Alrighty, yesterday's post was about the boys...tonight's post will be about the three other little reasons that I ABSOLUTELY love being in Dubai. They're pictured below: Evan, Bella, and Alex.
I'll probably give them each a little blog to further introduce them at a later time (sorry, I probably won't be doing that with the boys until later this year...I don't spend as much time with them as you will soon see, so I don't have as many stories to tell with them...however, they HAVE been doing a really good job of keeping me well supplied with funny quotes to share on my Facebook statusii...so you might want to check those out!).
I am blessed enough to get to work with these three little ladies on a daily basis as a teacher, babysitter/nanny, big sister/"role model", and in various other capacities as the opportunity arises. One of my primary functions with these girls is to teach them Bible classes each week after school. It is so exciting to get to watch the light bulbs come on for each of them! That's a fascinating experience as a teacher in any classroom...but when it's knowledge about the Bible it's just that much more thrilling! (It's also helping me to learn the stories a lot better for myself!) Then I get to take them out for gelato after school on Thursdays* if they've got their memory verse for the week memorized. My second major role with the girls is to watch them in the evenings when both their parents are out for meetings. This has been so much fun and provided lots of opportunities for "sisterly bonding times". On weekend nights, we'll sometimes have movie nights complete with pizza, popcorn, sodas, and a good Disney movie or we might just have a game/funny stories night. Weeknights we don't have quite as much time for just hanging out between eating dinner, packing lunches, and getting them ready for bed, but sometimes we get done early enough to all sit down and read a story together (love it!--we recently read an excerpt from The Secret Garden during which I got to practice my Yorkshire accent and Alex and Bella both decided it is very difficult to read a Yorkshire accent...I agreed whole-heartedly!). In addition to this, I occasionally pick the girls up from school and help them with their homework when their parents are busy with other things. And since my roommate, Jerri K, and I live in the maid's quarters of Evan, Bella, and Alex's family villa, we quite frequently have them popping over for whatever treat we might have on hand or a 5, 10, 30, or 60 minute conversation about life and all the exciting or bummer things that go on when you're 7, newly 9, or 12!
I LOVE IT!
So there's my brief summary of what I do with the girls...there will definitely be more adventures with them to share later, though. Suffice it to say that these three little chickpeas are just...well...words will never really do them justice...it's amazing to me how fast three young ladies could worm their way into my heart with their daily hugs and smiles and requests for stories about my family and sharing their funniest thing for the day...I just LOVE it!!!!
* Thursdays are the last school day here...they're the equivalent of an American Friday...almost. Fridays here are like American Sundays (church day/everyone's off work), and Saturdays are just like Saturdays in America, except Sunday is our "Monday", so it's treated like a school night. :(
Also, gelato is an Italian ice cream...very tasty...it's creamier and has less fat content and isn't quite as sweet as regular ice cream. They have this in America as well, so I'd encourage you to find someplace near you that has some (maybe a coffee shop or something) and check it out...it's fun and definitely worth a try! I think the two guys behind the counter at the gelato shop across the street from the girls school are starting to recognize us coming in each Thursday...so that makes it really fun, too! ;)
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