1st Day of Ramadaan 1434(10 jul - 08/8 2013)

Algamdulilah another Ramadaan has come our way. We did our (the whole family - Mom(71), Aneeqah(21), Rizqah(17), Nuhaa(11) and Myself(47) and of course the Amir in the house-Shafiek(50)taraaweeg in our new masjied - Sulaimani Masjied which was a church previously and now converted into a masjied, Algamdulilah.

We were very impressed with the way the masjied looked. There were no traces of it being a church.  We got there quite early so we did get a good spot. The ladies section is quite small but Algamdulilah there is always place for everyone. 

Its so nice and I make Shukr ya Allah that my girls are all grown up and I can freely attend the masjied again. Even though I always wanted to attend when they were little I never did for fear of being a disturbance to the  other musallalis. Case in point.. I do admire people for wanting to bring there kids with but it should not be a disturbance. I feel ( and this is only my opinion) that its best to rather to do your abidat at home when your kids are little. They do not understand that they are not allowed to make a noise or run around and we cant expect them to not be babies/toddlers when they are in a masjied. They will eventually learn if you make salaah with them always around you what the etiquette is, InshaaAllah. 

We finished quite late 21h20.  On getting home the table was set for Suhr and everyone gave their orders for breakfast! And this was the menu:

Mom - Oats/coffee/toasted cheese & tomotoe ( she is generally very easy)

Shafiek - Semolina/coffee/sandwich with liver and onions/toasted cheese(mature) and tomatoe with onion and chillies

Aneeqah - Cornflakes/tea/toasted cheese(cheddar) with tomatoe/onion/chillies

Rizqah - Semolina/coffee/toasted cheese with tomatoe

Nuhaa - Coco pop/hotchocolate/toasted cheese with no tomatoe

Me - also very easy - semolina/coffee/ toasted cheese from whatever was left.

And we all have a glass of water..

We as a family have decided to do a gatam ul Quraan between us, InshaaAllah

Lets see what today (1st) holds. May Allah be pleased with us, InshaaAllah

Tuesday,24/4/07

The significance of Shuhayma's baby besides that she was born on my moms birthday is that she is the 4th great grandchild of the Isaacs clan ( husbands family).Both parents are still alive. They are 7 children, 21 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. So do the math..add the spouses (+7)..add the spouses of the grandchildren(+4) and I am not even going to add the boyfriends and girlfriends..When I have a function I cannot invite anyone else. My family adds up to 10.

Then between my family and my husbands family there are so many born on the same day!

Isaacs Noordien
Zubair & Nuhaa 29/4
Farouk & Igshaan 16/9
Raushan & Riyaaz 21/7
Farah & Mom 21/4
Najwa & Adeeb 18/11
Myself & Nabeal 5/9
Saadiqah & Shuhaima 24/6
Sharifa & Taariq 23/5
Zerina & Imaan 22/6

Then days apart:
Sadicka &Aneeqah 5days
Yushri & Ameer 5days
Lameez & Zaahid 1day
Zerina &Grandpa Yusuf 1day
Rehda (his baby-Thakir
Fawaaz (his baby-Raashiq 2weeks
Shumaiz & Bilqees 1day
Rehda & Myself 2days
Shafiek & Zayaan 3days

Always amazes me how this can happen!

Mom's Birthday 2007

21st April 2007 - My Mom's 65th birthday. We(thats the Noordien, all except the eldest grandchild, Zayaan - missed her & not forgetting my Dad - passed away 26th April 2005- missed him very,very much) family had supper at the first "halaal" restuarant in Franschoek nogal!

My mom,Nabuweyah decided she would also like to invite her youngest sister (she has 7 of which 6 are alive)Tie Zee(a spinster with alot of spunk!) and my cousin, Tie Bieba(a widow with 3 sons which she raised solo since they were very little and what a good job she did, Algamdulilah -praise be to the Almighty) who is like a daughter to my mom.

Food was great and so was the decor, atmosphere..pity we drove through so late. It would have been a double wammy had we been able to enjoy the scenery as well.

Oh, Shuhayma (Shafiek's nephew, Rehda's wife) gave birth to their 3rd child, a girl.