Ezra is finally getting to the age where he can be captivated by an activity, usually up to 30 mins max, but it’s a start.
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With the summer heat, it’s too hot to go on walks or play outside during the day and I don’t want to go to a mall every afternoon either (not a fiscally responsible decision for me to spend long periods of time there). If we were morning people, we could go to parks or the corniche before the mid-day heat ramps up, but that’s not conducive to our schedule very often. 
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We’re easing back into seeing people and scheduling play dates, but most of the day I’m a one-man entertainment show. So I need to start getting more creative. Today we played with colorful rice (thanks, @busytoddler ) and my time spent sweeping up rice grains was worth the fun he had dumping and mixing for a half hour. 
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Usually I’m a go-go-go kind of person, but taking care of two little ones by myself (during the day) in a foreign country has made me a lot more content with staying in the house, quarantine aside. I’m grateful to be able to stay home with them while they’re at such a young and impressionable age, but feel free to throw me all your activity suggestions because that toddler energy is no joke! 
Our Journey through the Land of Midian in Saudi
When I was a child, learning about Moses in Sunday school and watching VeggieTales and The Prince of Egypt, I thought of places like the
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