Well, what can i say? Life has been busy. Work is starting to pile in, children are getting busy with their school work that needs Ibu's help almost all the time especially my Year One. Not only that I have to help her pack her bag everyday too. Besides all that, I am needed to chauffeur them around for their 'agama' school, house practice, tuition, piano, extra co-curricular activities, buying things for school and etc.
Some updates on the kids:-
1) Nuraina managed to get through the audition for her Choir Club and she is put in the Performing group hence she has practices on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I was not very keen for her to join choir the fact that she will be missing classes and the fee was (RM600) exclusive of costume that will be around RM80 and printed material (RM10) and (to think that my orchestra members are unhappy that they have to pay RM100 for a whole year). I was surprised that none of the parents actually complained on the amount which I find to be ridiculous but as my girl is very interested and she seems to be serious in it we might as well close one eye and pay for it, as anyway it will do her good (it better be as we have paid RM600 for that!) as she gets to perform and that I hope will give her good marks for her co-curricular as this team is a pretty strong team, they have won the district and the national level.
2) Nabil - third week of school and he has successfully managed to lose 3 erasers, 3 pencils and one pencil colour. On top of that he managed to misplace his bag where he keeps his PJK clothes in, his t'shirt and track bottom that we had to buy him a new set. (Geram!) He even lost his water tumbler and food container. (Double geram!!!)
His books has dog ears on almost all the pages, he has messy handwriting, last week he brought all his books to school as he was lazy to follow the timetable until I realized that his bag was heavy that I ran amok and he begins to follow his timetable after that. He is happier in school and we have no problem getting him ready compared to last year where he had been counting the days until the next weekend/holiday or the fact that he pretended that he couldn't wake up early in the morning and we might gave up on him and go 'Susah sangat nak bangun, tak payahlah pergi sekolah' but never happened, mak cikgu kan, takkan boleh tolerate anak nak ponteng sekolah. According to the teacher he is well behaved, helpful and obedient boy (the teacher exact words). "Errr...teacher, are you sure you are talking about my son ah?" was my thinking.
3) Khairina - school is starting to take its toll on her. She has been complaining of being tired and torpid but never once she said 'can i not go to school?' as she seems to like school. She was ecstatic the other day that Alysha (Haziq's sister) of Tom2 Bak knows her name though they are of a different class. Everyday she talks about this girl 'Alysha is sooooo pretty....., Alysha has nice bag....., I want to keep my hair long like Alysha (eh girl it was you who wanted your hair shortlah, saying that long hair not nice, may you look like 'Ju-On'), Alysha this...Alysha that... She has been wasting her money in the bookshop buying erasers, stickers and other useless stuff until I ran amok again and that had put a stop to her spendthrift in school. Her homework consists of writing the alphabets and numbers 1-10 and a lot of colouring that sometimes I have to help as all subjects need colouring Maths, Science, BM, English.
4) Dhaniyah now takes the van to school. She had problem the first 2 weeks that my hubby had to sacrifice his lunch hour and send her to school. She was ok the week after and prefers to ride on the van than having me sending her to school. The other day as I was getting ready to go out and I sprayed some perfume on me, Dhaniyah went 'Ibu you are sooooooooooooo smelly, I like'. ahak ahak.
5) Hilman has not been feeling well this week, he has been coughing with a slight flu, he has been showing symptoms of getting his asthma attack, just praying for the best and that he is not getting any worse.
P/S Hey turned out I have a lot to tell actually kan?
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
It's A Party Here!
My school holiday has been pretty productive. I have been attending to my farms and restaurant on a daily basis. I have managed to harvest thousands of crops, plants, milked the cows and been helping my neighbours with their farms and restaurant too. It has been wonderful.
This week has been quite a party in the house with my nephews and nieces bunking in the house for 5 days. The kids are having lots of fun. No doubt the house is in a lot of mess, tak larat nak kemas dah sometimes, turun bawah semak kat bawah, naik atas semak ke atas. I've turned into an evil stepmom named 'Cruella' shouting at these 8 kids aged 3 to 9, minus Hilman to bathe, to eat, to pray, yadda yadda yadda. It may sound stressful but not too bad actually as my kids have been whining less and I got to cabut kejap from time to time without the kids asking 'Ibu nak pergi mana? Nak ikut!' pantang I pakai baju cantik sikit as they have their playmates around so they tend to forget about me sometimes.
