Tag: "Kids"

Review: Salah Tracker for Kids iPhone App

Review: Salah Tracker for Kids iPhone App

| September 20, 2012 | Comments (6)

After I was given the job of becoming American Muslim Mom’s iPhone app reviewer, I have been pleasantly surprised to discover there are SO many Islamic themed apps available out there. One such app, Salah Tracker for Kids, is a cute way for parents to monitor their child’s praying habits. You can add each of [...]

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Audio Post: What Are Your Fears & Worries When Your Kids Go To School? Bullies? Bombs?

Audio Post: What Are Your Fears & Worries When Your Kids Go To School? Bullies? Bombs?

| May 28, 2012 | Comments (4)

Recorded: 12-14-2011 Audio Post Notes: What do you do to build your children’s self-confidence and self-respect as Muslim kids? Check out my 79 Ways to Volunteer in a Public School (America). How we practice Islam and freedom of religion in America, a non-Muslim country, much, much better than here in a Muslim country. Are you [...]

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Another Dream Came True – Part 2

Another Dream Came True – Part 2

| May 9, 2012 | Comments (1)

Please make sure to read Part 1 of this post first. Last post, I told you about another dream of mine that came true–taking my girls with me to Umrah, Alhamdulillah. What’s Our Dream Now? So now, what’s my dream? To return to Mecca and Medina over and over again! To go to the ONLY [...]

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Another Dream Came True – Part 1

Another Dream Came True – Part 1

| May 7, 2012 | Comments (1)

I’ve been so overwhelmed, and there’s so little time. I have so many pictures, audio, and video, but don’t know what to share or send first! We’ve made three umrahs with the girls so far, Alhamdulillah, and my hubby made two additional ones. We visited MANY sacred lands that Muslims only dream about stepping on [...]

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Four Reasons Why Allowing Your Children to Spend Time Overseas Alone is a Good Idea

Four Reasons Why Allowing Your Children to Spend Time Overseas Alone is a Good Idea

| April 2, 2012 | Comments (15)

As a mom today there is a lot of advice and criticism given to us by others.  One of the topics I have heard a lot of criticism about is my decision to let my children, on different occasions travel and stay overseas without me.  Mind you they were not hitch hiking Europe solo at [...]

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Life in Gaza- A Baby’s Secured Window Seat

Life in Gaza- A Baby’s Secured Window Seat

| March 9, 2012 | Comments (2)

My nephew loves watching the “Beeps” (cars) passing by. Rather than having anyone hold him–he secured his own window seat by himself. Since I love holding him, this sight was shockingly funny when I returned home from my morning out.             Do the little ones in your life crawl into/onto funny places [...]

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5 Ways to Keep the Kids Busy While You Work at Home

5 Ways to Keep the Kids Busy While You Work at Home

| January 24, 2012 | Comments (6)

I’ve been working from home as a freelance writer for seven years now. My children were all under the age of four when I first began seriously pursuing home-based writing opportunities. If finding paying gigs was the most challenging aspect of working from home, keeping my children worked a close second. In the beginning, I [...]

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Time For Mama

Time For Mama

| December 19, 2011 | Comments (7)

You do your best when you are at your best. I know there is much to do thoughout the day, and it seems like 15 minutes to yourself is just too hard to get. Does Mama Time Really Exist? But, don’t feel down! What if I told you that it is possible to have that mama time? [...]

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Five Fun Tips to Teach Kids Arabic

Five Fun Tips to Teach Kids Arabic

| December 12, 2011 | Comments (10)

I have been teaching Arabic at my local mosque’s Sunday school for a couple of months, and it has been a rewarding experience thus far. I am teaching 17 kindergarteners the Arabic alphabet  and vocabulary. It has been pretty challenging to find useful resources online to teach Arabic to little kids so I have been [...]

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Mabel’s Labels for Kids’ Clothes & Belongings – Review & Giveaway

Mabel’s Labels for Kids’ Clothes & Belongings – Review & Giveaway

| September 29, 2011

Perfect for our family travels, these machine washable, waterproof, dishwasher-safe, sturdy kid labels are so great! My girls were having fun, so they took the one metal label and put it around her stud earring just because “I can!” my daughter replied. Well, okay then…the girls insist that no one else would have this picture, [...]

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To Laugh or Cry? To stay calm in the midst of a storm.

To Laugh or Cry? To stay calm in the midst of a storm.

| September 20, 2011 | Comments (2)

Dude, I cannot even begin to say what a crazy roller coaster life I’m living right now! I’m not facing anything with a sense of fear…just completely appreciative of this cool anticipation, filled with excitement, joy! Whenever we leave everything to the will of Allah subhanallahu wa Ta’ala; it’s so incredibly invigorating, that the energy [...]

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Dads ARE Capable of Doing the Laundry Too! Watch this Hysterical Clorox 2 Video

Dads ARE Capable of Doing the Laundry Too! Watch this Hysterical Clorox 2 Video

| September 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

I was invited to participate is a Clorox 2 Mom Blogger Challenge. Given I’m just weaning back to blogging, I really didn’t want to participate, even though the Mom Blogger who gets the most views would win a year’s supply of laundry detergent, a brand new washer and dryer and other goodies…BUT, when I clicked [...]

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Pedophilic Pediatrician Convicted – 10+ years, 80+ kids, mostly toddlers!!

Pedophilic Pediatrician Convicted – 10+ years, 80+ kids, mostly toddlers!!

| August 27, 2011 | Comments (5)

Alhumdulilah alathee afana! Praise be to God that He spared us from this affliction! When hubby sent this most disturbing news, the entire article drew me in more and more…”Former Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley will spend the rest of his life in prison for committing horrific acts of sexual abuse against scores of young patients [...]

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If men’s dream vacation is golfing, you better get discount golf equipment…

If men’s dream vacation is golfing, you better get discount golf equipment…

| August 26, 2011 | Comments (5)

In a recent survey, men’s dream vacation overwhelmingly involves golf. Whereas for women, they dream of something romantic. Ask my girls and I, and our dream vacation continues to be Mecca and Medina, inshaAllah, God willing. We don’t expect or even want this trip to involve golf, nor anything romantic. Anyways to the majority of [...]

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The 30 Days of Ramadan Crafty Challenge

The 30 Days of Ramadan Crafty Challenge

| August 20, 2011 | Comments (1)

How it all began… You can learn about how my 3 girls and I came up with the idea of the 30 Days of Ramadan Crafty Challenge here. You can craft, too! For each craft, we will have a supply list, take photos of the supplies and show the process step by step. This will [...]

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