Parks and Recreation

As you already know, we spend yesterday morning at the park… I brought my big ole camera around just so y’all could see how amazing the parks are here.  We only went to about 4 or 5 in the huge area of parks here are some pics… As I look back at them, now I realize just why I was so lonesome for my friends.. I KNOW their kids would have loved this place.. it’s unreal

 

underneath this ship there was another world of fun^^

the tip of the boat on the right side of this picture is shown in the first picture all in sand.. which was much better than I thought it would be.  As we walked up I thought, “Oh great, this will be such a mess” but really it wasn’t bad at all..

the really tall slide to the left was blocked off.. maybe b/c it was too dangerous?? it looked REALLY scary. You can see the Arabian Gulf (they don’t call it the Persian Gulf here).

 

“CHOO CHOO!!!”^ Will was shouting.. he was so excited! “CHOO CHOO!”

This was next to the train ^what a neat ship.. kids imaginations were so cute to watch

this picture was for the little houses.. see the red/yellow/turquoise houses? The kids had a ball and pretended that they “lived there.”  It was cute that they had so many so each kid can have their own house.  There was also a big fire truck that the kids played on.. similar to the style of the train… i guess i missed that picture.

 

Today, I drug the kids to a mall I haven’t been to yet and woah mama. LOVE it.  I cannot wait for the luxury to spend a day there and go in and out of every store I’d like.  There were many familiar stores like Oshkosh and Carters, but the sizes and selection were very slim.. ex. they don’t have big girl sizes for Audrey at all.. BUT who cares when H&M is just around the corner and has amazing kids clothes. precious precious.  I have been to two different H&M’s before, one in New York and one in Florence (Italy), both were a mess and a junky nightmare to shop through but this one was SO nice and very very organized… just like all the rest of the stores in the mall. Other names that would sound familiar to you..

Tiffany & Co, Lacoste, Mont Blanc, Rolex, Swatch, MAC cosmetics, The Body Shop, Steve Madden, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Aldo (Shoes), Aeropostale, Zara, Nine West, Baskin Robins, Cinnabon, Cold Stone, Hardees, KFC, McDonald’s, Popeye’s, Subway, Levi’s, Addidas, Nike, Pizza Hut

… and Lots and lots of other shops that I have never heard of but look forward to visiting soon.