I haven't posted in a while, but after nearly three months out of Riyadh...we're back! The exclamation point is to try and get myself happy about being here. But a week in and I want to sit in a corner and eat and cry until I either explode or shrivel up. *sigh* Anyways..no need for depressing stuff I have a few cute stories about my boys.
So today I found mold in my washing machine...disgusting I know, but I swear it was not my fault! The washer doesn't properly drain and then the water pools there, and my wonderful husband kept the washer door closed for three months. I leave it open so it can dry out..hence the mold. Anyways..I found it and immediately started scrubbing....while scrubbing my oldest came and asked me if he could watch leap frog on netflix. he got the idea because he found his leap frog alphabet toy. I told him sure, to just give me a minute, and then he walked out and I overheard the following conversation between him and his brother:
Older Son: Hey! You wanna come watch me draw letters on my leap pad?
Younger Son: OK.
OS: Hey YS, do you know what they call "Z" on this?? They call it Zed...it's not "Z" it's Zed. Isn't that funny?
Then they both sit laughing. Anyone reading this might be thinking why on earth is she sharing this...but it was the sweetest most adorable exchange ever. Granted 15 minutes later OS started punching YS because I told OS he could have water instead of another chocolate milk. :/ So these sweet moments are precious.
Earlier today, while driving to school, YS suddenly looks at me and heres how the conversation went:
YS (horrified expression on his face): EEEEEEWWWWWW?
Me: What?
YS (still horrified and now slightly disgusted): EEEEWWWWWW!!! Is that YOU?
Then he grabs the collar of his shirt and lifts it to cover his nose, looks at me and says "Gross!"
I died laughing...because one I had just showered, two I didn't do anything, and three he just looked so cute and adorable. Needless to say my laughing was a horrible idea..because the rest of the ride I had both boys looking at me repeating the convo over and over and giggling.
I seriously wished that children came with a mute button...even though they were incredibly cute mashallah.
Yesterday, was OS first day of KG1, and after picking him up he started telling us about his day. Back story, after dropping him off in the morning we stopped by another school that would accept our YS into pre-k and stayed there for all of 15 minutes. So back to the story...OS is telling us about his day what he did...and the YS interrupts and says " I had fun day at my kool. I played wiv my frieeeeends......etc. etc." <3 p="">
Day before yesterday...I was buying both boys a gift for staying in their beds all night...we are going through sleep training her at my house because I am sick of sharing my bed. If I can't get me time during the day ... then please god at least let me have my bed at night! Oh..and technically OS should not have gotten a gift...because he wakes himself up every hour to make sure we are still sitting in his room which we obviously are not...and then comes into our room..wakes up my husband and gets walked back into his room...only to do it again either after an hour or if its really bad every 20 minutes. :| YS is much better...probably because he's younger. Anyways I digress...
So OS bought a beyblade and asked can we please skype with your brothers? I have to show them my new powerful beyblade!
YS then says he too wants to skype and this is the conversation he said he was going to have:
"They gonna ask me, what you have? And I going be like Tow Mater. And they going be like Where you buy it from? And I gonna be like from da tore!"
The facial expressions and tone accompanying that was priceless.
in other non-kid related news...in May I sent an email to the community center informing them that the child play area smelled like cigarettes, and that it turned out the attendants were smoking there and that they were told it was ok to smoke there. I then proceeded to write that i felt it was outrageous to allow smoking in a children's area. I never received any type of response. Today I get a call from on the attendants. I should mention one of them took my number and said we should hang out (not in a million years) and the other one was the one who called today. Anyways...she called asked how I was then said "Can I ask you a question and I hope you don't get upset" Of course I started feeling nervous...but I said yeah of course.
She was like did you send an email about us smoking?
I acted like I didn't hear...then after she asked three more times I said a long time ago yes...why? She's like no not a long time ago .. like two days ago. I said no I never sent anything two days ago..Then she said someone came and talked to them and told them there had been a complaint about them smoking...and she was like the only people there two days ago were you and the new muhajjab lady. So it had to be one of you too...
I told her that no I never sent anything in the past few days...like I said I only sent something a while ago when the entire play area smelled like smoke...but recently I have not sent anything.
Then she said something along the lines of theres the issue of getting fired. I told her I didn't understand..which to be honest I didn't...the convo was in arabic...and I wasn't sure if she was saying they got fired or they could get fired.
I've been thinking about the convo all day long, and heres my thoughts. 1. completely unprofessional of her to call me and ask that. 2. completely unprofessional of the community center to tell her we've had a complaint when they know very well there are maybe 3 people who regularly visit the childrens area and thats being generous. 3. who the hell does she think she is calling me and setting the tone of i know it was you. f you! I have every right to call and complain if something is not right. and I'm sorry but why is there the risk of being fired?? i remember when I asked if you were smoking you told me they said it was alright....soo whats the issue? Me complaining should have not been an issue if you were in fact telling the truth.
