News from the Jacobs family in Saudi Arabia
We held Kai’s birthday party a couple weeks ago because some of his friends were already starting to depart for the summer. I spent the last week in San Diego with lots of big plans about getting pictures posted in my free time outside the conference. That didn’t happen so much but, on the way home, I did get some pictures posted of Kai’s birthday party. Enjoy!
Here are a few random pictures from the past few weeks…
What is more cute than a bunch of pre-school ballet dancers dressed as fairies during their big dance recital? Very little.
Yesterday I posted about the pinewood derby build and now for the race. Nora’s car – “Sunburst” took both 3rd place in the sibling race and earned the “Most Dangerous” award. Kai’s entry, “The Batmobile” won the “Shiniest Car” award and did well but didn’t place in the top 3. They also gave out the awards for the Soapbox Derby which was held back in March but the award ceremony was delayed due to a sandstorm. Kai took first place in the Wolf Scout race!
You can check out this link on the Pack3253 website for a time-lapse video of the tracks being put together. Crystal was the event organizer and, as you might expect, the event was well-coordinated.
Back to clearing out the camera. The Pinewood Derby was a couple of weeks ago but here are some pictures of the building (or at least painting) of the cars.
This last weekend we took a trip over to the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain. They have a nice kid’s pool there were we take Kai and Nora for a teppanyaki dinner at the Japanese restaurant now and again as a special treat. They are both convinced that it is the fanciest restaurant on the entire planet. Nora doesn’t need an excuse to get dressed up but Kai is a different story. Teppanyaki is the only thing I know of that he will willingly put on a collared shirt for.
In the week leading up to the trip Nora started referring to the hotel as the Golf Course Hotel. She probably heard “Gulf” hotel and thought “Golf Course”. Anyway, the name has now stuck.
