I don’t think two weeks have ever flown by so quickly. Mom went home last night leaving tired and happy grandkids behind.
I love these kids. They are like puppies. We have 3 king sized beds and a twin for the four of them, but they always end up together. Usually they are listening to an audiobook as they go to sleep and pile together so they can all hear.
We didn’t do a ton of touristy things while Mom was here, since we covered most of them last time, but something new to me was Arabic breakfast in the souk. We went shopping her last morning in town and after drooling over jewelry, blankets, and Turkish lamps, we drooled over the spread of food that we saw them serving up in the downstairs restaurant. We grabbed a table in the middle of the sunny room and ate our fill of cardamom noodles, ful (fava beans cooked so they are similar to refried beans), potatoes, vegetable fritters, something similar to baked beans in a sweet red sauce, eggs with tomato and cheese, and a pile of warm flatbread. It was so good. Add in a few lemon mint drinks and we were in Middle Eastern food paradise.
The best part about having my mom here was experiencing normal life — going to the grocery store, planting and working in my garden (she and Camille did most of that project while I was sick), going to soccer games and baseball games, a morning at dog training class, evenings laughing over episodes of Malcom in the Middle with the kids. Nothing special, but it was all special.
My yarn cabinet also was delivered this week. I was so happy for my mom to see it finished because it was after she sent me a box of yarn for my birthday that I was inspired to get something to display all the beautiful colors. I drew out the measurements for the cubbies and told him I wanted glass doors, but the final design elements were a surprise.
I love that the arches in the doors look like the old style bahraini/omani windows. It’s fun to go furniture shopping when you can design your own.
Miss you Mom!!