This is a very old pic. But I haven't share it yet in the blog, so here it is. We bought this pool for the kids last year (Jan 2013) and only use it 2 times hahaha. First because I feel bad with the water usage, the guilty is way before the water crisis ok. I am a green person *no kidding!*. Second because we are too lazy to pump it, then to deflate it back. It takes time because the pool is quite big. So there it is, folded nicely behind the door haha.
But the kids love it nevertheless. Who doesn't right?
It's almost half a year since I converted the kids from babysitter to playschool environment. I've blogged about it once, how they are happy and doing all those artsy fartsy thingy. The thing is, it's not everyday like that. In fact, it has been 6 challenging months to all of us. The morning never been easy where all the cries will suddenly come out aboutnot wanting mommy to go to work, want to be home with mommy, i don't like school, etc. But it's getting better nowadays. I think, after the 6 months, the kids will finally accept the fact that have to get up and do something.
At least for Zahra, thing has been better. She rarely cries (except when I picked her very late due traffic jam and she will have this moment don't like the idea of mommy working, on the next morning) and sometimes excited pulak nak pegi sekolah. She started to have friends and things she likes about school. As for Emir, it's quite unpredictable. He was okay on the early months, then he had this meltdown for about a week, then back to OK and bouncy..then currently, has this separation anxiety, not with me, but with his daddy! He's very attached to MrComot this few days and will wail his heart out when we leave him at school. Pening!
There were times when I told MrComot "I'm giving them another month. If things are not better, I'm going to send them back to babysitter!". So much pressure.
Thanks God the whines and wails are reducing..because I don't think it's healthy to switch them back to babysitter. I mean..sekejap sekolah sekejap tak sekolah. Confused budak2 tu.
Ok, enough the rambling. About their latest activity at school.
This school has their quarterly event - the birthday walk where all birthdays will be celebrated 4 times a year. Ye lah..kalau buat ikut real birthday, macam hari-hari pulak ada birthday kan because there are lots of kids there hehehe.
So since Zahra is January baby, she is involved in this 1st quarter birthday walk. Parents are encouraged to join but not compulsory but since this is her first, of course la I nak join
Ok lets the picture do the talking k
My kiddos having morning snack. I don't know why he made the sour face. He is fine though..throughout the event
I love this picture. My hensem boy ni suka makan. But this is the first time I observe him at school. So, the school has 3 different break for the kids, first is baby khalifah (BK) which is Emir's group, then little khalifah (LK) which is Zahra's and the last one is junior khalifah (JK) which is for 5-6 kids. So imagine Emir is taking his own sweet time to eat from baby khalifah until junior's time! He never stop! When I asked him to join the baby's class he will point out to the cereal asking for more!
Birthday walk ceremony - all the LK and JK. BK is playing in their own classroom.
After a while Emir notice I'm here so he's running to join in the LK and JK
We are celebrating earth day too. I pledge time!
Zahra doing the birthday walk. Since she is 4yo, she has to round the sun while holding the earth 4 times, to indicate how a year goes by, while they sing the months of the year song for each year. I also had to do some slides about her and the teacher will discuss the slides content with the kids. Few...so much work for the parents ok. Not that I'm complaining, it just made me realize, sending children to school is a hard work for parents too! It's not like you can just send them off and ok! See you at 6! You have to get involved, bukan lepas tangan macam tu je*lap peluh*
Early lunch time. Emir is among the first at the table haha
Zahra being independent. She's a total different at home. Kalau kat rumah, susah nak makan and I have to do everything for her, suap dia makan, pick the crumbs, lap hingus, pegang botol susu
All the Jan-Apr babies at the birthday table
Blowing candles
And cutting cakes
After everybody is full, we were entertained by....
Magic show and clowns! Like seriously? Haha so much fun! The magic show is pretty entertaining, even I had good time watching it. There were few tricks that made the kids go crazy, like the one when he pull out a long long long strip of paper from his mouth. The kids jump off their feet and berebut pegi tarik the thing ok haha. And there was this time he fanned out confetti, all the kids jumping here and there try to catch it, that he had to shout "Sittttt!!! Sitttt!!" LOL.
Chicken dance time! Zahra and Emir love it much that they keep on doing the dance at home.
The crowd
Queuing for balloons
Art attack time. The got this scratch card and it will reveal the color underneath
Emir with his big balloon
Being laid back and carefree
You see me not
You see me yes
The "I don't care what other's doing, I got my own sword" moment
Frozen moment. They blast Let It Go song this time and everybody is singing it. Wow..Frozen is such a phenomenon. The kids even asked for encore and it is like over than 4 times I guess?
The kids had so much fun that day. I can leave them to sleep at the school and pick them later since they are full-time khalifah, but I have no heart to do so I just bring them back after the event. Suka lah budak2 tu get to stay with their mommy. Tak jadi I nak kemas rumah. Well, house can wait
We gave the kids and teachers some souvenirs for fun.
The night before, Zahra busy packing the goodie bag. It was a bit last minute so I didn't manage to go to Giant and buy candy/jelly/whatnot. So only toys inside, got fun stack-able pencil, glow in the dark thingy, stickers and the party blower.
