Mangrove swamps visit

Today Brendon had the day off so we took a drive out to Al Khor mangroves to have a look around. It was lovely to see so much green in one place. It smelled like the sea, had little crabs running around and fish swimming in the transparent cold water. We looked at the crabs, walked a bit, crossed the streams (with buggy in tow). Unfortunately someone had emptied cases of shot gun cartridges into the water that spoiled the scenery. The bird life was great! So quiet and peaceful. Owen enjoys a spot of fishing but Brendon needs to brush up on his skills as he keeps having to untangle line from rocks or sticks. Erin loved throwing stones into the water and I loved capturing all the moments!

A trip to the hairdresser

Always nice to be pampered.........

National Day celebrations start

Owen had a play date with Michael, from his class, this afternoon so we decided to go to an event that has been set up for National Day. It had camels, horses, goats, oryx, ostrich (aka camel bird), falcon, old cars, a dhow and huge play area. We arrived early and after a while it got really busy.
We first looked at the animals and Erin was even brave enough to sit on a camel by herself. Owen declined after he saw Michael have a near fall. Owen enjoyed feeding the goats and stroking the falcon. Erin was happy to jump on the bouncy castle and play on the round-a-bout. Michaels nanny came too and she enjoyed pushing the kids on the play horses. Brendon joined us and took Owen to see the old cars and dhow. I took Erin home for bath and bed as it was getting late and she had decided not to sleep the whole day!