Happy Thanksgiving

We want to wish everyone back home a Happy Thanksgiving. We are having Thanksgiving dinner at a co-workers house and they are having Turkey and all the wonderful items that go with it and we can't wait. They are expecting 22 people there so it should be a lot of fun. We are so blessed to have friends here to celebrate the holiday with since we are so far from home.

We couldn't have asked for a better company for my husband to work for and co-workers who try to make this country our home away from home. We have a lot to be thankful for this year with Paul's new job and another country that we get to experience that only happens once in a life time. We are also thankful for co-workers who really try to help you every way they can while you are here.

I am also thankful for our daughter and my wonderful husband and best friend Paul. We couldn't have asked for a better child then Sydney.

We are also thankful for our family and friends back home who we love and miss.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We have another holiday here coming up that is called Eid Mubarak "blessed festival" and everyone is getting ready for the celebration. Sydney will be off from preschool and they have a display in the front hall at her school for the holiday with sand, camels and a tent. How cute. It starts on Nov. 25.

Eid Mubarak

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eid mubarak (Arabic: عيد مبارك‎, Persian/Urdu: عید مُبارک) is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved for use on the festivals of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr. The phrase translates into English as "blessed festival", and can be paraphrased as "may you enjoy a blessed festival". Muslims wish each other Eid Mubarak after performing the Eid prayer. This celebration continues until the end of the day, and continues a further three days. It is notable that saying these exact words is a cultural tradition influenced by deep roots of religion in it; however, it is not part of any religious obligations. Speakers of Arabic might also add "kul 'am wantum bikhair."

Eid refers to the occasion itself, and Mubarak means 'congratulations'.

Throughout the Muslim world there are numerous other ways of greeting for Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr. The Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad used to say to each other when they met on Eid ul-Fitr:

Taqabbalallâhu minnâ wa minkum

which means "may God accept from us and you [our fasts and deeds]".

An exception to this use in the Muslim world is Turkey where 'Eid Mubarak' is not common at all. The Turkish Bayramin Mubarek olsun, meaning may your holiday be blessed is common.

Big Girl Cup

I am so excited Sydney has finally learned how to drink out of a cup with no lid or straw. Say good bye to the little girls cups and say hello to the Big Girl cups. Now if I could just get her potty trained she would truly be a Big Kid now, but it is coming along slowly. It is truly amazing they are truly watching your every move.

The Pugs

Lucy and Teddy finally made the big trip to Abu Dhabi. They have been here now for two weeks and it has been great having them here with us. The trip seemed to make them really tired, but they have gotten a long just fine. The time difference did affect them with there eatting, but it didn't take along time for them to fit into the rountine here. I have already had them at the local vets office and everyone seems to be just fine.

Lucy did have to have her teeth cleaned and two teeth removed so the past couple of days she has been taking it easy and not eatting vary much. Which should help her even more to lose some weight. I am glad they have vets here from all over the world and it seems to be the best care they could have while they are here. I am vary happy with the vets office when I picked her up after her cleaning they had her in the front in the reception area and giving her lots of love which pugs just love and eat right up. I am also vary excited to know there are so many pugs here I was a little nervous about bringing them over here because it is so hot in the summer, but I am not worried now knowing there are other pugs here that have been in the heat. Lucy goes for a follow up appointment about her teeth tomorrow.

Teddy seems to be fine and eatting well we are hoping to put him on regular food soon. I think he might have been upset while we were gone and now that we are together and they have been pampered by us and my mother in law they should be just fine. After all we are the lucky ones to have the pugs in our life. The pugs are really special dogs and love to be with there owner 24 7. We really missed that while they were gone.

Sydney is really happy the dogs are here and she is helping me walk them everyday. She is really growing up as we speak, but she will always be my little girl. She seems to be getting really tall she is almost 3 feet tall now. She is going to be tall, which is a good thing. Sydney is also learning to throw the toys for Teddy which is so cute. She is doing great with the dogs.

Pre School

Sydney is starting a new pre-school tomorrow. We had her at one, but since we moved into our villa we found one a lot closer to the villa. I have been talking to Sydney about the school and see seems excited about going and making friends. The schools time goes from 7:30 to Noon so I think this schedule will work better for her and her nap in the after noon. The time will be closer to the pre-schools back home. I will miss having her here, but she needs time with other children her own age. Also it will give me some more time to fix up the house.

F1 race

The F1 race finally came to Abu Dhabi and it was really cool they had several concerts and finally the big event on Saturday the final race of the 2009 F1 year. The box seats we had were really cool and the free food was not bad either. Going to this race brought me back to NASCAR when our family went to a few races when I was a kid. The race was really cool and seeing Abu Dhabi make history was even better. They plan to have races here every year for a least 5 years maybe more. I am glad we went to the race.

Villa

We have finally moved into our new home. We have been here about a week and have been triing to sent up the house. Time sure does fly bye fast. The dogs just came over as well and so the whole family is back together again.

Sydney will start a new school now that we have moved and the new school will be closer to our new home. Which makes it really nice. She will still go 5 days a week. She has been home with me this week and I have enjoyed having her around. She is already asking about the new school and she seems to be excited about going there. Hopefully in the next week or so.

The weather is starting to cool down some, but I would like it to be a little cooler though everyone says it happens in the next few weeks.

Halloween

Sydney was a witch for Halloween she looked so cute. The neighborhood was full of kids and we ran out of candy. I didn't think that would happen here.