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The Gypsies

Honestly these day's I feel like a complete gypsy. Mommy and I are always on the go. We went to visit Jido and Teyta then we came to visit Auntie Mona...do you think we will ever stay home? I'm seeing no chance in sight for this so called place we call home lol. We are off to see Nana and Papa in Florida on the 10th of June. I am sure that trip is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!

We drove down to Auntie Mona's house this afternoon and boy ol boy is that a drive. I wanted to get out and run beside the car, I didn't think we were ever going to get there. We finally arrived around 4p.m. or so and auntie wasn't home yet, she had to go pick up Yaya from school and then come home. We waited for Sammy to get home and then decided what to make for dinner.

Yaya was so excited to see me, I didn't think that I was ever going to walk on my own two feet again. She carried me the entire night, even up and down the stairs. I love yaya, auntie, ammo and Sammy. I didn't get to see Reem much, she was really busy with her school entrance exams and ap tests to really sit down and play with me, but I guess I love her =).

Good food, Good friends who could ask for more?

Well, we had a pretty good day. Mommy, daddy and I just ran a few errands and hung out around the house. We have been invited to auntie Tiffany's house for dinner. I am totally stoked to go over and hang out with the kid's and play around the house.

Auntie had some friends over from Utah and thought it would be nice to get together and have a good time. Ferris, Khansa, Ahmed and Mohammad were still here and auntie Tiffany's mom and grandma were visiting too. The house was filled with tons of people and tons of great food.

All the ladies hung out around the kitchen laughing and joking as to how many arabs it took to grill out. If you went outside to see the amount of arabs it was amazing. I would have to say that there were at least 7 and we still ate late. We do everything on AST. We had the most amazing kefta, auntie won't tell mommy what her secret is so we will only get that one when we go visit. It was getting late so we had to head home, I was exhausted from playing and eating so much. I fell asleep on the way home and slept all the way through until morning. Boy that was a good time and I hope to have many more with all of our family and friends.

Start of a great three day weekend

Friday night auntie Saffia came out for dinner. Mommy and I just planned what we were going to have and hung our around the house. Daddy was up for an early morning meeting and came back around lunch time and took a phone call from the house and then headed out to the Mosque for Friday prayers. Daddy came back from Friday prayers, took a few phone calls and helped mommy and I finalize what we were going to have for dinner. We ended up making ahi tuna and rice pilaf, the rice turned out pretty good, but I think the fish was a little over done for my liking. I was so tired by the time auntie left, I headed straight to bed and fell fast asleep.

Saturday was a pretty uneventful day for me, I woke up around 8am had a yummy breakfast that mommy made for me. Daddy got to sleep in until about 11:15 or so

Why pay money to go to the water park?

Today I had to visit Dr. Kumar for my vaccinations and boy ol boy I was not a happy girl. In order for him to get back on my good side he had to give me some cool shades. I couldn't believe that I looked AMAZING in these glasses, but hello what don't I look good in lol. Ok I am just like daddy in my thinking that I am Creme De La Creme!

I think that I can forgive Dr. Kumar for poking me with that nasty shot, but only because of the glasses.

Mommy and I went and ran a few errands and then came home to find that it was blazing hot outside and I really could have used a cool down. Mommy thought about taking me to Frisco Athletic Club to swim, but hmmm I guess I had another idea, run for free in the neighbors sprinklers. I had a blast, the only thing that bothered me was the fact that my diaper almost exploded due to the water.

Mommy brought me inside and gave me a shower and put me in my pj's just so I could hang out around the house and be comfortable for the rest of the evening. I had a great day with mommy and playing in the sprinklers. I love you mommy and thank you for allowing me to just be a kid!

A week in review!

Friday - May 15, 2009
So we had an early morning flight because daddy got a great buy one get one deal to Albuquerque. Teyta hasn't been feeling well and Jido is having some problems too so we thought it was time to go for a short visit.

We arrived to find Jido circling the airport while waiting on us. Mommy installed the car seat and off we went. Teyta was waiting with baited breath for us to arrive. First two seconds in the house and she was all over me. My nickname for Teyta is the kissing bandit hehehehe.

Wednesday down...ahhhh almost Thursday!

Today I had a blast at soccer, it was my last class and I got some cool prizes for completing my class successfully. I got a soccer whistle, little rubber soccer bouncy ball, a ribbon and a certificate.


Here is a picture of my ribbon and certificate --->


I almost forgot that I got a soccer tattoo too, now that was totally cool. I honestly didn't notice that I got it at first until later in the day I was sitting on the floor and saw it and fought to get it off. I kept moving my leg, but it just wouldn't go away and I also kept rubbing it to to see if it would go away and did it...NO! You all have got to see this tattoo, it is RAD!

