One of those days when work was overwhelming. Mcm2 rasanya pikir n buat smpai tepu otak tpi mcm x nampak hasil. Gaaah!

Balik umah ingat nak rnr but ada org tu plal nak yakyakyey kat gym. Bagi chance. Asalkan balik tak lepek dpn tv haaaa... Banyak cantik! Nak tgok gojira mengerbang buatlah, warning sesiap ni pdahal dia tak balik lgi pun ehehe...

Nah ustazah Ulfa gi ngaji. Mummy gak kena go send. Homework pun Mummy gak tengokkan... Mana aciiii?!!!

Yer yer saya merepek jek ni...

Yes yes, it's still crazy. And I think things will get crazier come Monday (tinggal beberapa jam lagi) coz we're moving office at the end of the week. At the same time, I got to plan a farewell for the Editor. At the same time, plan and help with two photo shoots. At the same time, have to make sure we pack everything in the store and library. Die! Eh, tak. Fengsan!

I had a big presentation last week, I kinda know I would be the one presenting tapi the actual arahan came three days before the actual presentation day so yeah. Layan je lah. For as long as the bosses tak tanya soklan takleh jawab I am fine. And I already told one of them, if they scold me for things I dont understand, I quit! As acting editor lah bukan as pekerja hehehehe... Kelakar tak buat meeting dengan kehilangan dinding kaca but the pintu masih intact. Yang lebih kelakar, ada plak Hamba Allah yang siap ketuk and masuk ikut pintu tu, padahal kiri kanan pintu tu adalah bekas terletaknya dinding kaca. The dinding kaca dah lama takdo sebab dah diangkut ke opis baru. wahahahahah...funny.

Semalam, I took the kids to Alyssa's birthday party at KFC Tmn Tun. Gila sejuk tempat tu! Note to self: kalau ada lagi invites there, the kids are wearing super tebal clothes. Ulfa yang beria2 nak main statue dance terketar2 kesejukan. Sampai kira out sebab she was shivering so bad, macam nampak dia bergerak. Chis. Yang penting tetap dapat hadiah. And the party coordinator was really really good. He wasn't shy about making a fool of himself. Dia ngajar bebudak the Nobody dance kalah Wonder Girls I tell you.

Yang kelakarnya plak (ada gak part kelakar), Umaira became super shy bila nampak her schoolmates datang - the boys. Jenis shy yang sorok belakang kita. Dia punya nyorok and menyondol kat ketiak Daddy (nasib baik takde BO hehehe), jenis rasa nak penampor. Over betul malunya! I almost wanted to call it a day but seeing how much fun Ulfa and Umar were having there, kesian la plak nak ajak balik. Tapi bila keluar maskot ayam beso tu bagi hadiah, laju plak Umaira pi beratur. Macam, macam...

Lepas party, rasa macam masih awal. Coz Daddy keje malam so malaslah nak balik rumah melangut plak. So we went to The Curve. Yup, just me and the kids. Syukur sesangat dapat anak2 jenis dengar cakap ie tak reti nak merewang sendiri2, kalau tak jenuhla nak concierge buat announcements asal anak ilang mesti bin/binti ajis ngah hehehehe. Gila ramai manusia kat situ semalam, maybe because there was a concert right at the doorstep of e@Curve. And menonongla kami 4 beranak masuk situ and bought Daddy his father's day watch. Dah dua tiga ari ni asyik ngadu jam rosaklah, abis bateri lah (malas nak tukau, gediks), tali tercabut lah...hamik ko beli jam baru. Yang penting, beli jam yang uniseks. If I feel bosan with the watches that I have, you dont bising2 I take yours aaa Daddy. What's yours is mine, what's mine you cannot wear pun heheheheee...

So today, selesailah sambutan Hari Bapa yang tak seberapa. Yang penting bertogether-gether ye tak? Sempatlah juga selit sesi bawa anak pi casting. Ulfa got offered a job for this kill-nyamuk ad so sajalah pi try out. It's our first time actually. Didn't even know we have an agent for this.

