Gym Class

Because Rana just loves to shake, rattle, and roll, 

we signed her up for an "extra-curricular" gym class.

At her first class today, the 3 and 4-year-olds were 

encouraged to try out different apparatuses and stations 

in a quite relaxed setting, which seems like a good way 

to introduce them to everything. 

Rana is looking forward to taking part in the weekly 

class and already excited to move up to the more 

structured class for 5 and 6-year-olds in a few months!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Celebrating Carnival!

The excitement has been building over the last few weeks, 

as our little fairy chose her costume and prepared 

for all of the festivities surrounding Carnival.

When Rana donned her costume for the first time, 

she ran around the house waving the wand, proclaiming 

"Abracadabra!" and pretending to cast spells.

Apparently she had given a lot of 

thought to this whole fairy thing!

Rana requested that I paint her face with 

a butterfly and a flower to complete the outfit.

So festive!

Rana is 4 Years & 8 Months Old!

Rana was thrilled to wear a pirate eye patch

while having some tests done this week.  

The initial results looked good and 

we very much liked the new doctor and his staff.

As always, Rana was a perfect little patient!

Rana is 4 Years & 7 Months Old!

At 4 years and 7 months of age, Rana is very much interested in crafts.  She loves to paint and color and cut and paste, and she was pleased to receive several crafting kits from her aunts and uncles for Christmas.  Her imagination and fantasy are flourishing and she tells us stories about each of her masterpieces.  

Writing in Arabic and English

Rana is getting better and better at writing her letters 

in both Arabic and English.

Najeeb made a couple of little tables for her to practice writing 

both alphabets and wrote in a row of each for her to copy.

We were quite impressed how quickly and comfortably she filled 

in all the letters - and she knows almost all of both alphabets!

Rana's Gingerbread House

With so many other Christmas goodies to enjoy 

over the last few weeks, we decided to wait until today 

to decorate Rana's gingerbread house.

She liked the whole idea and had a great time decorating it!

The gingerbread is wafting through our apartment

and Rana has already started munching on the candies,

so I don't think it will last long, 

but it sure is pretty!