Eid time and building blocks

Assalamu alaykum,

SubhanAllah time has flown so fast and we are waiting for the next Ramadan to come now.. May Allah swt accept our fasts, ibadah and keep us steadfast in the deen, inshaAllah. Like most of you, we had really busy Ramadan and Eid, alhamdulillah. Yusuf was usually up with us for suhoor and iftar during Ramadan, I think he had a good time on Eid too, alhamdulillah. We visited family and friends and had many visitors coming to our house too.

I didn't have much time to decorate the house for Eid, all I did was hang more Eid balloons to our Ramadan wall and prepare Yusuf's gift. We bought Yusuf his first little thawb and he wore it for Eid prayer, mashaAllah. In his little box he had lollies, cookies, chocolate and Eid badge.

I think Yusuf was really excited about the gift box idea, he had been reading the Eid book over and over during Ramadan. And in the book Grandma Fatima prepared lots of Eid gift boxes for the kiddies. I wanted Yusuf to have his own little box of sweets for the day and mashaAllah he had been carrying that box around all day long.

Yusuf turned 2 this Ramadan, alhamdulillah. I haven't started any formal teaching with him yet, maybe when he hits 2,5 inshaAllah. But we do learn things here and there. He has been showing lots of interest in numbers and alphabet. He has learned to count from 1 to 10 in Uzbek and English and he does recognize the numbers, but I have yet to teach him the concept. He still plays a lot with his blocks and that's the time when AbuYusuf joins him. Together they build masjids and towers and other buildings.

He still brings his animals and puts them in a row to pray. I usually ask him to pack up his toys once he's done playing with them, sometimes he listens to me, sometimes he wants me to help him packing and other times he doesn't want to do it. But generally he is a good boy, alhamdulillah. Below he is putting away his blocks using kitchen tongs, he found the idea quiet amusing, although he didn't finish it to the end. Something else came up that caught his interest and I had to put the blocks away (smile)..

Time to announce the Winner!!

Assalamu alaykum,

It's time to announce our Eid Giveaway Winner, inshaAllah. And it belongs to the 3rd entry, which is Raisingsahabas. Congrats, sis! And jazakumAllahu khayran to all of you who took part in the Giveaway. InshaAllah there will be more giveaways and you win next time..

Sis at Raisingsahabas please email me your details to ummi2yusuf@gmail.com as soon as you can, so that I can send the prize to you straightaway, inshaAllah.

JazakumAllahu khayran to everyone once again!!

Our little Eid Giveaway

Assalamu alaykum,

Alhamdulillah we are happy to announce our first Giveaway fi sabilillah.

Eid Giveaway includes a handmade Eid wall decoration made from felt fabric and some Eid balloons. There will be 1 winner inshaAllah. Winner will be announced on August 14, 2012. InshaAllah there are 5 days till the winner is announced.

What you need to do to win?

Leave a comment on www.coolnessofeyes.blogspot.com: A brief entry about how you would like to spend this Eid with your kids.

Who can participate?

Any sister with kids and/or grandchildren, nieces, nephews inshaAllah.

How do we choose the winner?

I will number the comments left on the blog and write the numbers on the paper and Yusuf inshaAllah will do the drawing, he will pick a number randomly. InshaAllah you will trust us on this. The winner will have to contact me within 2 days, so that I can send the gift as soon as possible. I really want the gift to be received before Eid or on the Eid days, inshaAllah. 

When leaving a comment please leave your name or kunya and please do not forget to come back and check the results on August 14, 2012. That's when we announce the winner, inshaAllah.

If you are the winner inshaAllah, please send me your contact details to ummi2yusuf@gmail.com within 2 days of the announcement.

We hope you participate and please sisters spread the word.

JazakumAllahu khayran!!

Ramadan in the new house..

Assalamu alaykum,

Alhamdulillah we are witnessing another Ramadan, may Allah swt accept it from all of us, inshaAllah. Alhamdullillah we have been busy this Ramadan, we moved to a new house a week before Ramadan started and have been staying busy since then, alhamdulillah. Our new house is 3 minutes walk to the masjid and it's highly populated with muslims, alhamdulillah (smile).. We are very happy about the location!!

Yusuf was and is still excited about Ramadan, when it comes to iftar he usually comes and joins me at the table, we make dua and break the fast together. He also wakes up in the morning for suhoor time. His sleeping schedule have changed since the start of Ramadan and inshaAllah it goes back to normal.

These are some of our Ramadan decorations that we managed to do with my son. He was really excited being involved in the decoration process, he became a little helper, mashaAllah. InshaAllah he helps me out more with the festive decorations as he grows.

I made two wall decorations, first one is made from felt fabric and the second one is very easy to make. I just cut out masjid, minaret, moon and stars shapes out of paper and glued them on blue cardstock box..