My youngest is a handful at the best off times, but recently Baby seems to have gotten more bolshy, more rebellious and even a bit meaner.  I wonder if it is the result of being the youngest and having to fight to hold her own.  Or perhaps she just inherited some of the spite that […]

I try my best to steer or discipline my children when necessary using reasoning or by displaying my anger in a non-violent manner, rather than by hitting. I believe that hitting is not the most constructive way to parent and can lead to children expressing their own anger in inappropriate ways such as hitting others […]

I got a phone call from my middle child’s school this week asking me to come in.  I asked what it was about and they said not to worry.  For a brief moment I did entertain delusions about being called in for a good reason, such as he being recognised as some kind of child […]

I was a bit wary of the way people would react to news of a fifth baby so I was fairly discreet about my pregnancy. I knew though that the people around me can’t resist a newborn, so I was looking forward to my family welcoming my youngest daughter and seeing what their reactions would […]

I thought I would share a picture of the lightbox I put together with an iron, box lid and blu-tack to try and get decent pictures of the the cards: This was what I used in this post and the last two posts to try and get photo’s without too much shadow in them. I […]

I should have been washing dishes, but I was having too much fun making these posters 😊 Please feel free to share on your own social media, you don’t have to tag me, but I would love it if you did (all my social media pages are listed on the right side bar).  For the […]

Thousands braved the bitter cold to march through central London today to protest against the atrocities being carried out against the Palestinians. On the authority of Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, radiyallahu ‘anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, say: “When any one of you sees anything that is disapproved (of by […]

I’ve spent the last week at home with the children and have a lovely week alhamdulillah.  I did want to go away for a few days, but decided to spare us the cost, planning an dpacking and take it easy. In the end we spent a day in Brighton, visiting Brighton Pavilion, the beach, the […]

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I have been meaning to catch up with blogging and my blogging and blog-reading sisters for ages. After three months of feeling exhausted and so nauseous, I have been spending most of my time lying down, last Monday I woke up feeling…normal.I was both amazed and extremely grateful. I remember when I suffered nausea with […]

I tried experimenting with my usual pakora mix and loved the result. This recipe is inspired by one of my favourite people, my Uncle Saddique – one of the kindest, gentlest and good-natured people I know. Uncle Saddique has a thing for pakora’s and used to work in a takeaway. During Ramadan, at iftar (fast-breaking) […]

I have long adored henna and every now and again have ago at creating a pattern, Little Lady also loves the stuff and harasses me into drawing a new pattern on her hand as soon as the previous one has worn off. I loved the idea of being able to do this well, but don’t […]

When I am angry I tend to shout swear and jump up and down, and then promptly forget all about it in about ten or fifteen minutes. But when I am reeeaally fuming I sit stone still and silent. I’m in one of those funks right now.One of the reasons I started blogging was because […]

Alhamdulillah, we are blessed to have seen the days of hajj again, these special days of which it is said that: By the dawn; By the ten nights, And by the even and the odd. And by the night when it departs. – Al Quran 89:1-4 Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported […]