It Rained!

The Weather Man had forecast unstable weather for the weekend but it never came. This morning started off a little over cast and very quickly progressed to being pitch black and then the heavens opened and I mean cat’s and dog’s. I jumped in the car to collect Abdulla from nursery and made it there fine, I jumped out the car and yelped, the rain was freezing cold!!! By the time I made it in to the nursery, I was soaked and thanking god that my shirt’s fabric was of the darker thicker variety! The dad’s on the other hand were wearing their lovely white Dishdasha’s, gosh those Dishdasha’s hide a multitude of sins. I now know which ones go commando and who prefers boxers to briefs!

 

Mohamed is wearing a Dishdasha in this photo

We made it back to the car and in the process of getting Abdulla strapped in to his car seat, I got even more soaked. It took us an hour to get home (the nursery is ten minutes away), by the time we got back we were both freezing, my shoes and the bottoms of my jeans were sodden, we were soaked through. I went to get changed and even had to change my under wear. I was in the rain for a total of four minutes.
I’ve mentioned before how much we love the rain and how little we get, we sat at the front door with hot chocolate and socks on and watched it coming down. Noora said: ‘mama I love the rain it makes my heart so happy’ and Abdulla said:’let’s go splashing’!’
I hope you get a few more days of this and then I will be able to accept the fact that our winter has been short this year but at least we got some rain!

This is how we dry clothes when it rains! See the fan at the top of the picture?

I couldn’t take any photo’s but Isra has some over on her blog.

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p.s. My mother and I have taken up Tennis and I have used the cross trainner twice since it has been repaired, progress right?

Party Fun!

We went to a kids party this afternoon, the kids and adults had an absolute blast. The weather was fabulous, I can’t stress how our quality of life improves at this time of the year.

Abdulla was fantastic on this balance bike, he won’t need his training wheels for very much longer.

 

Noora with her buddy Ryan from school, you can tell that they sit at the same table together. They didn’t play like they were just friends, there was understanding and cooperation which obviously comes from them having to work together. 

My darling girl, she has started posing for the camera. Isn’t she just adorable.

Stay tuned for more news….

Laila x

Rain!

It hardly ever rains here and that in itself is an under statement. On Saturday it was a little overcast and we all got very excited at the prospect of some rain, then a severe weather warning was issued and nothing seemed to happen! It came later that night, not for a long time but boy did it pour….. Did I mention that when it does rain it pours? Anyway, no school the next day due to the weather and guess what? It was beautiful and bright! Later that afternoon, it poured for  a little while and so we sat on the front steps of the house and watched it come down.
We tasted it! (Ma, I know it’s not the best photo of me!)
Excuse Noora’s dirty shirt, we had just finished eating a Mango!
and in the morning when it didn’t rain…….
Cafe G, for ice cream and ginger bread men (in Oman we like to dunk everything!)
Oh and Balloons! A fun time was had by all.
And mummies everywhere were very relieved when the little munchkins went back to school and nursery!
At the risk of sounding ancient…. In my day ;-), school wasn't;t closed if it rained. We still went to school but got to run around in the playground all day and get drenched………now , them were the days!
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I have to add that many 10 people lost their lives and another 6 are still missing due to the flooding caused by the rains. My sincerest condolences to the families.
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