Last Thursday we decide to hop in a cab and head to Bahrain. It was our first trip out of Saudi! We were excited about getting out and exploring! In hindsight we probably should have just stayed home! Michael had been sick and by the end of the trip he was miserable. Our first stop was the Seef Mall. There they had these decorated camels. We only took one picture but the girls thought they were neat!
Our girls now associate shopping with getting doughnuts! Probably not a good thing but we don't get them very often. They sure do love them!!
We were able to pick up a few things, nothing too big. We got Macey her Halloween costume...a witch! B the end of the trip we just wanted to get home. It took over 2 hours to cross back into Saudi. It was a bit strange just sitting there... At times when no one was moving one person would start honking and others would follow. This happened at least 5 different times. I guess it was a way of yelling through the car!!! The funny part of the trip was the girls. Both of them had gas and seemed to have their own little contest going on. I was a bit embarrassed but just laughed it off. The driver kept say. "No problem, mama!" and would giggle.
Sand, Sand and more sand. Over the past week we have been going for walks down at the beach. We always come back full of sand! The weather has gotten to be so nice in the evenings!
Caley is in heaven. She would play in the sand all day long if we let her!
As I said the weather has been so nice that the girls are asking to have picnics out on the patio. I wish we had our outdoor furniture! It's on its way!
This week has been a trial and error with our food. We are trying new things out. The following is butternut squash with black beans, rice and cilantro. I made homemade tortillas and then we stuffed the mixing inside. So good!!!! Caley liked it and Macey had nothing to do with it! Here is the receipe link.
The next night I made eggplant. I used mayo to coat the eggplant and then coated in a bread crumb mixture that had garlic, Italian seasoning and pepper in it. Macey LOVED this and ate at least 7 slice herself! Caley on the other hand didn't like it so much.
On Wednesday we got three boxes from the states! Inside it was Caley's Halloween costume. She was so excited to see her Doc McStuffins outfit!
Wednesday night I refused to cook dinner and wanted to eat out! We went to the dinning hall and picked up two budget meals, some fried fish for the girls, hummus and pita bread, drinks for everyone and it only cost 40 riyal (about $11). We then took the food out to the patio and had a nice dinner outside listening to the waves crash into the shore. So blessed!! By the way I was wearing jeans and a 3/4 sleeve shirt and was a bit chilled!
Macey had an ice cream and them started making silly faces.
Today I used the other butternut squash and made this yummy soup. I didn't follow the recipe to the T, one because I didn't have all the ingredients but it was still yummy. Here is the link for this recipe!
As’salam Alikum ~ Peace be with you!
The Myers
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