Childrensalon Family Diaries | Nawfel Toumi

Nawfel is the Logistics Manager here at Childrensalon, overseeing the process by which we send out all of your perfectly wrapped packages. Originally from Tunisia, Nawfel now lives in Brenchley, a small village near Childrensalon HQ, with his wife and children. He and his wife have two daughters, Reema, who is eight years old, and Amira, who is four years old. Amira loves cooking, and everything to do with princesses, and Reema loves sea animals and drawing.

We usually break the day into sections, relaxing in the morning watching cartoons and eating breakfast, then they will get dressed and play together. At lunchtime, we invite them to cook with us as they love to get involved in the kitchen, before going for a walk or bike ride. In the late afternoon, we often bake cookies or watch documentaries (they love anything about the planet, solar system, nature - anything with David Attenborough!). Then we finish the day with dinner and a film!

Reema loves going to school and seeing her friends. Her favourite subjects are art and drama, and she has always excelled at reading. She also loves writing stories. She gets excited when she learns anything new!

Amira really enjoys going to nursery. Whenever we ask her about her day, she replies, "Good - I played all day." She is growing up to be a very kind person, always wanting to help, and she gets upset when she sees someone being mean.

Fortunately, the girls understand the current situation - Amira will take the temperature of any visitor before allowing them into the house! 

For Eid, we decorated the house, all dressed up and had video calls with family. We celebrated Amira's birthday, but she just chose one friend, which was hard, but still a lot of fun. The same with Halloween - we celebrated with one friend and the rest was over Zoom. Reema's birthday is coming up in January, so we are hoping things will be better enough to celebrate.

We have made some healthy/homemade versions of our favourite takeaways. So far we've made McDonald's, KFC, and pizza including serving them in pizza boxes! We've also started to exercise as a family and do yoga together.

We started writing a book with Reema and learning the piano. She is very creative and has an excellent imagination, and often makes things out of nothing. Amira loves when we put music on and dance! She loves building blocks, always determined to make buildings and towers, and she's started to enjoy painting too. But most of all, she loves princesses and dressing herself up in princess clothes! The only thing they really miss is swimming, and visiting different places.