Confessions

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

Ibby with corn starch on his face.

Yup!

Ninja Turtles on the Loose

Funnies

Good Idea

Funnies

5 mins...

Funny

Comic Relief of the Day

Recycling

As a child I remember always making things out of recycled items!  Whenever Id want to give a family member a gift, I would usually make it myself.  MashaAllah Yusuf is now becoming more independent and creative.  He mostly wants to make garages for his toy cars.  Last week I brought his attention to our blue box which I keep in the kitchen.  I told him if he ever sees anything in it that he'd like to take out and make something with, he can help himself (as long as its not cans).
He has taken advantage of my offer and his little imagination has been working hard!
The only problem is, Ibby, the neat freak of our family (who has a fit if a drop of water falls on his pants), keeps finding Yusuf's creations and insisting it must be put in the recycling bin.

So we have a cycle going on in our house:  I put the item in the blue box, Yusuf takes it out and makes something, and when Yusuf's not looking, Ibby puts the item back in the blue box....

'Yusuf's dream'

Yusuf's description: this is my dream. Ibraheem has a smiling face and I have a monster face. This is Ibraheem's long leg hugging me. And the end was the beginning.

Bath Time Books

Today I decided Ill try something new : reading books to the boys while they played in the bath (since they LOVE the water).  So as I was running the bath water I told Yusuf to go get some books so we can read while hes in the bath.  I turned around for a second, and he had thrown the (library) book into the bath...Perhaps I could have been more clear.

I explained to him that we dont put books in the bath (something I though was common sense!) but alhamdulilah I was able to keep my cool and we actually got a good laugh out of it.