We were very thankful that the kids were able to celebrate Halloween still in our compound with some COVID-safety trick or treating! We had our bubble of friends over to paint pumpkins and enjoy pizza before hitting the streets for some candy! We also made and delivered some fun boo bags for our friends a couple days before Halloween. 🎃
October is still pretty warm in Doha and a toss up whether or not it's suitable for camping. However, as the girls' school break approached we kept an eye on the weather and decided to give it a shot and made plans to try camping at a couple different places in Qatar.
We headed south to the Inland Sea and found ourselves a great spot near the water and surrounded by sand dunes. We only planned to camp one night, but made a decision to stay another when we realized we had enough food and everyone was enjoying our time.
The first night there was a meteor shower and a chance to see the international space station. Jason took one for the team and stayed up capturing both on an amazing time-lapse video.
We returned to the city and made a quick turnaround to camp again, but up north near the Mangroves with some other friends. It was a change to have the greenery and we loved both trips!
We are so grateful the temps are starting to cool down and that we were able to take a couple camping trips across Doha with different friends. It was a perfect things to do over the school break and we are looking forward to more weekend trips over the next few months!
Things have started to feel more "normal" this month with the start of school (although it is a hybrid in-person and online combo) and beginning to have after school activities and social gatherings a bit more than we've been doing previously. It's been refreshing and also a bit exhausting after the long length of very low key activities, haha.
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