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Happy New Year!

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  This is our 2nd New Year here in Dubai and we once again spent it with friends watching fireworks at the Jumeirah open beach. We went to the beach prepared with our tent, BBQ stuff, food, blankets, and chairs. The tent was up and the grill was set on fire when 3 beach guards (we think) approach each group asking to put down tents and turn off the fire since it was not allowed. A bit of a boohoo since we were all looking forward for some warm soup (we had beef mami) and bbq’d  hotdogs while waiting for the show.     Luckily the couple R+L  prepared some Kaldereta and I prepared a few fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls or else we could have been hungry all night.   We did manage to sneak in some bbq while waiting for the grill fire to die down :). V had so much fun playing in the sand while waiting for the fireworks. He just kept on asking us whether it was time yet for the …

a busy DSS for V

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Ohh summer is here which only mean the start of  Dubai Summer Surprises tempting us with huge SALE banners everywhere. Aside from the shopping there is a lot of activities for kids a great bonding time with Daddy’s as the lady of the house makes a mall tour (oh happy me). Vierte was excited to finally see Sportacus in person, a big boy that he is sat with the other kids waiting for the show to start and even manage to take a nap.  It was fun watching him talk to other kids and sing along to every song. Whenever he whines on finishing his share of veggies or fruits we call him Vierte Robbie Rotten which he just hates and grabs a spoonful of vegetables and  reply “No I’m Sportacus! You will lose Daddy.” Watched the show twice in 1 week. We didn’t know about the Spiderman show at Burjuman good thing Coy had to go there to have his watch checked. They prepared chairs for kids which was nice of them as it …

Child Seats Mandatory

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FINALLY! I admit it was only this year that we decided to buy V a car seat, before I stay with him at the back and both of us (most of the time) not buckled up. It was Friday Magazine’s article on the importance of wearing seat belt and car seat that finally opened our eyes. On a recent cineMama Event we met Lesley Cully founder of Buckle Up In the Back she gave a little talk on how important it is to buckle up and WE AGREE! here’s a link to GulfNews article on the new law .lw_cad_link:link { text-decoration: underline; border-bottom: 1px; } .lw_cad_link:visited { text-decoration: underline; border-bottom: 1px; } .lw_cad_link:hover { text-decoration: underline; border-bottom: 2px; }

The day I met Martha Stewart

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Kari posted message below on our group wall: “Calling Martha Stewart Fans!!! Martha Stewart is coming to Dubai! FIA is invited to the launch and signing of her new magazine at Tavola MOE. It’s on Saturday 18th June at 14:00. Please arrive a little earlier so to purchase a magazine and form a line for the signing. Magazines will be available at the store. Who is in?” I got excited and was the 3rd one to reply and immediately called C announcing that Martha is coming to Dubai. We checked our weekend schedule and confirmed that the children’s party that Saturday will be at 5pm. Lucky me! We arrived at MOE around 12:30 noon headed to straight to Tavola to make sure that we arrived before the scheduled time which was 2pm. Vierte by then has been asking where his friends are and why are we at Mommy’s place. Coy suggested that we eat something first, Vierte immediately announced that he’s hungry. It was nice to see that not only women lined up to see …

Family weekend fun and meeting Martha

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As mentioned here we had a busy weekend. Two of our family friends celebrated an important milestone for their little ones, Liam my godson celebrated his 2nd birthday and Terd had a Christian dedication. Liam’s 1st Birthday Race Car Cake I just realized now that I’ve been making Liam’s birthday cake every year. For his first birthday I made a cars themed cake and for this year a Mickey Mouse themed cake. Liam love Mickey Mouse and you would find him quietly seated in front of the TV whenever the famous Disney character is on. This is just a simple cake using basic shapes. I used a circle cookie, flower and little bird cutters. I kept asking Vierte for approval if the cake looked nice and he would make a comments like “Ma put more here and here” and of course I obliged. When I told him I’m done he proudly declared “You did a good job Mama!” Chocolate Cupcakes with poured fondant. I made poured fondant by mixing water and left over fondant from the …

The moon is broken

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Luckily, we had a good view of Mr. Moon last night. Excitedly we told Vierte to observe the moon till it disappear. As expected when we said it would disappear he replied with “Ma it’s not sunny. The moon will stay cause it’s sleeping time”   Checking Mr. Moon every 10-15 minutes and showing him photos taken he then notice that  indeed it was getting smaller. Last night’s lunar eclipse is said to be second longest in century. Vierte kept telling us that the moon is broken because the cow ate the moon.