Week 3

Week 3 Jan12-19th
This week Ryan and I joined a group of ladies in taking the taxis on a shopping trip to a "new store" most (in Rakah anyway) had not been to yet.  Here are a couple pictures of what it looked like:

In the store on this random aisle I found this box of EASTER eggs--yes, they were EASTER --spiderman, with paint you could use to color in the Spiderman on the eggs and they had hooks you could hang...like on an EASTER tree.  Found that funny.
We also hit Toys R Us later in the week to get a booster chair for Ryan.  I'm 100% sure I've bought the most car seats / booster chairs than anyone else I know!:(  The Toys R Us looked a lot like the one back in the States but smaller and fewer selection.

I have to admit I really wasn't paying attention to the sign--obviously. I was just seeing a cute, happy boy that needed his picture taken, but by doing so was caught in our naughtiness. I have to admit I laughed when I really looked at the picture and not just the cute little boy:)

We also got to go to Jordan's school but there were so many signs "no photographs" so...no photos but we were able to work on his class schedule and the counselor was trying really hard to help us help Jordan be successful.  For the most part he will have the same classes he was working on.  They do longer class periods (80 minutes) and 8 subjects so he'll have 4 classes a day. The school itself is not new and fancy. It is on the same grounds as the British Elementary and Middle School.  It is more spread out among buildings like a college campus.  He does have to take a mandatory class in Muslim we've been told about.  Should be interesting.  I think it is going to be a good opportunity for growth:)

We had to buy Jordan some PE clothes for this semester--they totally took his Outdoor Pursuits course (this was where he went fishing and got his MO hunting license, boat safety, archery, etc) as a credit (ha) but he does have to do some "regular" PE.  Anyway, we were in the Acadamy store and Dave saw this and just couldn't resist.  I couldn't understand why it was even in the store to begin with, but then I remembered the younger students that are on the campus as well.
He told me the girls would LOVE it and yes, he was right.  They can't wait to do it's hair (if only that was true with doing their own:)) and so it has become our new friend,  Jeremy.  Can anyone guess where that might have come from (hint the mustache, glasses,).  Dave showed the kids the original chia pet commercial and said he had always wanted to get one---if only I had known...easy peasy Christmas gift right???:)

Saturday we headed to the Ras tanura beach and had a nice day of relaxing and exploring.
 Found this jellyfish

 Played some sand volleyball  Jordan vs Dad  :)

 Tried sand surfing

 Built a massive sand fort

Here are some pictures of what it looks like on our way back:

Dave's building is next to the big tall Midra tower.  He goes into the big building for yummy lunch:)

 And some exciting news--Addison pulled out her 3rd tooth!  She was so excited to find her Saudi money from the tooth fairy the next morning!!  So glad the tooth fairy works better over here:)  She seemed to have trouble finding our house in good timing somewhere else:)!

Update:  It was so exciting she came home from school the next day and did it again--now she's having a hard time saying "Spriggs":) !!!