And now I feel like I can't visit the play area in the mornings anymore if they still are working there. *sigh*
I'm feeling like writing so maybe there will be more posts...maybe not. who knows.
So today I found mold in my washing machine...disgusting I know, but I swear it was not my fault! The washer doesn't properly drain and then the water pools there, and my wonderful husband kept the washer door closed for three months. I leave it open so it can dry out..hence the mold. Anyways..I found it and immediately started scrubbing....while scrubbing my oldest came and asked me if he could watch leap frog on netflix. he got the idea because he found his leap frog alphabet toy. I told him sure, to just give me a minute, and then he walked out and I overheard the following conversation between him and his brother:
Older Son: Hey! You wanna come watch me draw letters on my leap pad?
Younger Son: OK.
OS: Hey YS, do you know what they call "Z" on this?? They call it Zed...it's not "Z" it's Zed. Isn't that funny?
Then they both sit laughing. Anyone reading this might be thinking why on earth is she sharing this...but it was the sweetest most adorable exchange ever. Granted 15 minutes later OS started punching YS because I told OS he could have water instead of another chocolate milk. :/ So these sweet moments are precious.
Earlier today, while driving to school, YS suddenly looks at me and heres how the conversation went:
YS (horrified expression on his face): EEEEEEWWWWWW?
Me: What?
YS (still horrified and now slightly disgusted): EEEEWWWWWW!!! Is that YOU?
Then he grabs the collar of his shirt and lifts it to cover his nose, looks at me and says "Gross!"
I died laughing...because one I had just showered, two I didn't do anything, and three he just looked so cute and adorable. Needless to say my laughing was a horrible idea..because the rest of the ride I had both boys looking at me repeating the convo over and over and giggling.
I seriously wished that children came with a mute button...even though they were incredibly cute mashallah.
Yesterday, was OS first day of KG1, and after picking him up he started telling us about his day. Back story, after dropping him off in the morning we stopped by another school that would accept our YS into pre-k and stayed there for all of 15 minutes. So back to the story...OS is telling us about his day what he did...and the YS interrupts and says " I had fun day at my kool. I played wiv my frieeeeends......etc. etc." <3 p="">
Day before yesterday...I was buying both boys a gift for staying in their beds all night...we are going through sleep training her at my house because I am sick of sharing my bed. If I can't get me time during the day ... then please god at least let me have my bed at night! Oh..and technically OS should not have gotten a gift...because he wakes himself up every hour to make sure we are still sitting in his room which we obviously are not...and then comes into our room..wakes up my husband and gets walked back into his room...only to do it again either after an hour or if its really bad every 20 minutes. :| YS is much better...probably because he's younger. Anyways I digress...
So OS bought a beyblade and asked can we please skype with your brothers? I have to show them my new powerful beyblade!
YS then says he too wants to skype and this is the conversation he said he was going to have:
"They gonna ask me, what you have? And I going be like Tow Mater. And they going be like Where you buy it from? And I gonna be like from da tore!"
The facial expressions and tone accompanying that was priceless.
in other non-kid related news...in May I sent an email to the community center informing them that the child play area smelled like cigarettes, and that it turned out the attendants were smoking there and that they were told it was ok to smoke there. I then proceeded to write that i felt it was outrageous to allow smoking in a children's area. I never received any type of response. Today I get a call from on the attendants. I should mention one of them took my number and said we should hang out (not in a million years) and the other one was the one who called today. Anyways...she called asked how I was then said "Can I ask you a question and I hope you don't get upset" Of course I started feeling nervous...but I said yeah of course.
She was like did you send an email about us smoking?
I acted like I didn't hear...then after she asked three more times I said a long time ago yes...why? She's like no not a long time ago .. like two days ago. I said no I never sent anything two days ago..Then she said someone came and talked to them and told them there had been a complaint about them smoking...and she was like the only people there two days ago were you and the new muhajjab lady. So it had to be one of you too...
I told her that no I never sent anything in the past few days...like I said I only sent something a while ago when the entire play area smelled like smoke...but recently I have not sent anything.
Then she said something along the lines of theres the issue of getting fired. I told her I didn't understand..which to be honest I didn't...the convo was in arabic...and I wasn't sure if she was saying they got fired or they could get fired.
I've been thinking about the convo all day long, and heres my thoughts. 1. completely unprofessional of her to call me and ask that. 2. completely unprofessional of the community center to tell her we've had a complaint when they know very well there are maybe 3 people who regularly visit the childrens area and thats being generous. 3. who the hell does she think she is calling me and setting the tone of i know it was you. f you! I have every right to call and complain if something is not right. and I'm sorry but why is there the risk of being fired?? i remember when I asked if you were smoking you told me they said it was alright....soo whats the issue? Me complaining should have not been an issue if you were in fact telling the truth.
And now I feel like I can't visit the play area in the mornings anymore if they still are working there. *sigh*
I'm feeling like writing so maybe there will be more posts...maybe not. who knows.
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