Dhul Hijjah

Yusuf, a few years ago,
at a playgroup
Hajj Demo

MashaAllah we are blessed to reach these special days of Dhul Hijjah.  May Allah accept the good deeds from us and accept the Hajj of all those who were invited by Allah to His House, Ameen.

Alhamdulillah I have found some really beneficial things on the internet this week related to Hajj and wanted to share.  Take a look inshaAllah!

*Watch Hajj Live
Click HERE

*Very nice activity printout booklet for the days of Dhul Hijjah
Click HERE

*Ten things to do with your children
Click HERE

*Hajj Wheel
Click HERE

*More Hajj Ideas
Click HERE

Keep us in your duas inshaAllah!

Confession

Confession : I send my kids mixed messages by taking pictures of them when they do naughty things.

Confession

I used to be slightly judgmental of parents whose children wrote on walls.  Since my boys never wrote on walls, I (wrongly) assumed that if kids wrote on walls, it was due to parents negligence.

I now have a daughter who loves to write on walls, and have been put in my place as far as being judgmental goes....I now understand all too well how quickly a toddler can make her mark on a wall while you simply turn your head for a moment.  *sigh*

Confession

Today my kids were eating this this morning.  And I didn't stop them. But I did get to speak to my Mom on Skype and drink my chai in peace :)

Spice Craft

Last weekend while I was working in the kitchen I got the kids to learn some spices and make this wheel.  They really enjoyed it. Afterwards Yusuf helped me make dinner and I got him to guess the spices we were using.  

Confession

On my facebook page, I started confessing to my many imperfections.

The reason behind this was that it is one of my number one pet peeves when people realize I'm homeschooling, they resort to tell me how patient and amazing I am.... and Im on a mission to prove that Im not!

I want my blog to serve as a support for others out there, and I know its all to easy to portray your life as a pinterest perfect dream.  So here I am showing you how it is, and keeping it real....

This is the mess I swept from my floor the other day. ..

Ramadan

Alhamdulillah living in a Muslim country provided us the opportunity to visit many different Mesjids this Ramadan.
I hope the kids appreciate and remember all of these experiences... If not, the blog will inshallah serve as a good reminder :)