Day 1: Sydney - New Zealand 2016

“I’d rather have a passport full of stamps than a house full of stuffs.” – Anonymous

PREAMBLE

So, if you are following me on Instagram, you’ll definitely know that we just got back from NZ again and the best part is that, this time we traveled with our beloved parents from both sides.

For the record, this was not the first time we traveled together with both sides of parents after we got married. Our first trip was to Melbourne (2011), next was Turkey (2012) and lastly in 2014 we went for Star Cruise trip (Penang – Krabi – Phuket – Penang). We didn’t bring them last year due to my grandfather’s health condition (2015) and we didn’t travel together during I was pregnant with K and during K’s first year (2008-2009) and during H’s 1^st year (2013). In 2010, my PIL didn't join us to Jakarta. So that's a brief fact about travelling with both sides of parents since we got married. Hehe.

PREPARATION

We only have about 6 months from our recent trip to NZ last September (your may scroll my entries to NZ with Motorhome last year/2015). Since both of my parents and Hazri’s parents have never been to Sydney, kami plan pergi Sydney juga so dari sana terus ke NZ; Queenstown to be exact. Memandangkan kami membawa golongan warga yang lebih matang dari segi fikiran dan fizikal, maka kami memang tak bercadang ambil motorhome, just sewa MPV je kat sana nanti. Basically MPV with 11 or 12-seater dikenali sebagai Minibus kat NZ and that would fit 9 of us perfectly sebab MPV macam Alphard atau Welfire hanya muat maximum 8 orang, so we have to settle for Minibus terus.

Nota 1: Rombongan kami kali ini adalah terdiri daripada my parents, ibu bapa Hazri, my youngest brother and my little family unit.

Nota 2: Rombongan kami terdiri daripada 4 warga emas, 3 dewasa dan 2 kanak-kanak.

Nota 3: 1 wheelchair for my FIL and 1 stroller for Hafiya.

DAY 1: 13.03.2016

(KLIA – SYDNEY)

Kami ke KLIA2 dari DU dengan van yang dah biasa kami deal kalau nak pergi travel secara berjemaah begini, since first trip kami ke Melbourne dulu. Punyalah setia bertahun-tahun dengan van yang sama :P We departed from KLIA2 at 11.35pm via Airasia direct to Sydney. Memang sengaja pilih flight malam supaya kanak-kanak (dan ibu bapa) boleh tidur sepanjang 8 jam penerbangan. Kami dah siap tempah makanan dan preferred seats for this flights untuk keselesaan semua.

Ticket flights kami beli pada bulan November i.e. 4 months before the departure date. Ni dah habis survey dah ni so AA paling affordable and dah siap dengan luggage, preferred seat, insurance and meals compared to MAS dan lain-lain. Beza dengan MAS about RM1K all in per pax and flight MAS adalah pada siang hari, so kami terus pilih AA dan memandangkan masa penerbangan MAS dan AA pun sama 8 jam juga. Considering kami pergi masa school holidays, rasa OK juga price yang kami dapat tu.

Photos: My lil darlings just before kami ke balai pelepasan ke Sydney (gate P8)

Stay tuned for my next entries.

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

Perkongsian Amalan

Dah beberapa kali nak tulis di sini tapi asyik tertangguh. Risau nanti jadi pelupa terus. Terbaca perkongsian ini when I woke up at 3am during K’s first day to enter her primary school. Lepas baca, I woke up dan solat sunat Tahajjud, in which I believed the main reason why Allah gerakkan dari tidur yang lena that night.

Antara amalan-amalan yang perlu diamalkan. Might be worth sharing, insyaAllah.

PERTAMA:

Jika sebelum ini kita selalu buat Tahajjud 2 rakaat, cuba gandakan kepada lebih daripada 2 rakaat dan disudahi solat sunat witir.

KEDUA:

Solat Dhuha adalah kunci kepada rezeki dari Allah dan menolak kemiskinan. Cuba amalkan setiap hari. Rezeki dari Allah datang dalam pelbagai bentuk dan tidak tertakluk kepada wang ringgit sahaja.

