Tooth Away!

My princess is going through that phase - her baby teeth are starting to loosen, time for permanent ones to take over. Looks like this hari raya, her potrait will be different, she'll be one tooth less. But her molars are already out.

Before extraction

Princess Rongak

With he new look, she looks cheekier and mischievous. The visit to the dentist was short and sweet, and cost me RM25 just to pull that one out. Next time should do it myself, or just like Abang, he'll just surprise me by presenting the pulled tooth.

It's Batman!

What else could make a little boy happier than having one of his favorite characters on his birthday cake, and a day earlier.

Amir is four today, but we had an earlier celebration yesterday, mainly because it's Ramadhan, and it was Sunday. When we were picking the cake up, we we told him that the cake was for Papa's friend, and of course the little boy went beserk. We explained to him that his birthday is tomorrow, and we would get another cake for him.

So imagine the look on his face when we brought the cake out later after berbuka. It was full of happiness. Too bad Papa didn't manage to capture that priceless moment.

After the singing and blowing and finger licking good, Amir came to Papa & me, and said,

"Amir best la Mama, dapat Batman cake! Amir happy sangat!"

"Say that to Papa, Papa yang belanja" I told him.

The he went and kissed Papa and said,

"Thank you Papa sebab beli Amir cake Batman!!"

and an hour later he did that again, and that was the best part of the day....

Salam Ramadhan

Ramadhan Mubarak datang lagi!

Mama kena bayar fidyah this year sebab tak habis ganti puasa 7 hari due to the all time morning sicknesses. But today Mama is trying very hard to complete my puasa. Tadi dah sahur nasi and ayam goreng, then had 1 piece of toast with scrambled eggs. Actually Adam mintak scrambled egg tapi Mama pulak yang makan coz he ended up eating rice. Aina only had rice & ayam goreng. So we'll see who shall finish the puasa for the day.

Papa has an event in Park Royal, so tak sure if he'll buka puasa with us. Kalau tak, then malas nak masak banyak, Adam is already asking nak pergi Pasar Ramadhan cari otak-otak & laksa. Adoi! Kalau Mama balik lambat, kesian dia, unless Achik is around la to take them. But then kalau beli kueh mueh sure tak termakan one.. nanti membazir.

Speaking of membazir, teringat masa merdeka weekend Mama & kids pi makan kat Nando's. Since it was just the four of us, Mama decided to order only 3 dishes. Then Abang monyok coz dia tak ada pinggan kat depan dia. So Mama pun bukak la story Mama masa kecik. About how Atuk's salary was small to support the 7 siblings, and there was no such things as McDonald's, Nando's or KFC. And if there were any treats from Atuk, it would be eating at that Restoran Samsudin in Jerantut...I still remember the gulai ikan tenggiri yang tak macam gulai, it's in between masak asam pedas & gulai santan...but the taste is excellent! Sampai hari ni teringat-ingat lagi kat gulai tu.

So I digressed a bit. The point I was trying to relate to Abang was that we had to share everything because we didn't have the luxury of having outside food. Even if we had, kena share 7 beradik. Kalau Atuk nak bawak makan everybody, kata la one person dish is RM10, then kena time nine, habis RM90...chian Atuk. So sebab tu la Mama adik beradik kena share sokmo.

With that cerita, Abang ada mood nak makan semula. In the end semua orang share their dish and habis licin pinggan everybody, and Mama gave everybody thumbs up!

Merdeka Blues

We spent half of the Merdeka Day in bed, watching the parade on tv. That was because Papa came back late the night before, when we already told him that we want to watch the fireworks at Dataran Shah Alam. By 11:45pm, Aina got tired waiting, and went to sleep. Mama was already not in the mood for anyting, but the two boys were still eager to wait till the countdown, hoping that they could witness the fireworks display at the golf club via our windows.

The countdown on tv was hopeless, because there were too many speeches, and I guess the crowd also went to sleep if not for the Merdeka shouts that punctuated the speeches.

Lucky for the boys, the fireworks did come, but because the trees were too tall, they could only see partially. By then Papa was back already, and quickly they jumped into the car and drove to the golf course. By then the fireworks has already subsided, and I guess the boys didn’t really enjoy the whole show.

Nevertheless I brought them to SACC the next day to look at the Merdeka exhibition. Abang & Aina got to count and memorize the names of the Prime Ministers. There goes our Merdeka weekend..