Last night just before bedtime, Bilaal remarked, "I wish Mother's Day could be every Sunday!" I don't know why he was so impressed with this day (which some cynics term a commercial day), we didn't go anywhere or do anything out of the ordinary beside the lovely brekkie I posted about in my previous post.
So of course Yaasier told him, but you know Mother's Day is everyday, which took him aback. Yaasier explained to him that everyday we should love and honour and respect our mommies by being on our best behaviour and telling them everyday that we love them and that we think they are beautiful. Now I must say, while Bilaal may not be on his best behaviour at all times (and I don't expect him to be), for some reason lately he has been back to his habits of younger years of telling me every single day, "mommy I love you", "mommy you so beautiful".
Yaasier then started telling Bilaal that in Islam we are taught that Janaah (paradise) lies at the feet of thy mother. According to belief, a man once asked the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) who he should honour first, and the answer was - your mother. So the man asked, and who should we honour next, and the answer was - your mother. The man asked a third time, and who should we honour next, and again the answer was - your mother. As muslims we should honour our mothers 3 times above any other because...
"Paradise lies at the feet of thy mother"
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day
Happy happy mother's day to all the moms out there. I had a lovely quiet relaxing day... I only got out of my pjs at 12.30! Bilaal has been so excited for Mother's Day all week. He kept saying, "mommy how many day till Mother's Day?" or "I'm so excited for Mother's Day!".
When I asked him why he was so excited he told me it was because I was going to get a big surprise... "but don't guess okay mommy..." Then on Friday when I fetched them from school they had made these awsome flowers as well as bracelets for their mummys! I was told I should where the bracelet everyday. Fortunately it is actually a very nice bracelet , which I actually would wear. I will try yo remember to take a photo of it to post on my blog. He also told me I was not to get up early this morning.
This morning came and I was in the kitchen making Sumayah's bottle when Bilaal came dowstairs with a worried expression. I quickly reassured him that I was just making the bottle then I would get back into bed. Once I was back in bed, Yaasier and Bilaal were all whispery and went downstairs. Of course I knew what was happening, but I pretended to be clueless for the sake of the surprise! Soon I got the waft of toast and eggs frying and then I was summoned to breakfast. Now please excuse the morning hairdo, but here are the pictures from my lovely Mother's Day surprise!
When I asked him why he was so excited he told me it was because I was going to get a big surprise... "but don't guess okay mommy..." Then on Friday when I fetched them from school they had made these awsome flowers as well as bracelets for their mummys! I was told I should where the bracelet everyday. Fortunately it is actually a very nice bracelet , which I actually would wear. I will try yo remember to take a photo of it to post on my blog. He also told me I was not to get up early this morning.
This morning came and I was in the kitchen making Sumayah's bottle when Bilaal came dowstairs with a worried expression. I quickly reassured him that I was just making the bottle then I would get back into bed. Once I was back in bed, Yaasier and Bilaal were all whispery and went downstairs. Of course I knew what was happening, but I pretended to be clueless for the sake of the surprise! Soon I got the waft of toast and eggs frying and then I was summoned to breakfast. Now please excuse the morning hairdo, but here are the pictures from my lovely Mother's Day surprise!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Lost... Sense of Sillyness... If found please return
I have always thought of myself as a patient person, but in reality I am not. This has become particularly apparent to me since Bilaal was a toddler. But the worst thing is that this lack of patience has sapped my sense of sillyness over the years. In one of my very early posts I spoke about positive parenting... well that's easier said than done. So you may be wondering what on earth am I blabbering on about...
You see I realise that I have lost my sense of humour somewhere along the continuum of the humdrum of child rearing activities. Bilaal is naturally very playful, as children should be, but I often miss opportunities to be simply silly and horse around and laugh at stupid things because I'm always trying to get things done. This was made apparent to me by Sumayah,s reactions to Bilaal when he does silly things. Things that annoy me or feels like time-wasting is adored by Sumayah. She loves it when he tries to give her a fright with a big 'Boo!' or pretends to fall over putting on his pyjama pant, or when he throws the soft toy against my head while I am dressing her. Tonight I was getting annoyed as usual for something silly he was doing, I can't even remember anymore what it was and I stopped and said to myself, 'Heellloo! Lighten up! Have a laugh!'
