Its been one long and busy summer for my family. In the begining of the summer vacation, I had a long list of goals set for the kids. This included memorizing one juz each and continous revision to perfect the surahs they have memorized. I also wanted each of them to complete the curriculum for their grades in english, maths and science as well as improve on their reading both arabic and english books among other things. I told them that even though summer is supposed to be for vacation, travelling and having a nice time, we would spend a great part of our summer studying. The schedule was; the whole day would be spent studying while taking breaks to perform salah, eat and clean up along the line. Their playtime is after maghrib. I told them if they co-oporate and work hard enough such that we are able to meet our target, they would have many nice gifts incuding new bikes. I told them that the only way to compensate for not travelling to visit our family is by making the utmost out of their time so that they will not be losing both ways. I thank Allah for the type of children I have. They usually easily accept whatever I tell them and I can say this is the best summer I have spent in this country based on how I spent my time with my kids, alhamdulillah. We made umrah twice during the vacation and then spent tbe eid in makkah and the day after eid in Madina. The joy living in Saudia maa sha Allah. Here are the pictures of the eid cakes I made with them. I cant even describe how nice they tasted....