KETIGA:

Amalkan bersedekah walau sedikit manapun jumlahnya dan walau apa jua salurannya. Kita tak akan miskin kerana bersedekah. Again, fahami konsep rezeki dari Allah sebagaimana point di atas.

KEEMPAT:

Hormati ibubapa. Selitkan doa untuk mereka setiap hari tanpa jemu.

KELIMA:

Bagi wanita, pakailah sarung kaki kerana banyak penyakit boleh didapati melalui kaki.

KEENAM:

Amalkan membaca Al – Quran dalam sehari walaupun hanya dengan sebaris ayat. Ianya mampu membersihkan hati.

There were other things yang dibaca tapi the above six adalah yang terlekat dalam kepala. I was so sentap bila baca tang sarung kaki sebab all this while buat dunno je tentang perkara ini sedangkan tahu ianya juga sebahagian daripada aurat wanita.

The next morning, terus pergi beli sarung kaki banyak-banyak. Moga istiqamah, hendaknya.

Ameen.

Hafiya Reads: Sea Animals

Videos were taken on 7^th December, 2015 when Hafiya was 3y2m. She loves the book so much sampai bawa tidur sekali :P  

Video 1: Sea lion, turtle, whale, starfish, crab, walrus

Video 2: Stingray, prawn, lobster, squid

Mommies Group

Just a quick update!

ONE: Recently with the new routines I am quite free after sending out Hafiya to school and that means I will be at the office as early as at 8.00am – usually the second or third to arrive after my account clerk and my other colleague (read: my husband – haha!). So there is a new weekday’s routine i.e breakfast with other mommies (read: mommies to Khayra’s classmates) before office start. This also includes a lunch date with them.

TWO: One of the mommies had created a Whatsapp group during the transition week (yes, we clicked with each other that early!) for us to discuss on school matters. This is so so so helpful. Some of us have already known each other way before the group was established, like I’ve known Dhalia, Rania and Zara’s mothers 3 years ago.

THREE: We usually discussed on the Teacher’s pesanan penaja, our mission to decorate their classroom, their homework, things to bring like abacus for Maths, whether they need to wear sport's attire for gotong royong programme, latest news on current issue like dengue outbreak in Terengganu (that is so scary, nauzubillah), things like where to get the mosquito patch or repellent and other necessary and unnecessary things! Haha.

FOUR: As the kids will go to sleep as early as 8.30pm, I will have more time on my own after that (read: I can do so many things especially the house chores without any interruptions hehehe). But I will definitely go to bed before 11pm.

FIVE: I am (obviously) always looking forward for the weekend to arrive. Like every day, I pray that Thursday or any public holiday will come early. Haha. (Not helping as today is only SUNDAY. Sob)

SIX: I love to spend time with the other mommies – we actually understand each other better and it is a big relieve to know that I am not the only one who always wait for the weekend to arrive. And as a reminder that I am doing just fine. LOL! :P

New Routines: Working Mom Dilemma #3

It has been several times that I tried to update my blog, pheww. It’s nearly a month we are in year 2016. How time flies. My weekday’s daily routine changed tremendously. Bahaha. In a good way, I hope.

Start my morning routine at 5.15am – the first one to wake up and the last one to go to bed; that would be my title at home (except that hubs sometimes staying up to finish his work or simply playing with PS4 or watching his favourite TV show teehee). Not complaining at all but I just wanna write down my new routine after having daughters who have entered a primary school and pre-kindy this year. Serious business, tehee.

As Subuh is a bit late nowadays, I will perform my Tahajjud and recite few pages of Al-Quran first. Next, I will prepare their bekal and breakfast (I usually prepare different food for their bekal and breakfast) and in between, I will prepare their school uniforms and clean up the kitchen. Then take my bath and perform Subuh prayer before wake them up.

“Assalamualaikum, salam sejahtera ke atas Khayra and Hafiya” – that’s how I wake them up. I always end up nyanyi lagu Faizal Tahir; “Assalamualaikum dunia, lihatlah semua..” Lyric of a song that stuck in my head masa pagi-pagi.

