Anyone who knows the girls knows how much they have always loved dress ups. We went New Year's Eve to the souqs and after months of pleading let the girls choose a black abaya, which of course they wore for the rest of our outing. As if enough people don't stare at us already! :) The local abaya draped women all seemed to think it was particularly charming though so at least that helped. Of course G had ripped hers off in the shop before purchase but they have all had fun wearing them around the house. E adores her abaya and would wear it everywhere if we let her. It provides a great opportunity for her to experiment with a culture that is in many ways vastly different from our own. She also keeps nagging me to get one. We hoped that living in the Middle East at such a young age would help our girls to foster a deep sense of cultural appreciation - not quite sure we wanted them to take it this far though...
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