What Your Child Should Be Reading: Part 2

Todays books are all chapter books geared more towards 5 – 10 year olds or when your child can remember what was read to them the day before and can be excited about what is going to happen next. 1) The first series is the Magic Tree House series: Travel through time with brother and sister [...]

If I Had Fairy Godparents.

Little 7aki: I wish I had fairy Godparents. Me: Why? Little 7aki: So I can wish for anything and it would come true. Me: What would you wish for first? (I asked while waiting to see what toy she wants). Little 7aki: I would wish that Daddy stops smoking. Me (stunned) : Wow! What else [...]

Advice I Am Going to Give Little 7aki On Her 5th Birthday

“It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.’” -Sam Levenson

An “I Wish The Earth Could Open and Swallow Me” Moment

I really wished that would happen, I was even imagining it: Maybe I can melt? Maybe I can become invisible? It was an OMG I wish the earth would just open , right here, right now and swallow me moment. Little 7aki is turning five soon , oh how time flies, so we are busy [...]

Will Goodness Win?

Goodness [good-nis] : integrity, honesty, uprightness, probity. Goodness, morality, virtue refer to qualities of character or conduct that entitle the possessor to approval and esteem. Goodness is the simple word for the general quality recognized in character or conduct I was reading “The lion, the witch and the wardrobe”  to little 7aki the other day. [...]

What Your Child Should Be Reading: Part 1

I LOVE children’s books. Even before I had my little 7aki I was drawn to these books and I loved reading them. Here are some of my favorite children’s books in no particular order. They are for different ages, from toddler to Teenager. 1) Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. Such [...]

Little 7aki Mistifies Me!

Little 7aki LOVES to eat the following: 1) Shrimp. Yes, shrimp. She would eat pounds of it if I let her. 2) Spinach. Which some adults don’ t even want to smell. 3) Brie cheese. Like , helloooooooo, who LIKES Brie cheese? Most people hate it. ( I love it) 4) Ask her what’s your [...]

My Hello Kitty Obsession

Since I was a kid I LOVED hello kitty and still do! I was in Toronto in Mid January and found a beautiful hello kitty necklace. Little 7aki saw it and said”Wow this is pretty is it for me?” I was like “Nooooooooooooooooooo. This is Mommy’s,  but you can borrow it .” Heheheh. I wish I could [...]

Four

Peanut turned 4 months a couple of days ago. Oh my how time flies! She can grab things now with her little tiny hands and guide them to her mouth. She can squeal and kick her feet with excitement. She still drools like it’s her bidness (for real she drools a lot, like A LOT). [...]

Eight

I can’t believe it has been 8 years since Baba 7aki and I got married! Yesterday we celebrated our 8th year anniversary with a nice simple quiet dinner kid free, we decided that this year will be celebrated simply with no gifts or nothing. Ok that is a lie, both of me AND baba 7aki [...]

Little 7aki told a joke that was actually funny!!!

Little 7aki (using my headphones that have a mic attached to them) : pkhhhh pshhhhhhht pkhhhh pshhhhhy , Major Major come in. Me (pretending my phone was a walkie talkie ): Yes Commander I hear you Little 7aki: Major Major can you hear me? Me: I can hear you come in. Little 7aki: I have [...]

YO YO YO HOLLAAAAAA

So Obama won the election eh? I got goose bumps and all. And baby peanut (knock on wood) is all cheeks, I think I need to call her baby watermelon now (bateekha) . And check it, check it, my sister wrote her first post here, go show her some love . The post is actually [...]

Hello My Name Is 7aki And I Am An Addict.

Yup, I can’t hide it anymore, I am addicted, BIG TIME. I can’t stop so shoot me. I am addicted to sniffing her all over; her little neck and her little toes (sometimes they smell funny, hahaha) and her hair and OH MY GOD everything. I can’t get enough all day and night. Well I am [...]

Daddy Said a Bad Word

We were out at a mall with friends visiting from Dubai. Baba 7aki was talking to my friends husbnad and i was talking to my friend and all of a sudden. Little 7aki whispering: Mama, Mama. Baba said a bad word. Me : Oh no. What did he say? Little 7aki: He said “Assets”. Me: [...]

Little 7aki tells me a story

Me to little 7aki at bed time: Why don’t you tell me a story today? Little 7aki: OK. Once upon a time there was a man who died. The End. Me: Hehehe That’s not a real story you silly, come on tell me a story. Little 7aki: OK. Once upon a time there was a [...]

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