Raising our children with His Blessings...

Bismillah... In the name of Allah the Most-Merciful Alhamdulillah we have been quite busy this month. Arabic and French classes going quite well alhamdulillah. Kids are settled now. Although I am not really happy with the French lessons, I may pull them out in September and carry on sending them for the Arabic lessons on weekends. The Arabic lessons are quite well-planned mashAllah. They are using Arabic Made Easy Foundation 1 book (My little world) and the handwriting book from the same series. They are learning new words in every session.  For Qur'anic Arabic, they are using Ahsanul Qawayid. I have met the teachers last week. They are very friendly mashAllah, especially the Arabic teacher. She suggested that our kids should watch Arabic kids channels so that they can get used to Arabic pronunciation. I am watching Jeem channel Sky 823 with them and trying to translate as much as possible. It is quite an westernized channel, I must admit. I need some good Muslim c...

Bismillah Alhamdulillah we have been quite busy. Children are growing so quickly! MashAllah! I am writing this post while Im is hoovering the sitting room :-) He just helped me bake a Oreo cake. We were suppose to make brownies but ended up making a cake. They told me it's delicious. I haven't tasted the cake yet as I am fasting. This is my first fast after the Eid ul Fitr last week, Thursday 8th of August. I hope to do all of the missed fasts and the fasts of Shawwal inshAllah by this month.  Today, Im put quite a lot of peppermint oil on the stairs :-( The oil is quite hard to find and it's quite expensive too. The whole house smells of peppermint! I hope no mouse comes to our place inshAllah for a long time!  I have been having my driving lessons for a year now. My practical is due next week Friday. I don't think I am ready yet so will postpone inshAllah. I may do my one in October as that's when the nearest date is available. InshAllah I hope I can be...