Happy Muslim Mama: …and More Cakes

I got through the housework in a rush this morning, with the plan that I go to visit the mother of one of Little Lady’s classmates.

I have gotten to know this wonderful sister and she has honoured us by attending one of our annual Eid parties. She has been asking me to come visit her place for the last two years which I keep promising to do and have never gotten round to. So I decided today to make the effort as I think of this very friendly, generous sister so highly.

I didn’t have time to buy her a gift, so thought I would take her some cakes:

I made plenty so that there would be enough to put in the neighbours plate and send it back (they originally sent us Zarda) The rest were good to keep in the biscuit tin for when the kids needed a treat (or the hubby, who prefers them plain)

I thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon at my friends house. I had ppaned to visit for half an hour and ended up staying for two hours, she is a very welcoming sister! She prepared sooo many different things, including a plate of homemade sesame snaps like the ones my gran used to make (two cups of sesames to one cup melted sugar, roll out quick). Aside from what was below she also made a cool, fresh smoothie with every fruit you can think of, ordered pizza and even served rasmalai. Despite my stern looks, the kids pigged out on biscuits, ice-cream, kids cheese and yoghurt.
She insisted I take some pyjama’s her sister had bought two pairs of for her son, I refused at first and then agreed to swap for my blue blingy bangles ( I had two more at home).

The pyjama’s fitted Gorgeous just perfectly (we all thought he looked hilarious). The best thing was that the kids were so tired they came home and went to bed at 7pm!!!! Whilst my mum-in-law was here they were running rings around her and had me pulling my hair out trying to keep them in bed as late as 11pm. The boys are fast asleep, Little Lady has been helping me make her dad’s dinner as he has had a very long, tough day at work and has even been folding laundry (anything to keep out of bed). My dad has just been to visit and has been enjoying the cakes too as he has been fasting today.

One thing my friend mentioned was that she really enjoyed the Eid party she attended at my house. We do one every year and this year my sisters agreed we should have one after Eid al-Adha. My friend suggested we do one jointly (ladies only of course) and book a venue locally with everyone bringing a dish, me doing the decorations (yippee!!) and any proceeds going to charity. I liked the idea and shall be runnign it past my sisters.