getting into the groove

Well here we are ..the first day of school was today and no matter what country you are in that is a stressful day. Today was a little crazy , Kayden is starting grade 1 and he was so excited to get out and finally meet some boys his age! there are a lot of kids here in the tower but it seems like all the kids his age are girls ! So hopefully today can lead to some new friends. So he was up bright and early ready for the day ! sending him on the bus was a little stress full as I  was not able to go with him so off he went and Brandt met him there they say all went well so fingers crossed!!! His buss was pretty swanky  , it was nicer than any buss i have ever been on   , fully tinted Mercedes tour buss. I'm sure he will grow to love that time with friends  #Blessings
It really feels like we are starting to get in the groove of things , meeting lots of new and wonderful people! all here for the same reason....get some really cool life experiences!!  And we are defiantly having them...i keep saying to Brandt ...."Different is different  not better or worse" which i learned from a very wise client!! And things are different    in every way!!
We were out shopping at our version of bed bath and beyond and  there was an announcement that the store would be closing for prayer time. Which means they lock the doors and you can not check out so we were making a mad dash to get out .Just picture it , grabbing kids and pots /pans/lunch bags/school supplies and  rushing to the check out to avoid being in the for 20 plus minutes with the kids.  It was comedic but when we made it to the car it was really funny :)  But on a positive the prayer times are helping us get in to a routine ...how you ask ? well there are 5 prayers a day  that go by the height of the sun (i believe ) so the morning ones i haven't figured out yet but there is one baicall right at dinner..and one right before bed time . SO our kids know the dinner prayer means it;s time to eat and that last prayer is the best! BED TIME!!  there is no debate that's the bed time prayer and off they go ! little do they know it's only going to get earlier and earlier as the sun set earlier.....lol
We have been out exploring as much as possible , me and the kids finally took our first bus ride and headed in the camp. It was pretty awesome , i get to chill out with the kids  , play iPad  , read a book  and don't have to deal with the pure insanity out side of the window! kinda nice. We headed to the library which is just like the ones at home just a little smaller scale but we still managed to find a lego building book of course and we were good. Also another epic play ground. the kids love the buss so much they are willing to take a 20 min buss ride to get to the playground. the days here go by very slowly....I am getting very bored .  And it is difficult to get out  on my own and explore with the kids and busses so we are doing what we can , We take the buss to camp and go to the playground which in the real world may not be what i would do but here that burns like 2 hours of time in stead of a 15 min trip to the playground .The other day i was so bored i even played solitaire on my phone !!! we are doing baking and what I can , i still don't have any of my stuff from home so it's like camping . I have decided i'm going to plan our next vaction to fill my time so we are going to go to..............Hong kong Disney land , then off the Tokyo Disney !!! Why not right! so i'm looking forward to planning that one!!! # Adventure!
With all of our free time before school we have found some awesome places for the kids to run around and be kids.   We drive around camp looking for the next great place to go and it's so Bazar , there  is never anyone around the playgrounds are empty the streets never have anyone walking or ridding a bike or anything that you would normally see. I assume that it's because it's like 47 degrees plus 70 plus Humidity ......my  youngest is pleading for water like it's a new toy.  but still where are all the People?? We found a great BMX park and skate park which my kids don't have their bikes yet but loved running around  , up and down the ramps , . It was great ! i am no physic but i deffenitly see someone breaking a bone there in the future.

Playgrounds here are pretty amazing!! 

Welcome to Palm springs KSA , it is truly beautiful in some places  , Saudi what?!

BMX/Skate park 

Couple shots of the future location of the Tracey's first broken bone , but tons of sweat and fun times FOR sure!!! 

We did have the kids scooters with us , and so off Kayden went!!! If you look closely you can see the look of "pure terror" in his eyes! he was flying 

Sand BMX track!!  

These are Dates that the workers had picked from the trees around and were drying  . I know they don't look like much but they shared a couple with us  , and once i got past the terror that a giant bug was going to crawl out of it(which of course it never did) They were so Tasty , and sweet!!  We are trying something new every week so i see cooking with dates in our future.

There is every car dealer ship you could imagine! i have to get a picture of the lamborghini one!!! it's down the street from the watermelon man!

let the #adventures continue