Camomile

Thanks to the very wet winter and the water flowing to the wadi from all directions, camomile is growing all over the garden.

It adds a nice scent in spring and is a free and healthy medicine.

At the peak of the hay fever season, I've been carrying dried camomile with me all the time smelling at it as much as possible, even at night. It alleviated a lot of the respiratory problems.

It makes you feel happier too.

When Zakaria has a cold, he drinks camomile tea. Only with sugar and only when he's coughing. He doesn't want to drink it when perfectly healthy.

He has actually become very picky for his meals. Does not eat anything with peppers, while before he lived eating hot. Onions are out of the auestion, Peas, beans and alike are simply left on his plate.

He prefers not to eat when above is presented.

The dislike for onions runs in the family. He shares it with one of his brothers and a few cousins.

Luckily there are many other things to eat. And what Zakria likes, he loves.

He would eat watermelons 3x a day, with or without cheese.

Argument

The weather allows us to be outside most of the time. This is the way we like it : not too hot, not too sunny.

We are not watering the plants and flowers until now. Just have to make sure the soil is loose for the sun not to burn cracks in it or not to harm the plants and trees.

Soon the game will be different.

This type of weather made the hayfever season peak late. Since a few days the fields are turning yellow and the sinus is suffering heavily with all the inconveniences that go along with it.

Zakaria is also suffering from allergies. He is itching all over and sneezes a few times day. It is not as bad as the red rash he had a few months ago. We still don't understand what it was. The doctor claimed he ate something he shouldn't have which is quite possible. I think it was because we stopped using diapers at night and he was bedwatering for about a month still.

Nowadays, we only have a wet night occasionally. The trick that worked was : no playing on the computer when wet in the morning.

He accepts without arguing which is not his habit. He is always in for an discussion.

Yesterday, I asked him : did you notice how Hamoodi Amer (2-year old cousin of his) does everything immediately that is asked from him. After 1 second came the answer : I am not Hamoodi Amer.

Zakaria is 3.