Last week the kids had a week off from school and since I was still recovering from their 3 week Christmas break, I urged Ram to consider a family vacation. We were still too nervous to fly with all 3, so we decided to drive to a beach resort at another emirate for the week. ROAD TRIP!
We loaded up the car with only 2.5 suitcases (thank you), a pack n play and some bags of food and drove one hour to Marjan Island in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate. It was the perfect initiation vacation as a family of five. We arrived late Sunday afternoon and spent those first few hours getting all the rooms set up and then it was dinner and bedtime.
We had the entire ground floor of this tower of the hotel (no one but staff could get past the lobby door to our rooms). Our set up allowed us to actually have some adult time while the kids were sleeping that didn't involve us staring at our phones in the darkness from 7:30pm till bedtime. WOOHOO! So after the kids went to bed, it was nice to sneak into the kitchen/dining area to share a bottle of wine while playing games or sitting in the garden and enjoying the view.
The rest of the week was a blur of swimming, walks along the beach, park fun, and tasty meals. One night, I took Riya out to dinner for the first time since we moved to Dubai and she was SO happy, and sweet. She later told me it was one of the highlights of the trip for her. HEART.MELTING. I have to remember to work that in once in awhile!
The week was coming to a close and no one wanted to leave, so I would say that this was a huge success! So we decided to fly for our next family vacation over Easter Break (just in time for my birthday) and go to Hong Kong and Macau. Can't wait!!!!!
We loaded up the car with only 2.5 suitcases (thank you), a pack n play and some bags of food and drove one hour to Marjan Island in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate. It was the perfect initiation vacation as a family of five. We arrived late Sunday afternoon and spent those first few hours getting all the rooms set up and then it was dinner and bedtime.
We had the entire ground floor of this tower of the hotel (no one but staff could get past the lobby door to our rooms). Our set up allowed us to actually have some adult time while the kids were sleeping that didn't involve us staring at our phones in the darkness from 7:30pm till bedtime. WOOHOO! So after the kids went to bed, it was nice to sneak into the kitchen/dining area to share a bottle of wine while playing games or sitting in the garden and enjoying the view.
The rest of the week was a blur of swimming, walks along the beach, park fun, and tasty meals. One night, I took Riya out to dinner for the first time since we moved to Dubai and she was SO happy, and sweet. She later told me it was one of the highlights of the trip for her. HEART.MELTING. I have to remember to work that in once in awhile!
The week was coming to a close and no one wanted to leave, so I would say that this was a huge success! So we decided to fly for our next family vacation over Easter Break (just in time for my birthday) and go to Hong Kong and Macau. Can't wait!!!!!
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