Eid Mubarak!

Eid Mubarak! Today is the last day of Ramadan, which means a week off of school for the Eid celebration. You might ask what we are going to do with all this time off. With no vehicle we are asking ourselves the same thing. Prospective plans are to do some painting in our house, do some cleaning, schoolwork, and lots of working out and swimming in our pool. It will be nice when everything is back to “normal” although we’re not quite sure what that is yet.

School has been continually going well. Tara’s 8^th grade students have been learning about the brain and senses. We had our first dissection this past week, cow eyeballs, and the students loved it! Jamie has had a successful start to his lunchtime Monopoly club. Because it is so hot out right now, students don’t go outside during lunch. Monopoly club gives them something to do and they seem to really be enjoying it. Blink has also become popular with those who don’t want a long game. Right now, Tara is the reigning champ and is yet to be beat by any students.

As for the weather, it has been cooling down. Highs are only about 105 F, but it still makes running around the compound difficult. We are up to about 2 miles running outside before the heat becomes too much to bare. We usually end our workouts with a trip to the pool which is always the best part.

Tara and Jamie

Jummana and Noor playing Spiderman Monopoly.

The boys were really getting into it.

Sami and Amna starting their eye dissection.

Salim showing off the aqueous humor and lens from his

cow eyeball. He kept calling it an omelet.