"Spender" --a.k.a seluar katok

The title is a bit alarming right? Seems like it doesnt suit a family blog but i just got to share this story. So one nite during dinner--the usual time for the boys to share their story of the day--their activities etc--Angah told us about some standard 2 children playing with a "spender" , throwing it around with a stick. After a while one of the children, asked another child to throw the spender to Angah. I feel like there's missing thread in the story emmmm...anyway, the silly little chap did threw the spender to Angah and that was a wrong choice obviously.
Being Angah, with a slightly extra dose of Javanese blood in him--as what abah likes to refer to define or explain "uncontrollable anger"--Angah actually scolded and slapped the unfortunate little boy.
I knew that he would get to that. I have taught him a few times, the easiest way to handle anger, if you are angry-standing, you should sit, if that doesnt work you should lie down...and had also reminded him that anger is evil. Of course, i scolded him and repeated again about anger is evil...told him, he should change and learn to handle his anger or he will one day lose all his friends...I told him, he should have just warned the boy... and of course, he defended himself telling me it was not a hard slap--(i really hope that was the actual thing)--just a mere touching on the kid's face with open hand...and that slap came after his warning not to fooling around with him.
Then suddenly while we were debating, our dear Dennis the Menace, interfered and said this,
" kalau Adib, Adib tak marah mummy! Adib amik spender tu letak atas kepala aje"...and how do you respond to that?
We all laughed out loud...betul betul LOL....there you go Adib with his out of the box response, which always full with some peculiar ideas again and again

Mak Usu and Afroza birthday bash

We were in KL last weekend to celebrate Mak Usu and Afroza's birthday. Everybody was there except for Uncle Bell. The party was held at Mc D and theme colour for the day was red.It was a great event...a successful one...it was awesome to mingle around with families. There were games before the birthdays girls blew out the candles.



The kids enjoyed the games. Along and Inas being the only teenaged grandchildren of Tok Bibah were reluctant to join--at first, but mummy was there, kan....so that hesitation was easily handled! and they played along till the end.....good boy Along :) and Inas of course...see they even wore the head gear.Noin...at 17 years old, she's cheeky and very sporting so no problem with her...By the way, it's our first time seeing Noin with the tudung....manis Noin...personally i think it is too early for Noin but if she ikhlas then why not.

Tok Haji was there too....and it was Tok Haji's first meeting with our precious Aariz. He asked a few questions about Aariz and i was touched that he does have some details right about our little one, means he does care despite his other commitments...god bless~
I love family gathering...hope we are able to organize this kind of event more often...

Along and Adib's birthday

For the past 7 years we have been celebrating Adib and Along's birthday together....for obvious reason that their birthdays fall in the same month - oct- and in fact, Adib's birthday is just a day before Along's. Then for this year we happened to arrange Aariz's bercukur in Oct so we tot yeah why not throw the party on the same day...and we had the birthday bash...

Being a teenager, Along was not that keen with this birthday party thingy...but being a mom, it is just necessary for me...and thus, we used our parents' right and forced him to just stand there...and he did reluctantly...good boy!
Nothing much actually, adib blew the candles...then we distribute the goodies, shared the cake and that' about all.
At the end of the day, I asked Adib...if he's happy with the birthday bash...

Thank god...he said he did.."Adib happy tapi hadiah sikit tahun ni semua untuk Aariz aje"..oucchhhh

Then Angah menyampuk happily "yeah birthday Angah nanti Angah sorang"

So... I just got to remind him "Tahun ni yours will be with Aariz lah...Aariz kan december"
And Angah .."ah..ah...ya.."...he..he..tough luck :)

Majlis Bercukur Aariz

After being postponed, one date after another finally we managed to organised majlis bercukur for Aariz last week. Aariz was almost 10 months. The delay was basically due to Aariz himself jugak...we just need to be 100% sure that he is ready for crowd and having people touching him freely without having to sanitize beforehand. Yes, for almost 6 months or so --during his quarantine (until hari raya)..we sanitized our hands before every single touch. Cant take things for granted~The marhaban group is a all-ladies..they recited the Yassin first and later the marhaban. I was pleased that the older brothers helped out or take part during the "bercukur". Their involvement makes the whole occassion to be extra special.
Being boys, they can be unpredictable at time-being too involved with computer games and all--thus when they willingly following the "acara" and helped along without showing any hesitation--blissful--
i hope my boys will grow up to be those who uphold and respect responsibilities..."anak yg soleh" insyallah.
We have been keeping Aariz's hair for more than 2 months I think...purposely for this
occassion...finally glad that we got to shave him again. for some reason , i cant stand boys with long hair..cam serabut ajer....

