Before the haircut.
During: so geli! Oh yesss, my Umar is the penggeli kind. That's why he hates hair cut.
Almost done, bagi urut skit itu kepala.
QC dulu ok ke tak... Hehe!
Kekdahnya... Nak kena bagi sama dgn Ultraman baru mau potong.

So ibu bapa... Ikut je lah karakter yg anak2 deme suka ya, senang idop. And bayar jelah extra rm3 for servis puji pujian frm the barber.

P/S: alangkah bahagianya kalau barber tu xde BO. But thank god he was quick hehe!

I love my kids... :)

Gila panas ari ni. Dah agak2 dah, jangan sangka hujan berhari2 akan kekal berhari2. Dah enjoy two weeks of perfect weather this, it feels like kemarau right now u know. KL is hawt!! Memang siang tak mampu nak buat apa2 (kecuali makan hehe). Nasib baik mama papa datang lepak sini, kalau tak memang Mummy hybernate je kang. But I didn't. Tried to fight my pemalas-ness. Lepas Maghrib tadi siap laju jek kemas bilik and cuci aircond, hamik ko! Malam ni leh tidur nyenyak dan lena dan tak sedar dunia.

So siang tadi, sebab dah kenit2 dok asyik kenen lapar jek, menandakan mereka tidak mahu makan di rumah, so we went out to dua kedai mamak. Satu the mamak resto to have maggi sup and ayaq2 es yang sodap. The next mamak is the barber. Masa utk potong rambut Umar!

Dari hari tu dah geram nak potong rambut dia. Tapi dah sibuk memanjang up to Malyn's engagement, so tak dapeklah kan. Tu pun dah nampak salon Mr Handsome kat Alam Budiman. Yer, nama dia Mr Handsome u ols! Keluar tak hensem tak tau la kan. Umar plak gi ngn Daddy, biarpun berjaya pau toy satu buat umpan potong rambut, tak menjadik. Dia sebenarnya kena guna cara saikologi, macam Mummy ni...

Cara berkesan bawak anak pi potong rambut, kenalah bagitau awal2. Ari ni Umar kena pi potong rambut k etc etc...Supaya dia faham, biarpun dia baru tiga tahun, dia pahaaammmm. And pakat dengan siblings dia yang lain suh puji dia jadi gila kacak and hensem macam --- (insert his favourite kartun karektor di sini) kalau dapat new haircut. We told him he'd look like Ultraman, padahal confirm2 Ultraman takde rambut, ada tanduk jek wahahahaa... Tapi dia setuju jek, laju jek masuk kedai mamak tu, menonong jek duduk atas kerusi. Kira taktik Mummy menjadik lah ya. Ehem!

Memang confirm budak2 kecik baya Umar ni takkan reti duduk diam time potong rambut. So you need to help the barber distract the child. Sememangnya bagus jika kedai2 sebegini ada wifi free sebab leh terus stream kartun favourite "mangsa" kat youtube. On terus ke cerita2 atau lagu2 kegemaran "mangsa." In Umar's case, I opened videos from Umaira's school concert dan a few videos yang tunjuk dirinya melalak, berguling atas lantai dan merajuk kena marah. Jadi kuranglah skit dia nak pikir pasal geli geleman bila mamak tu cukur rambutnya. (note, fon Mummy tua dan prepaid. So takde kemudahan akses internet secara sesuka ati. Boleh sebenarnya, tapi cheapskate. Hahahaha!)

Pertolongan sedemikian juga dapat menyenang dan melajukan kerja2 memotong. Kalau I didnt help the mamak, mau dua jam kendian setel potong rambut. Tapi satu hal la plak mamak tadi kan, gila teliti dia potong. And dua kali minta izin nak guna pisau untuk luruskan barisan2 rambut di belakang. Gilo ke apo? Confirm2 Umar dah rimas sebab lama and rambut2 kecik dah mula mencucuk2 kulitnya membuatkan ia gatal, lagi ko mau guna itu tajam punya benda? Ada gerenti tak benda alah tu tak melukakan teruna tunggal ku itu? Takde kan? Lupakan. Kalau I had to show almost 5 videos to Umar tu, gila lamalah ko membegger kan...

