A Quick Updates After 3 Months

It has been 3 months since I last posted something in here and I still did not finish my updates on my travelogue: SYDNEY – QUEESNTOWN (cries!).

The truth is – my assistance was on maternity leave and a few new projects / portfolios were coming in, so I had to handle eeeveryythinggg (cries a river!) from A – Z; from I don’t know nothing to I master everything. Tehee. Because sometimes, we just passed to our assistance(s) to check on this or that and get back to us and please finish this and that by using our sample and copy this or that. So thank God, banyak yang saya pelajari in the last 3 months.

And even though my assistance was on leave, I got 1 chambering student and 3 practical students to help me out. They were very good and so dedicated in helping me with my so called never ending work. (Hmmmphh)

The kids are growing up very fast. Too much updates on them. Khayra got number one in her mid-term exam (it was my best birthday present ever as we got to know the result one day before I was turning a year older and I cried when I saw her online result because I couldn't believe it myself) and ranked number one in her batch. We never expected on this sebab memang tahu she improves a lot from her previous test, Alhamdulillah, syukur Ya Allah. She claimed her present from ToysRUs after I promised that she can get ANYTHING - yes, no limitation on prices as we always do that (price screening :P) if they wanted to buy toys (I’d swear it was only a joke!) if she gets good results (read: number one) in her exam. Lesson learnt - never underestimate your child / children and don’t simply promise anything in the first place. Bahahaha! Hafiya could read a simple word / sentence / iqra and she is very talkative nowadays. Alhamdulillah.

Will continue soon, insyaAllah.

Have a good day!

Activities For Kids (9)

Hello, berjumpa kembali untuk siri aktiviti my beloved kids. Banyak gambar actually so daripada tak upload takut hilang sobs, baik buat memori kat sini.

Bubbles play. Do it yourself konsepnya. Ni masa Ramadhan since bos isytihar office hour up till 4pm so bila balik and sementara nak memasak for berbuka, bagi diorang main dulu supaya ibu boleh fokus kat dapur :P 

Sand play – only at Tok Wan’s house. Hehe. Tok Wan ni sporting, siap simpan pasir khas untuk cucu-cucu main. Hihihi. Ni both tengah main masak-masak kononnya, siap dengan buah belimbing kecil dan bunga-bunga. Kalau rumah ibu, this is a big NO, okey? Hikhik. 

The moment kalau bagitau nak pergi PSI (kedai buku) bukan kepalang lagi gembiranya budak dua beradik ini. Ini scenario biasa kalau bawa mereka ke kedai buku :P 

Stickers and images – sticker tu kena tampal mengikut warna dan kod image tu. Fun juga bila dah siap sebab so colourful :D

Another series of developing motor skills for Hafiya dearie :D She loves it!

Firstly, Hafiya told me that her doll’s romper was dirty (there was a stain on the cloth). I told her that we will wash it later but to my surprise, she took her chair to the kitchen sink, climbed on the chair, took the small basin nearby, took the hand wash liquid soap and softener and washed it all by herself! Haha. That is the reason why this picture isn’t sharp as I was quickly grabbed my phone to capture this! :P

Beads and more beads. The day when Khayra and Hafiya managed to complete 5 bracelets using the beads for her friends. Sangat pemurah, alhamdulillah :D

Activity: Paint with Water Book (left) and Paper Crumpling (right). 

Paint with Water Book ni konsepnya just ambil brush water colour and plain water and colour. Bila kena air, the colour will come out and both of them akan cakap “waaaa, amazing!” Haha, macam magic! Terlupa nak ambil gambar after buat but yes, sangat fun!

Activity: Paper Crumpling. They have to crumple small paper sheets according to different colours and stick them on the image and next they will stick the wiggle eyes. Hafiya cannot wait to finish her art work and keep on asking bila boleh siap. Mencabar juga sebab banyak nak kena gumpal before boleh penuhkan jadi objek tu, haha.

