Summer cooking

Today R made lunch. This is a favourite meal for all of them, mince, red cabbage and macaroni. It doesn't have an actual name! R is interested in cooking at the moment.
Ia is trying too. Just now she is putting together some blackberry and apple pies in the kitchen.

We are on a very light HE shedule at the moment, having our summer break. The boys were invited to their friend's home this afternoon, so they got through their few tasks in the morning. Quran practice continues as normal, of course. The Pashto session with Rosetta Stone also continues. I continue to read aloud in the morning, a fact or fiction book, plus something Islamic. They also read some of "Crazy Chemistry, A Wierd History of Science", by John Townsend, which we have out of the library at the moment. It is a light but interesting book, so I'd recommend checking the library for it.

The girls are enjoying their own world of play at the moment. There are toys, books and puzzles strewn everywhere. (Reappearing as soon as I try to tidy up.) U did make a huge effort to tidy their room late last night, entirely her own idea, maashAllah.

I also cleaned out the triop water. Four triops still thriving, alhamdulillah.

Ia spent much of this morning reading Usborne Young Puzzle books on the sofa. She has started reading aloud to U sometimes too, although they often just sit together and read their own books, maashAllah.

Those pies are now nearly ready to come out of the oven.....