And nasib baikla Umaira n Ulfa pun ada to show moral support tadi. Umaira la paling best sbb siap cakap "Wowww...Umar dah hensem.." Padahal baru potong ekor turtle dia hehehehee...

So dah gonjenglah baby Mummy sekarang. Hensem tetap hensem. Kenapa? Sebab dia anakku, confirm2 lah kena cakap hensem, ahaks!


And oh, must check out The Sunday Star tomorrow, my reporter friend, Christina Chin wrote an article on Mother's Day and she interviewed me! Yeay! :))

Hisshh...tadi berkobar2 nak menulis kat blog ni. Almaklumlah dah dua hari tak masuk opis. Been busy with photoshoots, bukan suka2 punya shoot, tapi atas dasar KERJA. Bohonglah kalau tak letih seharian kat studio kan, so bila balik memang sangap skit nak layan kerenah anak2. But I pity them, rindu Mummy bukan main, tapi maknya muka tak boleh blah. I am sorry kids, I shouldnt behave that way. I try to be a better person k.

Since Monday, Mummy "off" dari hantar anak2 to kelas mengaji. Satu, sebab Daddy dah balik, so silalah amik turn. I pass baton to you ya Daddy. But tonight memang mmg I dont want to pontengkan depa so terpaksalah multi task skit. Setelkan return of products, make sure kids go to night class and have dinner. (Tak naik gaji lagi tahun ni tak tau lah!)

So masa tunggu anak2 dara abis mengaji, me and Umar duduk kat luar rumah ustazah. Lihatlah aksi cukup menghiburkan (atleast for Mummy la kan) si yabam ni hah...

Paksa Mummy amik ni! Cute lah konon... Tapi memang cute pun hehehehe...

I MMS-ed this to Papa. "Cucu sapalah ni? Mentang2lah cicit tok guru." Papa balas: "Ingat budak Bangla mana tadi." Chis!! So I replied: "Tok dia bangla ka?" hehehehhee... Nak jugak zass bapak sendiri tu! Nida, nida...

Sah cucu Haji Hadi! See the little ekor belakang kepala dia? Dari kecik memang ada. I mean, kalau potong macam mana pun memang ekor kura2 ni tumbuh balik. Daddy dia takde macam ni, Mummy camner plak nak ada, tak pernah berambut pendek pun. But confirm Tok Baba ada. Badan pun ikut Baba kan... Tidak syak lagi!

Takde apa2, sekali sekala dapat balik rumah awal, dinner pun before 8pm... So banyaklah masa nak gediks geduks with Mummy's yoboy. Dia pun, bila takde Daddy ni kuranglah sikit eksyennya kan. Mau melayan Mummy menggomoi dia.
We played the jelir-lidah-to-the-phone-camera game. And, I'm so glad his "ugly" hair cut dah nampak less "ugly". Long story about the hair cut, but let's just say, somebody gave me flowers to apologize (jeling kat Daddy).
Today, Umaira will be in KL, enjoying her last days in kindy. Minggu depan dua hari je skolah, then we r going back to Tganu for Raya.
So begin the countdown to Umaira's first day in primary school. They grow up so fast, huwaaa!!

I caught my maid giving my only son milo, like not in the form of drink, but in its original - meratah milo. Manalah anakanda ku itu tak bulat sendat! Baru umur 3 tahun dah kena pakai saiz 5 tahun. And bila den tegur, sonyap plak bibik tua ku tu. haihhh...bertuah!! Tak cakap salah, cakap lebe2 kang kecik ati plak.
And now, my son is having his lunch plak. And I know kejap2 lagi bagi susu plak.
So yeah... Resipi untuk anak bulat, anak tu sendiri kena mahu makan segala ya...
Tapi diakui, I like him bulat sebab sedap gomoi budak bulat ni. Daddy dia takde isi, pegang kejap jek dah bosan wahahahahaa...

