Category: Sharjah
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Top 10 things…I will miss about the UAE.
I will miss so much more of the UAE than these 10 things. #10 – Round-A-Bouts At first round-a-bouts were a little intimidating to understand. I have a feeling there are quite a few people here trying to figure them out still. Once you get it, they are actually pretty awesome, but not in consistently…
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Top 10 things…I miss about Canada.
I’ve been wanting to write this post for awhile about things I am beginning to miss about Canada. Now that we’re heading back, I’ve also been thinking about what I’ll also miss about the UAE. So there will be a theme to my next few posts. My ultimate items are friends and family so I’m…
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Brick and Mortar
Our first year in the UAE, Sept 2012-August 2013, the kids were homeschooled by me. They LOVED it. I actually got sick of hearing, “Mom, you’re the best teacher ever!”. It was NON-stop…in my head. Actually I think that was my mantra over the year. It may have sounded a bit more like this though,…
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Family Economy
So back in mid-November, James and I attended a fireside on Parenting. The guest speakers were staying next door with our neighbours (who happen to be the Stake President and his wife). I ran into them on campus while walking home from lunch with James. “Hello, we’re the Eyres we’ve heard so much about you.”…
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Dreamland Aqua Park
So, it’s been about 3 months but it feels like it’s been a couple years. Although, it is beautiful here! It’s always a clear sky, which means when it’s dark you can see the stars and the moon really well. Anyways, about 11 weeks ago I went to the “Dreamland Aqua Park” for a youth…
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“Restrictions”
I don’t think we’ve really talked about dress code much, and yet it was the topic of a LOT of discussion before coming to the UAE. Most of the concern was more for my well being. The popular question involving what my restrictions would be as far as clothing choice. Though I tried my best…
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School of MacDonald via K12 iCademy
I tried one day of free for all “let’s learn about whatever we can find” home school, and quickly realized it was not going to be enough to satisfy my kidlets or me. A neighbour drove us to nearby International schools to get information about registration (as immigrants we are not permitted by the Ministry…
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A Call to Prayer
One thing I have found surprisingly beautiful is the Call to Prayer. Mosques dot the landscape the same way LDS stake centres do in Utah. In each Emirate the timing of the prayer is a little bit different. Within the Emirate it is an amazing, surreal chorus that rings out across the land. Anna Zacharias…
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The birds
There are lots of different birds here. Some have long legs like the Crab Plover. And some have funny tails like the Bridled Tern. Some are big like a Flamingo. We think the blue feather at the bottom of this page is from an Indian Roller. The picture of the bird with the crazy long…
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The first 2 days!
If you read my dad’s post, you will remember that we left Canada on a grand adventure! It’s really neat here. When my parents, siblings and I arrived we thought it was unbelievably hot! Turns out it was just the hottest day of the summer, so now it’s not as hot as I thought it…
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