Visiting with Friends

Today mommy and I went to visit Adedayo and the kid's. Mommy found out on Sunday that Adedayo is pregnant again and is due in July. Jeleel got into an accident the middle of April so he has been taking her car and she is stuck at home with two kid's and swelling feet. We had a nice visit, but it had to come to an end. Mommy and had to get home and fix dinner and pick up around our pit.

I forgot to put this picture up yesterday and I just wanted to share it.

If you all ever need to hide your food from your parents do this...--->

This picture is of my chicken that mommy thought I ate, but I stuck it down my shirt. It's a huge surprise when mommy goes to take my clothes off for a bath time. I guess you could say that I was saving it for a snack later lol.

Best Mother's Day Ever

Well, mommy had a pretty good mother's day. Daddy and I got her an orchid plant --->












Nana, Papa and I got her a nice flower arrangement
that we had delivered to the house --->

Daddy started her day off with breakfast in bed. I woke up and gave her tons of hugs and kisses. She made me breakfast, changed my butt and we played around the house a bit. I took a 3 hour nap and mommy took a nap too.

We headed out to Sam's to check out oranges and some other fruits. On our way home daddy asked if we could please go to Lowe's to check out some plants for the garden. We went to Lowe's and got a tomato and jalapeno plant and a wireless keyless entry for the garage. Mommy made a joke that she got it this year for Mother's Day and next Mother's Day daddy will install it hahahahaha!

Deemah's Day

Ok this morning we started out with soccer and I have to say that we are all shaping up quickly. Daddy and mommy both took me this week and we all had a blast. In this picture coach was teaching us how to kick the cones over and to put them back up with our foot.

Soccer is so much fun, I am sad that next week is my last week. I wonder if mommy and daddy will enroll me in it again.


After my great day at soccer, we had to prepare for Deema's B-day party which is at 1pm.

We headed home and I decided that I should take a little nap before we head out to the party because I was tired from soccer. I took a VERY little nap, maybe half an hour so when I got up mommy decided that we should just leave a little early and see if auntie Tiffany needed any help with anything.

So we arrived at the house around 12:30 or so in order to help out and we found that auntie had completed everything early except the hats that were supposed to be cones for candy. We worked on the hats, typing the strings so they could be tied around our heads...I must admit they were pretty dang cute. I think we have some sample pictures of the hats on the kid's. Let me see if I can find one.

Yeah it's Friday

Ok well, we have another week under out belts. Can you believe it's May? I am telling you this year is going by so quickly, soon it will be fall, winter and the start of another new year. We didn't do much today, just hung out around the house and went for a walk. Daddy and I played in the back yard for a bit and he tried to snap some pictures of me, but as usual I don't stand still.

Here I am walking around the yard with no shoes on....hmmm wonder who's side I get that from?

I also have to make a comment on my flash dance headband thing I have going on hahahaha..."What a feeling."

I missed Thursday

I was so tired from all that I did yesterday that I totally flaked on my blog. It was a day full of walking and running. Mommy took me to the mall and I walked the entire mall and checked out every store.


Me checking out blankets and a sofa at Pottery Barn ---->







<----Me checking out stuff at Brookstone, getting daddy day idea's. Daddy sure does love that store.









And last but not least... ----> Taking a break outside Holister, by this time my little legs were dog tired.

You would think that by this time my day would be over, but mom had other plans for me. We headed home and I took a VERY short nap and then I had to help her get dinner ready. We made dinner, ate and then went out for another walk to the park. By the time I got to the park I was rested and then I ran and played on the slide. I love that slide, I wanna give it a big hug. Daddy and mommy let me walk all the way back to the house oh and along the way I found a mud puddle to play in...yeah mommy not so happy about that. We made it home, I took my bath and headed off to sleepy time.

The week is half gone

Ok honestly the week is half gone and I feel as though we haven't accomplished much at all. Mommy was up early to head over to auntie Tiffany's house to watch the kid's while she took her sister in law to have her check up with the ob/gyn. I stayed home with daddy and had a really good time. He fixed me some chocolate chip waffles. Daddy changed my butt and my clothes and we ran around the house playing until mommy came home. Mommy came home at around 11 or so and daddy had to run to a meeting in Irving.

We went to border's books to look at a book that mommy wanted. We also headed over to the library to return my elmo cd's mama checked out for me. Tomorrow I need to remind mommy that we need to go to Khols and return the clothes that she bought a few days back.

I have to say that mommy made an awesome dinner tonight! She made southwest turkey burgers with sweet potato fries. Daddy was in love with it and said it was a hit. I will have her post the recipe on here tomorrow. Ok I am off to bed as I am tired and worn out.

Monday - Tuesday blues

Well, Monday was pretty uneventful. Mommy and I did get out to take a walk around the new school down the street and through the neighborhood. I was exhausted and was in bed before 8 and mommy was in bed at 8, she wasn't feeling really well.