Ekceli mcm ni. Few years back this talent scout approached us, asked us to bring the kids for casting mcm tu lah. So we went for the fun of it. Took photos of the kids suma. Dah register bagai tup2 agent tu mintak duit plak. Uik? Ko offer aku then aku plak nak kena bayor? I do this for fun jek, pasal pa ko minta duit plak? Memang sorry naik lorry. I didnt pay lah so I thought that was the end of it.

Tup2 semalam she texted me, cakap Ulfa is asked to try-out. Siap pesan, jangan letak my number but put hers. But she didn;t say cannot put my husband's number right? *wink* Since we had available time (padahal no fixed plan for today pun), pergilah kat Solaris ittew. The thing is, there were no solid information on the audition, memang pergi membuta tuli.

What they had to do: Say their name, age, show some expressions - smile, mad, cry, happy. Then Ulfa had to say a line to a doll. And the line was looooong considering her age and she wasn't familiar with it pun. Dah makcik sudah kaku membeku depan kamera. And with that, we were asked to leave. Ler! Ko ingat budak kecik macam tu reti nak terus berlakon bagai? Next time, why dont you prewarn us on what to prepare, kalau ada skrip bagi la awal2 so that I can help her memorise. Ni tak. I think la kan, this people all got calon already, but they saja audition many many coz want to show client they're doing their job. Ye lah, buat tu suma mesti dia dah charge kat client ye tak?

Overall, interesting experience. I am not getting hopes high on this but saja cuba2. Yang penting, anak I tetap kiut di mata I wahahahaha...haruslah kan.

Oklah mau titon, dah bersiap sedia utk minggu baru nan mencabar. Miss me kalu, drop me a line in the comment box ya. Dont worry, saya tak makan orang. Cheers!

Wassalam...

I love my kids... :)

To my darling daughter, Khadeja Ulfa for making me this for Mother's Day. I love it!!

(depan)

(and a lovely wish at the back. Smiles.)

Sepatutnya dah kena balik ni. Sekarang, takleh nak stayback kat opis lelama (yey!) sebab the girls dah start kelas mengaji. It's like almost everyday of the week. Yang paling bestnya, the girls absolutely love the class, boleh? Kalau remind them ada kelas mengaji, bukan main merenyih sampai belakang telinga. Nak kata ada ustaz kiut, idak pulak sebab belajar ngn ustazah. It was actually a last minute thingy. Memang nak bagi depa belajar ngaji, and dah lama dah pegang nombor ustazah tu, tapi tercall-call. Ntah macam mana ari tu, saja SMS nak enquire dulu. Tup2 ustazah balas cakap datang malam tu jugak. Waaaahh... Bagi dia, benda mengaji ni tak baik lengah2. Yes bos!
Menengokkan pada buku rujukan yang ustazah tu guna untuk mengajar, sangat interesting. Kita dulu guna Muqaddam yang nak kena belajar alif ba ta sampai ingat. Yang ni terus teach you yang baris di atas semua. Menarik la jugak. I think I can teach kids to mengaji also, but hehehehe...tak lengkap ilmu di dada nak jadi ustazah la kan, dada pun kurang! wahahahaha...
See here untuk lihat gambar comel anakanda berdua jadi ustazah kecik.

Haihhh... It's not our first encounter with HFM but it's back, secara tiba2. Kena kat Ulfa, my tiniest child. We noticed how she couldn't eat, "sakit mulut" katanya. Check punya check, ulcers on her lelangit and under her tongue, huge ones too. My poor kid. Checked her palms and feet, small red spots ada dua tiga like dat. We kinda know those are simptoms of HFM, cuma Ulfa tak demam jek. So we went to see Dr Lai, our family paed and she said it's mild HFM but tetap kena kuarantin. But how lar to kuarantin from Umaira and Umar? Kira kakak and adik kena layan je lah, and we pray that their antibodies are stronger. So now, Ulfa is the cuti2 Malaysia at home with big (little) brother. She is bored to her skull!

