Last Day of School!

See you next year!

Poland Football World Cup

Our neighborhood in Dubai has a Polish-owned bar.  We went with a few friends, most who had lived and worked in Poland, to watch the Polish national football team play.  Poland won!

And we won hats!

Ramadan Surprise

We found this on our doorstep tonight. It's from a kind neighbor filled with things to be thankful for this Ramadan (including a wish that Trump does not become president).

Ramadan

It's illegal in the city of Dubai to eat or drink in public if you are over the age of twelve during Ramadan. We had to sit behind barricades at the mall today to have lunch and this was the warning label that came with our food. 

Assimilation

Goodbye Second Grade!

It's been a wonderful year in Ms. Halpern's class! Teddy learned multiplication and division, cursive writing, and a lot about science! We will miss this group of 24 kids so much. 

Ripley in a Bag

Neighborly love

We are overwhelmed by the kindness of our neighbors who brought us a basket of Arabic food to break our fast. We live in a country filled with wonderfully spiritual people. We are truly humbled tonight.

Happy 12th Anniversay

We celebrated by going to dinner at The Meat & Company (yum, steaks!) by the Burj Khalifa and ever caught the beautiful water show!

Iftar at the Ritz

To say goodbye to everyone at the end of the year, our school hosted a traditional Iftar meal (the evening meal at sunset to break the Ramadan fast) at the Ritz Carlton. It was such a fun night filled with lots of "see you laters" and some truly wild food.

This is the wall of Islamic geometrics and tea sets that greeted us as we entered the ballroom. 

Inside the Ritz ballroom.

A beautiful tower made out of dates.

The hummus fountain.  

Arabic sushi - meat and falafel instead of fish!

Making hummus ice cream.

A big pot of meat!

A beautiful chocolate sculpture.

Looking the part!