Next, we (yes, together with my hubs) will get the kids ready for school, eat their breakfast, prepare milk for Hafiya and we will also get dressed for work. By 7am, hubs usually will leave the house with Khayra first. I will do some ironing of the kids’ uniform for the next day use (except on Sunday as I already did that during weekend). I will usually leave the house at 7.20am.

After sending out Hafiya to school (which is before 8am), I will go either straight to the firm or join hubby or join my friends for breakfast. I will fetch the kids at 5pm and will go home to prepare dinner or we just tapau-ed away. Hehe. When I reached home, I will unpack their bags, cleaned up their bekal, checked on their time table for tomorrow, basuh dan sental baju sekolah (yes, I hand washed their school uniform sebab baru puas hati), make sure their bags are ready for tomorrow, getting them to bathe, checking out on their homework, doing revision with them, preparing for our dinner, cleaning up the kitchen, menyapu, doing the laundry if any, mop the whole house twice a week pheww tak larat nak tulis everything in here haha. But they will go to bed at 8.45pm and there will be a quiet moment to recite / hear surah pilihan before tidur. Before they sleep, they usually will say without fail, “Good night ibu and abah, I love you” to both of us.

Last week was the first week after transition week and we were slowly trying to adapt these new routines into our daily lives. Work in the office has been piling up as we have a few State projects to handle and meetings to attend. It is quite tough to do all these alone, but thank you Allah for my husband who always lend his helping hands to me. Thank you to my daughters for always say thank you whenever I cook for the family, say sorry whenever they did wrong and by simply listen to our bebelan or nasihat when we are having meals together at home.  

To my darling daughters (and my beloved husband): I am sorry for those days that I had lost my anger, those days that I’ve scolded both of you because I was too tired and those days I just wanna be alone for 10 minutes - where I will end up cried in my solat or cried in silence just before I dozed off. Believe me, I was not proud of it and I've tried my very best to control everything so that we will have the best moments in life together. After all I am human being, I do have my weaknesses.

These new routines eventually gave big impact on me when I have totally forgotten Khayra’s music lesson yesterday T_______T until her teacher texted me to remind about her class! LOL :P Ended up we were late by an hour! That was NEVER happened to me for the last 3 years. Other incidents happened last night where Khayra woke up at 1am asking for water and Hafiya cried in her sleep and I tak sedar langsung! Husband attended to both of them last night and I only woke up when my alarm clock rang at 5.15am! Pheww. 

TOO TOO TIRED, I guess. Hehe.

I’d like to jot down a few tips for #notetomyself reminder but maybe in my next entry. Till then!

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.

KH School Holidays Activity

At the end of the school week last November, we were quite nervous on what should the kids do during the entire 6 weeks of school break. Could not imagine on how my morning routine look alike in the next few days when the school will resume again – that is to say; I need to prepare both girls for their respective school as early as 6am (to wake them up and get ready for school) with their bekal ready. Fuh, I’d better be ready by now now now *mentally prepared*

So during this entire school break, we managed to get the girls to join several activities and holiday camps and thank God, they were very happy and enjoyed themselves.

First week (22nd – 26th November)

Enrolled Khayra (6y4m) for 5 days camp from 9am – 5pm at AIM Excellent (Arab / English / Maths). In this camp they focused more on musical theatre in English, subjects in Arabic and Maths, storytelling, one session on Junior Master Chef and motivation. They performed Solat Dhuha, Solat Zuhur and Solat Asar together every day.

Fees: RM100 including breakfast, lunch and tea break, stationery, gifts.

This is Khayra with her certificate and her group won 1st place for the theater at AIM Excellent.

Second week (29th November – 3rd December)

Cousins bonding week when their cousins from JB came back and stayed for a few days without their parents. Their first time away from parents and I had the chance to take care of F-O-U-R children at one time. Phewww. Haha.

Weekend of Second week (4th December – 5th December)

Was forced by my mom to join her grandfather’s family reunion. Nevertheless we had so much fun during the family day and brought back a few gifts. Celebrating their Wan’s (my MIL) birthday – breakfast at Hotel Seri Malaysia KT and having dinner at Duyong Marina & Resort (formerly known as Ri-yaz Heritage Marina Resort & Spa).

