HBAP completes Kindergarten

HBAP's KG Certificate

Alhumdulillah HBAP has completed both Brain Quest Pre-k and Kindergarten Workbooks (finished last week) over the last few months. As she progressed through her work books she showed increasing concentration on her work. Earlier she seemed unable to focus on her work and would make up her own tasks, but over time (once she began the Brain Quest books) she began to follow instructions, eager to complete each page and then go on to the next.
HBAP now retains the numbers and most alphabet names and sounds as well Alhumdulillah. She often tries to guess the beginning sounds of words when listening to others converse and read and will identify letters of words she sees on sign boards, books, newspapers and cereal boxes. ....and whats more she's having fun!

HBAP's choice of celebration treat:
Truffles

HBAP chose to begin the Brain Quest First Grade Workbook immediately Alhumdulillah and looks forward to learning to read. She is still learning to read the Quran from her Qaida and Alhumdulillah has started reading selected words from the Amma para and often tries to read words from it on her own.

Chocolate fudge cake to celebrate

Kitten Khanni

A few weeks ago, QBAP, IBAP and MBAP returned from the masjid with a itty bitty kitty trailing behind them. According to QBAP, " I saw a kitten following a man on the road. I asked him if it was his and he said it had followed him from the market. I picked it up and stroked it then put it down. Then when we were walking on the road I stopped and felt something bump my leg. It was the kitten!"

So the kids fed it milk and chicken liver and it hung around the house the rest of the day. QBAP named it Qastin, after himself. It would take its nap within the generator while it was off. Everyone was really excited about it. Even ZBAP (1 yr)  liked holding it. The kids brought it indoors so Ummi could meet and stroke it too. We had gone out that night and when we returned we found it sitting on the top step of our door steps.

That night it was sleeping in the generator, when its frantic mother arrived and took it home.

We were sorry about it, the kids searched the neighborhood for it and still keep a watchful eye for it when they go to pray, but Alhumdulillah we are thankful for the time we received to enjoy its company and happy to know the little baby was back with its loving mother.

RMI Annual Hifz Competition 1432 / 2011

This is the SMS we recieved from ABAP's Hifz Class:

"Assalam-u-Alaikum,

Role Model Institute organized an Annual Hifz Competition.
Alhumdulillah the judge Sheikh Qari Abdul Azeem was very happy with the preformance of Hifz
Students & RMI Hifz Program.After a very strong competetion the following students got postions:

1. Khubaib Salman
2. Abdullah Bin Azeem Pirani
3. Sohaib Kamran

May Allah keep them steadfast on His deen.
Aameen."

Alhumdulillah we are vey grateful to Allah SWT that He has blessed us in this way. ABAP has completed 6 juz now Alhumdulillah. The Competetion consisted of 2 rounds. In the first round, each child  was tested and 2 students were chosen from each of the three study circles, these children were tested again in the second round and the top three children were then selected as winners. In the test each child was called up on stage and first asked to recite some small surahs and then the Qari would recite an Ayah and ask the child to continue reciting from thereon.

ABAP's prize was a gift voucher to Snack Attack, which he felt was ironic because we aren't strangers to the eatery. (First prize : bicycle, Third prize : a cricket bat)

Masha'Allah the following is how we availed the voucher:

Big Mouth Beef Burger, Spicy Honey Fish, Mushroom Swiss Burger

Pepperoni Punch Pizza; Classic Chicken Burger

Half Chicken Broast

 Subhan'Allah our bill was still within the voucher's stated amount (Rs 2,000), so being the Gujratis that we are we ordered two soft drinks to cover it!