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Eassa was asking to visit again his beloved Jiddo Essa who passed away some 6 weeks a go, may God bring Mercy upon his soul. We also visited the late Sheikh AlBakiry who was instrumental in our early lives and was the one to perform the marriage ceremony for Mazin and I. We miss him. […]
Eassa is a reluctant artist. He has doubts. He is a perfectionist. He doesn’t like making mistakes. He doesn’t draw much because “I cant do it!” Doing these structured art sessions helps Eassa be comfortable with the unpredictable aspect of art, its messiness, and the fact that it’s a developing skill. Working along side him, […]
Eassa lost his first tooth yesterday. He’s been waiting for this moment ever since he read a book at school about tooth fairies. It’s a hot topic among his fellow classmates. He is desprete to find out if these illusive generous creatures are real. We’ve talked about it. Eassa knows my views on the topic. […]
We were inspired by @brb_raisingkids latest post ❤ My Eassa is making this house for his 4 year old cousin’s birthday happening next week. He joined his three older siblings making by hand their gifts, and this gives him a sense of accomplishment. He is usual impatient, but was happy to complete the work over […]
The distance between these two of mine is the 20 years experience of parenting. I see in her where I began, and in him where I’m heading towards. If I were to speak to the ‘me’ of 20 years a go, I would say this: Children are not play dough you get to shape and […]
Salaaaam to all you lovely souls on this cloudy Friday morning. So. Backbiting. It happens in the most unpredictable ways. You are chit chatting about life with your friend – all innocent stuff… and then, a name is dropped – innocently – how are they? What are they upto? And talk happens…In your head you […]
Art buddies. Best thing about kids learning at home is sharing the joy of new discoveries and skills. It also reminds us that learning is fun no matter how old we are; and that creating art is not wasting time.
Remember when we discovered that Eassa thought he was white (and blond) and that white was better than darker colours? Well we have been working hard the past few months learning about diversity and colours. Today’s session was an assessment session to see where we are at. I think i may have over done it […]
Eassa at work using pastels for the first time, and trying out the blending process. We are making here a Quran memorisation tracker inspired by the one displayed @oliveillustration 😍 Seeing Eassa comfortable with experimenting in his art, being messy, and having his hands full of paint, makes me smile. It took a lot of […]
Good morning friends, it’s FRIDAAAAYY! The week “zoomz” bye and I feel like I am racing against time to do all the things on my action list- majority of the items on the list seem to be moved forward to the following week 🤦🏽♀️ I am bouncing between community commitments, cooking healthy meals, providing emotional […]