Tuesday was a pretty good day, we got out of the house a bit. Mommy called auntie Tiffany to see if she wanted to get out and about a bit, but she is staying shut in the house too. Mommy and I took a little walk and came back to hang out around the house. We ate dinner and all just relaxed around the livingroom.

Sunday sweet Sunday

Sunday is the end of the week and we are about to embark on a new week filled with exciting adventures and things to destroy. Again daddy had to work so we didn't do much of anything. Mommy and I did make spinach pies for daddy and played around the house. It was a little down day. We took a walk to the park that is at the new elementary school at the end of the block, it was fun but wet and dirty. I got my pants all dirty and played in the water puddle.

Is it MONDAY yet!

What can we say about Saturday...hmmmm daddy worked all day as his trouble from Friday carried over to Saturday and Sunday.

Mommy took me to soccer practice in the morning, which was bare due to the swine flu. There were only three of us in the class and I have to say that one of the dad's was really how do I say viewed himself in stately splendor? Oh yes pompous! OOPS did I say that out loud, sometimes my inner voice comes out when I don't want it to.

We made it out to Costco, did you have to ask if we made it to Costco this weekend...of course not because come rain or shine we always make it to Costco. We made it to Costco and honestly it was raining so hard, so hard the power went out. We headed home to finish cooking our grape leaves and wait out the storms. It stormed all evening and throughout the night too.

Big shoes to fill, but I can handle it!

As the old Chinese proverb says "A picture is worth a thousand words!" Need I say more ---->
These are some big shoes to fill, but I think I can handle it.





Honestly I was looking forward to the weekend, but when it came I wanted it to be OVER! We have been going crazy with being in the house all this time due to swine flu. Mommy and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. I haven't been able to play at the park due to this flu thing has come about.

Daddy worked late because he had some issues at the office. We usually go out to dinner on Friday's, but with daddy's schedule and issues going on mommy decided to cook. Honestly mommy was tired and could have used a night out with me and daddy, but we didn't get it...Oh well maybe next week.

Like mother, like daughter!

Ok, Ok, Ok I don't know what to say...I have turned into my mother already. Take a look at this --->

Mommy honestly didn't give this to me, I found it and brought it out of the laundry room all by myself and sweept the floor with it. I see mommy cleaning all the time and thought I would just give her a hand since she works hard to take care of the house, daddy and I. We appreciate all that mommy does.

I didn't get a chance to post anything yesterday, we just got busy and by the time mommy sad down to allow me on the computer I was OUT! We have been kinda stuck inside due to this whole swine flu thing. It is spreading like hot cakes here in TX and frankly we are better off staying away from everyone. We haven't had any reported cases in Frisco, but Plano just had their first confirmed case today and they are closing the school down for 11 days to make sure it is clean. Ft. Worth ISD is closed down and a few others here in the Metroplex. Auntie Tiffany called this evening and wanted to know if we wanted to come hang out with them tomorrow, but mommy isn't sure. Here I am sitting and pondering this whole swine flu thing...why can't life just be easier.Well, we have a new little friend living at our house. Can you all guess what it is? I'll give you a clue, it has feathers and lives flies in the sky. We have a mama bird and her nest with little eggs living in our outside light on the porch. It is very exciting and I can't wait till the babies hatch. Mommy was telling me the story of the little birds that lived in our wreath in Maple Grove. She said they were so cute and she was so excited to see the babies, but then there was a turn for the worst. The wind picked up and caught the wreath and it fell down off the door along with the nest and baby birds. The baby birds didn't survive and mommy was so sad, she made daddy pick them up and burry them in the back yard. Ok, well here is the picture of our newest members of the family and our household.

Teaching in their early years!

Today was supposed to be rainy, but because we had planned to say in for most of the day it didn't. We hung out at the house most of the day, we did have a trip out to Kroger to pick up a few things. Mommy has started using coupons and getting tons of things for free. Today we got softsoap hand soap and birds eye steam fresh veggies all for free. I have to say that this doubling and tripling coupons is amazing. Before we headed out to Kroger I did help mommy around the house, I cleaned the floors...check it out ---> Now that is some swiffer skill.

Mommy made dinner and daddy came home and played with me around the house for a bit before I headed to bed. I went upstairs and took my bath, mommy read goodnight moon and I headed off to sleepy town.

Wiggles Play

I started out my day eating pancakes and mommy finally decided to give me some syrup. After I started eating them with syrup, I wondered why she was holding out on me all this time...hmmm I am going to have to keep a close eye on that mommy lady. Oh I almost forgot to tell you, I pulled over my shoe shelf on myself and it kinda hurt me. I had a scratch on my elbow and it left a little mark on my arm which went away.

