We can’t believe that we have a 10 year old in our household! Where did the time fly? For Molly’s 10th, she invited 5 of her close Dubai friends over for a slumber party, complete with pizza, a movie and ‘ice cream’ cupcakes. The highlight was having a limosine pick her and her sisters up at our apartment and then go around town picking her friends up. Because we are in Dubai where renting fancy cars is not only common but affordable, we gently reminded the girls that this might be the only times in their lives they will have this opportunity! HA.
Getting picked up by a limosine!
Drinking Fanta from champagne glasses!
Molly’s Birthday Crew: Emma, Selma, Eva, Abi, and Mary Claire!
We put 5 mattresses on the living room floor where all the action took place.
Craft table with photo bomb by Caroline
Birthday cupcakes
Ever seen a “braid train” before? yep, us either.
The girls and their nerd glasses.
A new area down the beach from us appropriately called “The Beach.” Such a cool, modern area just right on the beach with a beautiful view, good shopping, and fun open areas for the kids to play. Also, really nice public restrooms complete with showers for rinsing off after having played in the sand!
This is a SAND castle. Nothing else, just sand.
And another one lit up with lights.
Another pretty area of The Beach.
Caroline and her teacher, Mrs. Legg for field day. Their team color was purple, if you couldn’t tell.
Noor, Rania, Caroline, Hannah, and Jennah
I didn’t get photos from Lucy or Molly’s field day, so hopefully will get those soon, and will upload those as well. But I did join Molly and her class on her field trip to a place called Desert Ranch out in the boonies, where the kids learned about Arabian horses, date palm trees, and had the opportunity to pet horses, drink camel milk, and eat dates!
Molly’s 4th class after they visited Desert Ranch.
One of the tasks was for the class to run up the sand dune and retrieve the UAE flag. It’s much farther up than it looks!
There’s always a camel around to hug here in Dubai.
Molly petting an Arabian horse.
The class learned about Arabian horses, and got to see them run around. Did you know they are born to run with the legs and tail up? Not trained….
A moms on the move outing that I planned: A visit to a rug shop for a lesson in learning to buy rugs, what to look for, how to differentiate qualities and the differences between handmade and machine made. Very fascinating!
Next up, a trip to London, UK to meet my friends Jane and Lisa from Houston!
Vestals in Dubai 
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