Bikes

A year or so ago we all had bikes, the cost of shipping them was greater than the cost of buying new ones. This was my rationale for leaving pretty much everything we owned in England.
TV it'll cost more to ship it,
books- really heavy will we really read them again, lets get some new ones
slow cooker it's ten years old and the handle has fallen off- we'll get a new one.
That was how we ended up starting from scratch in a new country, what I didn't really think through was that if I couldn't afford to ship it, I also could not afford to just replace everything on day one.

All that to say one year after arriving I finally replaced the kids bikes. We are going to try and use them as much as possible in the next three months or so before it gets too hot.
How to go for a bike ride in the UAE;
First take two SUV's and load bikes into back. No way will five bikes fit in one.-we have tried.
Drive to park, unload bikes and cycle until midday. Load up bikes into cars and drive home.
Here is TJ riding his bike without stabilisers for the first time.