Third week (6th December – 9th December)

Enrolled Khayra for 4 days holiday camp at Mary Land with the theme: “Pets”

Activities:

ü  Introduction on types of animals

ü  Story telling on their handmade project (Paper Plate Photo Frame)

ü  Games, singing and dancing about pets song

ü  Project: Squishy Pillow (Khayra chose to made Bunny Squishy Pillow)

ü  Baking pet shape cookies

ü  Educational visit to MBK Pet Shop (field trip)

Fees: RM180 including meal break and materials (from 8.30am – 12.30noon)

Educational visit to MBK Pet Shop and they brought back 3 Gapi fishes, mini aquarium and fish food. They also had the chance to touch yellow snake, sugar glider, rabbits etc. So fun! 

Khayra always looking forward to join any holiday camp under Mary Land and had participated in several camps before since she was 4yo+.

Fourth week (13th December – 16th December)

Enrolled both Khayra and Hafiya for 4 days holiday camp at Mary Land with the theme: “Friends Forever”.

Actually the camp was for children 4yo and above but I personally requested to enroll Hafiya (3y2m) to join as well, as she begged us to join the camp. Hafiya heard so much fun stories from her sister, and every morning before sending out Khayra to Mary Land, she keep asking me whether she could join Khayra as well. Since that week camp was not being fully booked (up to 25 kids only per session), Hafiya was accepted to join Khayra, and we were so so so happy for her!

Activities:

ü Introduction on who friends are, where can make friends and why we have friends

ü Story telling on their handmade project (Brown Paper Bag Photo Album)

ü Games, singing and dancing “Hop Pop Stop”

ü Project: Handmade soap (Both Khayra and Hafiya chose to make Hello Kitty soap)

ü Baking: Buns, 3D Topping Cupcakes and sponge cake with fruits toppings

ü Field trip to post office to send out their handmade postcards to their best friends

(Note: They wrote Rania and Sophia names on the postcards and both received the postcards a day after by surprise! Rania and Sophia’s mum Whatsapp me of their surprised reaction when they received the postcards from Mr. Postman. So fun! On a different note: Parents of the campers need to provide the actual address of their friends to the teacher)

Fees: RM180 including meal break and materials (from 8.30am – 12.30noon)

Didn’t realize that Hafiya could concentrate very well in a baking class – her favourite! Glad that she enjoyed the camp as well. My baby is growing up fast. Tsk.

My Little Bakers

Day 1: Baking buns

Day 2: Baking 3D toppings cupcakes

Day 3: Baking Sponge Cake with Fruits toppings and a field trip to the post office to send out their handmade postcards and brought back a bunch of stamps :D

Sponge Cake with Fruits toppings - made by my little chefs

With all the dedicated teachers and some of the fellow campers :D 

(Teacher Mary, Teacher Jasmine, Teacher Sermaine and Uncle Beh)

Day 4: Handmade Hello Kitty Soap and they brought back recipes from their baking classes

Weekend of Fourth week (16th December – 20th December)

We went to KL by flight and spent a few days there with their cousins and grandparents.

Activities:

ü  Star Wars The Force Awakens movie day out

ü  Jump Street

ü  Visited Asmah and Shukri’s newborn baby boy

ü  KL Bird Park (RM27 Adult with Mykad and RM13 Child with Mykid 3yo and above)

ü  The Good Dinosaur movie day out

ü  Year End Sale (Yummiest! LOL!) – although it was meant shopping for the kids.

Fifth week (21st December – 25th December)

Khayra’s Fardhu Ain class farewell party and concert. Last class for her music lesson for this year. Last class for Fardhu Ain for 2015.

Looking back, it was not that long break actually. Almost six weeks had passed. Phewww.

Welcoming 2016 with a prayer that Allah will ease everything for us. For all of us. Amin.

Note: Credit (some of the) pictures of the camp from Mary Land FB :D Thank you!