Masa kat Dr Lai tu, baru teringat yang Umar has been vomitting tengah2 malam for a few nights straight. Teruslah mintak dia check, without his card la kan. So dia dapatlah ubat angin, kot2 dia memang angin, takleh kentut punya kes so sudah push out his milk bagai. Belakang kat botol ubat kaler oren tu ada lah bracket baik punya (abang). Heh?? Confirm assistants kat situ ingat Umar abang sebab he is 19.5kg, and Ulfa is only at 16kg. Sabar je lah.

Somehow, Ulfa knows Mummy is a bit stressed out this evening. She wants me to have dinner at home, when I was hoping to have Japanese food.

Ulfa: "Mummy makan kat rumah ke?"
Mummy: "Donno yet. Napa?"
Ulfa: "Mummy nak makan apa?" (she actually means, where are you having dinner sebenarnya)
Mummy: "Mummy nak makan orang." (pening layan kerenah cl**nt)
Ulfa: "Tak bolehlah..."
Mummy: "Kenapa?"

Ulfa: "Sebab orang banyak tulang."

Adeh!

Because we miss school, katanya. She misses going out, she misses not being too lembik at home. Haiiihhh...Dah masuk empat hari Ulfa demam. This morning, we went back to the doctor, and this time she added on antibiotics on top of the prebiotics. Hamik ko! Kerja telan ubat jek lah. But I am confident that the meds are good for her, tapi sebab dia tu takde selera makan. Whenever she eats, macam anak burung makan. Tersiput, siput.

And she needs to be-ol as well. Tak membuang since demam, perut dah kembung kata doktor. My poor girl. No apetite to eat, now expected to pass motion plak. How lar?

But she still has her pot pet mouth. Like yesterday, I asked her if she has brushed her teeth. Demam pun demamlah, tapi takkan tak gosok gigi.

Jawapannya: "Gigi Ulfa cakap, tak payah gosok dia. Dia taknak."
Mummy cakap: "Pergi cakap kat gigi Ulfa, kalau tak gosok gigi nanti dia rosak. Then we go see dentist plak cabut dia, nak?"

Terus cik kak pi gosok gigi.

Took leave today. Kira emergency leave coz got a call from Ulfa's school cakap Ulfa muntah2 and badan dah panas. I was actually on the highway heading to Shah Alam for my appointment. So kenalah patah balik, anak punya pasal, apa saja. Memang pucat muka Ulfa when I fetched her from school. Straight to the clinic we went, and we were lucky Dr Lai didn't have any patients at that time and she wasn't close for the day.

She advised us to stop solids for Ulfa, milk pun takleh. Kena makan bubur and anything soft saja and 100 plus will do. Pegh, bestnya leh minum ayaq sedap time sakit! Kenalah ubat bontot satu, first time for us coz usually dapat oral meds. Reason being, she has to telan loads of oral meds, so biarlah satu masuk kot punggung.

Balik rumah, her fever got high. Suap fever meds and ubat for wind. She also got probiotics but that one kena makan after food so tunggu dulu. She was quite restless and couldn't sleep right away. Satu, may be because of the fever and dua, she was afraid Mummy keluar pergi kerja coz "Mummy tak tanggal makeup lagi!" Haiiihh...

After lunch, Daddy balik jenguk dia kejap. Memang sesuatu di luar jangkaan. But I truly appreciate it! Tenchu darlingku... And if Ulfa's still under the weather esok, it's Daddy's turn to take leave and tengokkan, he offered himself to the duty. Yey! Macam tu lah suami mithali. Dah buat anak sesama, kenalah jaga sesama ye tak yang? Hehehehehe...

Besides wishing for Ulfa's good health, I wish today wasn't that hot. Gila panas right now! Hope it rains tonight. Amin!!