At times I have to stop my kids and demand them for a kiss or a hug and they will go 'Ala Ibu ni' because they are either busy playing or just too embarass to kiss me in front of their cousins tapi tak kisah janji diaorang stop and acknowledge my existence. Right now the girls are playing doctor2 and the girls take turns to be the pregnant lady and the labour part is just hilarious with the preggie one panting and screaming 'Arghhh ! Errghhh! Warghhh! sakit2, mana suami saya, bagi dia masuk, tolong nurse, tolong doktor' the doctor then checks the preggie lady's stomach by covering herself and the preggie lady's stomach with a blanket or a towel. I have no idea where they learnt this from and the funny part is the doctor will give the name to the baby example 'ya puan, ni anak puan, namanya Lisa' ahak ahak and the nurse will start calling the other family members who are eagerly waiting outside the so called labour room 'ya boleh masuk sekarang, selamat bersalin, nama anaknya Lisa' kadang2 nama Nurinlah, Adamlah, Dafilah macam-macam.
My eldest Nuraina however does not join this kind of ludicrous act, she has found the joy of facebooking and has been chatting with her friends and other cousins and even attending to her farm too. The boys conquer the Nintendo Wii and playing football in the house or trading and playing their Match Attack cards.
Bibik has been extra busy in the kitchen. I love it when they are many kids in the house as they will eat like there's no tomorrow, semalam satu periuk nasi lemak habis for breakfast, this morning 2 packets of spaghetti gone, petang two large pizzas gone in a jiffy, makan berebut2 nampak seronok sangat, 5 packet of Chipsmore lenyap, baru beli on Tuesday, 4 packets of mini cadbury chocolate pun abis, sekali tu I opened the fridge tinggal kotak aje dlm fridge, punyalah geram tak reti nak buang ke kalau dah habis.
Overall life has been great. I hope you all have a great holiday too.
Cruella signing out.
This week has been quite a party in the house with my nephews and nieces bunking in the house for 5 days. The kids are having lots of fun. No doubt the house is in a lot of mess, tak larat nak kemas dah sometimes, turun bawah semak kat bawah, naik atas semak ke atas. I've turned into an evil stepmom named 'Cruella' shouting at these 8 kids aged 3 to 9, minus Hilman to bathe, to eat, to pray, yadda yadda yadda. It may sound stressful but not too bad actually as my kids have been whining less and I got to cabut kejap from time to time without the kids asking 'Ibu nak pergi mana? Nak ikut!' pantang I pakai baju cantik sikit as they have their playmates around so they tend to forget about me sometimes.
At times I have to stop my kids and demand them for a kiss or a hug and they will go 'Ala Ibu ni' because they are either busy playing or just too embarass to kiss me in front of their cousins tapi tak kisah janji diaorang stop and acknowledge my existence. Right now the girls are playing doctor2 and the girls take turns to be the pregnant lady and the labour part is just hilarious with the preggie one panting and screaming 'Arghhh ! Errghhh! Warghhh! sakit2, mana suami saya, bagi dia masuk, tolong nurse, tolong doktor' the doctor then checks the preggie lady's stomach by covering herself and the preggie lady's stomach with a blanket or a towel. I have no idea where they learnt this from and the funny part is the doctor will give the name to the baby example 'ya puan, ni anak puan, namanya Lisa' ahak ahak and the nurse will start calling the other family members who are eagerly waiting outside the so called labour room 'ya boleh masuk sekarang, selamat bersalin, nama anaknya Lisa' kadang2 nama Nurinlah, Adamlah, Dafilah macam-macam.
My eldest Nuraina however does not join this kind of ludicrous act, she has found the joy of facebooking and has been chatting with her friends and other cousins and even attending to her farm too. The boys conquer the Nintendo Wii and playing football in the house or trading and playing their Match Attack cards.
Bibik has been extra busy in the kitchen. I love it when they are many kids in the house as they will eat like there's no tomorrow, semalam satu periuk nasi lemak habis for breakfast, this morning 2 packets of spaghetti gone, petang two large pizzas gone in a jiffy, makan berebut2 nampak seronok sangat, 5 packet of Chipsmore lenyap, baru beli on Tuesday, 4 packets of mini cadbury chocolate pun abis, sekali tu I opened the fridge tinggal kotak aje dlm fridge, punyalah geram tak reti nak buang ke kalau dah habis.
