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.
X

Oranges and Lemons Said the Bells Of St. Clements

So I briefly mentioned that we had Eid but we also got a whopping ten day holiday to go with it. The weather had turned, temperature’s are about 25C most days, lovely snowy white bouncy clouds and a breeze oh the breeze! If it was like this for at least half of the year we would certainly be in paradise.

So what do we do when the weather changes? Pick oranges off of Nana and Babu’s tree’s of course.

  Babu showing us how it’s done!

Noora and her Sister Lulu

and then we eat………

  

What are little girls made of?

Every part of an orange!

Oh and the lemons bit!

Laila  xx

We had another Eid!

The weather has turned and so the kids all had a great time!

and the adults ate

 

it was a little chilly that night and the kids put on the lonjohn pyjama’s that Nana had brought them and settled down for some t.v before bedtime.

cuties!

A great time was had by all, but thank god it’s over. I am now looking forward to getting December out of the way, roll on January!
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Sewing Bliss

warning: picture and smiley heavy post
In the run up to the fairs my sewing room looked like this
and this

Can you spot my breakfast tray?  It had been there for a few breakfasts before I cleared it away, what a PIG!

Those of you who know me will understand that this is very very out of character, It takes me an hour to get to bed every night because I like to tidy up so that things are spick and span for the half an hour in the morning when I am awake before the kids.
The thought of having to empty all the boxes and refold the fabric/ colour coordinate etc had me dragging my heels, so I created a new play list with the new cd’s my mum brought me and away I went.
Which brings me to my next question, do you think I have a problem?

 

No, I didn’t think so either!

Result :-) (oh and by the way, by this time the breakfast tray had become my dinner tray)

Now about that problem……

Maybe it’s just the beginning of one?

Don’t hold back with your opinions ladies ;-)
XXX

Kids Rooms

Remember  back in the summer I promised some before and after pics of the house. Well so far I only have afters of the kids rooms, I’ll get the rest later (another thing to add to my to do list!).

What Originally started out as Noora’s and was then they shared has now reverted back to you guessed it… Noora’s Room

 

And Abdulla’s Room, which was initially his and then the guest room and is now his room again…

  I am really proud of the blind in this room, it only cost me OR1.800 a metre (about USD 5.00) as it was the end of the roll. Just so you know, I loved it before I found out the price ;-)

Pardon the pink bed guard! Abdula wanted a McQueen themed room, but I hate disney inspired bedrooms and so he has mostly animals with a few McQueen stick ons and duvet cover.

Did I mention that my Mum is home, we had lots of fun catching up yesterday and the kids just loved seeing their Nana.

Off to get Abdulla from nursery.

Laila XX