Break kejap. Tengah buat story penting for the mag, tapi tetiba macam stuck plak. Usually bila interviews done tak lebih sehari memang sepatutnya fresh from the oven. Laju jek nak "muntahkan" semua. Not that the celebrity interviewed for cover ni (Ya, I write cover stories for Cosmo) is a boring girl, tapi ntah. Macam terhegeh2 nak naip plak. Alasan!!
Maaaybe, ada gangguan baru ari ni. Dapat headphone gempak from the celeb's management, dok dengar lagu plak so agak hilang kosentrasi hehe... Adakah saya sudah mula gagal untuk multitask? Jeng jeng jeng...
Meraban plak tentang anak2 - Umar said the cutest thing two nights ago. Dia dok heret MAS punya eco bag yang penuh dengan barang masak2 kakak dia punya. Ulfa plak masa tu dok berdiri depan tv, terlopong tengok apa ntah. Umar nak lalu takleh. Dengan penuh firmnya dia sebut "A-me,me." Berkali2 sebut! Kakak dia yang memang petah lagi clear bercakap tu haram tak paham la kan. Mummy pun kompius jap. Rupa2nya dia sebut "excuse me". Aiyorrrrr... Oklah, maybe to you it's nothing, but to me, kiyooootttnnyaaaa!!! Dengan bam bamnya, dengan dok heret beg berat macam nyonya kutip botol. Eee...geram!!
Travel update terbaru: Daddy is going to Jepun untuk a press trip with Honda. I am soooo jealoussss!! Tengok itinerarynya lagilah mak menghangit dalam kuah cemburu kan. Dah ler pi like 4 days before Mummy's all-girls-one-guy trip to Bali. Kita nak show-off dapat berjalan2 ngn friends, tengok2 dia plak berjalan lagi jauh and lagi gempak. Takleh jadi ni!! Memang senarai pesanan bakal mencanak la ye Daddy. Silalah dapatkannya di sana..hehehe... and especially kalau birthday Mummy lusa ni Daddy wish dengan tangan kosongkan. Sorry naik lori, I want things from Tokyo!!!!!!
Ok, now can sambung tulis untuk gaji.

Why did I have to terfikir this - "Lama Umar tak sakit..." And tadaaa... Hamik ko! It started with the flu and as predicted, turned to bad cough, comes the kahak and to lengkapkan semuanya, the wheezing.
Took him to the clinic lepas buka puasa tadi. Reminded him that doc will have to check his chest, and gigi etc and most probably Umar kena amik gas. He nodded to all. And Alhamdulillah, he behaved so well depan doctor. And tak nampak macam pesakit pun coz he was super active, excited dengan new toys at the clinic. Bila the gas chamber door dibuka, menonong si teruna masuk and terus duduk sendiri kat kerusi and sedut gas like he's been doing it since last week. Mind you, sebelum2 ni this session lebih pada drama air mata and wrestling ya. Syukurlah all went well kat klinik tadi sebab Daddy keje malam. But the downside of it, we have to pergi balik for another round of gas esok pagi. He was still breathing heavy after gas.
Sesi makan ubat di rumah - drama!! Nangis, tolak habis2an yg end up dengan sesi muntah. Aagh!! Lepas mandikan Umar, pakaikan baju etc barulah dia mahu. Letih!
Anyhow, will try get a video of his best behaviour during gas session tomorrow.

