These last few weeks have been heavy and busy – all of the children at home, trying to get them to do schoolwork, prayers, their chores. Trying to keep up with housework. Always wondering what to make for the next meal for fussy kids whilst working from home. My work revolves around community development, equality […]
Early morning and the suhoor (pre-dawn) meal have always felt a little surreal, whether my in-laws are staying and laughing and joking at 2pm or the children waking up and joining us and looking very confused at the meal and the strange hour. This year my three elder children are fasting with us. As it […]
You’re probably thinking, enough with the Olympics already, its Ramadan! We seem to be surrounded by the Games and there is no getting away from them. One of the torch bearers brought his torch into my workplace today, so had to get a picture with it. Its very shiny and bigger than I expected.
What is it with everyone taking advantage of my poor boys at the moment?I let the kids out to play in the garden whilst I was busy in the kitchen and when it went quiet I assumed they were either digging up all my plants or had escaped into the neighbours garden again. I went […]
The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is called the Day of Arafat and this is always a very special day in our home and for me personally too. Although everyone is gearing up for Eid on these early days of the month, the mood is very different on this particular day. The […]
After a day that sped by, it was nice to leave work an hour early today. An hour that made lots of difference.I let the kids try the glass-painting kit we had stashed away for a day that was sunny enough for them to take it outside: Gorgeous managed to hide playdough all over the […]
Despite my best efforts to find alternatives to television for my children (including not having one), Little Lady has developed a thing for all things female and Disney which has me worried. I know it’s not a big deal for little girls to like all things pretty, pink and princessy, but I am always concerned […]
I was sent this book by Kube Publishers to review and was intrigued by the idea and the front cover. A princess in pink…hijab. A snake which I don’t recall featuring in the original story and what could or could not be a prince holding a bottle of something and clearly not anywhere near to […]
Today was my first day back at work after eight months of maternity leave. I had hoped to go back relaxed and fresh, ready to deal with anything, but after a hectic weekend, not enough sleep and trying to get through all the housework, I woke up exhausted and aching. I quietly shuffled into work […]
Currently Little Lady and Little Man are hogging the computer every time I am out of the room. I have been warning them to stay away and not touch without permission as a computer is not a toy, but I suspect that whilst my husband was away and my brother-in-law was watching the kids (whilst […]
I love weekends, I try not to live for the weekend, but come Friday, there is certainly an air of celebration in our house. One thing about weekend, it is certainly never boring…tiring perhaps, but boring never.This weekend involved another big cook-up: Enough laundry to scare the pants off the washing-machine (this lot plus the […]
Eid Mubarak everyone. Taqabbal Allahu Minna Wa Minkum (May Allah accept it from you and us). I hope this Eid is a peaceful and joyful one for all of you, full of good food, good company and good deeds insh’Allah. May Allah shower the Ummah with his mercy, love and grant them happiness, peace and […]
My favourite bit of this Eid was getting some lovely gifts from my sisters and sis-in-law, a mixture of the useful, the sensible, the pretty eye candy and the sublime. Kooks had the smart idea of buying us all designer shoes (the sublime I mentioned above). The satin peeptoe for me, the paptent peeptoe for Sis-in-law, […]
