Some of you may recognise the name Rastanura because Andre worked at the Rastanura Aramco refinery for the first 3 years of our stay in Saudi. On Friday (05/09/08) we left before the crack of dawn - well maybe not literally but it felt that way to head out to Rastanura for a triathlon, so it was 5:40am ! There are no photos to go along with the post not because we weren't allowed to take photos, not because we had nothing to photograph, but because .... because my darling husband rushed us out the door so early we were on the road before it 'dawned' on me that I'd left it at home.
So... Andre has been going to spinning class twice a week for the past month or so and this was to be his first triathlon in mmmmm 6 years :shock: He was only going to do the cycle and run though because swimming is just not his thing.
I keep saying going to, was, instead of did, anyone notice that ? Andre bailed 16kms (sorry Andre has corrected me....it was 16.8kms) out of 20kms on the bike :( seems an empty stomach and Isostar do not go together and he ended up, very unceremoniously throwing-up along the route, and not feeling up to continuing. I would like to say as the girls enjoyed the beach and splashing around in the water, I sat feeling just a touch warm wondering why on earth anyone would even want to be putting themselves through the exercise in this heat hehehe
He did look good and there is always next time. Needless to say the girls are chomping at the bit for 'next time' and a chance to visit a clean, western beach that looks and feels a little more like home :) AND one where mom doesn't have to wear an abaya ! AND AND 'next time' we may just have some pictures to share !
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Aimee's ECG
We went to the doctor a week ago to get Aimee's prescription filled and he asked when last she had had an ECG and her blood checked ? Of course we had to answer never, as no one had asked before. From the conferences and research I have done on ADHD, I knew this was becoming common practice to keep tabs on the long term affects of Ritalin but none of the doctors we had ever seen had requested it. So off we went to have our very first ECG - Aimee practicing to say electrocardiogram to be able to tell her friends at school. She had an issue keeping still at first - strange how when you have to you just can't huh ? And then the blood - that didn't go down as well as the ECG, might have had something to do with needles and 2 testtubes that needed filling ;)
So we all tested out and good to go now.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Report cards today....
Wow we are already in our 4th quarter, the home stretch is ahead of us, before we know it, it'll be the end of another year and we'll be on our summer break.
Anyway, we only received report cards today due to our spring break starting directly after the last day of quarter 3.
Now that I have given the background and foreground hehehe down to the business at hand....how'd we do ?
Aimee is doing fabulously, 13/16 of her grades were A's, 7 of those were A+'s ! She is starting to enjoy her writing more and from her teacher's comments, this is becoming easier and more creative. Of course we still battle to spark the enthusiasm for anything extra at home but at least it seems there is light at the end of the looooooong tunnel :)
As for Lucy, she is getting better with her reading but definitely lacks confidence to try and put herself out there. Same as we had with Aimee, the listening and comprehension is good but the 'trusting that she can try herself' is a little lacking. Oh well many many many years at school still so no need to worry, yet ;)
And hey if the speaker I heard at my recent teacher conference is anything to go by ....looking at brain development, some kids develop the necessary 'links' in the brain as late as 9 years old ! Wow the brain is an amazingly complicated thing !
Anyway, we only received report cards today due to our spring break starting directly after the last day of quarter 3.
Now that I have given the background and foreground hehehe down to the business at hand....how'd we do ?
Aimee is doing fabulously, 13/16 of her grades were A's, 7 of those were A+'s ! She is starting to enjoy her writing more and from her teacher's comments, this is becoming easier and more creative. Of course we still battle to spark the enthusiasm for anything extra at home but at least it seems there is light at the end of the looooooong tunnel :)
As for Lucy, she is getting better with her reading but definitely lacks confidence to try and put herself out there. Same as we had with Aimee, the listening and comprehension is good but the 'trusting that she can try herself' is a little lacking. Oh well many many many years at school still so no need to worry, yet ;)
And hey if the speaker I heard at my recent teacher conference is anything to go by ....looking at brain development, some kids develop the necessary 'links' in the brain as late as 9 years old ! Wow the brain is an amazingly complicated thing !
We CAN be loving ...
While Andre and I went down for breakfast and checkout on our last morning in Bangkok, Aimee and Lucy waited in the room (naked so as not to mess up the clothes they'd be wearing to go home, but I won't post any of the incriminating ones here hehehe). They were angels, played together and read together in bed. Proving on one of the odd occassions, they could be loving hehehehehe
Didn't have anyone to take a photo of 'us' on our last morning, but Andre took this one of me...wasn't to bad so I guess its ok to load hehehe
Aren't they beautiful ....
Aren't they gorgeous ??
Flowers and our girls hehehe
Took these photos in our hotel lobby, the morning we were leaving Thailand.
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