Tadaaa! Worth all their hard work. *claps* :P

Primary and Pre Kindy 2016

School session for 2016 officially started on 3^rd January, 2016. It marked as the day we sent our firstborn to a primary school. A briefing session by PK HEM, PIBG and Guru Besar and registration was held on 31^st December, 2015 (tak perlu pakai school uniform tapi kids kena hadir sama). Buku teks dan buku aktiviti diagihkan pada hari yang sama. On the same day, kita dapat tahu on penempatan kelas dan kenal-kenal dengan Guru Darjah. OMG lama tak guna perkataan Guru Darjah. Teehee.

I applied for 2 days leave untuk settle dan hantar both Khayra and Hafiya to school. Punyalah berdebar takut ada drama. Kami siap pesan akan keluar TV kalau Kakak nangis nanti malu, satu Malaysia nampak. LOL!

We bought a pinafore sebab masa nak beli baju kurung sekolah, tak ada size Khayra and even the smallest cutting from KPrimary (tried a few from Canggih, Professor etc.) pun tak ada size yang fits her. Petite sangat, kamu anakku :P Tapi sebelum cari yang dah siap, kami dah siap tempah baju kurung sekolah Khayra kat tailor sebab memang dah foresee tak ada size. Kalau ada pun yang lebih kurang size tapi akan banyak nak kena nak alter potong sana sini, so better toiler made saja lah.  

During a briefing session

First day of primary school for Khayra :D

So on the 1^st day, she wore a pinafore to school. I’ve checked with the school and they were allowed to wear a pinafore to school, but it was not that popular among the Malays in the school. She met her besties, Rania and Zara but they were in different classes. Dhalia, who used to be her classmate during 6yo in kindy, also in different class. She also met Umar but also in different class. Basically, there were none of familiar faces in her class. We were informed that Guru Besar made a few changes this year so there were top 3 classes for Standard One, followed by another 4 classes. Each class only had a maximum of 32 students compared to the previous year where there were up to 40 students in one class. Out of 270 applications to enter the school, there were only 220 students were accepted based on a qualifying exam they’ve sat in August, 2015. We were informed that only one class for Standard One for DLP (Dual Language Programme) and 1 class DLP for Standard Four.

So there was no drama at all during Khayra’s first day. Syabas, bettey! Haha. Pheww. It was a big relieved considering Khayra pernah menangis masa 1^st day for kindergarten dulu. Haha. During the recess (9-10am), all parents were allowed to come to school for 2 weeks during ‘Minggu Transisi’, we sat together with her besties and their parents dan kami ajar juga cara-cara nak membeli di kantin in case of anything sebab dah sediakan bekal dari rumah. Then, kami tunjukkan toilets and few other places yang sekitar kelas. They must be in school by 7.30am and the gate will close at 7.40am. 

On the same day, after Khayra dah masuk kelas pukul 8.00pagi, kami ke Hafiya’s school untuk registration dan penempatan kelas. Back to Khayra’s school at 9.00am for their recess time. It was quite packed for us that day. Pheww. Both of them were coming home with me that day since I was on leave. Sempatlah merasa jadi SAHM kan? Tehehe.

Recess time with her bestie, Dhalia and Ibu's homemade bekal :D

So the next day (4^th January, 2016), Khayra was so excited sebab nak jumpa kawan-kawan. She made new friends from her class (Damia and Batrisya) and during recess, she joined her besties Rania, Zara and Dhalia. It was good to know about this sebab kami dah kenal each other including their parents as well. Rasa selamat sikit. After sending Khayra to school, we went to send Hafiya to school. Ada drama pagi sebab Hafiya refused to wear the school uniform and claimed it was Kakak’s dress. The same kindy like Kakak, mestilah pakai uniform sama, kan? Haha. Kena lah pujuk sikit pagi tu. Heh. She was all good when we left the house, sent Kakak to her class, at the school compound and met new friends in class. 

