it's getting hot

i'm telling you, it's starting to steam up a bit. still nice in the shade in the afternoon, but getting a bit stickier, that's for sure. we're to have weather nearing 33 degrees (celsius) tomorrow and the weekend. we'll be outside at za'abeel park in dubai tomorrow, so i hope the children's play area is in the shade.

as for us, not much doing, as julian and i are doing 2 trips to dubai (sans serge) this week. have to let the tot wander, because he'll be strapped into a carseat and stroller, and that's no fun.

yesterday (sunday), we went outside and he had a go in the sandbox for a while. then, he kept trying to walk over to zobia's house, so we went to see if any of the kids were outside. just as we walked over, zobia and aviseh (daughter, not sure of spelling) were coming outside. aasin, her son, was already outside and psyched to see julian. they played a bit, went into their house, came out, played outside...

zobia made us tea and we sat on her porch and the kids ate crackers. well, julian decided to take his 10th cracker over to the open sand and dig around with it...

...and then he ATE IT. i was having multiple heart attacks. the kid had sand all over his mouth. yuck, how putrid. but i guess little boys will eat much worse things than sand.

and then the kids were playing next to the house and i don't know if julian fell or if aviseh pushed him (that's what aasin said, but who knows) and he was upset, so we cut the afternoon short and went in for a bath and a rinsing out (again) of his mouth.

now i'm off to get some sleep before the big drive tomorrow - hopefully this time i will be able to find my way on the bypass road WITHOUT getting stuck for a few hours in traffic.