My Birthday Presents

These were two of my best presents this year.

Lil N:

Lil H:

Workin' at the Car Wash...yeah!

Mr. D has waited for this moment for a long time....

Exercise is Fun!

Well, at least Lil N thinks it's fun....

Oman Trip

We had a wonderful time in Oman. The resort was fabulous. We had fun at the pool, the lazy river and the beach. We also went dolphin watching one day. That was a neat experience. Oman is a pretty country. Nice and green, and even has mountains which we had no idea about. So that was a nice surprise.

Quotes from the trip:
"Mom, I'm not sleeping in that bed. It's not my bed." (Lil N)
"This isn't our house. We have to go to our house." (Lil H)
And we had this conversation every night....

We also found out that both girls grind their teeth while they sleep. Ouch! And they aren't very good bed partners at all. Mr. D and I were happy to get back home so that we could have our bed back to ourselves again. Here are some pics:

Mr. D and Mr. P(a friend that happened to be there the same day we arrived) and the girls floating down the lazy river

Mr. D, Lil H, Lil N and me on the hotel terrace

Mr. D just had to have a pic of this

Lil N, Mr. D and Lil H hanging out in the kiddie pool

The girls having a conversation....my favorite pic

On the boat dolphin watching

There go some...

A resort that we saw from the boat

The girls and I on the beach picking up sea shells

The girls and a new friend they made at the airport

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

Happy Birthday sweet girls! I can't believe you are already 3.

Today we took cookies to school, then went to CircusLand and rode the carousel, the airplanes and other fun things. We then went home and waited on Mr. D to show up with dinner. We sang Happy Birthday one more time, ate cake and opened presents. It was the perfect day!

Lil H and Lil N riding the horses

Up in the airplanes --- whee!!
Lil N driving with a bear
Lil H driving a puppy dog

Catching Up

Time to play catch up. I know....it's been a while since my last post. I'm not exactly sure where the time went. I'm sure there was some sickness in there somewhere. And then my new found freedom on Monday and Wednesday has allowed me to venture out more and that keeps me off the computer.
So let's start with Easter. It was a great day. We started off the day with Easter baskets which included all sorts of stuff.... singing Easter eggs, My Little Pony's, books, loads of candy, and a nice cuddly lamb with an Easter story to go along with it. :-) We then went to church for a lovely service and then had a late lunch at a friend's house. The girls also got to hunt Easter eggs which is definitely a highlight for them. And I'm happy to report that the Easter bunny has already hopped away with his eggs so there will not be any more egg hunts until next year. Last year I think we hunted Easter eggs for about 3 months after Easter. This year, it only lasted about 3 weeks so that's great news for me. Some pics from Easter:

Lil N and Lil H before church

Lil H and Lil N hunting eggs

The girls are really enjoying school and they now tell me they want to go every day. It looks like they will get their chance next year as a 5 day program is all that is offered at the school they are at now. I was hoping for a 3 day program.... but we'll take what's given to us I guess. There is one other school that is closer to our house that we may check out, but I think we are all leaning towards staying at the same school next year.

The girls will soon be 3. We had their birthday party this past weekend. We had 7 little girls in attendance. It was a Hello Kitty birthday party. We colored Hello Kitty sheets, played Hello Kitty Bingo (I know Grandma is proud!!) and snacked on rainbow-colored goldfish, graham cracker butterflies and strawberry birthday cake. Everyone seemed to have a great time. And the girls got some really neat presents. Here are some pics:

Lil H before the party

Lil N before the party

Everybody coloring their Hello Kitty sheets

Everybody playing Hello Kitty Bingo

All the little girls eating cake

Lil H and Lil N with one of their new presents

Lil H with a present

Lil N with her new best friend

This week we leave for our vacation to Oman. We are staying at a beach resort for 4 nights. We are all very excited and will share pictures when we get back.

Off to Preschool!

The day finally arrived. We had been trying to get the girls into a preschool program. We had been on the waiting list since December. But the problem was that we were having to wait on 2 spots to come open. We had passed up a few single spots and finally 2 opened up last week. So we are off to school!

It was slim pickins' in Doha for school supplies this time of the year. But the girls were happy with what we were able to find. The backpacks are almost as big as them, but they don't seem to mind.

They will only be going 2 days a week, Monday and Wednesday. But it's a start! Here are pics from their first day.

(Lil H and Lil N)

(Lil N)
(Lil H)
(Lil H and Lil N in the school lobby)

They were excited about going to school, but not about Mom and Dad leaving them there alone. There were a few tears shed when we left them, but when we went to pick them up, they were all smiles and happy playing with the other kids and not ready to leave. So that's a good sign!