About Asbah Alaena

I’m Asbah. A servant of Allah who is a muslim by birth and choice, Accountant by way of studies, an artist at heart and a Unschooling mom to 5 kids. This blog had been my major writing rendezvous when I was young but post Gaza things have take a different turn. I hope to write more about our unconventional life choices specially in todays day and age.

Samoosas.

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

I grew up in a home where we had a dedicated tea time every evening and there would be snacks. Continue reading →

Comic – Locking away the Devils

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

well – real life story for us 😉

locking devil.png

The ‘Bad’ guy.

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

Originally posted at: https://youthclubblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/the-bad-guy/

Last year I read a post (https://momsofmuslims.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/one-who-should-not-be-named/) written by a dear friend of mine, Maria. Its message tugged at my heart-strings and I remember exclaiming, ‘That’s awesome!’ Continue reading →

Toddler Flower Craft – 1

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

Although spring has giving in to the summers in most parts of the world we decided to do some flower crafts this week.

For the first craft we used a ready made pot and created another using a disposable glass. We used: Continue reading →

Chocolate strawberries.

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

Coating food with chocolate thrills me. And it surely thrills my toddlers. So we embarked on the journey of making these delicies.

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Comic – Playing together.

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

Children are innocent. Simple. honest and pure.

They don’t keep grudges, they live in a particular moment. That particular moment can be as awful as the whole world shattering into pieces because she can not fix two blocks together. Or as awesome as pure awesomeness because He has learnt to put a hat on by himself. Continue reading →

Yummy.

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

True story 😐

Buttons Joy.

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

Tiny colorful things are joy! so are buttons. Today we gathered our buttons and tried making two crafts. A bracelet & Clothespins cars.

For the Bracelets we needed

Some assorted buttons
Some pipe cleaners. Abi wanted purple and Ib wanted yellow, so we chose these colors.
A pair of scissors
something to secure the edge, paper tape etc

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