All in a Weekend

At the end of this past weekend Luke cried "That's it? It's over? Already back to school!?"  I felt his pain!  The weekend was a blur!  Our weekends here are Friday and Saturday and I still don't think I am used to that even after a year and a half!  It seems to fly by every week.  So yes it was a busy weekend but it was a weekend full of FUN and new experiences!

I'll start with Thursday afternoon because we all know that is when the weekend really starts in our head!

LUKE'S TEACHER GREETED US AT THE DOOR FOR SOME HALLOWEEN FUN!

WE WATCHED THE KINDERGARTENERS PARADE THROUGH
 THE SCHOOL AND I ATTENDED THREE CLASS PARTIES

THE MUMMY WRAP..IT NEVER GETS OLD!

Thursday after school we raced home, had a snack and then
 headed back to school for Luke's big Tae Kwon Do test!  
He earned his yellow belt!  He was SO proud and so were we!

So it is STILL Thursday!  We leave the Tae Kwon Do test and head 

home where I make a QUICK transformation into a.....WITCH!  

2nd annual Dubai Witch Party here I come!  

THESE THREE WITCHES OUTDID THEMSELVES WITH
THE MOST AMAZING DECORATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT!

OH YES, WITCHES CAN RAP

Such a fun night with so many amazing friends I am just not ready to say good-bye to!  There were cackling contests, broom rides and friends beware: Witches brew can cause headaches the morning after.

So it's Friday now and Luke lost his first tooth.

And some time later he lost his second tooth in the same day...

and made 4 baskets at basketball! GO DUKE!

So it's Friday night now and it's time to head to ASD for some trick-or-treating fun!

The school hosted a big Halloween party on the field where all the families

set up tables for the kids to trick-or-treat to.  It was the first one at our

 new campus and it was a BLAST!  Our table was Texas-themed..of course!

THIS YEAR WE HAVE TRON, FIONA FROM SHREK 4 AND A "TWEEN" WITCH!
OH AND DON'T FORGET  THE  "TU-TU HAPPY ELMO"( as she calls it)

OUR TEXAS THEMED TABLE...

THIS GIRL CAN TRICK-OR-TREAT

HOW CUTE IS THIS COSTUME!  A PAPER DOLL!

I LOVED THIS ONE TOO! AVATAR!

THIS IS LILLY'S IDEA OF A GOOD "CHEESE"

WHAT? I HAVEN'T HAD TOO MUCH CANDY.  TIME TO HEAD HOME!


And it is now Saturday, the last day of our weekend.  
Our weekends in Dubai are numbered and there are still some things we want to do! 
 One being to take the kids down to the souks to shop and take
 an abra ride on the old Dubai Creek.  Deric and 
I have done this but the kids have not..until now!  
The girls had fun shopping and bargaining!  
And of course Lilly was a hit with all the vendors...

HARD CORE NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON...

It was a lot of effort to get down there and park but I am so glad we did this! 
 It could be a long time before any of us take an abra ride again!  


So the weekend is almost over but we still have one more task ahead.  
PUMPKIN CARVING!  I will not go into what I paid for this USA pumpkin
 but let's just say at home I could have bought around 7 of them 
for the same cost!  It was worth it though to see these smiling faces having fun!

LUKE WAS MORE EXCITED TO CARVE ON ANYTHING HE COULD

FIND WITH HIS FIRST EVER POCKET KNIFE DERIC BROUGHT

HIM FROM SWITZERLAND!

LILLY FOUND THIS ALL TO BE "GUK"

SERIOUS CARVING GOING ON

MORE POCKET KNIFE CARVING

What's in store for next weekend?  SINGAPORE BOUND!

Cheers from Dubai!