Fabric covered button brooches for the teachers.
Also done last minute, helped by my colleague in the office hahaha
Happy birthday Zahra! Even though it's 4 months late. Anyway she still keep on asking me for a real party (we threw a proper birthday bash for her last year and she still remembers it) and I keep on saying when you are 5 sayang!
Berapa banyak party dia nak pun I tak tau. But from her action, I notice that it isn't really about the party, it's about getting presents because she keep on saying "I want to open a lot of presents! Nanti mommy beli baby doll baby alive yang boleh makan tu satu, make up barbie satu, bag trolley barbie yang ada gamba repunzel, aurora and snow white satu...bla bla bla ok?". Panjang betul list dia!
Kids nowadays..it's hard to bring them up without being materialistic. I know I don't spoil her much because I always reason out on buying stuff..but I'm not sure if it's enough. Sigh.
I think I am the friendly type..but surprisingly, I don't have many close friends. Maybe I am not that friendly enough hehe. But there a few friends that I'm sticking to and I love them to bits! Despite the lack of meeting and chit chatting, we know that we'll always be there for each other *sniffles*
So anyway..after long-time-no-see these ladies, we decided to have a short luncheon meeting. It's hard to get everybody as we are heading out own path now, juggling work, family and life. And all of us need to take annual leave for this ok!! Talk about friendship commitment hehe. FYI, annual leave is crucial to me as I need to keep them in hands, with sick kids and emergency what not. But these ladies deserve this privilege too! In a way, I need to unwind my routine and it's always refreshing to meet them ;)
So! We had a nice lunch at Absolute Thai in the Gardens. Our meeting was always Midvalley. Once we met in KLCC but after that changed back to Midvalley because it's the easiest place to be for everybody (with the public transport access). But their place is quite far actually (it's not far for me because I need to send my hubby to office and MV is nearby) and I'm so glad that they willing to make it *sniffles again*
I've been to Absolute Thai before but with only 2 of us with my hubby, so the order was very minimal. Since this is four of us, we went kinda crazy. Plus my husband doesn't really dig spicy food, so tak best laa berpedasan sorang2 haha.
Starter consist of: Thai fishcake, vege spring rolls, prawn spring rolls and money bag with special sauce. I love everything espc the thai fishcake! It's has bits of lemongrass and equal spiciness. Nyum!
Fuh fuh fuh! My ultimate fav that day, tom yam with fresh water prawn a.k.a udang galah!!! I love udang galah soooo much, espc the big head! I need to revisit this dish and wallop the whole lot all by myself lol!
Green is a must. Simple stir fried baby kailan with salted fish.
Steam seabass with lime and chilli! Oh myyy..this is yummy too! I've had few version of this dish at various place and most of them almost the same. The key point is, the fish has to be fresh fresh and fresh! And yes, Absolute Thai didn't let us down.
Only 3 dishes but the portion is big! We were full to the brim. Burpppp~! Alhamdulillah
Glowing mommy-to-be next to me! The baby came out already though! It's a boy! :D
My lovely ladies in my life ❤
Even though we were full, the luncheon is incomplete without dessert. So we force ourselves to eat this
glutinous rice with sweet mango and coconut milk
Oh myy..looking at these pics make me salivating. The food was good but what make it great is because of the company. I miss my girlfriends already! Thanks ladies, hope to see you guys soon! Maybe we can visit the baby together? ;)
Zahra is pretty obsessed with tiara nowadays. It started around last week when I bought her the tiara for her birthday party at her kindy. She's been parading in it, like all-the-time!
Princessing during bedtime
She even requests to wear it out, in public. Not that I really care, but it's kinda embarrassing to me. I mean, princess sangat kah anak kau? Hahahaha. Anyway it's just a phase and I don't want to spoil the moment for her, so I just let her wear whatever she wants (even sometimes her choice is kinda weird, but who am I kidding, I am not that fashionista pun!).
And apart of her tiara, she is pretty obsessed with her baby stroller too! She's been asking it for ages and I bought it online at RM35 + RM9 shipping that will be RM44, because I thot the one at toysrus is around RM60.. but then a couple of weeks later, I went to toysrus and found the baby stroller only at RM49.90!!! Just add a few ringgit more and you'll get a much better stroller. MUCH MUCH MUCH better in fact that I hate myself for not surveying enough. Grrr.. (anyway, I think I might buy the toysrus one later, because it is sooo nice! I know..such a waste right)
OK enough rambling. So she loves pushing her baby stroller very much and wants to bring it e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e! Again, it's kinda embarrassing but oh well... it's the time she's wild with imagination, so why not!
Pushing babies at Curve. With magic wand some more!
Peeking shops
Resting at the street, admiring the fountain. Apparently pushing stroller is a big job and tiring.
And do you know that she even wears the tiara to her school! Ok... I tried my best to make her keep the tiara at home but she rebuts all my words so there she is. I wonder how she feels wearing the tiara. Did I spoil her? And I wonder what the teachers think of her (and me! the mom whom let her daughter wears tiara to school as if she is the only princess. Gahhh!!!)
I hope she won't turn out vain or anything like that and this become just another fun thing that a 4yo kids do :)