At first, she refused to sit on the chair at her table in class, tapi lepas dah pujuk sikit, she was OK. Then, I slowly keluar dari kelas tanpa disedari but I did sent a signal to her teachers. Alhamdulillah, she did great and tak menangis langsung. Owh, my lil baby was so grown up. She just asked Teacher Nini, “Where is Ibu?” the minute I left her. Hehe. When I fetched Hafiya at 11.30am (school dismissed at 11.30am for the first week), she was all in her happy mood and later we went to fetch Khayra together.

Hafiya’s first day of pre kindy :D

Khayra with her besties, Rania and Zara – from playschool (3yo) to kindergarten to fardhu ain class to primary school :D

This photo was taken after their moms had breakfast together and went to check on them during recess time thereafter. Haha! They were finally be in the same DLP class starting 5^th January, 2016. Alhamdulillah! 
(L-R: Dhalia, Rania, Khayra and Zara).

*For the record: I know Rania’s mom personally and we are quite closed since Khayra 3yo. I know Zara’s mom when Khayra and Zara (and Rania) in a playschool when they were 3yo and 4yo but lost contact after that. However Zara joined Khayra and Rania’s fardhu ain class, so they were back together since October last year. I only got to know Dhalia’s mom end of last year at their kindergarten since Dhalia and Khayra were in the same class i.e. Mrs. W's class.

Third day of school, hubs and I went to send the kids together and as expected (we had a discussion on this drama the night before, haha!), Hafiya cried a bit when we left her that morning. According to the teachers, she cried only for less than a minute and was back to her normal self but a bit shy. It was so not her, haha! All in all it was a good start for Hafiya. I was not on leave that day but I went to check on Khayra during her recess time and checked on Hafiya at transit. Everything was fine, syukur Alhamdulillah.

So that’s all for now.

I pray that Allah will protect both of Khayra and Hafiya (and all of us including our family, Ameen!) and I pray that Allah will always guide both of you in whatever you do. Ameen.

Working Mom Dilemma #2

Working days after having a long break; be it a long weekend, vacation or school holidays are the most crucial time to face. Hehe. The first morning to resume the usual normal routines is the hardest as you need to handle your grumpiness AND your kids’ as well. Bahahaha!

We didn’t go anywhere during this long weekend (Maulud Nabi, Christmas public holidays and weekend) as I need time to sort out the girls’ school preparation, re-arranged their wardrobe and did some house chores. We stayed up late to watch movies and spent time with our parents.

This morning, the girls woke up as usual and everything was done by 7.40am. I planned to go out at 8am as the girls and I wanted to go for breakfast together and I need to go to Honda service center afterwards to fetch hubs as he sent my MIL’s car for service. Everything went out smoothly up until Hafiya wanted to poop and I haven’t performed my Solat Dhuha yet. As a result, we were late and only went out at 8.15am. I was supposed to fetch hubs at 8.45am and we haven’t got our breakfast yet. So I had to change plan and sent Hafiya direct to her daycare and then Khayra and I went for breakfast. At the warung, the nasi lemak didn’t turn out as good as usual and it was raining heavily until we had to wait a few minutes to get to the car. When we walked to the car, Khayra accidentally stepped on a water puddle and caused her pants slightly wet. I had to send her direct to her daycare as I wanted to fetch hubs next.

Everything went so wrong after the girls were getting ready with no hiccups this morning (yeay?) T______T

I got this mixed emotions when I arrived at the office:

# I was more than happy as the girls were in their good mood even though after a long weekend, I thought they could handle their Mr. Gopal syndrome very well nowadays;

# I was feeling guilty as I didn’t manage to bring Hafiya as well for breakfast this morning. But on the other hand, I was feeling that I’ve made the right choice for sending her first because it was raining heavily during our breakfast (I promised to myself to make it up to Hafiya after this – hubs was suggesting to bring them to have keropok lekor Losong for tea time);

# I was feeling bad as I didn’t had the chance to attend to Khayra’s wet pants because of the water puddle;

# I was feeling guilty for not being able to spend good and quality times with them during the weekend as I was quite busy with the house chores (but we did some activities and painting together AND I still think that weren’t enough, blurgh - I blame on my OCD-ness on this where I was feeling 'unsettled' if I did not arrange their wardrobe nicely, did not sweep the floor and did not mop the entire house).

