Exam Fever

Adam is having his term exams since Monday and I'm the wreck. Not him. I don't know what is it about boys that they don't seem the least bit bothered about it. I am still very much unhappy with his progress in BM, not that he doesn't know how to speak BM. It's the lack of proper vocab because he's just plain disinterested in reading any Malay books shoved to him, by gentle persuasion or even by threats and coercion. *Sigh*

Maybe it's my fault also.

So now I'm frantically looking for a good (and garang) BM tutor who can help him with this particular subject. Tuition centers are a no-no since I won't be around during the day to send him off. I need someone who can come to the house, on a daily basis or every other day would be fine. I have no idea how much a tutor charges per subject these days though. Anyone has any ideas?

On the other hand, Alyssa is doing quite well in school. She is now able to read and spell simple words, good at telling stories by looking at pictures, quite good at math (well at this stage anyway) and LOVES to draw. She's forever making me cards.

She's now learning to read in BM as well, take a look at the picture of her book.


I was trying to teach her the sound of 'e pepet' for 'enam' and she burst out laughing, joined by Adam later. I mean, who can blame her? LOL.

Whoever came up with this word?

The Princess Spa-rty

(Blogger is taking forever to load pics up. Urgh!)

I survived another birthday do! Yay me. Alyssa picked the theme. She wanted to be a princess. So I got her the costume from Toys R Us for a song months ago as it was on sale. Of course she couldn't wait to wear it, she ended up wearing it on Alayna's birthday.

I'm not bothered to organise a party at home. What with all the cleaning to be done afterwards and to think of how to entertain the kids. So this place is perfect for a little princess themed party. I simply love the deco!

It was a spa-rty at Feffy's Kids Spa at Solaris Mont Kiara. I know, it seems a little extravagant to celebrate a five-year-old's birthday at a spa, but I just can't help myself. I know I'm spoiling her rotten, I just hope it won't be so bad. Hee..

She gets to have a manicure..

.. and a pedicure. The toe separators are just too cute.

So did her friends and cousins.

They had a jolly good time getting their nails and hair done. There was a bunch of costumes, masks and fancy hats for them to play with. I didn't have to worry about hiring an entertainer for them as they can very well entertain themselves.

Since she's old enough to have her friends over, I let her be in charge of the guest list. I usually invite my friends (and their children) to the kids' birthday parties, but this time around she's having her set of friends (and her brother too) to be at her party. It was supposed to be a girly party, but Adam didn't seem the least bit awkward being surrounded by girls. He kept himself occupied reading magazines, playing with the hats and oh, being the part time photographer too.

Even little Alayna enjoyed herself, though she's too young to join in the big girls' fun.

A very happy princess, who's not bothered with her tiara anymore by this time.

Huff puff

I'm very pleased that it all went well, no one cried because they miss their mommies, no food got wasted and the cake size is just nice. Most important of all, every one of them went back happy.

Alyssa is 5

This week has been mad for me. Trying to organise birthday parties for Alyssa (yes she gets 2 parties. 1 at school and another at a place to be disclosed later) while being out of the office (hence away from the internet) most of the time is not easy. Not to mention the load of headache happening concurrently at the office. Argh.

Trivial stuff like handling invitations, settling the nitty gritty details with the party place, buying stuff for the party packs, preparing the party packs, getting the guest list right, ordering of the cake, thinking of a palateble menu for the kids, etc. proved to be very draining.

But it's all worth it when I see the excitement in her face in anticipation for her birthday.

My baby is 5!

Cupcakes by Norli.

Relief

Nothing lifts your spirit more than seeing your child bouncing back to health. 

She's lost a bit of her precious weight along the way though. 

I'm just so happy that the fever has gone away and she's back to being her active and chatty self. 

Hot and Bothered

The room is unbearable stuffy. We're so used to sleeping with the air-cond on all these while.

But not tonight. Baby is down with fever and it has been 3 days. It hasn't subsided though her coughs are less chesty now. She's had a suppository shoved up her behind just over an hour ago and we're waiting for the meds to kick in and induce sweating.

She's not sweating that much but at least the temperature has gone down somewhat. I just hope that it won't shoot back up again sometime in the middle of the night.

Because that would only mean that she'd have to be checked in to the hospital for a couple of days. I cannot bear seeing her being poked with a needle to get her blood sample tested and all those horrible things being done by those seemingly emotionless guys in white coats.

Please be well soon, baby.

Ok, So She Didn't Win

Congratulations to the winners nonetheless.

I have a better option - make it myself! I found this on Youtube and couldn't believe it is that simple. It requires no sewing whatsoever. That's good, because I'm not much of a seamstress myself. You can even decorate it with extra glitters, ribbons, beads, whatever you fancy. The choice is endless.

Check this out:



Or, an even better option - wait in glee for Lisa to send one for Alayna ;)

A Tutu for Alayna

I do not know if it is too late for this, but heck I'll just give it a try.

I saw Raggedyanne's entry today and decided that hey, it'd be perfect for my little ballerina (who isn't quite walking yet though).

This is an online contest organised by MySuperkids and the cute tutus up for grabs are generously provided by Tutuworkshop.

Pic from mysuperkids.net

All I have to do is describe why my daughter should get this tutu.

I have 2 daughters (and a son). My first daughter Alyssa who will be turning 5 soon is already a ballerina and owns a tutu for her ballet classes. She loves playing dress up with her myriad of costumes ranging from fairies to princess costumes. Sometimes, she even fashions dresses out of scarves!

