Yes the little man is off and running, literally!
He is such a joy to watch. His smile and laugh make my heart flutter. I am so blessed.
One day soon I will finally remember which way to hold the phone when taking video … I hope. Sorry to make you look sideways.
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I am a little behind this year on planting our seeds but I think we will be ok, or that is the seeds will be!
This year we are planting the seeds in pizza boxes and before you go getting all worked up about the amount of pizza I am feeding my little munchkins please know that I got the pizza boxes from the school after “Pizza Sunday”.
The kids got the boxes filled with soil and then started planting.
Sami just loves pulling faces at the moment when I take a picture. I am hoping this a “phase” 
Now we need to get the watering right as the year before last everyone was watering them and the poor things just drowned.
We got the tomatoes, parsley, rucola, basil, and eggplant done two days ago and I hope we can finish the rest over the weekend.
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Lulu is still a fan of the colour pink so when she read the story of Pinkalicious, a little girl who ate too many pink cupcakes that she turned pink, she was in love!
Naturally then her party was all about Pinkalicious and all things girly and pink.
We started the party by reading the book. Everyone was given a little pair of wings (because they help you to listen better you know 
For each girl I had made a felt crown with their initial reversed appliqued on the front and a wand to be decorated as one of the craft activities. Here are the wands and crowns before the party.
After the story we headed to the kitchen to decorate the wands. The wands are made from a thick foam and then I glued felt on the back along with their initial which I kept from the reverse appliqué on the crown. Before we got to crafting we took a group shot.
Then it was down to the serious business of blinging the wands. Eyad was supervising from the back and really wanting to get in among all that fun stuff on the table.
As we had out all the glitter (which I am still finding ALL over the place, ha-ha even in my hair) we moved onto painting the ceramic photo frames that my lovely friend Jess made for me.
We moved onto eating and lots of little girl chatter which was hilarious to listen to.
Then the all important cake. Lulu loves pretty birthday cakes so I have to say folks the pressure was on! I couldn’t have done it without the help of my assistant pastry chef – Mum.
Just cut the cake Mom! (yes she has an American accent now mixed up with her Aussie / Omani accent). Oh and just in case years from now we look back on this and wonder why I was wearing one glove? Nothing to do with Michael Jackson in fact I had a nasty hot glue burn, ouch.
It was a girl’s only affair but Sami had two friends over who had sisters at the party. Cheeky monkeys … very attractive I will keep this one for his 21st party!
The two and a half hours were over before we knew it. Did they have a good time … I think so…
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Wednesday was Lulu’s birthday. My beautiful little girl has turned 6!
She woke nice and early and was greeted in the kitchen by her baby brother and her new bike.
Then Dee Dee joined in for some gift giving.
Of course the others wanted to help her open them.
After school we had football. Then we headed over to Pizza Express for dinner. Lulu loves it there because she gets to make her own pizza.
This time even Sami joined in on the fun.
Meanwhile Laith and Dee Dee chatted.
And did the pizza taste good?
We finished the night with some Gelato as we were saving the cake for her party the next day.
I love you Lulu Balooloo!
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Yes we headed to the beach today to meet Laila and Nawal with their children.
Here is Sami being chauffeured in his chariot …
Why was the beach in a bubble? Because all around us there was rain today as you can see from the looming dark sky in the background. But we had a few drops for the whole time we were there it was truly amazing.
Sami was not all that keen when Hanna joined him in his chariot but after all it is built for two buddy!
The kids had a lovely time. It is a great little beach, so calm and clean. Sami loved the water which is very unusual for him and he ate like a trooper so much so I had to check I had the right boy with me!
On the way back to the car we stopped at the park and the kids had a see-saw while I packed the car.
Of course they were fighting over who gets to sit with Eyad. Eyad honey if you are reading this blog post 20 years from now you must know that these three ALWAYS fight over who’s turn it is to play with you! You are truly loved my darling.
Lulu won …
I am in party planning mode as Lujayne turns 6 on Wednesday and we are having a small party on Thursday for her. Everything around me is pink and I have glitter all over me 
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I love the beach, really I do. But to be perfectly honest with you I am not all that crazy about the sand. Lets face it, it gets into everything and at the end of the day you have 4 sandy kids to try and brush down before they get into the car and spread the sand through their car seats only for them to complain about the scratchy sand next time they get into their seats! All that aside I still love going to the beach.
Lulu LURVES the beach. Aunty Sharon do you recognise the t-shirts, we are all about the Italian factor here at the moment!
This was the day after the rain so things were a little churned up but still there was lots of shell collecting, rock jumping, water splashing and of course burying your little brother fun to be had.
Eyad was not so keen on the water side of the beach but he liked the soft sand and using his shovel.
Dee Dee was here to help keep the peace and watch out for any one trying to make a break for the ocean … no names mentioned LULU!
Every time we go to the beach I think to myself we should do that more often. I think next time we might walk down there instead and that might save me from the sand/car dilemma, although I can almost hear the moans and groans about the walk home already!
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