This weekend I decided to let me housework wait for the week and to enjoy time with family. Little Lady went shopping with me and Little Man watched a crime series with me he likes. I spent time with my sisters and mum and had a relaxing dinner with them. For the Babies and Gorgeous, […]
With baby number five I felt confident about nursing and fully expected to get on with it and have a healthy, satisfied baby on my hands, so when I went in to get her routinely weighed at the local baby clinic, I was surprised to find she hadn’t been gaining enough weight.On answering some pointed questions from […]
We have had some beautiful sunny days recently and watching the world blossom and turn green has been an absolute pleasure. Today was the first day in a while when we had a full day of grey skies and rain. Usually I love rain and it doesn’t stop me going out or I enjoy watching […]
I think I have touched on this topic before, but crafting and taking care not to be wasteful are two of my favourite things. Also, it’s a great way to bring creativity into our lives without buying it in – which you can’t really do anyway. My favourite way to craft is to salvage things […]
One of the best parts of Ramadan is the sheer amount of money that goes out in zakat (alms) and sadaqah (charity) for the benefit of others. The reward of Ramadan is so great, that even if we can give a small amount, it is the equivalent of giving much more. The example of those […]
We had some good news this weekend. After much impatient waiting, My brother and his lovely wife had a very pretty little baby girl this weekend. ‘U’eethukumaa bikalimaatil-laahit-taammati min kulli shaytaanin wa haammatin, wa min kulli ‘aynin laammatin. “I seek protection for you in the Perfect Words of Allah from every devil and every […]
Every few weeks Gorgeous brings me home a gift from his food tech class. So far I have had fruit salad, chocolate yule log and couscous. One the whole it hasn’t been bad and he seems to enjoy it. This week he brought home apple crumble. Everyone refused to try it and he remarked that […]
I awoke with the best of intentions, an early start, everything organised and an easy day. Of course things rarely turn out as you plan them. I got the tandoori chicken out of the fridge to put in the oven and prepared the batter for the cupcakes I like to make the kids on Eid […]
Alhamdulillah, I have had an eventful and challenging two weeks or so: My brother-in-law travelled to Pakistan to get married, meaning that for the first time in four or five years it is just me, hubby and kids in the house – not for more than a few days of course… • My dad travelled […]
I popped into my local library recently to find this replica mammoth skull and tusks by the main desk. They were there to promote the libraries Ice Age exhibition, which showcases remains of Ice Age animals found in our neighbourhood. The remains are on loan from the Natural History Museum, who retain the mammoth which […]
I recently worked on a project where I had to do some research around litter and initiatives around the country to tackle the amount of litter people throw in the streets. It was an interesting project and I learned a lot, but one thing stood out – people throw litter in the streets but not […]
The first few days of Ramadan saw my mood on a bit of a roller-coaster ride, suffering from exhaustion, missing my husband, wondering how I would get through this month and try and use the time as positively and productively as possible and try and gain the most rewards that I could. That changed mid-week […]
The second day of Eid was a lot more raucous than the first one with everyone gathering at my mum’s house or HQ as my sister-in-law called it. Fashionista came with some really lovely cupcakes which caught everyone attention (they tasted as good as they looked). And one of my cousins brought this cake. Lunch […]
I caught myself recently repeatedly trying to get rid of the children – to the garden, downstairs, upstairs, to their dad, to their gran, to pester their uncles. I stopped to reflect what I was doing that could be so important that I was avoiding their perfectly good-natured chatter and the things they keep bringing […]