My youngest daughter, Alayna Zara who is 1 years old, loves to watch her older sister playing dress up. I can see it from her eyes that she's so very excited and wished she could join her sister and pretend to be a ballerina too.

Looking at her older sister's love for all things girly, I'm pretty sure Alayna will follow suit very, very soon.

Now, wouldn't it be great if only I could find a tutu in her size?

Am I cute enough to win the tutu?

Just follow these simple steps and win!

Subscribe to MySuperKids and Tutu Workshop. (Every contestant must be a part of MySuperKids member and as a tutuworkshop fans – by dropping your email in the box @tutuworkshop website )

Make an entry titled : A Tutu For OR Tutu Untuk . e.g. A Tutu For Dania; OR; in my case, Tutu For Alayna

Put your daughter’s cutest picture.

Write about – why your daughter/niece/cousin/lil sister should get a tutu / kenapa anak/anak buah/sepupu/adik saya patut dapat tutu – in your very own, creative ways.

Describe about the contest with link back to http://mysuperkids.net/ and http://tutuworkshop.blogspot.com/.

Inform Mommy Lyna of MySuperKids at this link when you’re done!

Entry should be written in English & Bahasa Malaysia only.

The winner will be featured in My Super Kids and Tutu Workshop.

First Prize : A Custom-Made Princess tutu 14″ length, extra puffy + accesories worth RM120.00

Second Prize : A Custom-Made Classic 10″ length, double puffy + t-shirt worth RM100.00

Third Prize : Custom-Made Poffy Classic 8 ” length, double puffy.worth RM80.00

5 Consolation Prizes : 15% discount voucher for any purchase at TutuWorkshop.

You gotta hurry up as the contest ends today!

p/s: See what I mean about being a sucker of all things cute? The things I do for love....

Alayna's First

This is way overdue. She's already 13 months now.

We had a little birthday celebration for Alayna just before we left for Cherating. It was a small party with immediate family members as I didn't have time to organise a full scale party this time around. Besides, she's still too young to demand how her party goes, so let's take advantage of that.

She had a lovely cake made by my good friend Norli.

Bits about her:

1. She's expanded her vocab already. Can clearly say kakak, mama, papa, mummy (that's me too), bumblebee (clearly now), nak, nanak (tak nak), abi (abang), opah, atuk (but pronounced as 'atak').

2. Still doesn't take a lot of milk from the bottle. Prefers the boobies (or 'oobi' as she says it), although supply is dangerously depleting.

3. Has shown some interest in walking, although she still need support from us. She will say 'tatih' when she wants to go for a walk around the house.

4. Although she is still really tiny, the doctor has given an all clear that she's healthy. Hurray for that.

5. She has a total of 7 pairs of shoes and none of them really fit her well. Too loose.

6. Loves music and will bob her head when listening to catchy beats.

7. Eats everything and anything that other people are having. Especially loves meehoon goreng and pasta.

8. Separation anxiety rears its head at times. She's perfectly fine seeing me go off to the office in the mornings, smiling, kissing and waving goodbye. However, she gives no chance for me to go out on a date night with my husband without making me feel guilty. She can wail for hours until we get back. *sigh* She is getting smart.

9. Loves Pingu.

10. Still shy with strangers, but can choose to be friendly with random people.

It's my party and I can pick the cake if I want to.

Yes I will.

Mama, how am I supposed to walk with this killer heels on?

I got these 'heels' for her birthday because they're just too cute!

The shoes are extremely soft, like a soft toy and is meant as crib shoes and not for walking babies. Since Alayna was still not walking by then, I thought I'd just grab this and keep this as a decoration later on. Yes, as established way before, I am a sucker for all things cute and useless.

We've Been Away

.. and wished we didn't have to come back so soon.

Day 1 - Arrival.

Day 2 & 3 - We enrolled Alyssa in the Mini Club and Adam in the Kids Club to keep them occupied during the stay. It worked out great for everyone, they have activities lined up for them from 9.00 am to 5.30pm. Only Alayna is too young to join any of the clubs, otherwise she'd be parked there as well so that Mama & Papa can have a honeymoon ;)

Alyssa and some of her group mates.

Adam on the bungee trampoline.

Adam with his group.

"Mama, my hati geli la when I go up on that"

She's not very good at hiding her nervousness.

Treasure hunting at the beach.

This little one had a super time playing in the pool.

And at the fountain.

She needs no extra persuasion to take her naps.

She also took her first step in the sand. Not quite fond of it but didn't resist much anyway.

Time to go home.

Random Happiness

I've been tagged by the not-so-tembam Bedah. Thanks luv, it's been a while since anyone has bothered to tag me on the blog. FB is another story altogether though.

6 (un)important things that make me happy (in random order):

Unimportant? But all the things that make me happy are important to some extent.

1. Getting my hair done.

2. Pavlova.

3. Capturing this image on my mobile on the way home from work one evening.

4. Midnight rainstorm.

5. Finding random money in the pockets of my unused handbags.

6. Slipping into my pants/jeans and realising that it's kind of loose (this has not happened in quite a while).

Now, I have to tag 6 unfortunate (?) souls to do this tag... and you're IT:

1. Lisa

2. The Plague (or are you too cool for tags now?)

3. Kiddo's Mom

4. Cosmic Gurl

5. Babyboon

6. Millie