Oh yes we do... No more late nights, and definitely no more TV in kids' room like before. Akibatnya, Mummy Daddy kenalah berebut TV with children now, but ofcourse, Mummy always gets her turn, whenever she feels like watching it. Nowadays, sangat jarang dah. Don't know what TV show to follow, and the ones I'd like to watch (Giuliana & Bill, Project Runway, Keeping Up With the Kardashians) dah tak tahu what time mula and ada.

I thought with kids getting to bed early, got lah chance for me to hog the TV. Takde maknanya! Mata Mummy pun berat semacam bila anak2 dah masuk alam mimpi. Cuma kena layan Umar jek yang at this moment, is busy membelek wayar komputer ni hah. Hepp... pi baring pi!

Do tell me, how do I handle this:

Situasi Satu: Ulfa's teachers (see the plural, meaning ALL ya) akan cheer dan sambut Ulfa dengan sorakan sakan bila dia tiba kat sekolah. Teacher Shelly sempat bisik bagitu, Ulfa likes to be praised, pujilah dia nampak cantik bagai, confirm tak jadi meraung. Patutlah cik kak tu makin bersemangat pi sekolah. Ada plak tukang aircond kan kechomelannya. Yang tak leh layan tu, Shelly said Ulfa will actually go to the mirror to check her hair and face etc. Heh?? And just this morning, her class teacher Zhana told me the same thing but in plainer words: "Your daughter is very cautious about her looks ya." Mak ai! Like how is that even possible? (Tulah, sapa suh tulis cerita Angelina Jolie jek masa ngandung dia, dah dia perasan dia artis. Hamik ko!! And her pouty lips tu memang kenan Jolie la kan heheheheh)

Situasi Dua: Umaira was doing her homework. Bayangkan kena colour a page full of fruits and guna duit syiling to give texture to the image. Heh? But that's not the main issue. Sambil dia buat homework dia slow and steady tu, sempatlah berbual2 kosong.
Mummy: Cikgu mana ajar Umaira ari ni?
Umaira: Tak nampak cikgu Badariah (her class teacher, dan tiba2 suara dia jadi pelan), tapi ada cikgu Adi.

Heh?

Ari tu Umaira told me she thinks Cikgu Adi is handsome. *faints*

So yes, how do I handle these situations?

p/s - Tic Toc to Eight Years! Happy!

Mentang2lah buat perangai drama princess (ala ala drama queen/king) last week kat sekolah, meraung macam ke apa bila sampai sekolah, and petang tu tok mama dia sudah belikan may-nan baik punya bagi pujuk nak pi sekolah esoknya (Jumaat), Ulfa sudah pandai main strategi u ols!

Last night, we went to OU, saja lepak2. Daddy's idea lah ni masuk Speedy, kot2 lah got new DVDs we can buy (the Azis-Anida family only buy originals ya). I know for a fact the girls has all the Barbie movies, and despite Ulfa asking whether we have this or that, sorry, Mummy knows. We have it all, cuma korang jek tak pandai nak nyimpan, so suma pun dah ntah ke mana. (Plus dapat Bibik yang tak pandai nak jaga barang. Sigh!)

Dah dia tengok "terjahan" terhadap Mummy tak jalan, dia sudah angkut satu Strawberry Shortcake DVD to Daddy. Ni Daddy yang cerita balik:

Ulfa: Daddy, esok Ulfa sekolah kan?
Daddy: Ya. Kenapa?
Ulfa: Ulfa pergi sekolah dah tak nangis kan?
Daddy: Ulfa good girl, mestilah tak nangis dah... (mula syak sesuatu)
Ulfa: Ulfa balik sekolah esok nak tengok DVD ni boleh? (buat muka sweet, I can so imagine it) Sebab Ulfa pergi sekolah dah tak nangisssss...
Daddy: (lemah lutut, lemah longlai, lemah semangat...IKH!!!) Ok sayang, Daddy will buy it for you.

