Life settled down around mid-october into its new rhythm. But I still didn't get back into blogging. I thought about it, I even wrote a couple of posts in my head, but I never put "pen to paper" (or is it fingers to keys?).
My goal is to re-start with fewer posts "required" of myself. Maybe something like a monthly update unless I have something cool to share (a trip, for example). I also hope to go back and post about our time in Ohio this summer or our trip to Salalah over our mid-term break or our snorkeling with whale shark adventure. But those will come when I have time. For now, the November update:
November in Oman is National Day celebrations. The streets are decorated. The stores are decorated. Pictures of the Sultan grace buildings, stores, and cars. This year, we celebrated the 49th National Day. To commemorate the day, there was a military parade, there are fireworks, there is singing and dancing that pops up all over the place, and schools tend to celebrate in their own special ways. At BSM, the children were allowed to come in traditional Omani dress or dressed in the traditional dress of their home country. Last year, I sent my boys to school in Texas Rangers shirts and shorts. This year, they wore their dishdashas and hats that we had picked up last year. They were definitely a bit small almost a year later, but we made them work. Underneath, they were US shirts from Mamaw and Papaw. Good thing because J got hot and removed the dishdasha sometime during the day. The school day started with an assembly with singing, dancing, and musical performances. Neither of us was able to attend, which is a bit of a sore point for me.
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| My boys in their dishdashas and massar for J and kuma for E. |