Today was rainy so we decided to go to the wiggly play center and play. Well, we first went to the zone and it wasn't very fun so the lady gave us our money back and then we all decided to head down to the wiggles. WE HAD A BLAST!!! I climbed all the way to the top of the bounce house slide and slid down all by myself, I have to say that mommy was very proud. Then I climbed all the way to the top of the adventure playground and hit those slides too although that one didn't go as smoothly as the bounce house one. I didn't cry though, it did scare me a little bit but I didn't cry. We played for about an hour and a half and had to get home for my nap time.

We came home and I took my nap because boy was I tired. I think I slept well over 2 hours. Mommy started dinner and when I woke up I helped her finish it up. We had dinner and hung out around the house and played with my little soccer ball. We headed up to bed a little early because mommy wanted to work in my room putting all my clothes that she had washed away. I helped mommy do that and then I took my bath and headed off to sleep. Daddy came up and read me goodnight moon.

Slam on the brakes!

OK, today was totally crazy and I am exhausted. We started the morning out with taking daddy's care to get the brakes fixed, his indicator light came on and we needed to get them taken care of right away. Well, we dropped his car off to the guy in Richardson and decided to head to Allen outlet center. We got to the outlet center and shopped all the stores for me, mommy has been looking for jean capri's that will go with all of my shirts I have. We hit Nautica, Tommy, Carters, Oshkosh, Gap and some other stores and found NOTHING! I cannot believe how many stores we went to and we found nothing. Mommy did settle for these khaki capri's at the Gap and honestly they weren't my favorite.

After walking for hours at the outlet center we all decided to head to daddy's office and hang out so I could run around without them having to worry about me running off and getting hit by a car. Ummm little did daddy and mommy know, but I can find trouble anywhere. Daddy took me to the cafeteria and I totally decided that I was going to climb on the chairs and onto the table...yeah I can find trouble anywhere. I ate some pool chalk and a ping pong paddle too. We played some foosball and daddy beat mommy although she almost won. Well, we hit the board room and got a snack and drink. I have to say that I love popcorn.

We finished our snack and drink and decided that it was time to hit the road to pick up daddy's car. We dropped off daddy to get his car and mommy and I headed home. We got home and I fell asleep in the car so mommy took me up to my room and put me in bed. I slept at least for another hour or so. Daddy came home and decided to lay down for a nap too.

I woke up from my nap and mommy and I ran some more errands i.e. she wanted to go look for capri's lol. We headed to Khol's and I have to say they had so many capri's. Mommy bought 4 pairs of jean capri's, 2 pairs of pink and 2 pairs of the gaucho style. I have to say that I have plenty of capri's for summer. We headed over to Wal-Mart to pick up juice and then home again. I was exhausted from getting in and out of the car all day long.

The rain, rain went away...

Another beautiful day!

Ok we started our day out with some waffles and pancakes. I ate 4 mini waffles and 3 pancakes, I love breakfast what can I say. After that mommy and I decided to go for a jog to the park. We got to the park and there really wasn't many people there and then the masses came. I had a good time, there were at least 10 other kid's to run around with.

Here is a picture of me at the top of the big jungle gym. I had to be careful because the older kid's tend to run around and not pay attention to we little ones. Anyways we had a great time and mommy pushed me in the swing for a long time and I have to say that I fell asleep while she was pushing and talking to one of the other moms.

But before I had fallen asleep in the swing, I was having a great time on the slide. I just learned how to slide on my own yesterday. Daddy sure does teach me a lot of cool things. He taught me not to be afraid and to just go for it. Actually I think daddy was more afraid than I was, he just tried to be strong for me. I love sliding now and honestly I just love to go to the park.
We came home and I was really ready for my nap. Mommy put me down for my nap and I slept for about 2 hours and felt like a new person when I woke up. I was ready to run around again lol. I can't seem to sit still these days.

Mommy and I were going to go to the mall and check out Children's Place because they are having a HUGE sale and I need some capri's. Well, we didn't make it to the mall and that's ok mommy and I just played around the house and in the front yard.

Mommy got dinner done and daddy finally made it home around 7pm and we got to eat dinner. We finished dinner and I talked to Teyta and Jido then Nana called and she talked to me while I took my bath and had my bedtime story read to me. Daddy came up to kiss me goodnight and read another story. I fell asleep right away and dreamt of the pancakes and waffles that await me in the morning.

Tested our new stroller

Well, we got to pick up our new stroller today and I have to say that I LOVE it. It is so comfortable and I love riding in it. Here is a picture of it although ours is Orange. As I took my nap this afternoon mommy decided to dig it out of the box and put the wheels on it.

Mommy made dinner, we ate and then went out to take a walk and test our new stroller out. Mommy, daddy and I went to the park and I have to say we had a great time. Mommy didn't get any pictures of me in the new stroller, but she will get some tomorrow. I also have to tell you all that I learned how to go down the slide on my own, it was so fun.