07-01-18 Kite Beach

Sunday 7th January 2018

We’re on the home stretch here in Dubai before leaving our expat outpost for good. To me this means a sense of urgency to do and see beautiful things here especially as a family. Since Erroll is here today we got to make that choice. So off we went to Kite Beach on the Jumeira 3 portion of the Arabian Gulf. At 4:30pm our sky turned golden. Kingsley was too distracted climbing and jumping at the sandy playground adjacent to the board walk…but I captured it…

I chased Kingsley about the playground while the other kiddies watched and almost joined us. Erroll swung on the swing while admiring the basketball court next door with its lowered basketball hoops. He promised to bring a basketball next time and shoot hoops with Kingsley. What a glorious evening together.

However our morning was decidedly slower paced. Kingsley literally cooked his own two eggs sunny-side-up, ate an apple then a big bowl of pasta (spirelli). And then this. Thirty minutes of enjoyable reading like this…