Sunday, December 4, 2011

Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz

















Beautiful monarch butterflies at Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz
Winter Migration

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Short clips

The Reader




The Monkey




As soon as I get a good video clip I'll post what Asmaa does best insha'a Allah...stay tuned :)

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Random Videos

Some of these videos are quite old, but after uploading them to YouTube, it seems I never posted them here.


Feb 28: Abdurrahmanv For grandparents, aunt and uncle in Libya (1)



Feb 24: Abdurrahman - For grandparents, aunt and uncle in Libya (1)



Jan 31: Abdurrahman - "Go Go Husni Mubarak" (he means, go away!)



Jan 22: Can't remember if I've posted this before, but I love the "roller racer"! My favorite "ride" at the happy hallow zoo.



Jan 13: In case ya'll need a demo :)

Monday, February 14, 2011

Gingerbread cookies

We've been planning to bake these gingerbread cookies for the longest time--we finally have all the ingredients.













I actually got to decorate a batch myself--was very relaxing :)

Painting rocks

I uploaded these pictures a while ago and forgot to post them. I remember this day...I decided to paint a rock with the Canadian flag and then we discovered we painted many Libyan flags as well :)









Friday, January 28, 2011

Notes (Part II)

Alhamdulillah, Nusayba also writes us sweet notes :)




She said the sad face wasn't supposed to be there--I'm going to gladly believe her!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Abdurrahman and books

Abdurrahman has developed interest in books, but it's quite amusing to watch :) He grabs a book from the shelf, sits down and flips through it, closes it and grabs another. He chooses another location in the living room and repeats. I took all these shots (except the last one) in the same sitting. He just kept going from one corner to the next.








He's developed an attachment to one particular book, a version of The Three Little Pigs. Every night I tuck him into bed and leave the room. Two minutes later he's calling me back and requesting, "qisa-tha'lab-maktaba" (story-wolf-bookshelf)...of course I oblige!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Notes (part I)

Not sure how much I'm looking forward to this stage of Nusayba's development.

She wrote a note and handed it to me a few days ago--right after we had a little disagreement.


"No talking to Ummi today"

Monday, January 3, 2011

Nusayba's First Blood Test

At her annual physical after turning 5, the doctor ordered Nusayba's first blood test!



On the way home when I was trying to explain to Nusayba the idea that we can donate blood to those who may have suffered blood loss. She was very concerned with the blood donors and if/how/when the blood would be returned to them?! :)