You know it's going to be a fantastic long weekend when the Sheikh (King) of Dubai cancels school for the whole country because Dubai won the bid for EXPO 2020. And it makes it even crazier when you find this information out at 10:00 the night before through Facebook first, then links to the newspaper article, then a text from your principal. So, our already long 4 day weekend for the National Day holiday (December 2nd) instantly turned to 5, giving us Thanksgiving off as well! I can't make this stuff up!
The kids were excited to wear their UAE colors!
Some friends graciously volunteered to host Thanksgiving in their villa this year so we had lots of space for the 25 or so of us to spread out.
Look at all that food!
The kids had their own private seating
Yummy!
On National Day we headed with some friends to the airport for the Aerobatic Show held over 4 days here in Al Ain. It was awesome!
And loud! Lol!
There were teams there from all over the world flying in cool formations and performing tricks. Very cool!
They even had wing walkers!
And a school bus rocket!
And what aerobatic show would be complete without bouncy castles for the kids? This was a massive slide!
They had so much fun!
I know my blogging has been a bit inconsistent I have lots more to share of our Christmas holidays and other happenings so stay tuned! :-)
