Mason in Dubai

Mason started at a new school in December, and is now going to the American School of Dubai (ASD).  He was on the wait list for a few years, and he finally got in this year!  This school was founded back in 1966 and was the first American school established in Dubai.  It now has over 1,500 students and offers grades Pre-K through 12th grade.  Mason was excited to learn that several of his classmates from his previous school had also transferred to ASD, which made the transition much smoother.  His classmates were also so excited when he arrived!  They made a special welcome card and banner for his first day, and there was a group of girls giddy with excitement with the new kid from Texas finally arrived in their class - ha!  He got to be part of the Christmas Concert and their class Christmas Party!  Next week he will sign up for the After School Activities, and he wants to try out the soccer and basketball programs.  

CLASS CHRISTMAS PARTY AND CONCERT

Do you see Mason?  He's in the center with a swirly santa hat :)

Mason and Austin acting silly after school

Mason had a two week Christmas holiday and enjoyed every minute of it!  He did a lot of swimming (yes, it's warm enough to swim here - crazy, I know!) trips to the Dubai Mall and arcade, playing at the park, football with daddy, visits to his favorite Dubai restaurants: TX Roadhouse, Noodle House, Bentoya Sushi and KFC!  He also had a fun time at Kidzania with his friend Austin.  Kidzania is an indoor theme park that is built to look like a city for a child.  Here they can earn money by working at places like a doctors office, Coca Cola, McDonalds, fire station, dentist, etc.  And then they can spend their money at shops and entertainment.  He and Austin had a blast!

TRIP TO KIDZANIA

 Flipping burgers at McDonalds!

 Emirates Airlines pilots

And last but certainly not least, Mason got to cheer on the Texas Aggies as they "killed" OU in the Cotton Bowl.  Mason's favorite phrase is "They killed them!" And that they did!  We woke up at 6:30 on Saturday morning and Face Timed with Aunt Demar. She placed her iPad in front of her big screen, so we could watch the second half of the Aggie game.  I knew we could listen to the game over the internet, but Mason was insistent on actually watching the game!  He is now counting down the days until the 2013 rankings are released and the next season starts.  Mason predicts A&M will be in the top 3 and a repeat for Johnny Heisman Football!!