Mediterranean Style..

Good Morning (Sabaah al khair),

In Bahrain, social hours are Mediterranean in style. People get up early, have an afternoon siesta, and stay up and eat late in the evening. We are still trying to adjust to this style. Our days do start early 5:30ish am however, the staying up late we have not mastered. During the week we have dinner at 7:30ish. Devin is usually in bed by than. This allows Cody & I to have "Mother & Son" time. This is something I look forward to.

Yesterday, as you all know Cody had his first indoor football game. He enjoyed it sooo much!! The field are much smaller and are surrounded by nets. They play four quarters of 15 minutes each. Each team has 6 active players in which one is the goalkeeper. When the ball strikes the nets (walls) this does not stop or penalize the team. You are allowed to play off the wall. As far as contact rules they are standard and there is no offsides. Cody did score the first goal of the game however, his team did lose 3 to 5. The team that he plays with does not have a Coach nor do they practice. Hopefully, Jeremy will volunteer his time during his time off. Cody had tons of fun and is looking forward to his next game. On the other hand Devin missed it all. He took his afternoon siesta during this time. He has mastered it and I'm not complaining.

After the game we went to Le Chocolate and had a wonderful lunch. Cody had cheese pizza and I had penne pasta with grilled chicken and pine nuts. While we were waiting for our lunch Devin had sweet potatoes.

The boys and I had a wonderful weekend and are looking forward to when Jeremy gets home. Pictures will follow. I am having trouble uploading them with my computer.