It's Thursday! And according to the ticker kat sebelah, Umar is officially three years old today. But there will be no celebration sebab satu, Daddy is working late. Dua, it's fasting month, Tiga, we already had the cake cutting last weekend. So kira kaw tim lah tu.
Tersentap kejap bila Umaira cakap "Umar dapat satu birthday present je, dari aunty Malyn." Erks! Need to explain to her, it's not the number of presents that count. But kids, what do they know. Mummy umur tu pun asyik tuding jari minta itu ini as birthday present kan. I am lucky coz my parents bought me a lot of things that I like, and now kira lucky coz my kids bukan jenis suka mintak barang. Hehehe... But for Umar, and as a treat to the girls as well, I will take them to the book store lah. Can't say no to books. :)
So yes, Happy Birthday beloved Son. Sekejap je dah tiga tahun. Kalau ikut time ni (3.20pm), lagi dua jam three years ago sudah keluar lah itu boboy, 3.3kg. Now dah nyaris 18kg kot! Haihh..bertuah...

But before we talk about that, what happened during the weekend. It was super-packed, that's for sure. Even on Friday evening, Mummy was running around picking up the cake, buying more goodies for the party pack, getting paper plates and plastic fork. And before bed, I was packing for Saturday's event, which was:
1. Daddy's World Cup Berita Harian event 8am till 2pm.
2. Tok Baba's and Tok Mama's family gathering cum tahlil cum doa selamat cum birthday celebration for Umar.
And after all that, we couldn't overnight at Baba's coz we had Aunty Nana's brunch/potluck Bendits gathering on Sunday morning. Nasib baik Mummy tak janji nak bawak a full meal, just fried chicken. And thank god for Bibik kalau tak memang Mummy senget!!

Umaira joined the colouring competition during the BH World Cup event.

Umar pun tried, but he enjoyed mematahkan mata pensel even more!

Ulfa and her colourful meow. Ears in yellow and orange, the inside mouth was blue and the body is in black and purple! Splash of clashing colours, but she won a bigger Milo pack than Umaira, boleh?

Umar memang hebat main bola! Sampai ada uncles suruh dia main for their team. Natural born sportsman lah.

That night, we celebrated Umar's birthday with my cousins (yes, those little ones are my cousins ya). He's turning three this Thursday!

Umaira and Sophie quickly became besties during brunch at Aunty Nana's house on Sunday. Sexy girl that Sophie, and look at the pose - to die for kan?? Umaira looks very pretty here. Love you daughter!

Umar got a galactic toy gun for his birthday, from Aunty Malyn. Then he found Buzz Lightyear (loaned by abang Arman), what a perfect match!

The key word here is NYARIS. Haihh...(I think me is the PMS-ing, watch out!) Yesterday was a long day. Had the Triumph event in the morning, where mommy had to model their Shape Sensation products, some before and after thingy. Then went to the studio for a photo shoot, and after, lepak with the beautiful FFF talent, Sarah Joan Mokhtar in OU. To reward myself, I bought a pair of Charles & Keith, I so deserve it! (Wanted to get shoes and handbag in Bandung, hampeh!).
Got home, mulalah aksi lepek depan TV. Umar was overly active malam tadi sebab tidur siang, mula2 tu bolehlah layan tapi lama2 jadi rimas plak (sorry baby boy). After dinner, I was ready to give undivided attention to him, tapi dia plak buat sombong. And paling tak best bila he demanded that Bibik sleeps with him and the girls. Ewah! I don't really mind sebab Umar sleeps on the bed, and Bibik kat bawah. Tapi siap pegang2 tangan ni yang tak tahan!!
Maybe Allah heard my prayers, and tahu tak baik buat Mummy majuk so tetiba Umar menangis and I cepat2 masuk his room. Rupa2nya kena sound ngan Bibik sebab tumpahkan his milk. Bibik pun beria2 cakap she didn't beat him, ofcourse I know coz she's such a wonderful old lady. So Mummy pun baring dengan Umar, pujuk dia and this time, he didn't mind that I was hugging him. Mind you, my baby boy is no hugger at all ya. I held him sampai dia tertidur. Best gila!!

Umar, moments before kepala benjol. Cian baby Mummy...