Mischievous act from you know who!

Gosh...this blog has been idle for a month...it takes effort and considerable time to blog and those are what i am lacking these days. Ok i want to write about Adib today...we had this one incident today and I have to write ASAP or another scene from Adib will slip away undocumented..he..he..
This has happened a few times..one day it was headache, a severe one he would said and he would hold his head as if it will fall any seconds...then another day, sakit kaki and he could limp for a certain distance to prove his points and today, he called me crying dengan sedu sedan, telling me that he had arm pain..he was sobbing so hard that i can hardly hear what he tried to tell me but one thing for sure, i know he wanted me to tell him to stay home and skip school for the day. And I granted his wish.

When i reached home today, he quickly told me that he had the pain until 2.59pm--i really dont understand the time --why he chose the time--the 2.59pm--i dont know~anyway he said after 2.59pm , he didnt feel the pain and only then he started to play his psp again....very mischievous right~~one of its kind!

After checking with Bibik, I realised that he wanted to skip school because of "hantu bonceng". We subscribed the movie yesterday and i guess he wanted to maximise the 48 hours viewing....bibik said it was non stop from after "kafa" to dusk....the Zizan fever!

As mentioned earlier these things happened a few time already, there were days when he didnt get his way, and his acts ended with a scold from me...during those days, he would reluctantly go to school....crying sometimes, from the house until he reached the school gate....amazing how he could stop the tears once he step in the school...

We have never experienced this with the 2 older boys. I dont think we would entertain this kind of situation back then i.e. last 7 years, but for some reason with age, we are now a bit relax with Adib.Besides, the fact that Adib is such a charmer, makes it even difficult to put up a straight face! I just hope , janganlah mat dib mengarut sampai ke besar!

Aariz at 8 months

Aariz is now 8 months...he weights at 7.06kg and the length is ...lupa lah...anyway, Doctor Lee ..his paed showed me the graph..he is now has moved above the very bottom abnormal line of the growth chart...still considered as small size baby but already in the normal baby growth range.

I thought the growth was pretty slow..especially when I made comparison with other babies like Aina who is 2 weeks older but she can make a few steps now or Nash who is 3 months and weights at a whooping 8kg.....of course both of them are born at full term......our dearest Aariz is a special precious one.....Anyway, doc commented his progress is good and I am relieved!

Last 2 months back in June, Aariz had his final sight/eyes check and it was confirmed that he is free from that ROP thing..alhamdulillah...Next follow up will be June 2012.Then the hearing test....he passed the first test, but the second test which using a machine to draw certain graph showed abnormal shape of the drum and thus he is subjected to another appointment in Dec and need to undergo the whole process again phewww.... Other than those ...he smiles more often now...but only to people he knows...If you are new to him, got to strive hard for his smiles...memang mahal senyuman Aariz :)Most of the time he looks like a pretty serious baby boy...I dont have to annouce, he's taking after who, right?

Paling rajin jaga Aariz...is definitely Abang Chik/Mat Dib...and he even has a song for Aariz ...which he invented with his own melody and lyrics as below: "Abang Dib pandai, abang Dib bijak, abang Dib baik....adik tak pandai , adik tak bijak, adik tak reti"....and he repeats again and again....

Another routine to the salon

I think i have written once about letting the boys tried the salon and it seems like there's no turning back. So this was another trip to the salon, one with bieber style, one with k pop style and another with beckham spike.....but at the end , they all look the same...just SHORT!
should have just let them stick with the barber....4 times cheaper maaaa...