End of March

I must say that Mohammad did a wonderful job watching the kids when I was away in Williamsburg. I had an exciting trip, but came home more tired. They jam pack those conventions.....I only had a few hours to do my shopping...the nerve :P I did find some great deals at the outlets 1.99 sweatshirts and fleece pants for the kids. I bought for the next three winters. Lord knows the quality of clothes they will have in Jordan. Being near the outlets brought back great childhood memories for me regarding vacations with mom and dad in Williamsburg...If your ready guys I love you.

The kids missed me, but were well looked after by moh. They were happy and fed, and the house was tidy....he's great. I of course bribed the kids with suckers and candy when I got home. And I thanked moh with chocolate covered peanuts :P Tomorrow is his birthday and he found his present in the trunk of the car....so the kids and I gave him his present early....just more peanuts. He has asked that I don't do cake etc this year, so I am following his wishes and being low key.

The house is moving along, the driveway is done...after many days of rain. I think that It makes a significant difference in the look of the house and hopefully some more exterior work is coming as soon as I hear back from the handyman I contracted with. My offical last day of work is March 26th so after that I will have some days off and I will be able to work more around the house and start bringing people in for hopeful perspective buyers. There is just so much change in such a little time.

I didn't have any specific pictures this time, just ones for your enjoyment. Till next time I hope you are all doing well.

warmest wishes.

The family is well, sorry about being late with the post. Abraham has a new facination with the potty....he doesn't use it but sits on it making a peeing sound pssssssssssss :p then he flushes the pottty and say "yucky potty" he is soooo funny and he isn't eve trying. He also got some new lights for his bedroom, the night light went out and he wanted christmas lights in his room like sissy....he loves them. They are a great distraction tool for whenever he is getting into something he's not suppose to. He smacked sissy in the face yesterday and recieved his first time out......he cried the whole time and then refused to appologize...I think we are starting to see the beginning of free will !!! He loves the ladies at the daycare and they tell me that he manipulates them and gets stuff out of them because he is sooo cute...he's trouble this one. I think my kids are smarter than me.

Ameena....well she is ameena. She went to Islamic school on Sunday dressed as a dog and totally plays the part! She is still trying to learn her letters and she has an amazing memmory. After reading a book for one time, she can go back through it and literally re-read me the whole book. She is into fashion lately, she can really put an outfit together. I had her eyes checked at the eye doctor...wanted to do it before school and befor I lost my insurance due to the layoff....she had perfect vision. She was bummed she really wanted glasses, but I was sooo happy she didn't inherit my poor eyes.

We had the driveway ripped up for the selling of the house. They did it on friday when it was raining and its been this way ever since because of the rain. Its been crazy having to find parking etc. You would think that the driveway guy could check the weather before riping it up...knowing it would be about a week of rain before he could come back and put down the asphelt....maybe asking too much!!! I am heading out of town for the week to a nursing convention. Mohammad will have to be mr mom and dad till saturday afternoon. He's up for the task I know he is. He's great with the kids and as long as he has plenty of prep time he can do it. I am staying home today to clean the house and get things together for the trip. Williamsburg here I come, I hope it is having better weather than we are.

To all my followers out there keep posted...I'll see you next week.

In like a lion out like a lamb

The weather has fooled us again, first we get 8 inches on monday and then by Saturday we are having 70 degree weather...go figure :P Ameena is doing well, accomplishing a lot of milestones, she can now write her name ! I have included the video below. She also grew overnight, all the clothes she had are now tooo tight and look like she is waiting for a flood. She does't even fit into 5T anymore...we have graduated her to the 6's now. Thank God for the person who inveneted the adjustable waist band,,,,I would like to think that it was a mom :P

Ibraheem is doing well, singing up a storm. The other day I was in the bedroom and I heard someone counting, realizing it was baby heem I went to the livingroom without letting him know I was there...he got up to 15 without missing a beat!! Proud mom :P He also fell off the jungle gym yesterday and got a big fat lip, that was my fault....he is so adventurous. I sometime wonder how I got such polar opposite children. One dark, one light. One lefty, one righty. One who loves the outdoors and one who would prefer to stay inside and watch TV. One laid back and one up tight!! Its amazing how they come out from the same genetic pool.

Study is becoming a challange to me. I am having a hard time balancing everything from school to work. I am making the transition to have this new nurse take over my job at Danaher....I am starting to have some resentment, because I wont be able to file for unemployment and now one wants to hire me for four months. Its such a challange and something that I didn't need right now. I sat down with a friend over the weekend and went over plans for the house in Jordan, things are tight but it will suite our needs. I am excited about furnishing it with contemporary stylings....it will be my first brand new home, they poured foundation on Saturday...I heard everything went well.

Mohammad is well, trying to make the transition with his job. Thats always a challange. He is maintaining the kids and house well, its great to have such a good partner, he was out grocey shopping last night and putting away laundry...what a great hubby. :p

Well thats enough for our madness, enjoy the photos and video and well talk soon.

new start

This is the space to put stuff about the family and how things are going. I will try to update everything on Sunday nights...but some Sundays are worse than others...but If I can pencil it into my date book...well hopefully it will happen.

Ibraheem: had a great day with dad outside playing in the snow....see picture. He loves to dance lately the favorites are John Jacob Jingle Himmer Smitz....and wheels on the bus..funny stuff. He has been pretty creative lately with pulling up chairs to get to higher cabnets and his favorite...to push buttons on the microwave and nuke our meds. He wants to wear his sisters fairy costume lately.....he asks me if he is pretty and he spins around :P

Ameena: after mohammad's painstaking efforts ameena can now spell her name. in celebration we kept her first paper that she wrote her name on and we bough her hair pretties to reward her. She has such an aversion to the alphabet...but were working on her ...slowly. She loves the new moving Madagascar 2 ...thanks nana.

Mohammad: maintaining this crazy house....informed me that the building of the house in Jordan has begun and once the snow melts they will finally pour the foundaton

Jenny: Going crazy trying to finish this last semester...its so hard spending time away from the kids and family but I have to face it like a bit girl. I finially finished me master's research..I now have to go through all the data.....I see the light at the end of the tunnel..six years in the waiting.