The Dubai Trip!

Jotting titbits for memories sake!

a. The weather, cleaniness and the company ( V and C's adorable boys and their niece were wonderful company for the little one!) made this one of the best trips ever!

b. Loved the miracle garden. The wonderful weather was an added bonus.

c. Burj Khalifa was wonderful but missed clear views due to the clouds. However whatever we could see through the clouds was still fantastic!

d. The Dune bashing was ok. But the dunes themselves were mesmerizing..

e. The dolphinarium was surprisingly not the same as the ones we saw in Florida or Italy or Spain!  This is because the dolphins played some games amongst themselves without the instructor being involved at all.. I personally found it really good!

f. The wild wadi water park was good fun. I particularly enjoyed the aritifical beach with the warm waves. I floated on my back and lay peacefully looking at the clear sky. It was, for me, a beautiful experience.

g.The dubai water front was lovely. We went on a family exclusive boat ride and I had great fun!

h. The little ones enjoyed the Dubai underwater aquarium and zoo. But after the London sea life centre, the Spain aquarium and  the Atlanta aquariam, the little one was not impressed!

i. The fountain show was wonderful in the night with the music and did I mention the wonderful weather ? :)

j.I forget the name of the beach we went to - but it was clean, the water was lovely and we all had a blast!

Staying in a 2 bedroom apartment with V's family was great fun as one kid or the other did or said something naughty or charming. Even the little one's fights or tears were fond memories for me. To quote just one example, the littlest was 3 years old and fancied himself to be a lion roaring at everybody in his tiny voice. One day he got off his breakfast and announced ' The lion is now going to go for a wee!'. It was so spontaneous that it took a while for the rest of us to stop laughing! The 'lion' was mighty offended! :)

My precious daddy

1. 39 year old daddy is going out into the garden to fetch something..6 year old daughter pipes up ' Mummy Daddy is going out without his coat on! He may catch a cold! '. Dear pattuma.. your precious daddy  is much stronger than you think .. and I do not need to hold the coat and get his hands into his sleeves like I do for you!

2. Daddy is fixing the trampoline for his darling daughter now that summer is finally here. The little one comes rushing in. ' Mummy please may I have a band aid?'. ' Why Kannamma? ' . ' Daddy has got a scratch in his hand and it is bleeding. He has not even seen it. I do not want it to hurt! '. Need I say more?

3. Dad is away travelling. I pick her up from school and am driving home. 'So, what did you do at school sweetheart?'. ' I was thinking about daddy and missing him!'

4. This happened when the little one was barely 5 years old. We were at a softplay area and having not able to spot the little one amongst all the other children, dad gets up from our restaurant area and goes to check if his little one is safe. Shoes are not allowed in the soft play area so he removes them at the entrance to the area. While he is searching on one side, the little one comes out through the other side, spots her dad's shoes and brings them over to me saying ' Mummy, these are MY daddy's shoes. Somebody took it there and I have brought it back! '. 

In the meanwhile Daddy comes having not found his daughter and as a bonus, having lost his shoe! ' I did not know even people in this country stole shoes! I am very surprised'. I had to then explain to him that the 'thief' was none other than his own precious darling!