No matter how bad things get in Pakistan or what people have to contend with, come the 14th August, everyone is in great spirits and celebrating with enthusiasm. Where I live in East London, my neighbourhood goes crazy and all of the Pakistani’s come out. It’s 1am here and the drummers and the sports cars […]
We wanted to take the kids out for a day during the autumn half term holidays. One of the problems we are starting to face, is finding somewhere new that everyone can agree on. The kids want theme parks, or at the very least “no more castles and old houses”, I hate theme parks and […]
Kooky Little Sister has been on her honeymoon in Istanbul and brought us back some gorgeous gifts: The kids got floral headbands, mini spiro-graph games and Turkish delight. I got the gorgeous scarf above which I can’t wait to wear, a very pretty journal (she knows I love stationary) and Turkish chocolate. Some of her pictures from her […]
I like the idea of choosing a word for the year but because it helps to focus on one theme or area of my life that I can work on. My word for 2015 was shukr, or gratefulness. My intention was to become more grateful for every big and small blessing in my life, but more […]
We are currently visiting the Haji’s as they return from Hajj. Alhamdulillah a few of our family and friends went this year. We were concerned after the upsetting incident that lead to deaths in Mina and the crane incident in Makkah, but on both occasions the Haji’s contacted their family members quickly to let them […]
I managed to sneak in some time today between grocery shopping, freezing kebabs and marinating chicken legs to make some Eid banners/bunting. The hardest bit is always getting the triangles for the banners right. It took me a few attempts and lots of wrong pencil lines to figure it out. Little Lady helped to choose colours and […]
It appears our long-standing identity crisis was finally resolved today…socks and sandals? We must be English: Trying to get my boys out of their socks is a mission every year. Looks like its time to start trying again (on the other hand getting Little Lady to wear socks is another mission in itself…)
It appears our long-standing identity crisis was finally resolved today…socks and sandals? We must be English: Trying to get my boys out of their socks is a mission every year. Looks like its time to start trying again (on the other hand getting Little Lady to wear socks is another mission in itself…)
Despite various attempts to put her off till tomorrow, little lady followed me around all evening insisting I henna her hands. She finally managed to nail me hours past her bedtime with “When are you going to do my henna?” Oh, there was also one more cleanup after the kids had gone to bed, a […]
It appears our long-standing identity crisis was finally resolved today…socks and sandals? We must be English: Trying to get my boys out of their socks is a mission every year. Looks like its time to start trying again (on the other hand getting Little Lady to wear socks is another mission in itself…)
image source If the image has caught your attention, then I’d like to mention my new(est) blog – Faith Beyond Words. Sometimes I don’t have the time to write and sometimes there is just no need, because as they say a picture paints a thousand words. With this in mind, I hope to post one […]
Despite various attempts to put her off till tomorrow, little lady followed me around all evening insisting I henna her hands. She finally managed to nail me hours past her bedtime with “When are you going to do my henna?” Oh, there was also one more cleanup after the kids had gone to bed, a […]
Despite various attempts to put her off till tomorrow, little lady followed me around all evening insisting I henna her hands. She finally managed to nail me hours past her bedtime with “When are you going to do my henna?” Oh, there was also one more cleanup after the kids had gone to bed, a […]
I haven’t been able to blog as much as I would like to this Ramadan, despite my best intentions to write up some recipes, journal my healthy eating Ramadan journey and post some Ramadan links (although I might just sneak in this kids Ramadan crafts one I really liked). But sometimes, you find some inspiration that […]
