Catchup on us ....

Okay so before I do the birthday party report, just a quick catch up....
Busy week here as usual, Andrè and I both getting ready to travel. Me for two days to Oman for a NESA Virtual School conference and Andrè for 10 days I think to the US when I get back.
Ramadan is going well just hectic. Just about everything only opens after 8:30pm once all prayer-times are done for the day. I tried to get a doctor's appointment for Aimee but their first appointment was at 9pm - bit late when you have school the next day ! Great thing when you do have shopping is that they stay open til early hours of the morning ! Driving is chaotic - more than normal, if that is possible !
But otherwise all is good with us.
Student-Parent-Teacher conferences happened for us on Wednesday. Students are added in there as they are in on the conferences to hear what the teacher has to say and commit to certain goals for their school year which get re-evaluated for success at the end of the year again. Looooooonng day for me as I had parents non-stop conferencing (teaching the entire middle school - 100+ students to conference with in 6 hours .... shew) !!
Anyway on that note, Lucy is good even with our concern for certain areas of her speech, she is in the upper end of her class so thats great.
Aimee, well we know there are issues there. She hates reading and this of course is a huge drawback. Loves being read to but to get her to read is like pulling teeth ! Oh well she is a happy child on the whole regarding school so thats a good thing !

Andrè is busy with work AND getting his plans sorted for the Dubai Sevens already :)
After reffing a weekend or so back in Bahrain at the 10's tournament, he received an email this week inviting him to a referee's exchange to Manchester this month - Yay ! ... However sad news, its over Eid - thats a good thing, but... he was already scheduled to be going to the US then ! Just seems like he'll never get to go, this is the second time he has been selected and had to sit out because of work. Yes work, it pays the bills and so has to come first, but ....

So thats us, busy busy busy, and Lucy turns 6 tomorrow on top of it !