This year we are not going away on holidays for several reasons. The first being that I am just not up for an international trip with four children, there I said it, I am a party popper.
Sami can be some what difficult at times with his tantrums and of course Eyad is just a toddler and into everything so the thought of long flights, transit times, car rentals, luggage, etc just did not appeal to me.
My other quandary is that I don't think we need to go on an international holiday every year. The kids classmates are probably 95% expatriates so mostly they return to their home country and I realize that it might be harder for my kids to be the ones who were "stuck in Oman" for the long hot summer but this is our home and some years we will travel and others we won't. And of course I am always telling my kids that "when I was a girl ..." (haha, don't you just love it when you start sounding like your parents ;-) , well we did not go on big holidays but I really cherish the memories of the camping trips and trips to the coast etc.
Sami can be some what difficult at times with his tantrums and of course Eyad is just a toddler and into everything so the thought of long flights, transit times, car rentals, luggage, etc just did not appeal to me.
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| (Yes thats me just add another child climbing on top of the other two!) |
We were about half way trough the summer break and I suggested to Ali that we take the kids to Dubai for a few days so they have a little mini vacation. Initially I was to take Sami, Lulu and Laith on the Monday and then Ali and Eyad would join us on Wednesday night after work but sadly Sami had been having a few too many tantrums that week and so he stayed with Ali and came over on Wednesday night. It is a pity as he missed out on lots of fun things but in a way it was a blessing as I had some nice quality time with Laith and Lujayne. We flew to Dubai on the Monday and arrived around lunchtime and headed out for some lunch. Applebee's was just next to the apartment and while we waited for lunch to arrive the kids played with my phone ...
Later we got a taxi out to Wild Wadi waterpark at 4pm where we rode those slides like there was no tomorrow. The main slide is eleven slides that connect together while you ride on a tube. Now to get these tubes up those steep slides the water jets propel you at great speeds, under your tube, yes, where your bottom is blasted and you get the worlds worst wedgie!
My backside didn't know what had hit it!
We also went on a rather large slide where you sat in a group tube. Laith was initially scared but once we got going he was howling with glee while I, on the other hand, howled with terror.
We got to the end and the kids were giddy and begging to go again ... I declined!
We left the park at 8pm exhausted and ready for a good nights sleep as day two was going to be a busy one!
Thanks for stopping by ...
Later we got a taxi out to Wild Wadi waterpark at 4pm where we rode those slides like there was no tomorrow. The main slide is eleven slides that connect together while you ride on a tube. Now to get these tubes up those steep slides the water jets propel you at great speeds, under your tube, yes, where your bottom is blasted and you get the worlds worst wedgie!
My backside didn't know what had hit it!
We also went on a rather large slide where you sat in a group tube. Laith was initially scared but once we got going he was howling with glee while I, on the other hand, howled with terror.
We got to the end and the kids were giddy and begging to go again ... I declined!
We left the park at 8pm exhausted and ready for a good nights sleep as day two was going to be a busy one!
Thanks for stopping by ...
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