Party Of Five in Dubai: Up Up and Away!

It's hard to wrap my brain around the fact that this will be our 7th year in Dubai! Every year it gets harder and harder to leave home, but with that being said, Dubai also becomes easier to return to. This year our flight over to Dubai was by far the most exciting! We flew on the Airbus A-380, which is a double-decker airplane and the world's largest passenger airliner! It was beyond impressive, with expanded seating room, a lounge with snacks and drinks, movies, games, etc, etc! The boys watched hours of movies, ate, ran up and down the aisles, played on the iPads but slept very little! We took off at 11:00 am Texas time and arrived 15 hours later (2:00 am Texas and noon Dubai time!)

I say this every year, but for every hour of time change it typically takes us that many days to fully adjust to Dubai time. There is a 10 hour time difference and it was not until day 10 until everyone was sleeping all the way through the night, not waking up at 3:00 am ready to play, having waffles at midnight and taking 3+ hour naps and unable to wake up from a very deep sleep.

Mason returned back to school this past week and had a very smooth transition! His teacher from last year moved up to third grade and is his teacher again this year! He has a lot of friends in his class and is already playing baseball! He got moved up to the minor leagues for 9-11 year olds, and plays his first game with the Yankees this Saturday! The twins are adjusting well too, and I hope to have them in a preschool starting in January.