Ramadan Reminders

Alhumdulillah Ramadan is just a two or three days away and we can feel the change in the atmosphere already as the excitement mounts. Masha'Allah, learning about this month and its blessings comes easily to the children as the elder ones fast and the younger ones participate in Suhoor, Iftar, Taraweeh and Qiyam.  As the little ones learn about Ramadan, the older ones are given reminders and we all work towards becoming more conscious of this month's blessings, it it to that end Ummi put together this wall:

 

Our Ramadan Wall

  What is all over this wall, you may ask? Well, here's a close up: 

Fasting shields from the fire



Our Ramadan calendar

 

Dated dates, to be picked as each day of Ramadan come to an end, special gold ones for the special odd nights



Home-made basket to store the dated dates



moon phases from BrainQuest

 



IBAP's article on Ramadan

Elsewhere in the house:





Reminder that fasting is more than just abstaining from eating and drinking



 

Reminder of fasting duration

 

Days of the week in English, Arabic and numerals, markers to depict weather



We hope to read and learn as we experience this month and hope to share our discoveries as we make them insha'Allah.

Snackeria: Chef HBAP's Debut

Though HBAP (age 6) enjoys cutting veggies and helping out in the kitchen, she recently made her debut as a upcoming chef. For her first meal ever she prepared Peanut Butter Brownies From A Box. As Ummi guided her, under the instructions of Betty Crocker, HBAP carefully measured the ingredients, greased and floured the baking tray, mixed, poured, baked, cut and served the brownies.

Preparing the batter

Chef HBAP mixing the batter

ready to bake

piece of cake?

Alhumdulillah they were delicious and we hoped she would soon make something from scratch. (Masha'Allah, HBAP and her friends did get the opportunity to cook from scratch, to read more about it visit here http://karachi-bookworms.blogspot.com/2011/07/mirchi-barai-samosas-spicy-samosas.html )

Snackeria: Pirani's Rock and kabab Roll

The elder boys often take over the kitchen to put together a sandwich dinner, this time the younger ones were given the opportunity to prepare a Kabab Roll dinner, under the guidance of Chef QBAP.  AfterUmmi completed slicing and dicing the veggies stayed clear of the kitchen as the BAP's took over.

IBAP frying Parhatas

The Parhattas were fried by IBAP (age10) and MBAP (age 8), while QBAP came around taking orders. though seekh kababs in parhattas were the main ingredients, toppings varied to the taste of the various members in the family; onions, capsicum, cheddar cheese, mayo, mustard, cream cheese and Peri Peri sauce.

MBAP and QBAP at work

Once the kababs were hot (microwave) and the parhatas fried the three boys worked together to prepare the rolls according to each family member's taste, Masha'Allah. Needless to say they were delicious!

Rolls being prepared

 

Sorry no pictures of the served Kabab rolls, everyone was too hungry to take out snaps!

Seeing everyone busy, SBAP (age3) takes the opportunity to wash some dishes