As I looked out from the rooftop of my grandfather’s house, I could see that others from surrounding houses had also climbed up onto their rooftops to watch. We all looked down to the main road and the jeep with the five straight-backed old men sitting in the back facing each other. All dressed in […]
Usually we wait for the kids to go sleep before we put decorations up during the night, but being so sleep deprived I didn’t fancy staying up so late and let the kids join in this time. It turned out to be a great idea, they had a blast and we got our decorations up […]
As I looked out from the rooftop of my grandfather’s house, I could see that others from surrounding houses had also climbed up onto their rooftops to watch. We all looked down to the main road and the jeep with the five straight-backed old men sitting in the back facing each other. All dressed in […]
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 […]
As I looked out from the rooftop of my grandfather’s house, I could see that others from surrounding houses had also climbed up onto their rooftops to watch. We all looked down to the main road and the jeep with the five straight-backed old men sitting in the back facing each other. All dressed in […]
This weekend one of hubby’s friends from the masjid wanted to visit a boot fair with his wife and daughter, so he invited me to come with them. Little Lady was still awake from fajr (dawn prayers), so invited herself along too. I have only been once or twice this year, so was very keen to go. We […]
I while back I wrote about why I withdrew my daughter from sex education at her primary school (Discussing the Birds and the Bees – Part 1: Setting Limits). This was one of the most visited posts I have ever written and brought home to me very clearly that I am not the only parent […]
We visited Kew Gardens a few years ago and enjoyed our visit so much but never got to see everything we wanted to in one day. Since then the older two children have been there on school trips but I thought it would be nice for us to go as a family and I remembered […]
Every year we go through the same routine with our garden. I ask hubby to get rid of the spare timber, paint pots and metal, he doesn’t get time. I get rid of what I can manage and work round the rest. Through the year various junk gets dumped in the garden again and it […]
Little Lady loves drawing and has been selling some of her sketches and drawings to girls at her school. Recently a classmate asked her to create a canvas for her to give away as a gift. She headed out to the garden with all of her materials and her winter coat to paint the background […]
Our social lives seem to revolve around food at the moment, especially with Mum- and Dad-in-law going to Pakistan this week. We’ve had numerous dinner invites from friends and family to say goodbye, five in the last two weeks and the odd occasion where we have invited people to dinner. In itself this is rather lovely. […]
This article about mothers caught my attention recently. It is about parents who feel that they and their children who can behave in any way they want because they have priority over anyone else: “The inconvenience of others, it appears, is now a small price to pay for empowering one’s toddler.” The article upset me […]
It’s the annual craziness that is Red Nose Day which this year more than ever feels like it is becoming a national institution. As usual the children were expected to wear red to school and pay £1 for the privelege. We did buy them red noses but the baby bit both in half. I had […]
It’s very in vogue now to say that we won’t smack our children; this is probably a good thing. In the UK there have been attempts by various groups to bring laws into effect that ban smacking, although they have been defeated by the Peers in the House of Lords. My parents and grandparents grew […]
