Holidays in Dubai

I did not intentionally leave out Thanksgiving pictures, but since that is strictly a US holiday and the kids were in school and Steve was at work; it was pretty much a normal day here. We ended up eating Asian food for dinner. I was not going to attempt to cook a turkey in this kitchen.

Christmas Eve we went to a party at Ross and Rachel's house (not kidding with the "Friends" names). Afterwards we came home and opened presents. The kids said they got everything they wanted...this is due to the fact that family sent me money to get there gifts here. Christmas trees were not in abundance here and due to lack of storage buying a fake was out of the question. So we went to good ol' Ace Hardware and bought poinsettia's, mini trees and stockings.

Christmas morning seeing what Santa brought.... Drew got cars, a tribot, and a Monopoly game...and lots more hot wheels cars!

Jacob got a skateboard, a robo-boa, and a remote control helicopter.

We lounged around Christmas Day and that evening went to the Burj al Arab for Christmas dinner. Gethin, a friend of Steve's, came along too.
The family...behind the tree is a large aquarium.
The Burj was decorated very nicely.

All the gold you see in the hotel is real.

We had a five course meal ( the kids had to eat this too, since there wasnt a kids menu)
I forgot to write down the menu but it all was very good. We even had turkey with cranberry sauce.
Steve and Gethin at the table.

Drew and Jacob did have a different dessert than the adults because the adult version was loaded with brandy. I actually would have rather had theirs...it was a chocolate ball that was filled with chocolate mousse. When they brought it to the table they poured hot caramel sauce on top.

New Year's Eve was very tame. The Sheikh of Dubai ordered a toning down of activities due to the war between Israel and Palestine. We went to Ryan and Catherine's house to eat, play games and have champagne. The kids fell asleep in their sleeping bags and then Catherine and I fell asleep on the couch...she is 5mo pregnant. The guys woke us up around midnight and we headed home.