Party Of Five in Dubai: Holidays in Dubai!

Our timing in Dubai is based on Rod's schedule and the horses. The horses fly over from the UK and race in Dubai during the best times of the year. It's called the Winter Carnival, but it feels more like early summer to us! The temps are in the 70's and 80's when we arrive in December, so it's not a bad place to spend the "winter!" It's hard to leave home during the holiday season, but the trade off is the weather here and the quality family time we spend together. The boys get here in time for a couple of weeks at school. It's a great way for them to ease back into things, it's a festive time of year, they have holiday parties and concerts, a light homework load and baseball season is just kicking off! Even though we are in the Middle East, there are ton of Christmas festivities around town and the December issue of the local magazine is dedicated to all the things for families to do!

The World Air Games were held here at the first of December, and we got to see fighter pilots perform an air show. We were celebrating Caroline's birthday with brunch on the beach, and we were treated to a spectacular show! We also sat across from Roberto Cavalli, who docked his yacht in the bay while brunching!

Here's a view of the hot air balloons while on our way to Mason's first day of school! They were taking off right across the street from his campus!

Both of the boys had winter concerts at school. Mason's 4th grade class dressed in Christmas colors and sang holidays songs from around the world. The twins' preschool celebrated cultures from around the world. Each class dressed as a different country, and the twins' class represented the UAE; however, they were not too thrilled about their attire ;)