Overall life has been great. I hope you all have a great holiday too.
Cruella signing out.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Kids Say The Darnest Thing
Well today marked the 6th day of fasting. The elder two kids so far had not much problem completing the task. Nabil had his puasa penuh last year when he was only 6. Khairina just started this year, and so far she managed to get 3 days of puasa, not too bad, I think for a start.
I did not actually force them to fast, they fast when they think they are ready as it's no use forcing when the child is not ready. But these children of mine can be funny when fasting.
Scene 1
Khairina lying flat on the sofa while watching tv at around 5.10 pm today.
Khairina : Ibu, Nina tak tahan dahlah, Nina nak minum boleh?
Ibu : Nina nak buka puasalah ni.
Khairina : Nina dah tak tahanlah Ibu, Nina nak air
Ibu : Ok, kalau Nina nak buka puasa, Nina minum air pastu Nina kena makan sekali.
Khairina : Nina tak nak makan, Nina nak minum air sejuk aje.
Ibu : Macam tu baik Nina puasa je lagi 2 jam dah nak berbuka, tapi kalau Nina nak berbuka pun takpe, tapi kena makan nasi ok?
Khairina : Kena makan nasi ke? Takpelah camtu, Nina puasa jelah.
Ibu : (dalam hati) Wakakaka....kesian budak ni.
Scene 2
Nabil also lying flat on the sofa in the living room, after tiring himself with rounds of ball kicking.
Nabil : Help me! Help me! I need water! water !Water please!
Ibu : Ha! ha! Main lagi. I told you to stop, tak nak dengar cakap, sekarang dah dahaga.
Nabil : Mana ada Abil cakap Abil dahaga, Abil cakap nak water je. Bukannya nak minum.
Ibu : (dalam hati) weh! tak sama ke?
Scene 4
Before break fast today.
In the kitchen, I was busy preparing for the iftar.
Nabil : Ibu, hari ni Ibu masak nasi ayam kan?
Ibu : Yelah sebab semalam Abil and Kakak Aina kan cakap nak makan nasi ayam, so today nasi ayamlah.
Nabil : Jelly yang Abil suka tu Ibu buat tak?
Ibu : Dah. Dah buat dah. Ada raspberry dengan orange.
Nabil : Coklat Cadbury Dairy Milk tu ada.
Ibu : Dah beli dah. Ada dalam fridge.
Nabil : Ok. Very good Ibu. Nanti berbuka, Abil nak makan chicken rice, soup, jelly and chocolate, pastu Abil nak minum air grape tau.
Ibu : Yes Sir.
Nabil : Isyy...Ibu ni ada pulak panggil Abil Sir, Abil kan belum kahwin lagi.
Ibu : Huh ! Wakakakaka.....
I did not actually force them to fast, they fast when they think they are ready as it's no use forcing when the child is not ready. But these children of mine can be funny when fasting.
Scene 1
Khairina lying flat on the sofa while watching tv at around 5.10 pm today.
Khairina : Ibu, Nina tak tahan dahlah, Nina nak minum boleh?
Ibu : Nina nak buka puasalah ni.
Khairina : Nina dah tak tahanlah Ibu, Nina nak air
Ibu : Ok, kalau Nina nak buka puasa, Nina minum air pastu Nina kena makan sekali.
Khairina : Nina tak nak makan, Nina nak minum air sejuk aje.
Ibu : Macam tu baik Nina puasa je lagi 2 jam dah nak berbuka, tapi kalau Nina nak berbuka pun takpe, tapi kena makan nasi ok?
Khairina : Kena makan nasi ke? Takpelah camtu, Nina puasa jelah.
Ibu : (dalam hati) Wakakaka....kesian budak ni.
Scene 2
Nabil also lying flat on the sofa in the living room, after tiring himself with rounds of ball kicking.
Nabil : Help me! Help me! I need water! water !Water please!
Ibu : Ha! ha! Main lagi. I told you to stop, tak nak dengar cakap, sekarang dah dahaga.
Nabil : Mana ada Abil cakap Abil dahaga, Abil cakap nak water je. Bukannya nak minum.
Ibu : (dalam hati) weh! tak sama ke?
Scene 3
Khairina : Ibu, nanti Nina berbuka, Nina nak makan kuih bulu-bulu.
Ibu : Kuih bulu-bulu?
