Syira registered into SBPI Gombak yesterday. It's close enough for weekly visits (even our drive to work takes much much longer!), but still, an asrama penuh is an asrama penuh. But the parents and the girl seem pretty happy, after all, she so wanted to go to boarding school. But it's only another 10 days before the school holidays so it shouldn't be too bad. She didn't call home last night so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Kak de and Kakak cried.
Last night, Hania decided she wanted to sleep in her own room. Kakak slept with kak de, so she had the room all to herself. Last weekend, she was upset that the new shelf was put into the boys' room, so Papa said, well, you weren't sleeping in your room anyway. But to appease her, we put another shelf in her room, and she could put her stuff there without having to deal with the boys. I guess last night was fulfilling that promise made to us that on her own free will. But I did wake up in the morning feeling slightly disoriented, I guess ibu got so used to waking up with her snuggling beside me since she inevitably wakes up in the middle of the night, comes to our room and snuggles in. Notice the present tense -- I'm not sure if she's going to stay sleeping through the night in her own room, or if I want her to!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Azraf is 5
Happy birthday abang de!
our valentine baby turned 5.
weeks before his birthday, he's been trying to decide what the perfect birthday present for him would be. one day it was a bicycle. then it was a skateboard -- especially after amjad got one for his birthday. then a remote control car. then a scooter. etc etc. some days he tried to cajole us into buying him all of those!
we still haven't bought him a present yet. it really doesn't matter much to them when they actually get the present, the anticipation and the planning are just part of the fun.
we did do a little party at home as usual. the usual cake cutting and a bit of a part pack for the other kids. nobody felt they were too old for a party pack -- not even along.
azraf has decided since I couldn't be in school for his birthday, he'd do the one in school on feb 15. that's two cakes. of course he's thinking of another one where he'll ask kakak sufeeya to come also. that's three.
but at least amjad didn't insist on giving out part packs to his whole class. yesterday, a girl celebrated her birthday and to the delight of the rest of the class, she gave out mcdonald's party packs to everyone -- all 42 of them!
our valentine baby turned 5.
weeks before his birthday, he's been trying to decide what the perfect birthday present for him would be. one day it was a bicycle. then it was a skateboard -- especially after amjad got one for his birthday. then a remote control car. then a scooter. etc etc. some days he tried to cajole us into buying him all of those!
we still haven't bought him a present yet. it really doesn't matter much to them when they actually get the present, the anticipation and the planning are just part of the fun.
we did do a little party at home as usual. the usual cake cutting and a bit of a part pack for the other kids. nobody felt they were too old for a party pack -- not even along.
azraf has decided since I couldn't be in school for his birthday, he'd do the one in school on feb 15. that's two cakes. of course he's thinking of another one where he'll ask kakak sufeeya to come also. that's three.
but at least amjad didn't insist on giving out part packs to his whole class. yesterday, a girl celebrated her birthday and to the delight of the rest of the class, she gave out mcdonald's party packs to everyone -- all 42 of them!
Monday, February 05, 2007
counting
'k', 'n' tee'
that's najwan counting 'one, two, three'
not sure where those 'k' and 'n' sounds come from but we realised he was counting when Amjad and Najwan were playing pass the ball over the weekend, and he would 'count' before passing the ball to Amjad, with the intonation as we would count 123.
when I took him and Amjad to UM, we had to negotiate all these steps, and he started counting everytime we go down a flight.
oh, and whenever I started the engine, he'd put up his hands for dua and started saying 'Allah...', definitely worked as a reminder for dua boarding vehicle, but of course when we're still reciting it, he'd decide he's done and say 'amin.'
that's najwan counting 'one, two, three'
not sure where those 'k' and 'n' sounds come from but we realised he was counting when Amjad and Najwan were playing pass the ball over the weekend, and he would 'count' before passing the ball to Amjad, with the intonation as we would count 123.
when I took him and Amjad to UM, we had to negotiate all these steps, and he started counting everytime we go down a flight.
oh, and whenever I started the engine, he'd put up his hands for dua and started saying 'Allah...', definitely worked as a reminder for dua boarding vehicle, but of course when we're still reciting it, he'd decide he's done and say 'amin.'
2 for a while
Hania and Azraf went with Papa for a project visit with RSP from Feb 1-Feb 3. Amjad opted to stay home so he could do the rentas desa. So we had two kids each.
Thursday late afternoon, Amjad was already restless, 'boringlah ibu.' At bedtime, he became wistful thinking of his two siblings. No pushing around and squeezing around trying to jostle for sleeping space! And like telepathy, they chose to call then. But yeah, it was somewhat quiet, especially on Saturday afternoon, as Mummy and the gang went back to Segamat.
Amjad has decided it is more fun when there are more people around. They may annoy you at times, but they also make the best buddies.
Thursday late afternoon, Amjad was already restless, 'boringlah ibu.' At bedtime, he became wistful thinking of his two siblings. No pushing around and squeezing around trying to jostle for sleeping space! And like telepathy, they chose to call then. But yeah, it was somewhat quiet, especially on Saturday afternoon, as Mummy and the gang went back to Segamat.
Amjad has decided it is more fun when there are more people around. They may annoy you at times, but they also make the best buddies.
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