Long but good
Cohen and I had a pretty great day today. It's been long but it was nice to be busy all day.
We went back to the crazy mall (seriously it has every store ever invented, i swear to god!) but the kids play area was closed for cleaning until 12noon, so i started wandering around and found another play place for kids and it was packed. The Abu Dhabi moms group has their regular toddler group play that day, so i decided to venture in. Cohen was too young compared to the other kids but he was thrilled to see so many kids and he explored while i followed behind.
The moms aren't super friendly but i kept smiling and figuring someone in the group HAD to be nice. Sure enough i met another Canadian mom from Calgary who has been here one month. We chatted for a while which was nice, exchanged cell numbers and then i packed up to come back to Hotel Yuck for Cohen's lunch and nap.
During that time we got a call from one of our new friends who invited us to visit the beach club that they are members at. Once Cohen was up from his nap off we went and it was sooooo great!!
There was a great little pool for babies with a big tarp like thing overhead so that it stays shady and there were like 4 other pools right beside the water.
There's a huge nice gym, spa treatments, kids area, spinning, yoga, etc. You can rent water sport stuff (boards, boats, etc.)
It was really fun and nice to be outside and it not be too hot or horrible.
Cohen had the best time splashing around in the pools.
Phil has been gone all day and it looks to me like 10-12 hour days will be the norm....sigh.
well at least it's the weekend so we can all finally hang out as a family. We got here on Sunday which is the Monday for Abu Dhabi so Phil has been working this whole time. It will be nice to do some family stuff and let Phil have some Cohen time.
I don't think people realize just how tiring and much work it is to take care of a toddler. I had no idea how much work kidlets are. Good work but none the less a lot of work.
Peace out!
UMA
We went back to the crazy mall (seriously it has every store ever invented, i swear to god!) but the kids play area was closed for cleaning until 12noon, so i started wandering around and found another play place for kids and it was packed. The Abu Dhabi moms group has their regular toddler group play that day, so i decided to venture in. Cohen was too young compared to the other kids but he was thrilled to see so many kids and he explored while i followed behind.
The moms aren't super friendly but i kept smiling and figuring someone in the group HAD to be nice. Sure enough i met another Canadian mom from Calgary who has been here one month. We chatted for a while which was nice, exchanged cell numbers and then i packed up to come back to Hotel Yuck for Cohen's lunch and nap.
During that time we got a call from one of our new friends who invited us to visit the beach club that they are members at. Once Cohen was up from his nap off we went and it was sooooo great!!
There was a great little pool for babies with a big tarp like thing overhead so that it stays shady and there were like 4 other pools right beside the water.
There's a huge nice gym, spa treatments, kids area, spinning, yoga, etc. You can rent water sport stuff (boards, boats, etc.)
It was really fun and nice to be outside and it not be too hot or horrible.
Cohen had the best time splashing around in the pools.
Phil has been gone all day and it looks to me like 10-12 hour days will be the norm....sigh.
well at least it's the weekend so we can all finally hang out as a family. We got here on Sunday which is the Monday for Abu Dhabi so Phil has been working this whole time. It will be nice to do some family stuff and let Phil have some Cohen time.
I don't think people realize just how tiring and much work it is to take care of a toddler. I had no idea how much work kidlets are. Good work but none the less a lot of work.
Peace out!
UMA
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