This happened to Umar masa I was busy helping packing up the Cosmo Pamper Suite kat Genting last Sunday. He was there with Umaira and Ulfa with Daddy to fetch me home. Dalam tengah sibuk tu lah dia berlari2 and terjatuh and kepala sudah terhantuk baik punya kat kaki kerusi. In just a few seconds, sudah naik benjol sebesar bola ping pong kat dahi kiri. Memang luluh jantung tak ingat punya. Daddy ran for ice kat kedai 1Meter Tea which was just nearby. We put it in a small towel (thanks aunty Ida for the quick response) and cuba letak kat dahi Umar. He screamed and screamed. Sakit la kot sebab kena ais. Mummy yang dah tak tahan dengar jeritan dia asked Daddy to stop and buang the ice.
I tried and old "recipe" - tuam dengan hawa mulut. I took the towel, letak kat my mulut and keluarkan hawa mulut bagi dia warm skit, and letak kat kawasan benjol. Kena buat banyak2 kali. Umar terus diam and relaxed a bit. Sambil tengok Umaira and Ulfa dok main2 depan dia. After a few minutes, dah nampak his benjol surut skit. Lega sangat. Uncle Kamil masa tu dah tolong check out clinic kat First World Hotel, but we decided Umar will be fine sebab he stopped crying.
This wasnt the first time Umar jatuh and benjol kepala actually and learning from the other experience, tuam dengan hawa mulut ibu for this kind of cases memang mujarab. Syukur....

Ni kena marah sbb tolak stroller jatuh kat tangga, during Pcik Hammad's wedding at Putrajaya.

Tak lain tak bukan....Iqbal Umar. He has come to that stage where he would not listen when you say no. Just hearing "no" to him macam dengar "yes, go and do it!". Like this one incident, quite shocking to us actually. We were at a shoe store in 1Utama last weekend, hubby was looking for comfy working shoes, Umaira was amusing Umar at the kids' section. Suddenly I heard a "commotion" where Umaira was trying to get a girl's displayed sandal from Umar. Before you know it, he ran out from the store and threw down the sandal to the level below. I shrieked! Umaira shrieked! Daddy was running towards them. LUCKILY, there was no one sitting at the dining tables down below. I mean seriously, he could have caused a stir! I was imagining the Mohd Azis family being banned not only from the dining place, also from the shoe store or even worse, from 1Utama. *faints*
We scolded Umar, we have to. He cried a little. And we thought that was it, he's not going to ever repeat this again. Come Monday, me and hubby was still on leave, we took the kids to Zoo Negara. Daddy bought them each a lollipop just to keep them amused. Bila Umar dah "setel" makan lolly, I told him to pass the stick to me, so that I can throw it properly. He looked at me, walked fast to the deer cage, and THREW IT IN THERE!. Again, I shrieked, scaring the omputih tourists nearby. They even gave me a look, as if I had "failed" to teach my son proper ways to throw rubbish. Agggh!! Ok, it's just me being paranoid, they were nice people. So yes, I deeply apologize to Malaysians and Zoo Negara for my little son's behaviour. Ampun ya.....

Sungguh bertuahnya dapat anak teruna yang rajin nak teman Mummy dia menonton her all-time fav drama series - Gossip Girl. Gitulah Umar malam tadi, teman Mummy tengok GG yang penuh dengan drama Chuck Bass jadi poyo. Sigh...I got abg (ehem adik) Bass depan mata, and mini Bass dalam dakapan. Heheee...
He tried so hard to keep up with me, little Umar I mean. Sampai ke satu tahap (11.20pm rasanya) he just couldnt open his little eyes. Bila dia suh gosok his back, he was standing up. Tak lama kemudian, Mummy yang terlalu asyik dengan abg/adik Bass itu tak sedar anak teruna dah terlentuk kat tangan. And he was still standing up. My poor baby...
So melepaslah little Bass nak tengok gelagat poyo Chak Best kat Quickie. Bagus pun, taknaklah dia terikut2 kepoyoannya itu...Haha!

Ayat power Umaira baru2 ini, when I called her from office just for a chat...
"Mummy, can I say goodbye now? Nak tengok CD..." Sabar je lah..!!