back to school ....YIPPY!

Phew...it is finally time!!! We had a fun summer with the kids and did lots of activities from going to theme parks in the area to just good ol' family picnics with friends and family....but now it time for my house and me to take a break from the kids....well at least one kid!!

Ziad starts grade 2...*sniff, sniff..my baby is growing up* and bilal will be going to junior kindergarten *double sniff, sniff*

yay I get my freedom back...I can go shopping peacefully....I can visit my friends without yelling at this kid and that kid to behave...and I can go for peaceful walks all by myself....o and I can go to the gym when I please during the day without having to worry that the day care at the gym is open or not....ah the freedom!! 2-3 day a week I will have 7 hours all to myself!!! o well until mid January that is!:o(

Yay!

yummy hot chocolate. meeting the blogger gals...school vacation vent

Damn it people you are sick..so I am changing the hot chocolate picture..:p

Phew hubby is gone to his mom's house so my precious laptop is free!

So like Kinzi said last night we went to the Galler for a ladies night out....It was great getting together with Kinzi, Mamabean, and Salam....and of course I finally got to try the yummy hot chocolate everyone has been raving about. Yes it was yummy! But i had a little bit in my cup when the guy took the cup away! I wanted that last sip! Even if it was cold!

It was a nice break away from the kids...who are on top of me as type ...

Speaking of kids I am so looking forward to them going back to school! Ziad has been off for two weeks now!! Please someone shoot me! Who the heck gives kids 5 weeks off???!!!!! Bilal's vacation just started today....I have been looking for a program to send them to, you something for few hours a day, but the only thing I found is a two week thing that teacher English, no problem they will be out of the house and get to spend time with other kids, but it costs over 260 JD for two weeks! It is a bit too much! *crying*

Well the sucky thing is our kids will not be going back to school in Amman, since we leave on Feb 01! It will take a couple of weeks for us to be back to our house and the kids registered in schools in Milton not Saskatoon!

Let me a take a minute to vent! Hubby wants us to move back to Saskatoon! I do not want to! No offence to Saskatooners, but it is soooo freaking boring! I want to be back in my beautiful house and not in that crummy apartment in Saskatoon!

private tutoring...how much??

I have a tiny delimma...like I said in a recent post Ziad is having a problem...ok problems at school. His biggest being that he is in an all arabic class, he was supposed to be in a special class for foreigners, but it will not be ready until next year..so naturally he is waaaaaaaaay behind in arabic.

His teacher has agreed to tutor him for two hours , two days a week at school. He will only be in school for an extra hour, since she is free for the last two periods on those two days.

She will not tell me how much she wants, and I have no idea what is a decent amount of money to give for about 2-2.5hr 2x a week of tutoring. I can not even think how much private tutor charge in amman.

does anyone have an idea? help!