After what happened this morning, I agreed with Vivy upon reading on her post regarding on a working mom dilemma and time to juggle between work and family.

It is tough to balance both perfectly but we will somehow have to accept the fact that we are all human being, and to feel down or feel unsatisfied for the thing we have tried our best is normal; be it either you are a full time working mom or a stay at home mom. After all our goal is the same; to provide the best for our children and family, insyaAllah.

Counting the minutes to go back to my lil darlings. Tick tock tick tock.

Happy Birthday, H!

Bagi laluan sekejap entry hari ini khas sempena our Lil Darling Hafiya turns 3!

Doa ibu dan abah sama sebagaimana untuk Kakak Khayra sebab kami sayang both of you tanpa kompromi.

Ibu dan Abah doakan semoga Hafiya sentiasa berada dalam rahmat Allah, dilindungi Allah dari segala kejahatan, dikurniakan kesihatan yang baik untuk beribadah kepada Allah, diterangkan hati untuk mendalami ilmu Allah, diringankan tubuh badan untuk mengerjakan suruhan dan perintah Allah serta menjadi anak solehah di dunia dan di akhirat.

Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Hafiya dengan kek Barbie pilihan hatinya dan specifically requested nak tema warna pink and purrrplee (sebab now dah kenal colours). Haha.

Activities For Kids (8)

We love books and it is no doubt that kami adalah the book hoarder! Haha. Kalau gi BBW tu memang rasa bahagia semacam bila dapat beli buku murah :P

I noticed that both of my lil girls also love books as much as we do. Ini antara koleksi buku-buku Dora yang both Khayra and Hafiya sayang sangat. I love the Ready – To – Read book series tu, sebab kreatif juga penyampaian dia untuk kanak-kanak membaca. So far memang semua hasil belian kat BBW. Kalau jumpa series ni, memang wajib beli. Hafiya tiap-tiap hari ambil buku ni nak baca.

Aktiviti seterusnya is Alphabet books for Khayra. Balik school, dia kena tulis huruf and it stands for what and kena lukis dan colour. So ibu dia atau abah dia kena jadi teacher, kena tanda buku tersebut. Haha. We keep on monitoring her handwriting, so kalau tulis cantik akan dapat star. To make it more fun, I bought several patterns of Reward Stickers and Reward Stamp for them. So bila diorang buat activity books, bila dapat Reward Sticker, happy sangat budak-budak kecik tu. Ni sebagai umpan juga supaya dia buat kerja sunguh-sungguh – psychology :P

No doubt that this mom a.k.a teacher at home also a sticker hoarder :P

(memang hobi dari kecil suka kumpul sticker. LOL)

Ibu pun ada buat aktiviti ni masa sekolah rendah, ukir kat potatos and chop chop chop. Masa dalam gambar ni, Khayra was about 3yo+ sebab adik Hafiya kecil lagi to join. Masa ni juga kita ajar about shapes, so I ukir potato tu bentuk triangle, rectangle, square etc.

Ini koleksi peribadi Khayra yang paling dia sayang – figurine Princesses, Elsa and Anna, Sofia The First and comes with two clip on dresses. Memang kusyuk kalau dia main ni. Now Hafiya pun join sama dah main sekali dengan castle yang Pak Long diorang bagi for birthday present :D

Ini aktiviti baking dengan Khayra – buat chocolate cupcakes. Suka sangat dia bila dapat decorate cupcakes sendiri.

Sekian sahaja untuk laporan bergambar kali ini :D

Potty Training (PT) - Hafiya

Hai. We are currently going on the phase yang semua parents akan lalui with their children; potty training (PT). Wohoo! *acah-acah suka*

Image : Googled

Hafiya is yet 3yo, nanti bulan Oktober baru genap 3yo. Kami plan nak train masa 3yo so within 2 months before year 2016 rasa dah boleh complete trained (ini plan kami) – in case nak hantar playschool yang mewajibkan dah potty trained, so mudah sikit.

