I didn’t even try and be creative, or trendy with this years Eid décor and just went with my favourite theme for Eid: rainbow pastels. I figured that it’s a summer Eid so I couldn’t go wrong. As with the Ramadan decorations, Little Lady helped with cutting and assembling what I asked for. The banners […]
It was finally warm and dry enough for the boot fairs to start and for us to get to one. We ended up going to one in Boreham, which we found some real bargains at last year. This time around we didn’t find much, just some art supplies and a few books for the kids. […]
I have a big pile of cards that I have started and not finished. Many of them are a repeat of a theme or a set of papers in the same colour or style. Many are where I created a background, ready to work on when inspiration struck or when I needed a card at […]
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 […]
I am always keen to meet new people and see different faces, so I looked forward to meeting fellow blogger Girl Who Walks In The Rain this weekend, especially considering our mutual love of books. We agreed to meet in a coffee shop and then managed to visit all the coffee shops in town before […]
Nursing my little one means I have to sit still, something I am not good at and so I thought that this would be a good time to get reading again. Normal Calm by Hend Hegazi piqued my interest after a saw a review on Muslimah Media Watch, particularly as it broached themes that I hadn’t seen […]
Something I have always struggled with is my sense of identity. More amd more I recognise how strongly this affects the way I have lived my life and some of the decisions I have made. I got to thinking about it today during one of my marathon e-mail navel-gazing sessions with my bestest (who is […]
I do try to be a positive, patient parent, but there are days… I woke yesterday morning to peace in the house and immediately thought “What are they all doing?”. I found them in the garden, with an impromptu sandpit they had built using a bag of sand their dad had left in a corner […]
My mum and dad recently spent a month in Pakistan catching up with family and old friends and enjoying a change from every day life. Mum has lovely taste and loves shopping and came back with a stylish new wardrobe for herself. She also made the effort to find or have made a gift for […]
I and Little Lady sneaked out early on the weekend whilst the other children and their gran were still in bed. I thought it would be nice to have some for just us two and to have breakfast together. We headed into town and did some chores (bank, library) and then decided to do some […]
Subhan’Allah, the month of Dhul-Hajj is upon us: Rasulullah (sallahu alaihi wassalam) said: “On no days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah. The fast of each of these days is equal to the fast of a whole year, and the ibaadat (worship) of each of […]
My mum seems to be struggling to recover from the injury to her hand caused by her skip in the recent snow. Her cast is off at last but she is still in a lot of pain and her doctor indicated that her arm would not be the same as before (she broke it, then […]
It was the kids first day back at school and Little man’s first day full-time at big school about which he has been pestering me all summer. I thought I would give them something to take with them. I had to make them quickly after fajr (dawn prayer) with whatever I could find. The gasp […]
Things to do on the Weekend:Go on an adventure on the underground with the kids.Go to Pimlico in the city to visit your best friend.Swoon over her juicy gorgeous new baby.Head off to a bazaar with said best friend.Get the kids face-pianted and some balloon art.Sneak out of a very boring puppet show both looking […]
