You might find this shocking but the move caused me to get behind on my blog posts.
I cannot though let International Day go unmentioned. This was by far one of the top best days of my entire expat experience! A day where over 60 different countries were represented in one place, The American School of Dubai. A day where my children got to represent the USA in the flag parade. A day where I heard my own children saying "Hurry! We have to go visit Lebanon, Korea, Egypt, Pakistan..they have the best foods!"
Seriously? AMAZING!
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THE DAY STARTED WITH A FLAG PARADE. DIFFERENT KIDS
WERE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THEIR HOME COUNTRY.
SO EXCITED BLAKE AND OLIVIA GOT TO REPRESENT THE USA! |
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DRESS PURCHASED FROM THE JULY 4TH CLEARANCE SECTION
OF COSTUME EXPRESS! IT WAS A HIT! |
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| CAN YOU BELIEVE I BOUGHT THIS JACKET IN DUBAI!? |
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| THREE OF MY FAVORITE FRIENDSWOOD GALS! |
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| USA! USA! |
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| WHAT AN EXPERIENCE TO SEE EVERYONE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY'S DRESS! |
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EACH COUNTRY GOT TO GO UP ON STAGE
AND TELL AN IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT THEIR HOMELAND.
THE CROWD ROARED FOR THE UAE AND THE USA! |
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| FLAG PARADE! |
After the parade the real fun began! We headed to the field house where each country set up booths that represented their homeland. The booths had food, music, entertainment, traditional dress, and much more! The kids got to spend an entire day touring the booths, sampling the food and getting stamps in their "passports" along the way. Words just can't express what an amazing day this was.
The ASD moms went all out to make sure their countries were represented. They
went ABOVE AND BEYOND! Here are some shots of just a handful
of the country booths....you can just see the pride they feel for their homelands!
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| CANADA! |
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| MEXICO! I FREQUENTED THIS BOOTH FOR SNACKS! |
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| YUMMMMMM! |
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| BRAZIL! |
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| INDIA! |
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| EGYPT...THIS BOOTH WAS AWESOME! |
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I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THIS WAS HE WAS SERVING
BUT IT WAS DELICIOUS! |
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| JAPAN! |
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| AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND! |
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| AUSTRIA! |
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| SOUTH AFRICA! |
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| LEBANON! |
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| FRANCE! |
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| FINLAND |
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URUGUAY
PALESTINE
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...USA!
WE SERVED HOT DOGS, BROWNIES AND ROOT BEER FLOATS |
ARE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW LUKE CHOSE TO SHOW
HIS COUNTRY? WHOOP!
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THE ROOT BEER FLOATS WERE A HIT! SO MANY KIDS
HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF ROOT BEER! |
So what did I learn from International Day?
Growing up in America, it is ingrained in you that you live in the
BEST COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!(TRUE! TRUE! TRUE!)...
What you don't realize is: Most people all over the rest of the
world feel exactly the same way about their countries!
Pride and Love for where we come from is something most of us all share.
Thank you American School of Dubai for all the amazing things you taught us.
Bryants miss you dearly!
Cheers from Singapore!