However, for the last 2 weeks – Hafiya macam dah automatic nak buang air dalam toilet. She actually the one who asked for it.

“Ibu / Abah, nak gi toiyet (toilet)” 

She told us whenever she needs to go to toilet especially bab buang air besar. Dah 2 minggu Hafiya buang air besar dalam toilet. So cool sebab tak perlu kami train dah. Hehe. Rasa macam dah lepas satu stage yang agak berpeluh kan. Pheww.

The thing is; we do not take this seriously and she is yet to be 100% diaperless. Rasa macam kecil je lagi nak diaperless – and oh my, she’s growing up so fast *sobs* We have a big plan in September, so sebab tu kami lek lek dulu nak train secara serious. We do hope when it comes to the real deal, Hafiya can go through it dengan jayanya. Amin amin amin!

Dulu masa Khayra, kami start train masa 2yo plus juga and by the time nak masuk play school for 3yo – masuk An Nur (tahun 2012 dan wajib dah PT) dia dah completely diaperless waktu siang hari. Malam je kadang kami still pakaikan tapi after 2-3 weeks pakai malam sahaja, dia dah complete boleh tidur terus tanpa accident PROVIDED sebelum tidur wajib pergi toilet. Masa Khayra dulu, kami tak kejutkan malam and masa 2-3 weeks train yang malam sahaja pakai diaper, diaper dia kering je sampai pagi. Oh, tapi Khayra during PT tu about 2-3 months juga kalau nak buang air besar, dia nak diaper, so kami ikutkan saja dulu sebab no rush. At that time, if letak atas toilet pun dia takkan berak unless pakaikan diaper. Memang diaper Khayra dulu ada satu ketika was just meant for berak sahaja. LOL. Stage berjaya buang air besar dalam toilet was when her Mak Ngah bagi present potty Fisher Price yang ada musical semua tu. Lepas tu terus sukses! Hehe.

Hafiya ni pun diaper kering dah dari malam ke pagi, tapi kami bagi chance dulu lah. This hits me sikit sebab when we went through this dulu with Khayra – we were so ready for having another child. Hehe, lek lek. Oh, Khayra dulu masa tengah PT ada 1 kali accident sebab dia cakap nak shi-shi tapi I was busy on the phone, jadi selepas itu selamatlah mengelap dan mengemop lantai sebab dia dah shi-shi. Haha.

One thing on PT Hafiya yang kami akan kenang sampai bila-bila when Hafiya said this:

“Bye bye poo poo. Poo nak jumpa ibu dia, abah dia, kakak dia” … when we flush the toilet together. Haha! :P

So wish us luck with Hafiya soon! :P

Tips Berpuasa : Diari Ramadhan K

Ibu tulis ini untuk rekod Khayra pada masa hadapan kelak.

Khayra yang dikasihi,

Ramadhan 1436H (tahun 2015) adalah tahun pertama Khayra berlatih puasa (Khayra berusia 6 tahun). Ibu dan abah tak pernah paksa tapi Khayra volunteer nak puasa sebab dengar ramai cakap pasal berpuasa dan ganjaran bagi orang yang berpuasa. Ibu cerita bagaimana kita rasa gembira bila waktu berbuka dan bulan Ramdhan yang penuh dengan barakah.

First day puasa jatuh pada hari Khamis, 18.06.2015 – ibu tak kejutkan sahur so Khayra breakfast pukul 7.00 pagi. Ibu sediakan bekal seperti biasa tapi Khayra kata nak bawa biskut Chipsmore sahaja. Jadi ibu tukar bekal Khayra dari nasi goreng Cina kepada Chipsmore dan kurma. Ibu macam doubtful sikit bila Khayra nak puasa sebab tahu anak ibu suka makan. Hehe. Dalam kelas Khayra tak ramai Melayu, ibu risau juga Khayra tak tahan kalau tengok diorang makan bekal masa recess. Ibu pesan pada Kak Ima – penjaga di daycare Khayra yang Khayra ada bagitahu nak puasa tapi kalau Khayra tak tahan dan nak makan, please let her. Tiada paksaan sebab ibu tahu ini tahun latihan Khayra. Kalau dapat half day pun, ibu dah gembira.

