Six days left...friends, friends, friends!

Ruri and Big Buddy are best friends!

Since we are less than a week away till we leave to fly back to the United States, Big Buddy is spending as much time as he can with his best little friend Ruri. She is so cute and from Japan! We have really enjoyed playing with her and her mom! We will definitely miss them when we get back home.

Each night at about 5pm, we meet Ruri at the playground. Big Buddy and her play till it gets too dark to see. They love to play with their bouncy balls, blow bubbles, jump rope and run around crazy. It is still interesting to watch them

I just love this shot of them watching the bubbles floating in
the fountain.

interact even though Ruri only speaks a little bit of English. They seem to figure each other out.

Several times Big Buddy has gotten frustrated when Ruri didn't understand what he was telling her to do. After each of them pout for a few minutes, they both just smile and play something else. So cute!

Sometimes, our other friends come by and play also, they are Sophia and Ines. They are French

Ines, Sophia, Ruri and Big Buddy having fun!

and very cute! Big Buddy likes playing with Sophia, however, he thinks Ines is a baby, and he doesn't play with babies.


One thing they love to do is to hide their bouncy balls in their shirt and then pretend that they are hatching out a baby (thanks to cartoons!).


We still cannot believe that we are flying home in six days. Amazing! Looking forward to see my two cute little pugs. Oh, how we have missed them! A special thanks to our families for watching over them and taking good care of them while we were away!

Since the days are ticking, Big Buddy and Mr.

Mr. Big and Big Buddy relaxing in the pool!

Big are getting in all the swimming that they can! They swim at night for about 45 minutes to an hour. Big Buddy has gotten really used to the water and can even swim the length of the lap pool (with his floaties on of course). For each
lap he swims, Mr. Big gives him 5 dirhams which is about $1.25. He saves up his little moneys and buys himself little things from the stores here. Recently, he has been saving up for a large camel puppet. ;)

Cupcake from Bloomingdales! My mouth is watering while
typing this.

Today, we ran over to grab a few little gifts for friends and family, when we found these beautiful little cupcakes at Bloomingdales! Big Buddy loves cupcakes, so how could we resist! Can you say icing! They were so delicious! We could hardly even eat one though, they were so sugary (I just love the tower of frosting on top!).

At the end of our day, it was really fun to see Mr. Big getting ready to head out to a meeting with his fellow Arabs. He was all decked out in his dishdash and head piece (I am starting to wonder if I married an Arab...and didn't realize it!)

Mr. Big in his Arab getup!