we are doing well...
ameena...
she is getting sooo excited about going to school she keeps telling everyone that her school bus allows her to watch movies in it. At least we know where her priorities are. She is generally having a better time with everyone in the family, although the hitting continues. But after all it is ameena.
Ibraheem: Ibraheem is starting to show some definance. After three weeks of going to bed with mommy he hates to go to be alone now that I am trying to get us on a schedule for ameena's school adventure. As you can see from the picture above, after an hour of putting back to bed..he decided the best option was to bring his pillow and sleep at the door. It worked for me...I didn't have to go to bed at 8pm that night. He is picking up on the arabic at an alarming rate....its amazing those young minds. I bought the kids a small swimming pool, of course because of the water shortage I didn't fill it all the way up..but it did draw a crowd of spectators as you can see. Even though it was small the kids still had a great time.....and I got some much needed mommy brainless time as I just had to make sure one didn't kill the other :P
Mohammad: continues to run back and forth between here and amman to watch the building and to work at the same time. Its starting to run him down but now that his brother is back from omrah....he's not doing it alone. He is genuinely enjoying being with his family, sometimes I am jealous of how they look at him...so much love and genuine joy for him just because he is their brother...its nice to see that kind of unconditional love.
Me: Hanging in there, still grapling with all the change...I think that it has been the hardest on me. We went to a posh wedding three days ago, it was so lovely. The bride being from Canada took a groom here from Jordan and he is going back to live with her family there. I wanted to say "take me with you" . But that was me panicing. I have been spending a lot of time with mohammad's sister she helped me make home made pickles. She's going to teach me to make a nice zuchini dish tomorrow. The building of the house has really taken off...we are picking the final paint colors, bathroom fixtures, lighting. the outside doors were installed today and the tile in the main living areas is put in place. We hope to be in before september fingers crossed. People tell us we are being optimistic but its really a necessity to be in there before ameena starts school. The tanker will be arriving later than we thought probably not till the end of august beginning of september. Note to all my friends don't trust a russian shipping company :P
Anyhow I hope you all are well...sorry about the delay in posting. tootles.
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