So bila balik school, Kak Ima kata dia bagi Khayra makan nasi dengan lauk ikan masak kicap tapi Khayra tak tambah nasi. Balik ke rumah, ibu check bekal, Khayra tak sentuh langsung. Jadi kiranya Khayra puasa 3/4 hari je masa first day puasa. Alhamdulillah. Malam pula, Khayra request nak ikut ibu pergi terawikh dan managed to complete solat Isyak berjemaah dan 8 rakaat solat Terawikh berjemaah di Masjib Kubang Parit. Alhamdulillah. Sebelum pergi ke masjid, Khayra bagitahu ibu:

“Ibu, kita kena berpuasa dan solat sebab Allah dah bagi kita macam-macam kan? Hari ini Allah bagi kita makan chicken rice yang sedap masa berbuka.”

Ibu tahu, Khayra faham tentang sebab kita berpuasa dan solat. Sekurang-kurangnya Khayra tahu konsep berterima kasih kepada Allah :D

Esoknya hari kedua puasa adalah during weekend, kami tak kejut juga for sahur – jadi Khayra makan breakfast pukul 7.00 pagi dan pergi mengaji. Balik mengaji ibu ajak ke Mr. DIY bagi Khayra busy sikit dengan aktiviti. Ibu suap adik for lunch pun sorok-sorok dari Khayra supaya Khayra tak terliur. Alhamdulillah, hari kedua hingga hari kelima berpuasa, Khayra managed to puasa full sampai berbuka tapi pukul 5 gitu, Khayra ada minta air suam sikit. Hehe. Tak apalah, slowly. Makanan memang Khayra tak sentuh langsung. Masa hari keempat berpuasa, abah pergi jumpa Mrs. W untuk bagitahu Khayra dalam latihan berpuasa dan kami beruntung sebab Mrs. W cukup memahami.

Jadi bila hari keenam dan sehingga hari ini, Alhamdulillah Khayra berjaya puasa full. Ada a few times masa kita ke KL last week, Khayra bangun sahur pukul 4.45 pagi dengan sepupu-sepupu Khayra. So far Alhamdulillah, Khayra selalu eager nak pergi terawikh dan berpuasa. Ibu memang tak kejut sahur awal sebab ini tahun latihan kan, next year kita try OK? Ibu pun tak buat janji manis dengan Khayra untuk upah kalau dapat puasa penuh tapi ibu selalu cerita pasal ganjaran Allah pada hari akhirat serta bagaimana para malaikat (Rakid dan Atid terutamanya) mencatat segala amalan kita. Alhamdulillah Khayra faham dan tak pernah minta yang bukan-bukan. Waktu berbuka pun Khayra makan berselera dan tak banyak ragam.

Hopefully nanti ibu boleh train adik pula macam Khayra. Alhamdulillah, Allah mudahkan urusan ibu dan abah dalam melatih Khayra berpuasa dan solat. Semoga Allah sentiasa permudahkan urusan kami untuk mendidik Khayra dan Hafiya.

InsyaAllah. Amin.

Sayang selalu,

-signed-

Ibu dan Abah.

#Tips diari Ramadhan Khayra :

1. Cuba terangkan ganjaran berpuasa – kanak-kanak mudah hadam dan perlu faham on reasoning kalau kita explain dan saya berusaha dengan tidak menjanjikan dengan sebarang upah (duit, hadiah etc.) supaya dia tahu sebab sebenar dia berpuasa. Yes, tak salah janjikan sesuatu untuk bagi semangat - you know your kids better.

2. Moms know their kids better – saya memang sengaja tak kejutkan sahur pada waktu sahur sebab tahu kemampuan anak saya yang makan banyak pada usianya sekarang. Ini latihan, insyaAllah kami cuba pertingkatkan tahun hadapan.

