Birthday fun
I had a really lovely birthday, celebrating with girlfriends and their children for afternoon tea. I was very spoiled and received some lovely presents. I had made a deliciously rich chocolate cake […]
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3 Years, 3 Countries, 3 Continents……3 Very different birthdays
Of all the places I’ve celebrated my birthday, my birthday three years ago would definitely rate as the most unique. I was in Libya. Not somewhere that I would have […]
Alia’s 1st Birthday Party – Western or Middle Eastern?
Alia’s 1st birthday party was last Friday. Read here for my post about the planning of this party. It’s taken me a few days to collect my thoughts to let […]
How not to throw a 1st birthday party.
I mentioned in my post about planning Alia’s 1st birthday that the only birthday celebrations that I’ve been to whilst living in Jordan are the ones that I hold for […]
Planning a Western Style 1st Birthday in the Middle East.
Two words – Not Easy! Maybe it would be easier if I lived in Amman where given that there is a much larger expat population and it is the capital […]
Cutting the (Birthday) Cake
There are lots of western traditions that have been adopted here in the Middle East. Not always are they adopted in the correct fashion or with the correct meaning. The […]
Middle East Moments 