http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com Experiences & Advice for Muslimah Mothers on Raising children in the West, Homeschooling, and Health Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:42:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Creating a daily and weekly schedule requires some work and takes a month or two to implement with some efforts, but after that initial time and effort you will have created a peaceful and organized situation for yourself, your children, and your home which is priceless. Last year, i mentioned that ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/08/15/benefits-of-scheduling/ Read up on this idea of kids teaching themselves. The story behind it is amazing. After his wife died, he discovered that kids can teach themselves better than a teacher can. His rules are no sugar, no TV, two big meals a day, 5 hours of schoolwork starting immediately after ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/07/22/self-teaching-homeschooling-curriculum/ Alhamdulillah we arrived back from Jordan June 29, a week ago now. The return flights were less crowded and the flight attendants were more flexible than before. On the flights to Jordan (through London) it was the flight attendants that gave me a harder time than my 3 kids. Maybe ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/07/07/back-from-jordan/ The baby is napping so i thought i'd write down some thoughts.  Yesterday I went jilbab shopping in Irbid, the nearest big city from my husband's village - about 15 minutes away. My husband wasn't too happy about my long list of things i wanted to buy, but i explained to him that ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/06/15/a-day-of-shopping/ Alhamdulillah we have arrived in Jordan about two weeks ago now. Jordan in June is cross between the French countryside - with it's olive trees, grapevines, and roads curving between hills and valleys - and Florida - with it's palm trees, sunny skies, and fruit trees - and the African desert ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/06/05/greetings-from-jordan/ From The Natural Health Newsletter (www.cureguide.com) Randall Neustaedter OMD Vaccine Choices Online My lecture on Vaccine Choices for parents is now available online for your viewing pleasure. There is an audio recording, which should play automatically in whatever audio player your computer uses. There is also a PowerPoint presentation to view while the ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/05/20/vaccine-lecture-online/ Salams to my gals :) Sorry i haven't had a chance to write lately. Things are crazy around here. We're all fine alhamdulillah just so much going on. Mainly the same stuff as i mentioned in a previous post - but add to that a whole week of my husband ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/05/05/go-and-enjoy-spring/ Tomorrow at 7:30 am Mohamad is scheduled to have a circumcision AND his yearly heart ultrasound checkup at the same time. I scheduled the circumcision to be after he turned 1 so that they could be done at the same time and he won't have to go through anesthesia twice. ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/04/23/babys-circumcision-is-tomorrow/ At 10 days old, baby Mohamad was moved from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) to the step down unit which is still on the cardiac floor but it is a regular hospital room with the normal level of care. Here, a parent must be with the baby at almost ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/04/21/baby-mohamad-last-days-in-the-hospital/ A temporary template change!!! :) My kids and I *personally* smashed the last small pieces of the ice mountain that was in front of our house that has taken forever to melt. I have been watching it everyday - waiting for the day for every last piece of it to ... http://theimamsdaughter.myminaret.com/2008/04/06/in-honor-of-spring/