Ameera and Ramadan

The hours can be too long here to fast this year especially if you're just learning to fast. Alhamdulillah, Ameera still manages to do it with minimal complaints. To be honest, we don't actually force her to fast every single day and have settled for every alternate day instead. So far, she's managed to fast for 6 full days. I think that is more than a great achievement. Even we as adults, struggle ourselves to do it this time around.

For some reason, she doesnn't look too tired and can be found playing outside with her friends or riding her bike with her "bike gang" and to top it all off, she can also be seen jumping up and down in our back garden. But, as soon as she's stuck indoors without anything to do, she'll start to complain. Oh Ameera...If I were you, I'd rather just stay home and if possible, take a good long nap. Hehehe...

Well, this is what she had for last night's iftar.

With her request of rice and chicken curry with four different types of drinks

Well done Princess! Mummy and Daddy are so proud of you.

8th Birthday Today!

Here's a typical conversation that happens almost everyday...

Mummy: Ameera, Mummy needs to take a shower. Can you come upstairs and mind Hisham for a while? Errr...don't forget to turn off the TV, switch off the light, close the door behind you and bring Husayn along here.

Ameera: OK Mummy, I'll be right there in a minute Mummy.

Mummy: And, after that, remember to take a shower. Bring Husayn along for one as well and put on his clothes.

OK, I  lied. Not every day maybe just every other day but, she is a really good daughter and I can really rely on her even at her age.

I'm just so proud of you Princess.

Thank you very much for all your help. I'm not doing this to burden you, one day you will understand the benefits of it. I am so glad Allah gave me a daughter like you. No matter how many birthdays come and go, you'll always be my little girl and I will always love you.

Happy 8th Birthday Darling!

May Allah bless you so that you become a solehah Muslimah and a good daughter, InsyaAllah.

Ameera and Her Ramadhan Reward

As I've mentioned not too long ago, my 7 year old daughter had been fasting almost the whole month of Ramadhan, Alhamdulillah. Well, 28 days to be exact. The fasting here this time of the yearwas quite long - from Fajr/Subuh at around 4 in the moring until Maghrib which doesn't come around until 9 at night. As her Mummy, I am quite proud of my daughter.

So, as a reward for her commitment to Ramadhan, I bought her this...

Yeah, right! I wish I could have that for myself. Sadly, this is plain old Mummy Nana you know, not some super-rich Mummy from My Super Sweet 16 or something like that. Hehehe...

Anyway, back in the real world, I promised her a Euro per full day of fasting but I was sooo kind to give her a whopping €30 instead of a mere €28 (kecoh...€2 extra and I make such a big deal of it!). As she's a little older now, this time, I let her choose for herself what she wants to spend her money on - up to a limit, of course. As she had received some extra funds from all the duit raya she collected (thank you to all the kind Uncles and Aunties)  I told her she could spend up to €50 and save the rest.

So, this is what Ameera eventually got for herself...

She was so excited making and buying her own Hello Kitty stuff toy. To be honest, she doesn't get any pocket money from my husband and I, not even for school as I pack her lunch (I save a lot on this phewww..). So, she doesn't actually have the chance to save on her own to buy the things that she wants. Obviously, this is a very special moment for her as she sort of earned the money herself. Well done darling. Mummy loves you so much.