Loopy OR How To Tell If Someone Is Visiting From London Who Spends Quite A Bit Of Time In Ireland As Of Late.

Not only did Kimbofo bring with her some 'William & Catherine' gifts, she also brought along with her some gifts purchased during a couple of visits to the Emerald Isle.

Our place seems awash with green it seems... (don't ask about the 'specks' Monet is wearing - all will be revealed in the weeks ahead about those! lol)

Big and Little Sister

I love the quiet time these two girls share. Warms my heart. =)

How To Tell If Someone From London Is Visiting Your Household

This is how you tell.

Having two girls in the house, (that would be Monet and I), who are both rather looking forward to seeing a bit of history, it was a nice surprise to see that my sister, who resides in London but has chosen to escape the London madness for the next week, brought with her some Wedding souviners.

Yep, I now have a teatowel with the bride -and-groom-to-be and Monet now owns a book about the couple and a (very cool, very chic) paper doll book.

Happenings.

We have a VIP arriving late tonight. Kimbofo last saw us for a few days in November last year when she was on her way to China and Australia. This time though, she's staying for a bit under two weeks and I'm looking forward to her coming to stay and play.

Image has been pixilated for privacy reasons. lol

Monet is pretty excited and I'm sure within 24 hours of Kimbofo's arrival, Lily will be crawling all over her and talking in her babble, babble non-stop to her.


In other news....

MrL had a wisdom tooth taken out yesterday IN THE CHAIR and the tooth had not even broken the surface! *Urgh* It was growing at an angle it should not have been but it is out now and hopefully it heals well. He has about 5 stitches in his mouth. He tells me too there was a lot of blood. He is the opposite to me when it comes to sitting in the dentist chair. Where as I sit with my eyes firmly shut, he watches what's going on by the reflection of his dentist's glasses. Umm, no thanks.

Monet has gone to school today, looking quite the individual. The kids at her school must wear a school uniform every day but they can wear whatever shoes they want. (I don't agree with this - if they have to wear a school uniform, it should also apply to the foot region, but alas, it is not my job or place...) On her feet she is wearing knee-high blue polka-dot socks with pink high-top runners. Her hair I had to put into two small pony-tails on each side. I should've taken a pic.  I think she's trying to find her place, if you know what I mean.

My parents celebrated 43 years of marriage yesterday. My father bought my mother a brand new MacBook to start to get her 'computer savvy'. I wonder if we'll see more comments from her on here from her?

And can someone please tell Lily to STOP STANDING ON CHAIRS???

I See A Holiday In Our Future

We've been umming and ahhing for a few weeks now, on where to go on holidays for a couple of weeks over the summer. We've talked about this place and that place. It is a hard decision on where to go and we've been waiting for MrL's holiday form to be processed. It seems now his holiday form has been approved for a couple of weeks in July.

You little bewdy - a two week break from the heat that Abu Dhabi has over summer, the 50 degrees plus.

Along with a time frame, we also have a budget.  And a tight one at that.  So it has been a case of sourcing the best air deals that money can buy on our chosen destination/s.

Australia was in the running for a while but the middle of winter? Hmm.  And for the price of the four of us to travel to Oz kinda adds up to the price of the four of us going somewhere in Europe PLUS accommodation.  You do the math.

And besides, we aren't sure when our time is up here in the UAE, so we're going to make the most of it whilst we can.

We've done London for the past three years in a row and you know what, I would gladly go there again this year in a flash.  I love visiting London.  But this year, I think we want to visit somewhere new and a couple of cities are swirling around our heads which are places we've never been to, but have been wanting to visit.  This July may just be our time to visit those cities.

Watch this space.

Monet is ultra excited about going on holiday, she's already talked about what she'd pack and has also been studying the world globe somewhat.  And Lily?  She loves planes and gets very, very excited when we see them, which is practically every day.  (We live quite close to Abu Dhabi Airport.)  She's looking forward to jetting off too, she's already packed her case....

Where would you go if you were us? =)

No Sticky Ice-cream Fingers

I wonder if you remember this post?

Hard to believe I now have a toddler using the same ice-cream cone holder.  But now we aren't in FNQ, but Abu Dhabi.  Weird.

I still helped her eat the ice cream, I mean, c'mon, I had too! But I tell you what, that pink cone holder saved me cleaning up a big mess...

*nom nom*

#6

Monet wibbled and wobbled her sixth loose tooth last night, until finally....

*shudder*

Now she talks with a cute 'lisp'. =)

Sally?

This post may freak my big sister out. Why? Cause it kinda freaks me out.

My big sister and I played a lot with this doll...

If memory serves me correct, I'm pretty sure her name is Sally. And now I have my youngest playing with her all. the. time.

But she's one of those dolls that are really fustrating, as when you want her to sit in your toy stroller, her legs do not behave.

Breaks your heart doesn't it?