Busy Days Gone By

Whew! I have to say, this has been a very busy summer for us; actually, we’ve been busy since spring. My sister came to Buffalo, N.Y.on a business trip and since I hadn’t seen her in a while, we planned a quick trip down to Niagara Falls. We quickly whisked her up for a weekend visit to Toronto and that set the pace for our summer. It was nice because she never met my two youngest children before.


We have grown pretty close to our homeschooling neighbors – a great source of baraka for us, MashaALLAH. Every week or so, we met and visited a local branch of the library. Even though I told the children that they had a three book limit, they managed to check out so many books that I could hardly carry them!

Ramadan was busy as well; once again, I didn’t have too much organized but it worked out. We completed a few scheduled activities  but the children really wanted to focus on fasting (it was their first time). We all spent a lot of time working on our Qur’an memorization and my daughter is finally near the end of Juz ‘Amma, AlhamduLillah. This year, they were able to practice their memorization by leading each other in Taraweeh; this was especially nice because my daughter lead me.

Eid was especially nice because we invited our neighbors along for the celebration. There was quite a turnout this year, AlhamduLillah.

After Eid, we decided to squeeze in one more trip to Niagara Falls and MashaAllah, this was also with our neighbors. They are really like extended family for us and I pray that Allah makes things easy for them, Ameen.

Next up, what in the world are we doing in the homeschool? InshaALLAH I hope to answer this question very soon – I’m doing some last-minute preparations. Take care,

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About Umm Maryam

I am an American Muslim homeschooling mom of four who is living in Canada and trying to become stronger on the deen as each day passes, InshaAllah.
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