I love my little family, alhamdulilah

OK so on Sunday Lana as usual kept playing with the DVD..taking it out, putting it back...etc so i decided right then to stop this..she is going to ruin all the Cd's for the Arabic sesame street, and i got them all the way from Saudi (i hate, tapes were wayyyy better),so i took her and made her sit on the stairs and told her not to move...but she kept running up the stairs giggling and laughing,omg it was crazy...just imagine her running up and me trying to keep up with her...i kept thinking thank God i didn't go to the gym today! i almost lost my mind...why did i choose the stairs why! finally after around 30 min or more, she sat for a mint+ and i was ok with that, whew finally she is starting to grasp the idea..but omg. after i gave her a hug and talked to her, i threw myself on the couch trying to breath, here Zaid comes and says to me, "your the best mom"! n what can i say! that was the best thing i heared.. music to my ear. HABEBY!...i smiled big and told him n you are the best son ever :')

and last night, he wrote me this:)

" I like you. I enjoy playing with me! You are the best mom ever. I like your shirt. I like your hair. You are 30 uls old. you like me. i like your pans. i like you so so so so so so so much. i like yor ey. i like your feet. i like your eer. i like your teech". Then he said "smile like this..see you have very beautiful teeth"! lol

I just love how he is expressing those feelings...i don't mind getting one everyday ;)

Today I feel great, i made yabr'a for the first time by myself..when Fatima was here we made it together=) and it turned out great and of course i called my mom, Fatima, and Sahar to ask about cocking it the fast way using the pressure cooker.. but they all have not tried this way before! and i was freaking out..so they asked our cousin n called me back lol...and it worked 1 hour in the pressure cooker instead of 3 hours using regular pot! looks yummy..tastes yummy!

Alahamdulilah ow mashallah the past few weekends, Ammar and I managed to go out and spend some time alone together..Ammar has been very busy as usual..grading bunch of tests, teaching, finishing some readings...and everything in between! so it feels really good to spend a little time together..and thanx to Mohamad..he stays home with the sleepy heads:)

Last Saturday, Ammar found out that there was this singing group from Morocco coming to perform at UCLA..so he took me! we laughed cus it was soo not we expected it to be! it was this very Bedouin style..the yelling style where you can't understand a word..so we left during the break. We walked and Ammar showed me his poor tiny office! but we had great time alhamdulilah..then had dinner at Cheese Cack Factory..I'll always remember this night;)

this pic was at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant few weeks ago:)

Alf alhamdulilah, i just feel so happy and content those days, i don't want this feeling to go away..alhamdulilah..May Allah bring us all closer to him and may Allah make us from the happy people in this life and the life after..Ameen
aaaand i will leave you with one of Lana's latest experiments..