No vanilla in a bowl for child number three. Choc choc-chip in a waffle cone with a side order of sand. Mmm.

Mmm times three.

Daisy and Zach warm up for their end of term dress up dance show. They rock.

Bwah ha ha! Zach bring a bit of freaky.

The boys share ice cream with friends at a party.

Daisy and Hannah at sports day.

Out of sequence photos, back to the party!

Then back to sports day. I discovered that Daisy is now old enough to embarrass when I rocked up to her sports day with pom poms....

Oh! Look who's walking.

I enjoyed a great 80's girl's night at Meydan seeing Belinda Carlisle, Boy George and others. Danced too hard and broke my ankle.

But rallied to check out Westlife at Jebel Ali Resort the following weekend. They were really good although their songs are a bit dull.

We've been keeping busy and having fun. Our big news for April is Bastie started walking which has been fantastic. No more grumpy frustrated little monster! He's so proud of himself and is now happily strutting around with a big gorgeous smile on his face.

We've fitted in a few concerts and had two weeks of school hols which was heaven. Zach managed to smash the camera so I'm running a bit short on photos.

Bx