GEDIKS TAK???
Ingatkan awal2 tahun ni, mak pak kena gunakan ke-saiko-an untuk pujuk anak2 to school tanpa drama meraung. In this case, anak2 lebih bijak ya tuan2 dan puan2... Dia plak saiko kita balik. Bertuaaaahhh!!!

Tak kuasa kot nak buat manual hahaha! Sebab utama, it's already the 5th day of school. The thrill to actually share what happened on their first day, is now not as exciting. Not an excuse, but I have been busy this new year (BTW, happy new year!!!). Setel jek first day of school, dah kena back to back photo shoots yang agak gila. Bila dapat duduk kat ofis ada plak yang meroyan minta itu ini. Then masuk studio balik. Gitulah. Orang lain baru nak panaskan enjin for the new year, I am thinking April Fool now u know! Yes, that's the job prescription.
N'ways, I still need to do this for the kids. Here goes...

Ya kengkawan. Ingat tak waktu2 di mana you can actually bangun awal and tidur balik before getting ready to work? Say goodbye to that once you have kids schooling in formal school ya. The Azis-Anida household is up and about by 6.15am, exactly one hour before Datin Ding of Umaira's school starts reprimanding late comers. Time tujuh suku to tujuh setengah (saja nak ngeja) adalah time utk baca story book. Zaman Mummy dulu, mana leh bawak buku cerita gi skolah (nak kalu, seludup ley) rupa2nya sekarang they legalize that. Chis! Tapi tak sure plak budak darjah satu leh bawak story book menda, bawak buku princess kang! Pic above, bukti matahari belum terbit when we were about to leave to school. Semangat abis! (but yeah, Mummy's a little kiasu ahaks!)

Eh lupa, before that, acara Daddy pakaikan kasut sekolah anak. Olololoooo...Daddy ni sangat lemah lutut bab anak. Mummy dah bersemangat abis nak tinggal anak kat gate, sebab Umaira pun on jek nak walk to her class on her own. But Daddy tak bagiiiiiii... Selagi Datin Ding kata parents can enter school premise in the first week of school (applies to Primary One only), itulah kata2 yang dia pegang. Daddy, daddy...

Here we are, in school. It was about 7.05am. Still early (gila awallah!). Lepak dulu bagi nyamuk2 kebulur kat kawasan sekolah tu plenty of food for the new year. heheheheh...

Krrrrriiinnggg! Kenalah mula beratur. Didn't see any of her classmates so terpaksalah (terpaksa ke?) beratur depan. Yes Umaira, ke-kiasu-an Mummy gave you a chance to stand infront. Duduk depan best, leh dengar segala. Percayalah...

The standard one kids kena "tahan" dulu coz the teacher has special announcements for them, how to tie hair, when to wear the tie (eh?), name tag... Bab ni Mummy ada skiiiit bengang. During orientation, we asked one of the teachers, is it necessary to buy a tie, kena pakai hari2 ke? Dia cakap, tak yah beli pun takpe. So we opted for not buying lah. Anywhere we can save, we try to lah kan. Belakang, during assembly, taklimat di atas memberitahu, they have to wear the tie for assemblies. Chit! Nasib baik we didn't have to que at the book shop (gila panjang kena beratur) sebab cikgu kelas ada stock ngan dia. Bagus!


Bila Umaira dah nyaris nak abis assembly pertama dia, we rushed back to get Ulfa to school. Sian anak Mummy yang ni, memang second child syndrome yang tak dapat dielakkan. We fussed so much for Umaira's first day of kindy, but Ulfa telah disiapkan oleh Bibik. Mummy tinggal tie her hair saja. Tapi Ulfa ni lain skit, she will tell you what kind of hair style she wants, and everyday, it varies. Layan je lah...

I think they repainted the school, coz it looks more ceria somehow. Memula tu memang terkantat2 juga cari nama Ulfa, they put stickers with the kids' names on it, so tau la nak letak kasut kat mana. Rupa-rupanya...

