First cutting hay harvested on June 16. Baled on June 18. Do any of our readers see the significance of these pictures?

Ava’s newest batch of puppies.

….what shall I choose? There are five types of dates, several kinds of Turkish Delight, fig cookies, and other items I can’t identify — all Arabian sweets. Can a certain person tell us what it all is?

Hello, I am happy to announce that it is Contest Time at The Classical Mommy Blog. I was thinking to wait until coming back to Saudi Arabia to make the contest, but I found a Post Office near the place where we are spending our vacation in Houston, Texas — by the way, a beautiful [...]

Hint: It’s expensive and you cook with it.

My family (not me, though) loves to see this because it means no more of this….

Remember this picture, taken in a carpet shop in Saudi Arabia? Do you see the carpet the little boy is sitting on? That carpet has suddenly appeared in my living room…. …thanks to a particular person whose name starts with a “P”.

Hello! I recently purchased Hand That Rocks the Cradle. We’re currently reading the Narnia series, the Little House Series, and Treasure Island. Though I have to explain a bit of it, my seven year old (second oldest son) is enthralled with Long John Silver! Thank you for the quality literature suggestions; I need the guidance! [...]