Spring Is Not Here!!

I would love to tell you all that it is warm here and that the sun is shining. This is just not the case. It has been snowing the past three days, not a lot, but even the fact that as I am typing I can look outside and see flakes coming down... the sun at least has somehow been popping out of the clouds here and there. I was looking at my last blog date.... what happenend to the days, when I got on here and blogged every day? As if I am that busy here... (NOT). I am going to try and recap the past few weeks.

Idreis turned 9 on February 27th, we had a nice birthday party for him while my mom was here, the cake was great of course. Another Jessica original. Isa also had a birthday on March 6th, and is now three years old, yet when you ask him, he is still two. We went to Arizona restaurant for his birthday, the non-smoking section was full, so we sat in smoking for 2 hours... Not good at all, he is very sensitive to smoke, which I forgot.. and so even today he still has a cough, but nothing compared to the wheezing and coughing the first few nights after..

Ibrahim has lost this tooth and also the other bottom one. He pulled both out by himself. Very proud to have joined the Toothless club. He sounds so funny talking without them. The tooth fairy also made a visit and left him 5uah which he went to the store and bought some M&Ms and a juice box.

We all went iceskating, minus Inara and Isa. I had so much fun, I dont think I have been ice skating for like 10 years plus, I was out there like a natural. Suprisingly, I did not fall once. Ibrahim did great and so did Ishmael, although he is still getting the hang on trying to stay on top of the skates and not use his anjles to balance. Idreis probably would get the flopping and falling award, as he found enjoyment in just going as fast as he could and wiping out. Inayah found some ladies who wanted nothing more but to hold her hands and skate around with her. The time she did fall, she must have landed really hard because her knees were purple and blue that evening.. she may have some type of disorder... bruising easily is a sign of what?

Ibrahim and Isa have continued with their weekly swimming lessons, the past two weeks Isa has had no interest at all in the class. He usually has a male teacher and the past two times he has had a different instructor and 1/3 way through the class, he is ready to get out... Ibrahim on the other hand has progressed tremendously and is ready for any swimming outings this summer. We also had a nice family swim when my mom was here, and the children all enjoyed swimming with her (like old times at the YWCA). The sauna was my favorite, and something that I surely need to incorporate into my workouts. Speaking of, I have been trying to get to the gym at least four days out the week. The cold and snow sometimes make me lazy as I have to walk up to the hotel, but I have been making a strong attempt to get there.


Inayah had a "Spring" show at the school in which she sang He's Got the Whole World In His Hands.. since then she has been practicing My Girl and also a song from The Wizard of Oz, determined to be in a pagent this summer, so if anyone knows of a local pagent in MN, please let me know.



Idreis also did a history show about WWII, he was the British Prime Minister, it was a very nice show and I enjoyed the music and also the gas mask scenes. School is going good for all of the three. Ish and Dreis will be in summer school this summer. I just want to make sure they haven't missed too much. They also started here late and just being on a different school system, I think it would be best.