Macam mana tak kompius! Yes it is still (almost) her name but we jarang use Khadeja. Dah la salah spelling. What lah you teacher..?

Interestingly, Ulfa's, I mean Khadeja's class is upstairs. Opposite Umaira's old class. Past two years, the K2 kids saja kelas kat atas. And paling bagus, kelas Ulfa ada 10 budak jek. Leh teacher concentrate on them. And Ulfa, dapat Teacher Zhana, as she "requested" before school started.

Ulfa ready to be a big girl! Next to her is Shakirah. Ya, I tot she's Chinese too sebab putih melepak! I have yet to see this Abdul Ghafur boy Ulfa's been mentioning. Mention bukan sebab berkenan, tapi sebab budak tu besau. hehehe...

Bila tengok Ulfa macam okay jek, terus rush back to Umaira's school. Nasib baik BSD ni is just one big circle so senanglah nak ulang alik. Masa ni, Umaira had to sit next to a boy. Muncung je mulut coz she said she only make friends with girls. Ewah... Darling, must make friends with everybody u know....

Second bell of the day, recess time! Baru perasan Rania is in her class. I have seen her name on orientation day, tapi tak sure plak yang mana satu. I thought she is Alisya. Rania is actually Umaira's Krista classmate masa they were 4 years old. The first week of school (then), dedua ni lah kaki meraung sesama. Tak sangka plak dah jadi classmates for formal school. Cute!

Joined by Alia Alyssa (van-mate Umaira, also ex Krista), from kelas 1 Murni. Tengoklah mak pak yang sakan nak make sure anak2 makan. Aunty Zieda siap make sure dedua baca doa makan dulu. Yang syioknya dia kata, doa sebelum makan bolehlah ajar, hat lain kena belajar ngn ustazah. Sabar je lah kan!
So far, Umaira bawak bekal dari rumah. So there's no need for any pocket money for now. Mummy Daddy dah ushar food kat kantin tu, memang takde sesuatu yang Umaira akan berkenan. Takat nak beli nugget tiga ketul RM1, suh je lah Bibik goreng jumlah sesuka atimu!

Dah habis waktu rehat, kenalah beratur balik. Yang pegang pembesar suara tu was one of the Ustazahs. Belum apa2 dah ada budak tercicir wallet. Darjah satu pun dah bawak wallet u ols! Mummy dulu taruk dalam kocek pinafore jek. Tapi dulu duit syiling jek la kan, sekarang dengarnya mak pak bagi sampai RM5 pun ada. Peggghh... We went to see what kind of food they were selling. Don't think Umaira would enjoy nasi lemak with sambal tuang on the nasi, or any of laksa or mi kari. Ada juga depa jual kek yang dah siap potong, hat tu murah - 40 sen sepotong. Tapi potongannya ala ala "tiny, tiny, tiny!!" dalam cerita Confession of a Shopaholic tu.
And pantang betul tengok keropok lekor kaler cerah jual harga mahal. Dah kahwin orang Tganu, dah tahu sangat kualiti kopok lekor yang mantap kenalah warna gelap skit, menandakan isi ikan dia tak kedekut. Gelap itu menawan, macam Daddy heheheh...

Masa ni, the tears finally fell. Mummy dah agak leh terima hakikat (not fully, but bolehlah...) yang Umaira is growing up (fast) with going to Year One sebagai permulaannya. Ingat dah takleh nangis dah, tup tup masa tengah beratur ni ternampak this little lady, she must be in Year Two or Three. Adik lelaki dia dok pegang siku kakak while the kakak bawak adik untuk beratur. Aduuuuhhh...so kiut!!! Awak tu dah ler kanak-kanak, tapi dah kena jadi kakak and budak besau. Nasib baik masa tu pakai spek itam, takleh la nampak mata dah merah macam vampire huhuhuhuuuu...

