Belated 5th Birthday Party for Rosanna

Thanks to a virus on the computer, we lost most of these photos but managed to salvage a couple...

More candles to blow out every year! Don't know how Daddy manages at his age...

Rosanna experiements with one of her favourite presents - rainbow hair colouring

Daddy says he foresees punk issues in about 10 years time






"Mice in Jackets"

The Muirs Comes to Stay

Rosanna, Magnus & Lotte get ready for some dune bashing!

All aboard!

Lovely sunset

The 'grown-up' kids strike a pose

Lotte tries to catch the setting sun

All together now, cheeeese!

A brave Rosanna leaps down a dune

Shish kebabs galore, followed by belly dancing

Up at the crack of dawn the next day

Caroline goes for a morning stroll with Logan and Lotte

We say farewell to our camp - and it's only 7.20am!

Taking a seaplane over Dubai means we can actually see what all the fuss is about

And there's that big tower thingy

During brunch at the polo club - Michele, Mummy & Caroline make it onto the society (web) pages of Time Out Dubai

We show them the delights of Aquaventure waterpark that's actually Daddy!

Daddy and Rosanna emerge unscathed from one of the shark rides

Caroline & Rosanna going down!

Logan wisely sits it out

Back to camping in the desert, Graeme looks at home with the hubbly-bubbly

Time for bed- all eight of us in a row!

Daddy Finally Gets A New Car

Daddy finally gets his wallet out and buys a brand new 4x4, a Prado VX (4.0L) in Pearl White.

Lotte is first t0 go for a test drive around the Ranches. Daddy says he is reminded of the time that Lotte said she now feels "normal" when we first leased a 4-wheel drive

Okay, so this isn't him driving (or even our new car) but Daddy said it would be a few months before he ventured out into the desert and got the wheels dirty

Racing to school one morning

Rosanna Looks After The Class Monkey

Rosanna is given the responsibility of looking after Monkey for the weekend

Luckily he appears to enjoy Cartoon Network as much as she does

He and Fluffy helped to make some delicious meatballs for supper

but before long it was time for bed.

The next day he was allowed to accompany Rosanna to Flynn's party at Chuck E Cheese

Tucking into lunch after having a face-paint

then he was allowed a ride in Cinderella's carriage

before driving home with Lotte, Louisa and Mas

He even got to have late night sunroof surf around Arabian Ranches and was looking forward to a less exhausting time at school the next day

Random Hollywood Star Moment for Rosanna

Hilary Swank comes to Repton en route to the Abu Dhabi Film Festival and Rosanna (3rd from right) is chosen to be part of a photo shoot. Sadly, she has no idea whose presence she is in, and frankly couldn't have stood in a worse place for the photos. At least Hilary appears to be pleased to see her!

Daddy says he is quite upset he wasn't informed in advance of the visit.