Sports Day

Qatar has declared every second Tuesday of February National Sports Day. It is an official holiday but with lots of sporting activities taking place all over the country. Because of this Owens school held a sports day for Nursery and Reception classes. There were 11 stations with different activities such as an obstacle course, throwing a ball, egg and spoon race, running and shooting hoops. Owen enjoyed it and Erin went through stages of enjoyment too during the 2 hour long event. Owen is not a competitive soul and pays attention to details like putting the correct colour hoops on the correct colour poles and making sure that the next person has the bean bag/spoon in his hand before he lets it go in the relay race. Hence he was not very quick but very precise. Stickers were given as a reward for their achievements. When I checked Owens lunch and snack box later in the day it was empty which is unusual and he had an early night after the active day.

The broken car

While we were out Owen insisted on having a picture with "a broken car".

A visit to the big machines down the road

Owen loves the diggers, scoops and cranky cranes that are around almost every corner in Doha. So today after church Owen and I drove around and found a couple of scoops that he was keen to get up close to. After climbing on the sand hills and touching the steel of the machines he was satisfied with seeing "the big noisy machines" and then we headed off to Aspire Park to see the ducks.

Owen gets a haircut

Owen's Nursery Concert Preparation for the big day has been going on for the last few weeks. Owen was sent home with song words and we practiced these almost every day. Today went off so well and even though the concert was only half an hour it was a well put together production! Owen's part in it was to the song "Here we go round the Christmas tree" which is the same tune as "Here we go round the mulberry bush". He was dressed in his favourite green colour, got down on the boogie woogie song and on the odd occassion got distracted and picked his nose. What can one expect from a 4 year old? We are very proud parents.