Setel recess Umaira, we went home to pick up Umar the yoboy. Dah terperuk dalam rumah, kesian la plak. Nampak dia a little lonely, selalunya ada Ulfa buat kawan bergaduh. Hamik ko, dedua kakak pi sekolah. Patah balik ke Krista sebab nak tengok Ulfa balik dengan van. Sementara nunggu, sempatlah Umar terrorize the playground dan buat aksi super gedik seperti terbukti di atas. Aiyorrrr...so gediks! Bila Ulfa dah nampak Mummy Daddy ada, sorrylah nak naik van kan. Bergenang ayaq mata nak balik ngan kami. Takpelah anak, esok masih ada and memang takde choice pun, kena balik dgn van. Mummy and Daddy cuti sehari jek.
We paid the van, gila mahal k! For just a short distance: both girls are travelling one way with the van. Umaira kena RM80 and Ulfa RM60. Gulp!
Susah susah esok, Mummy berenti keje amik upah bawak budak pergi balik skolah je lah. Bukannya kena amik lesen pun kalau sendirian berhad gitu dok? Duit bersih gitu...

Sampai2 rumah Ulfa terus minta susu and sempat pengsan kejap sementara tunggu kakak balik. Mummy Daddy patah balik to the school, nak tengok Umaira naik van plak. We made sure she knows where to wait, and who are her van mates etc. Nasib baik our van driver memang jenis efficient and akan tunggu kat the promised spot, making sure all the kids under her are there then jalan sesama pi van. Seriau lah kalau kena tunggu luar kawasan sekolah, it's the main road and there's lots of cars. Better wait in the school premise. And another good tip: Make sure the school security guard pun kenal you.
Suami saya memang super friendly, dan kebetulan guards sekolah Umaira are this two old ladies yang sangat garang, baguihlah garang pun. One thing people sometimes take for granted about these ladies is the fact that they're human too. Tegur dan bagi salam lah kat depa ni sama, gerenti depa akan ingat you. Umaira pun dah diingatkan suh selalu bagi salam kat the two nenek gagah. Leh jugak nenek2 tu tengok2kan anak kita...

Pic atas, bila dedua beradik yang berpisah separuh hari berjumpa, macam berpisah seminggu tau! Depa memang super close and I think Ulfa ingat dia satu sekolah ngn kakak. Tu sebab ada sikit "amukan" bila nak ke sekolah dua tiga hari lepas tu. Part of growing up sayang, not that I like it that you both are "separated". Soon, you will be in the same school! Yey! Then leh kakak pimpin adik pergi kelas bagai. Huhuhuuuu...

Nampak tak perjalanan ulang alik for the two first timers to school? It was crazy but it was also most satisfying! Paling puas hati si Daddy lah, lepas lunch jek terus pengsan tiga jam. Macam dia plak yang pergi sekolah. Over betul!!!!

The holiday was fine, we hit the beach, played in the pool, mummy also swam macam baby paus (haha)... Sekarang suma tengah gelap terbakar, layan je lah...
Prep for school/ Umaira - baju sekolah dah, tinggal satu lagi lencana. kasut sekolah dah, stokin dah, "kiwi" kasut sekolah (donno why Daddy panggil kapur kasut tu kiwi, ikh!), tshirt and track bottom dah, beg skolah dapat advance, bulan tiga nun masa bday dia so leh pakai secara rasminya. stationaries pun setel. Tinggal nak check bottle tumbler and bekas makanan pakai jek yang beli kat Ikea ittew.
Prep for school/ Ulfa - Dah register, terbang ribanan uang. Dah dapat beg sekolah and uniforms. Ada ke principal tu ingat I am just gonna use Umaira's old school outfit, aiyor, so unfair. And, Ulfa is going to learn Mandarin for the next two years. Tapi bila pikirkan balik, kang masuk sekolah rendah tak guna plak Mandarin tu... How ek?

