The past few weeks have been so busy, AlhamduLILLAH. We’ve had a lot of work to do, some of which we completed and some that had to be pushed aside until Allah knows best.

We had a real nice run of warm weather, MashaALLAH – I’ve been reading about snow that fell on the East coast and can’t believe that we haven’t had any yet. I’m sure it’s on its way, lol. I’m always taken off guard when the cold weather comes but the children take it in stride.

Lately, they have found different (destructive) ways to amuse themselves, like sneaking off to the washroom late in the evening and cutting their brother’s hair (straight down the middle) so that it has to be shaved completely off. Oh, and filling the sink with sand! My husband and I had to undo the pipe and literally dig the sand out! I still can’t figure out who did it (or when). SubhanAllah, this was all done during Dhul Hijjah while I was fasting and I was feeling peaceful enough to just deal with it and let it go. I’m sure there’s some other fun stuff that I don’t know about, but that’s okay, lol.

We did manage to get outside and explore a little bit. We overturned rocks and looked in holes to see what we could see. We read a huge book about mushrooms and then found this on a tree.

Inside was just as interesting, as we’ve been busy in the kitchen, trying out new recipes and techniques, like this bread (scroll down, the video is not there but the recipe is):

I found a video for braiding the bread (very easy, wait til you see the video) and I couldn’t wait to try it. I used a loaf pan for mine, so it rose to the shape of the pan instead of keeping the original shape.

I also made dinner rolls using the same recipe and the children loved it (they are addicted to carbs, so they love bread). The recipe remind me of biscuits a little bit.

They can be frozen, or you can turn them into pizza for lunch. I let the children top the bread (a bit too much cheese?) and then they popped it into the oven until the cheese melted. I was glad that we were able to eat all of the bread without wasting any, AlhamduLILLAH.