Jummah Mubarak and a Cold Start to Spring

We have been overdosing on fruit recently in an attempt to keep the kids eating habits healthy and control my own weight. It seems the years of eating too many burgers, chips and too much chocolate are starting to catch up and I am trying to cut down on my sugar intake to start with.

These luscious strawberries were gobbled up at an evening at my mum's (I have never seen anyone eat in the way I see Little Man gobble down strawberries)

I made these mini fruit kebabs whilst the kids were at madrassah. They absolutely loved them and polished off their dinner so that they would be allowed these.

The leftovers came in handy for a fruit salad for my husband. He enjoyed it, but asked me if it was for Valentines day which we don't celebrate. An emphatic NO! was the answer.

Two weeks of abstention backfired spectacularly with our midnight feast (at 9pm) and Long Suffering Sisters gift of halal chewies. Although I think we have as much fun laying it all out as eating it.

This morning was the kids parents consultation day - some positive feedback, some good advice, some surprises (my little bruiser, Gorgeous seems to be a whizz at his numbers) and some telling off as always (about Little Lady losing her homework, forgetting her glasses and needing to get her hair out of her face - guess who is getting a haircut tonight?).

We cheered ourselves up with a visit to the school library for their book sale. This lot cost £2, the one about China is a bit random, but Little Lady has a thing about China at the moment, so thought it was worth a look. The telephone book was Gorgeous's choice and he is very happy with his new book.

I have been waiting for the first daffodil of the season to come along with news of spring and cheer me up (despite the weather forecast for more snow this week). I saw one today in a front garden the top of my road and it made me smile. That was until I got to mum's today and found this sitting on her kitchen table:

Jummah Mubarak insh'Allah everyone. What small pleasures did you find today?