3. Jangan memaksa – take things slowly. Saya tak marah kalau Khayra request nak minum air masak masa first 5 days berpuasa TAPI saya tak pernah offer. Konsepnya, kalau dia minta, kami bagi dan ingatkan balik sambung puasa kalau larat. Dari hari ke hari, cuba buatkan mereka leka dengan pelbagai aktiviti supaya fokus mereka bukan kepada makan dan minum. Nanti, dia akan terbiasa dengan sendirinya.

4. Team up with your spouse – sangat penting sebab suami juga mainkan peranan untuk sama-sama tolong kita untuk latihan berpuasa anak-anak.

5. Bercerita – jadikan penyampaian kita sebagai penceritaan sebab anak-anak perlukan suatu inspirasi untuk lakukan sesuatu supaya mereka lebih bersemangat.

InsyaAllah mana yang baik itu datangnya dari Allah.

Atas - Kiri - Kanan | Solat Terawikh bersekali dengan Tok Abah di Masjid Kg. Tok Ku, Chabang Tiga | Puasa hari kedua – ke Mr. DIY | Solat Terawikh di Masjid Kubang Parit dengan ibu | 

Happy Birthday, K!

Selamat Hari Lahir yang ke-6, buat anakanda kami, KHAYRA BINTI HAZRI yang kami sayangi.

Doa kami semoga Khayra sentiasa berada dalam rahmat Allah, dilindungi Allah dari segala kejahatan, dikurniakan kesihatan yang baik untuk beribadah kepada-Nya, diterangkan hati untuk mendalami ilmu Allah, diringankan tubuh badan untuk mengerjakan suruhan dan perintah Allah serta menjadi anak solehah di dunia dan di akhirat.

InsyaAllah.

Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

# ambil peluang doa sempena bulan yang penuh barakah ini.

# 14 Ramadhan, 1436H

K's Sport's Day

Khayra’s school Sport’s Day was held on last Thursday, 21.05.2015. We have to send her at 4.15pm and when we arrived, dah ramai yang ambil tempat. Temasya sukan school Khayra memang masa yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh most of the parents as it was simply FUN!

There was a segment for parents who want to join the game voluntarily and I did participate this year as the husband has already participated last year.

So this is our girl – performing her pom-pom dance!

So proud of her! *claps*

And no, my husband was not being the MC on that day :P

Activities For Kids (7)

Normally I memang pre-planned untuk aktiviti for Khayra dan Hafiya during the upcoming weekend. Kalau tak teringat akan resorted to painting atau main Bubber / playdough saja sebab yang paling senang dan alatan semua dah sedia ada. Hehehe.

Ini masa pergi Mr. DIY – Khayra requested nak beli sticker ni. seronok juga bila start buat – boleh pilih bahagian mana nak lekatkan sticker ikut colours. Adik Hafiya pun dah interested nak join sama, tapi tak reti nak keluarkan sticker dari base dia. Heheh.

Koleksi Lego Friends Khayra memang dah hampir lengkap semua set. Tapi kami beli yang murah je, bukan dari Toys R Us pun. Memula memang kumpul per set (price range from RM5.90 – RM29.90) sebab it comes in small set (only character and small pot of flowers) and medium set (comes with pet or other things seperti music set, bedroom set or car set). Biasanya beli masa nak isi minyak kat Shell, kat kedai alatulis Pustaka Seri Intan (PSI), kat kiosks shopping malls atau beli kat Johor Bahru / Kuantan masa pergi sana dan rupanya lagi murah! Boleh dapat yang small set tu RM10.00 = 3 sets. So bila ada banyak set, kami just beli base yang besar so that Khayra dan Hafiya boleh main and build up the imaginary lives of Emma, Stephanie, Olivia, Andrea and Mia. Addictive role play for them – sebab memang akan kusyuk dan tawadduk bila main! :P 

Khayra kalau dah start buat, memang tekun nak buat semua set. This was when I bought 3 sets ingat nak minta buat by stages, tapi being her yang suka sangat Lego Friends ni, terus minta nak buat 3 set sekaligus.

