what is it with boys and cars?
hania couldn't tell a kancil from a kenari, and like she even wants to, but najwan will go 'perdana!' 'citra' 'lisa' 'keta abah' 'ami' when he sees the respective makes of the car.
sure it's currently limited to cars he often sees family members drive, but then he is only a tad under 2 1/2 year old. I didn't even realize someone in the first block of 1/5 has an odyssey until najwan kept saying 'keta mama' every time we passed the house. and sure enough, they do own an odyssey.
and all hot wheels, if possible, are now 'adik nya'.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
sahur time
the first day of ramadan, all the kids woke up for sahur. azraf and najwan -- not by design obviously, but they woke up. alhamdulillah, they didn't get up the following days.
hania woke up pretty perky for the first two days. that was good. and then she had a difficult time with sahur. with eyes still shut while sitting, papa had to feed her. but at least it wasn't taking her an hour to finish her sahur! after the kebelai thing the first day, she had to take in tamar and also a glass of pedia sure in addition to the rice and water.
amjad still moody but he's getting better day by day, I just have to make sure everything is ready before waking him up. His MO -- get up, wash face, eat, go right back to sleep. waiting for his sahur is a big no-no.
hania woke up pretty perky for the first two days. that was good. and then she had a difficult time with sahur. with eyes still shut while sitting, papa had to feed her. but at least it wasn't taking her an hour to finish her sahur! after the kebelai thing the first day, she had to take in tamar and also a glass of pedia sure in addition to the rice and water.
amjad still moody but he's getting better day by day, I just have to make sure everything is ready before waking him up. His MO -- get up, wash face, eat, go right back to sleep. waiting for his sahur is a big no-no.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
showing his fangs?
the other night, Papa brought the mail in and handed a few to Najwan, telling him "give to mummy." Najwan went "tak nak." Papa repeated the request, Najwan went slightly farther away from Papa and said, "An De."
oh yeah, this boy will give us a merry time.
the little pond in the house is now practically storage space after being dry for so long. when there was water in it najwan would go in. so Papa had it drained. then it became najwan's trash area, we'd find little pieces of rubbish or fruit pits or half-eaten stuff, all courtesy of you-know-who.
we've successfully kept things away from the kids by putting them on the upper storage space in the kitchen. this little boy? hmm... he'd push the stool, and climb up the counter top to try and reach that.
azraf wants a smiley so here it is :)
oh yeah, this boy will give us a merry time.
the little pond in the house is now practically storage space after being dry for so long. when there was water in it najwan would go in. so Papa had it drained. then it became najwan's trash area, we'd find little pieces of rubbish or fruit pits or half-eaten stuff, all courtesy of you-know-who.
we've successfully kept things away from the kids by putting them on the upper storage space in the kitchen. this little boy? hmm... he'd push the stool, and climb up the counter top to try and reach that.
azraf wants a smiley so here it is :)
Friday, September 14, 2007
ramadan mubarak
alhamdulillah, ramadan is here again.
amjad still has difficulties waking up for sahur. he'll wake up easily, but he'll be moody for the whole meal and will go right back to sleep afterwards. the plan to study after sahur? at least for these past two days, that remained a plan.
hania surprised us by being very okay during sahur. but yesterday, the first day, dia realy kebelai. but she didn't want to break her fast before time. her lips were truly colourless at iftar, but half an hour later, they turned rosy again. let's hope she'll only get stronger after this.
syakira and syazmi, as usual, have no problems waking up for sahur, and so far are doing okay for the fast.
azraf wants to join the club. so today, he is supposed to start 'fasting' after his lunch. that way, he can join the others in the joy of iftar. we'll see how he does. he wants to do it the whole day, but getting him up for iftar would be a chore -- this is a boy who has much difficulty waking up for school at 7.45, so his 'sahur' will be during his lunch.
najwan is simply enjoying all the food for iftar and having everybody around pandering to his whims more hours of the day.
amjad still has difficulties waking up for sahur. he'll wake up easily, but he'll be moody for the whole meal and will go right back to sleep afterwards. the plan to study after sahur? at least for these past two days, that remained a plan.
hania surprised us by being very okay during sahur. but yesterday, the first day, dia realy kebelai. but she didn't want to break her fast before time. her lips were truly colourless at iftar, but half an hour later, they turned rosy again. let's hope she'll only get stronger after this.
syakira and syazmi, as usual, have no problems waking up for sahur, and so far are doing okay for the fast.
azraf wants to join the club. so today, he is supposed to start 'fasting' after his lunch. that way, he can join the others in the joy of iftar. we'll see how he does. he wants to do it the whole day, but getting him up for iftar would be a chore -- this is a boy who has much difficulty waking up for school at 7.45, so his 'sahur' will be during his lunch.
najwan is simply enjoying all the food for iftar and having everybody around pandering to his whims more hours of the day.
Monday, September 10, 2007
this and that
so someone complained I haven't updated the blog in ages (probably the only other person who reads this blog :)).
life is simply, thankfully, busy.
work-wise, I think everyone is trying to get things in before Ramadhan.
Home-wise, the kids had more break than necessary. After the 1-week school break, it was the Merdeka celebration week, so no real classes then, and we took Thursday off to go back to KB. Then it was UPSR, so they had three days off school.
oh, our baju raya are ready. we have started shopping for other raya clothes too. and I don't care if people say 'but it's not even ramadhan yet!'. so ??? I'm not that young anymore to be going around during ramadhan with 4 kids in tow getting their stuff together. or we'll just call it getting more raya-smart now :), break the preparation in small steps so it doesn't pull you down.
ugh, now if only I can get someone to change the duit raya -- my least favourite raya task.
seems to be off on a tangent, so this is it for today, just want to start getting into the blogging groove again.
life is simply, thankfully, busy.
work-wise, I think everyone is trying to get things in before Ramadhan.
Home-wise, the kids had more break than necessary. After the 1-week school break, it was the Merdeka celebration week, so no real classes then, and we took Thursday off to go back to KB. Then it was UPSR, so they had three days off school.
oh, our baju raya are ready. we have started shopping for other raya clothes too. and I don't care if people say 'but it's not even ramadhan yet!'. so ??? I'm not that young anymore to be going around during ramadhan with 4 kids in tow getting their stuff together. or we'll just call it getting more raya-smart now :), break the preparation in small steps so it doesn't pull you down.
ugh, now if only I can get someone to change the duit raya -- my least favourite raya task.
seems to be off on a tangent, so this is it for today, just want to start getting into the blogging groove again.
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