People may ask what our children do, as they are on the farm with no outside friends, television, video games, or iPads. Well, aside from milking the cow, taking care of the animals and chickens, Islamic studies and homeschooling, and chores, they have several other interests.
They all are into jigsaw puzzles at the moment. 100 piece puzzles of dump trucks for our 5 year old and 1000 piece scenes for our older girls. They all like building things with Lego, wooden log cabin sets, train sets, and the like.They also love playing games like I Spy Eagle Eye, Spot It, Rock On, Wild Craft, Scrabble, Rush Hour, Tangram, Bananagrams, Catan, Qur'an and Hadith Challenge, etc.
They all love arts and crafts. They draw, paint, knit, crochet, sew, make bead jewelry, latch hook rugs, and are venturing into quilting insha'Allah. They make lip balms, soaps, lotions and potions for hair and skin.
They love cooking, especially making large batches of organic cookies, crackers, caramel popcorn, pizza, and cakes...so they can eat them.
They also love to read copious amounts of books, widely ranging from autobiographies to animal care and beyond. They enjoy harvesting interesting plants, fruits, and veggies from the land and identifying different wildlife.
They ride fat tire bikes and have mini dirt bikes.
They swing, trapeze, see saw, walk, run, and play. They have a dugout and are building a stone house.
Masha'Allah, they never have enough time to do all they want to, but al hamdulillah, they are never bored.
MashaAllah tabarakAllah I thought of you today, Mai and family, and decided to do a quick search to see if I could find you! I'm so happy to see all of the these updates and I pray Allah continues blessing your lives on the farm. Much good has happened in these years on my side too. I hope we can catch up soon!!
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Allahu Akbar wa l'Illah il hamd! Baarak Allahu feekee for making the effort to find us and get in touch! It is wonderful to hear that you, too, are thriving bi idhn Illah ta'ala. I look forward to catching up with developments your end. Ameen to your dua and may Allah continue to keep you close - ameen!
DeleteAsalaamu Alaikum Mai and Family. This is Amina Bint Yusuf Knuckles. Mai, you and I took some of Umm Mujaahid's classes and emailed a bit before, Qadr Allah, your laptop burnt up in a fire.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to read all of the activities your children are doing, Alhamdullilah. I an curious, how old are your girls if you don't kind me asking?
Please update and let us know how you are doing in'shaa'Allah.
Wa alaykum ussalaam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh! No need to remind me, Amina, I remember you well maashaa Allah! How are you and your family? Land in Florida?
DeleteMy girls are 12 & 15, my son is 5. We are all doing well, alhamdulillah, and life is busy all day, every day. Aside from our morning Islamic studies, afternoon homeschooling, animals, growing, and living from scratch, we have just started a farmer's market here, launched our daughters' NaturalCraft business, and have about four other projects in the works alhamdulillah.
Four Muslim families have bought land over the road and are planning to form a community with us here alhamdulillah. It is a collection of people only Allah could orchestrate. One student of knowledge is specializing in Arabic and tafseer, another is finishing up an Islamic PhD while teaching and giving dawah, one sister has her highest certification in hijama, another is a homesteading natural from Yemen. There is a Professor of Agriculture, two engineers - one of whom is specializing in natural building, at least one hafidh, and every family has one teacher and at least one fluent Arabic speaker. Allahu Akbar wa l'Illah il hamd!
If that isn't enough, June 8th is our scheduled date to get fiber optic cable internet service on our farm, so we will be able to fully operate from here, alhamdulillah.
So, what's happening with you? You still have my email? I'd be happy to hear from you. I never did post a pic of our grey abayas!
Assalamualikum,
ReplyDeleteCan you please continue posting ? It was wonderful reading your through your blog.
-Riyaz
We have been super busy with so many project, that we stopped blogging...but we will continue Insha'Allah. Thanks for the feedback.
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