Antara imaginary scenes for Emma, Stephanie, Olivia, Andrea and Mia - ada bedroom, ada kitchen, makeup table, living hall, swimming pool, gardens with pets and flowers :D

I introduced books to my girls from their early days. Dr. Halina wrote in her blog to introduce books to babies during their early stage – and even by just looking at the bright and colourful pictures pun dah boleh stimulate their brains. Ini favourite book Hafiya – selalu khatam baca sambil pointed out pictures apa on every pages. Bau baby sangat lagi masa ni dan jejesan saliva masih tak stop. Hehe.

Oh yeah, thank you my little girl Hafiya – bagi ibu extra work to keep all those flashcards after you have ‘read’ them. Hewhewhew. I could not barely remember umur berapa masa ni, tapi baru boleh berjalan rasanya – around 1 tahun 3 bulan and she loves flashcards especially on animal flashcards :P

Kalau Kakak Khayra ada koleksi lego, Hafiya pun ada – (tapi hand-me-down) Fisher Price Little People set. Senang main ni sebab ada base, so tak bersepah sangat. Senang nak simpan juga sebab comes with it's container box. Ini hadiah birthday Khayra masa Khayra umur 1 tahun, pemberian daripada Aunty Marliza sekeluarga. Dah hampir 6 tahun, masih tahan dan teguh. Thank you, Aunty!

Ni baru bangun tidur, terus main. Bahagia jadi kanak-kanak. Tak perlu fikir tanggungjawab lagi. Hehe.

Work From Home

Vivy Yusof wrote in her blog that “there is no such thing as working from home.” I agree with that.

When I became a mother, plus minus about 6 years ago – I hardly ever brought my work back home or tried to work from home or go to the office during weekend. Kalau adapun, bawa je balik tapi tak buat pun UNLESS memang tahu sangat sangat sangat urgent dan tak sempat nak buat esok maka terpaksalah mengagahi mata to stay up late – untuk buat kerja atau datang office sekejap during weekend.

Tapi saya hanya pilih buat kerja dirumah bila anak-anak tidur sahaja. THAT’S IT.

My own reasons?

1. Anak-anak waktu kecilnya hanya sekali dan bila mereka sangat memerlukan kita semasa kecil ini, kita perlu ada for them. I will not trade this moment dengan siapkan bundle of work yang memang setiap hari takkan habis.

2. We have been working from 9am – 5pm dan pada masa yang sama they are with their teachers / caretakers – then balik rumah is the only time that we have with them. Kena betul-betul hargai masa kita dengan anak-anak. Kadang saya rasa guilty juga kalau tak dapat duduk lama dengan mereka – as I have to prepare for dinner, kemas dapur, basuh baju dan kemas rumah (and husband is so kind to help me with all these house chores!) Syukur.

3. My children will sleep at 9.00pm every school / working day, so I only have a few hours with them at home after fetching them from their respective daycare. (Fakta yang paling pedih untuk dihadam oleh saya as a full time working mom).

4. I feel so grateful when my children are still recognize me and even want to go home with me every time I fetch them from their respective daycare; knowing that they spend whole day with other persons other than their own parents. *nangis* *fakta menikam kalbu*

5. I choose to work – therefore I have to juggle between my own working time in the office and time that I spend with my kids at home. The keyword here is: organize.

6. I try my best to spend quality time with them during weekend and I think vacation is the most needed thing for us. Teeheee.

7. The other day I was on MC but being a mom what did I do at home? – I cooked for breakfast, lunch (hubby came home during lunch hour and that was great as I was not having my lunch alone!) and dinner, I did the laundry, cleaned the whole house, fetched Khayra and Hafiya from school, had reading time with them and joined them to play with their figurine toys. Lepas tu terus sembuh, alhamdulillah. 

Hashtag: #SAHMinmydreams

As being referred in the matter number 7 hereinabove :P

What I really want to tell here is that: I totally cannot manage with work from home - failed big time!

My children, my treasure.