November in Dubai

It's finally cooling down a little bit here. We even had a little bit of rain the other day. The clouds seem to come in during the afternoon, and the mornings are brilliantly blue sky.

It is the Eid holiday this week. We decided to stick around Dubai and haven't been doing too much. We went over to friends' the other day. They live in a villa and the kids had a great time swimming, and we enjoyed sitting out in the evening.

Chase told us his version of "The boy who cried wolf". He claims Rick told him and Rick denies it...

Once upon a time there was a boy who was outside watching the fields. He had to go to the toilet, so he called "wolf". Everyone in the village came outside and he ran in to the house to use the toilet. The next day, the same thing happened again. The boy needed to use the toilet, so he called "wolf." Again, eveyone in the village came out and he ran in to the house to use the toilet. The next day, while the boy was out in the field, he did see a wolf and yelled "wolf". Everyone in the village ignored him and the wolf ate him.

Happy Halloween

Time is moving along so quickly it is hard to believe that Halloween has come and gone already.

Sunday is the first day of our work week. I was tempted to try and convince the kids to skip trick or treating this year but I don't think that I would have been very successful. So, Rick and the kids picked me up after work and we headed to the same neighbourhood that we went to last year. The kids had a great time. It was a lot of fun to see so many children running about and enjoying the activity. Once again we were amazed by the beautiful neighbourhood and the extent of the decorations that people put up.

We walked some and then returned to the air conditioned comfort of the car. It was 30 degrees - even after dark. Both of the kids took their masks off between houses and were dripping in sweat. After about an hour and a half, they decided they had enough candy and we called it a night.