Thirty eight weeks and counting

Me: I think I'm way passed my due date.
Midwife laughing: You are thirty eight weeks today, you are definitely not passed your due date.
Me: But I gave birth with my first one a little over thirty seven. I thought I was going to do the same thing this time.
Midwife still smiling: Did we tell you that.
Me: Nope, but I think I convinced myself, you even told me its not a rule.
Midwife smiling:....

So I am thirty eight weeks and counting. Maybe this will be a November baby after all.
November is a good month, so is October! ( am I making any sense!)

Here's what I'm doing in life at the moment:

Yesterday I went apple picking with my toddler, a friend and her toddler.

Today I made apple pie.

Tomorrow We'll have apple pie for breakfast. (inshaAllah)

And I'm still waiting.

Peace.

Still Gone!

We all had high hopes for the full moon, since it can stir things up with 9 months pregnant women. I guess not this one.
Still waiting I suppose, and yes getting bigger by the minute, I don't know if its even conceivable that I can stretch further, but I guess its still going.

So meanwhile Geddo( Granpa) Made lil'monkey a cardboard house that we're saving until the new baby's arrival( something to distract her, she was jumping on one of her baby toys the other day,a pretty disturbing image!). Mama surprisingly enough made her a "Charlie and Lola" paintings to decorate the house with( this neat British kids show she loves), and then later maybe her room. I didn't think I had it in me to be so crafty but I'll share the paintings with you once I capture them on camera.
Meanwhile, we'll be doing a lot of waiting, praying and I guess it won't hurt to try and finish my hypno babies program.

Keep making du'a.

Later.

Gone until furthur notice

I will be currently out of posts for.. well who knows. I'm due pretty soon, so we're getting ready. I'll be staying with my in laws to be close to my birth center.
I'm pretty excited, to be getting close, I'm ready to meet the new baby, and it's always a plus to be able to see your toes again.

Till then keep me in your Du'a, I'll let you know as soon as I pop.

Peace

Sheikh Hamza'a Eid Sermon

Here's a wonderful talk by our Gem Sheikh Hamza Yusuf to summon up the benefits of Ramadan.
For those of you who don't speak Arabic be patient he starts his talk in Arabic,the rest of the talk is in English. Its a pretty long talk, but totally worth checking out.



Peace.

Bouncy Castle Yay!

I've been dragging myself to post about our cool Eid party, but finally decided I had to share.
We had a bouncy castle, a cookout, and fresh CSA red cabbage coleslaw. I also made a last minute mac and cheese for the kids, and we had one of those big nasty delicious chemical infested party cakes from Jewel Osco or something. I wanted to make a homemade dessert, but figured to spare my 8 months pregnant feet the trouble. I am guilt free, foot relieved and happy alhamdulilah.

Here's the bouncy castle 3 part story:

Part one
The delivery people came and set it up, Munchkin strolls in sees it gives me a confused look, then I tell her, Bouncy Castle Yay! so she gets the idea jumps and squeals from excitement all through the party, never failing to say " Bouncy Castle, YAY!"
Part Two
After the party was over we deflated it for the delivery people to pick it up in the morning. Munchkin wakes up in the morning saying Bouncy Castle Yay! Then she runs to where it was set and sees it's all deflated, gives me the same confused look she had when she first laid eyes on it. So I tell her " Bouncy Castle sleeping" so she says with a sad sad voice" Bouncy castle sleeping:("
Ready for the suspense of part three, good:)
This time "Baba" comes back from work, Munchkin greets him and has him take her out to see the sleeping bouncy castle( apparently it was picked up and there was no bouncy castle, when we were inside) so baba says "Bouncy Castle gone!" Munchkin cries with tears and says" Bouncy Castle gone!"

Moral of the story: C'est la vie:) "kol man alayha fan.."

Hope everyone had a great Eid party, or if you're not celebrating Eid I hope you had a wonderful day.

Peace

Eid Mubarak!

There's excitement in the air, have a fun blessed Eid everyone.
We spent about an hour blowing up something like 20 balloons or a little more in preparation for our small Eid party tomorrow. Our little monkey spent the evening chasing balloons, screaming and jumping.

We also rented a bouncy castle for the Eid party, it's pretty exciting.
Maybe I'll post some pics of our little celebration.

Wishing everyone a blessed Eid.

Have a great fun day everyone.

Anyone making Eid cookies? Any recipes to share?
Let me know, I have no energy to make anything this Eid but maybe next one.

Peace

My mom's easy trifle recipe

For those of you who don't know it. Trifle is this English desert that consists of several layers of cake fruit and whatever you have on hand to add, usually custard.

My mom makes it in a very simple way, and it was always a family favorite and a hit at any dinner party.

I decided to make trifle yesterday at a spur of the moment.. Yup it's that simple. My significant other likes lots of deserts in Ramadan, and we had finished eating our last cookie batch, so I offered to make him a fruit salad.
While cutting the fruit I realized we had everything to make a quick trifle dish and I had already cut the fruit.
So I layered a Pyrex dish with plain biscuits, added the fruit, coverd it with some more biscuits and poured jello over it until it covered it.
Left it in the fridge to firm up over night, then topped it with some home made whipped cream.
How easy is that!
I left some fruit for the fruit salad in case you were wondering, we ate the trifle today, and it was everything I'd imagined it to be, just wonderful.
BTW( my mom topped the trifle with custard instead of whipped cream, but Its just as good with the whipped cream, and the traditional recipe I think has cake instead of biscuits)


My mom's easy trifle recipe:

1 orange peeled and chopped
1 apple peeled and chopped
1 cup grapes, cut into halves
2 bananas, diced
1 cup strawberries diced
(you can use any seasonal fruits, these are fruit suggestions)
My mom used pomegranate a lot.
you can also add chopped toasted walnuts( optional)
1 Pack plain sugar free biscuits( we used this brand called Mary biscuits, and luckily I found the same exact brand at the halal store)any other plain kind will work.
2 or 3 packs instant strawberry flavored jello (I used pineapple this time coz I was out of strawberry, it was almost as good)
Home made whipped cream, or if you have time, make some custard.

Directions:
Layer the bottom of a deep Pyrex dish( I like it to be rectangular) with biscuits, mix the fruits and add them, then cover with more biscuits and add jello to cover.
Leave in the fridge until the jello firms up, or over night, then top with cream or custard.

Make du'a for my mom while you're eating it.