Khairina : Ala kuih yang macam semalam tu, yang warna hijau tu, pastu atas dia ada bulu-bulu warna putih, pastu makan dengan kuah yang black-black colour tu.
Ibu : Yang macam semalam tu kuih lopes lah darling.
Khairina : Hah! Kuih bulu-bulu tu lah, ok?
Scene 4
Before break fast today.
In the kitchen, I was busy preparing for the iftar.
Nabil : Ibu, hari ni Ibu masak nasi ayam kan?
Ibu : Yelah sebab semalam Abil and Kakak Aina kan cakap nak makan nasi ayam, so today nasi ayamlah.
Nabil : Jelly yang Abil suka tu Ibu buat tak?
Ibu : Dah. Dah buat dah. Ada raspberry dengan orange.
Nabil : Coklat Cadbury Dairy Milk tu ada.
Ibu : Dah beli dah. Ada dalam fridge.
Nabil : Ok. Very good Ibu. Nanti berbuka, Abil nak makan chicken rice, soup, jelly and chocolate, pastu Abil nak minum air grape tau.
Ibu : Yes Sir.
Nabil : Isyy...Ibu ni ada pulak panggil Abil Sir, Abil kan belum kahwin lagi.
Ibu : Huh ! Wakakakaka.....
During berbuka.
Nabil : Sedapnya nasi ayam Ibu. Lebih sedap daripada chicken rice shop.
Ibu : (sangat kembang) Ya ke? So makan puas-puas ok.
Nuraina : Sebab tu Ibu selalu cakap kalau nak makan chicken rice tak yah beli. Ibu boleh buat.
Ibu : (dalam hati) Ceh! macam terror!
After berbuka
Ibu : Abil, ni Ibu dah keluarkan jelly dengan chocolate. Nak makan tak?
Nabil : Abil sakit perutlah Ibu, sebab Abil makan chicken rice banyak sangat. Tulah sebab Ibu masak sedap sangat, sekarang Abil dah tak dapat makan dah semua tu.
Ibu : Aikkkk! Macamana boleh jadi salah Ibu pulak ni?
Nabil : Yelah, saper suruh Ibu masak sedap sangat, pastu Abil makan banyak sampai dah sakit perut dah ni.
Ibu : Hah! (tak terkata teman)
Funny kan? Sometimes they got me gobsmacked and dumbfounded.
But cooking for the family during Ramadhan has been fulfiling as they enjoy their meals during berbuka. The first week tu enjoylah, not sure on the days to come due to my limited cooking skill and recipe. ahak ahak.
Hope you all have a nice Ramadhan too.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
What Ramadhan does to me:-
During break fast today, Nabil commented 'seronoknya berbuka, nikmat Abil rasa' the look on his face and how he finished his food sends some joy in me, knowing that he loves fasting due to the nikmat he gets during berbuka.
The doa my children recite before the break fast, makes me proud of them for being thankful with the food spread on the table.
The family walk to the surau in our praying attire for the terawikh prayer, brings me calmness beyond compare as we walk hand-in-hand clad in our wudhu' is a journey that I enjoy every night during Ramadhan.
Waking the kids up for sahur, though it's a challenge but the fact that they managed to be on the dining table in time for sahur, and finishing up their food gives me an accomplishment that even words can't express.
Sitting together in the living hall, laughing and teasing each other in the wee hours of the morning while waiting for the azan, is another simple pleasure in life that I treasure.
The obstacles the children had to endure to get a puasa penuh is another proud moment that only a mom can understand.
And I get all these during Ramadhan.
The month of Ramadhan definitely strengthen the bonds among my family members and I treasure the every moment it brings.
The doa my children recite before the break fast, makes me proud of them for being thankful with the food spread on the table.
The family walk to the surau in our praying attire for the terawikh prayer, brings me calmness beyond compare as we walk hand-in-hand clad in our wudhu' is a journey that I enjoy every night during Ramadhan.
Waking the kids up for sahur, though it's a challenge but the fact that they managed to be on the dining table in time for sahur, and finishing up their food gives me an accomplishment that even words can't express.
Sitting together in the living hall, laughing and teasing each other in the wee hours of the morning while waiting for the azan, is another simple pleasure in life that I treasure.
The obstacles the children had to endure to get a puasa penuh is another proud moment that only a mom can understand.
And I get all these during Ramadhan.
The month of Ramadhan definitely strengthen the bonds among my family members and I treasure the every moment it brings.
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