Parents Nursery School (PNS)

Some random school pictures. One of the things I really love about this school that I couldn't find anywhere else in the Bay Area was that I could bring Asmaa and Abdurrahman along on my work days--see for yourself! :)

PNS--an experience we'll treasure!

Teacher Meghan (right) and assistant teacher Julie.

Abdu's favorite game, duck-duck-goose!

The flying fox

shaving cream!

Park and Hiking trail

These are some pictures I actually uploaded a long time ago, but wanted to fix the layout and organize them with captions,etc...so it never got published! About two months later, you're getting them with no captions:)

The first set is a trip we made to Vasona park--a local park. And the second is a beautiful hiking trail we've discovered in Saratoga. We were actually there just yesterday again, but these pictures were taken on an extremely cold day. We were not prepared at all (I didn't even have a jacket) and the trip happened as a spur of the moment thing. We were actually really worried that the kids (especially Abdu) may get frostbite so our pictures were very limited.

At the end there are a couple of videos for your pleasure ;)

ps: I'm hoping to upload some recent shots between today and tomorrow insha'a Allah.

These videos are extremely old, but since I took the time to upload them, I figure I might as well post them here :)

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

Finally the Happy Hollow Park & Zoo has reopened and after this visit we decided to get an annual pass--so we'll be here a lot more often! The had a couple of neat rides and the girls got to go on their first "roller coaster"--hopefully i'll get some good shots of that during our next visit.

This was the "frog hopper"--the mini drop zone i guess.

we went with our friends bhawana and her daughter khadijah

Asmaa was balling her eyes out--she was so scared in the petting zoo. There's something about insects and animals that really scares her--i'm hoping she'll get over it one day.

Abdu really wanted to taste the you-know-what!

Random videos

This one's really old--i posted it on youtube right away (to thank Ahmed and Seraj for the beautiful Eid gifts), but forgot to share and show the rest of the family:)

Beautiful jackets for Eid--they're really nice!

Praying--all three of them and I'm not quite sure who the Imam is exactly ;)




Asmaa reciting her favorite surah and in case you don't notice, she says(screems) "balaa" at the end of the surah answering Allah's (swt) question:



And I'm really not sure how understandable it is, but after she recites a few verses in surat Al-Dhuha she states that we've already read the surah. So I tell her that I want to tape her this time so she obligingly wants to start all over again:)

The flower girls

The girls were the flower girls at a friend's wedding and I think it was an event Nusayba won't forget for a long time. These are some photos I and another friend took.

Nusayba was going up to the professional photographer and asking him to take pictures of her--apparently he did! But I haven't seen those yet.






Silly faces...




And a sad one...

The Family's visit and random other things:)

Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield, CA

Mohammad always has the best ideas....

NOT!

It was amazing, all the pictures they had, like this one of Ronald Reagan, made with jelly beans!

The Suliman Aquatic Center in Newark, CA

We really had a good time here. A really fun indoor swim center--for all ages!

The Jungle

I really liked this shot:)

We spent New Year's in Monterey, CA

I think I overheard a child calling this whale Sandy--it was right infront of a little museum in Monterey.

Nusayba's first dentis visit!

Alhamdulillah, we're fortunate enough to have Muslim women professionals in various fields here in CA. I really wanted Nusayba to see that for herself--Muslim women in such fields.


Nusayba's obsession with slime!

The first time they made putty at school it was wonderful. They got the ratio of glue to liquid starch perfect and the texture was awesome. Nusayba played with it for an hour at school and then we braught some home and she literally played for another hour--straight! I tried to find out what the proportions/ingredients were, but we still haven't figured it out.

Not quite the right texture...

happy nonetheless, walhamduilllah:)


Another day she brought home a different concoction: flour, water, salt with sparkly paint--what a treat:)