Berjaya potong rambut kat salun kena charge RM10! Pernah sekali tu, main terjah jek potong without asking, tup2 bil kena RM20 seorang kenit kot. Gilalah! Tak potong pendek sangat coz I still want the hair to be tied to school, rambut depan pun biar panjang.

Ulfa nampak sad je, tapi sebenarnya she loves her hair shorter. :)

That's what Ulfa said last night, when we were watching Daddy assemble the new almari ber-drawer for Mummy. Bertuah kan? So pot pet Mummy: "Kalau Mummy tak garang, kang korang suma jadi terbiar, macam tarzan. Tapi Ulfa sayang Mummy tak?" Dia pun jawab: "Sayang banyak dan sikit." Reaksi Daddy: Senyum kambing all the way... Sabar je lah!

My darling Khadeja Ulfa is four! Yeay! Thanks to Daddy for making it extra special for us. Thanks to miracookiss for the beautiful birthday cake (miracookiss.blogspot.com). I ordered the Red Velvet flavour, highly recommended for those with sweet tooth, Umar loved it! We cut the cake at Beranang, finally the kids get a chance to celebrate with their Terengganu cousins. And kebetulan plak, birthday Mak De is coming soon, it was a double celebration for both girls. This year, we got Ulfa a dinosaur jigsaw puzzle which she loves. Tak sangka anak mummy ni suka main puzzle. Boleh enhance skill mengingat, menyusun and takdelah nak kacau sangat kan hehehehe....
So Happy Birithday darling. Hope you enjoyed your day and mummy's sorry sebab tak dapat buat birthday party. Yang penting is us being together. Mwahs!!

(found the pic!! the one that won her the products from Tohtonku. With caption something like "I wonder if this is how Sleeping Beauty sleeps...")

Satu senja yang sepi, my girls were fooling around with my camera. And tup2 tengok, Umaira took a picture of Ulfa in her fav blankie baring dalam bakul baju. Ya, bakul baju yg kecik tu. I was quite surprised by it and since it was quite hillarious, I sent it to Women's Weekly for the Cute Kids page. And the picture was chosen for their November 2009 issue (kalau tak silap)! And last week, Ulfa terima her gifts from Tohtonku worth RM250. Gambar kat atas is just half of the stuff she won, mummy tak larat angkut balik. Kena buat two rounds...hehehehe...
So kalau ada sesiapa ada cute and funny pics of your kids, antarlah kat Malaysian Women's Weekly. Alhamdulillah, tak payah dah mummy beli bekalan sabun mandi for the next few months...hehehehee....

Ulfa: "Mummy...Ulfa rasa macam nak demam lah. Ulfa batuk..."
Mummy: "Ye ke? (feels her head). Tak panas pun."
Ulfa: "Tapi Ulfa batuklah Mummy. Kena makan vitamin."
Mummy: (dah boleh agak autanya, nak vitamin round two rupanya...) "Mummy tak dengar pun Ulfa batuk."
Ulfa: "Lepas ni Ulfa batuk lah..."

Lewat pagi Isnin lalu...
Ulfa: "Mummy, jom lah pergi beli lolipop. Sekejaaaaap ajeeee..."
Mummy: "Ulfa tak boleh makan lolipop, nanti gigi rosak."
Ulfa: "Takpe, Ulfa tak makan, Ulfa jilat saja..."

RASA NAK GIGIT TAK???

Ulfa: "Bila besar nanti (tarik nafas), Ulfa nak belajar masak. (tarik nafas) Jadiiii...(tarik nafas), bila bibik takde nanti (tarik nafas), Ulfa masaklah untuk mummy."
Mummy: "Ulfa nak masak apa?"
Ulfa: "Kek Winx (tarik nafas), takpun kek I Like To Move It (ref: Madagascar). Mummy nak kek apa?"
Mummy: "Nak kek vampire..."
Ulfa: "Eh, tak boley (tarik nafas). Nanti GAMfire gigit tangan Mummy (ref: Twilight)."

* banyak tarik nafas coz her nose was blocked and her voice all sengau.