Birthday weekend

Friday 29th Jan- good to have my birthday on the weekend! Thursday night though was a revision night with Jack as he is on the run up to GCSEs. Friday morning I took Pepper for a walk, Liz came too and we picked up a coffee at the new shop near the Sharaf DG station. When the kids woke they watched me open my pressies and Liz made a scrambled eggs breakfast. We went to the Emirates Club, I played Jack on the par 3 (and lost to Jack, no shots, much to his pleasure!!) then had lunch and a sunbathe by the pool, mixed in with some more science revision! We had a table booked at Bussola in the evening, nice pizzas overlooking the sea near Palm Jumeirah. The pic is me with my cake, I had a bottle of red free on one of our vouchers, all to myself as Liz was driving- well looked after! The next day was much more of a homework Saturday- though we did take time out to go and get Pepper clipped- he looks like a proper poodle now!! While he was being done we went up to a new park just opened at Barsha 2- it is big with a lake in the centre and fountain, with a rubberised jogging track right around the lake. Liz went on Sunday and it has an outdoor gym area too. When it's open properly (and you have to pay to enter) it will have boats on the lake which will be good. Liverpool were on TV to finish the weekend off and beat Bolton 2-0 at Anfield- next week Desert Classic golf at the Emirates!