Hot and cold

Sorry for not writing, but I have been very tired this week. Jon has been away all week, Egypt and Lybia, and the heat is definitely getting worse. It's hot and humid. The windows are wet in the morning. The first day I thought it had been raining in the night, but I soon realised that it was the humidity. Today the temperature showed 42 degrees as I was driving the girls home from English class att 11am.

Last Sunday, the girls were off school, so we decided to do something crazy, we went to Ski Dubai to escape the heat. We went with another Swedish family, whose kids go to the same school as Emma and Isabelle. They all went skiing, but Isabelle was to unexperienced, so we had to stay in the snow park. But that was great, we had a lot of fun, until forty crazy Indians decided to take over the slopes. The had obviously never seen snow before and were acting like children, throwing snow and chasing each other. Isabelle and Emma were quite astounded by the whole thing. Until one man stole Emma's sledge and she started crying. But we still had fun and never enjoyed the cold so much.

On Tuesday I had my last golf lesson in the sweltering heat. Luckily, the course was quite breezy, so it wasn't too bad. We played about 5 holes, great fun. It's coming back to me more and more.

Isabelle has also been to a friend's house this week, an American girl named Maya G. She had a great time and obviously had to speak and understand English all afternoon. When I picked her up, Maya's dad said 'what a well-behaved girl, so charming and good manners, and she ate all her food'....I thought - are we talking about the same girl here, Isabelle Kiely, stubborn, naughty 4-year old who never eats her food....So I came home a proud mum. At least she knows how to behave, that's the important thing :-) Actually, Isabelle has been really happy all week, and she is talking a lot of English now, even with me.

On Friday Jon was home and we all went to The Lakes club to go swimming. We were 6 Swedish families together and the kids had a great time. In the evening Jon's boss, Brian, came for a meal with his family. Very nice and the girls were entertained by his 15-year old daughter Carly.

Today we're taking it easy, I've been running (in the gym), Jon's been working, the girls have been to English class and Emma's now playing with a school friend. Right now they are giving all the Barbie dolls a bath. Jon has gone to the fish shop with Isabelle to buy 3 more fish. Another one died this week...and James just locked himself into Emma's room...have to go.

Bye!