I don't remember when last I tickled Bilaal till we both couldn't laugh anymore or chased him around the house for no reason or gave him a good old fright... I don't want to be a boring mom. I want to be fun and exciting to be around and not just the one who takes care of his basic needs. It's gonna take work, but I need to get back in touch with my inner child.
You see I realise that I have lost my sense of humour somewhere along the continuum of the humdrum of child rearing activities. Bilaal is naturally very playful, as children should be, but I often miss opportunities to be simply silly and horse around and laugh at stupid things because I'm always trying to get things done. This was made apparent to me by Sumayah,s reactions to Bilaal when he does silly things. Things that annoy me or feels like time-wasting is adored by Sumayah. She loves it when he tries to give her a fright with a big 'Boo!' or pretends to fall over putting on his pyjama pant, or when he throws the soft toy against my head while I am dressing her. Tonight I was getting annoyed as usual for something silly he was doing, I can't even remember anymore what it was and I stopped and said to myself, 'Heellloo! Lighten up! Have a laugh!'
I don't remember when last I tickled Bilaal till we both couldn't laugh anymore or chased him around the house for no reason or gave him a good old fright... I don't want to be a boring mom. I want to be fun and exciting to be around and not just the one who takes care of his basic needs. It's gonna take work, but I need to get back in touch with my inner child.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sunshine Award!
I have really been neglecting my blog recently. There are so many things I'd like to share, but internet frustrations coupled with lack of time has made it really difficult. So it was so nice to get not one but TWO Sunshine Awards! And nogal from 2 fellow bloggers I avidly follow, Rock Mom and Karen. Thank you! So of course I will gladly pass this award on to 12 other bloggers:
1) I'm so not a blogger
2) Jou ma se blerrie blog
3) The Kriel family
4) Laughs to birth and all things that follow
5) Simply Mel
6) The Reluctant mom's blog
7) WTJAlexander
8) Bhalababy
9) Baglett
ok so theres supposed to be 12, but I could only come up with 9 that I regularly read besides Rock mom and Karen.
Right now back to marking!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Adults Only!
Ok so I posted my wordless wednesday post 11 minutes into thursday, but I blame this damn internet connection. For the past 2 days the internet connection has been giving us utter misery. Go figure it decides to work at midnight. So here I am try to squeeze in a bit of blogging. I had to submit some articles today so thankfully it worked just in time for me to meet my deadline!
But I am getting lost from the reason I am posting. I was just reflecting today on how careful one needs to be when saying things to or in front of kids. Bilaal is getting to that age now when the things he sees on T.V make a huge impression on him. So age restrictions are especially important now. Whenever we hire movies we always take one family movie and one for us to watch after he has gone to bed. A while back Bilaal started asking about 'the other movie' and we would tell him that he can't watch it because it's an adult movie. So whenever a movie or programme comes on T.V when he is still awake at night that has an age restriction and we either change the channel or chase him off to bed, he would ask us if it's because it's an 'adult movie' Unwittingly we would simply say yes, but then one day Yaasier and I realised... hang on we need to rather be referring to then as 'movies not meant for children', especially after Bilaal was relaying to us how he told the class in news time that his mommy and daddy watched 'adult movies' over the weekend! I wonder what his teacher must have thought!
But I am getting lost from the reason I am posting. I was just reflecting today on how careful one needs to be when saying things to or in front of kids. Bilaal is getting to that age now when the things he sees on T.V make a huge impression on him. So age restrictions are especially important now. Whenever we hire movies we always take one family movie and one for us to watch after he has gone to bed. A while back Bilaal started asking about 'the other movie' and we would tell him that he can't watch it because it's an adult movie. So whenever a movie or programme comes on T.V when he is still awake at night that has an age restriction and we either change the channel or chase him off to bed, he would ask us if it's because it's an 'adult movie' Unwittingly we would simply say yes, but then one day Yaasier and I realised... hang on we need to rather be referring to then as 'movies not meant for children', especially after Bilaal was relaying to us how he told the class in news time that his mommy and daddy watched 'adult movies' over the weekend! I wonder what his teacher must have thought!
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