Busy Bee O'Briens

It has been very crazy in our house this week. Naz has been working in Abu Dhabi all week on the car launch event at Yas Island race track so Piper and I have barely seen him.
The upside for me was the ability to move a few things around and work from home for the first half of the week (thanks to great friends who stepped in and looked after Piper when I had client meetings) and the last two days I took leave and had fab girly days! I am exhausted but Piper and I have had a ball. Our girly days have consisted of a morning at Kidzania (kids play world, worthy of its own post), pancakes for breakfast, lots of baking cupcakes, shopping and a pedicure.

Think I have to mention the baking was inspired by my wedding anniversary present from Naz last week.... a butter yellow Kitchen Aid... I am in love!!

Last weekend we had a friends care for the weekend (they were off skiing in Lebanon for the weekend as you do) so we made the most of it. We found a secluded beach early in the morning and snuck Lily in for a swim, enjoyed breakfast at our favourite place in Jumeirah and went to Al Ain Zoo. Al Ain is another Emirate about one and a half hours drive from Dubai. I think this weekend will be a quiet on, a good chance to catch-up on some sleep and relaxation by the pool as winter is definitely over and its heating up fast this week.

Cheeky meerkat teasing Piper

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Amazing white lions

As I said it has been a big week! I was working on the dining table and turned around to find this.

Our week in photo's

Camping out in our house with all of our belongings gone on the ship is proving to be interesting to say the least. We have spent a lot of time out and about to keep Piper entertained given all of her toy's are gone!
Using the laundromat is also an interesting experience.... I didn't quite fit on Saturday morning with the crowd in there, I was not prepared to crack open a can at 9am whilst watching the machines go round and round?!?

Friday night we enjoyed fish and chips on the beach....

You were finished eating those chips weren't you Dad?

Nanny and Poppy slept over Friday night before they caught an early flight to Sydney. It is a case of BYO bed at the moment so they brought their own air bed which was great.... until Piper used it for a trampoline and left them sleeping on the floor with a bit of a leak.

Best part of our week was Father's Day. We surprised Naz with a new T-shirt and tickets to hand feed the Tall Tall's at Werribee Zoo.
We weren't expecting to get anywhere near as up-close and personal with them as we did. It was an amazing experience but being covered in Giraffe slobber is not something I expected either - thank god for baby wipes in the back pack!