Baby's new teddy bear

Baby got a new bear, and she now lugs it to wherever she goes... TASKA, to bed, at the dining table, thank God she doesn't insist on taking bath with it! And... hopefully not to malls!

She calls it Bananas...

Here's Aisyah with her four-year old Noddy...

And my two angels with their cute teddys...

Tok Ami n Suhaila's birthday!

Last year, when my sister-in-law, Fuzah, was in the labour room, my brother, Fadhil, sent mommy an sms, saying "hope that we'll be able to celebrate birthdays on the same day next year"... his wish was granted, and today is Tok Ami's 63rd birthday n Suhaila's 1st!!!

There were near misses over the years... with Qaiyum, his birthday is just a day earlier than his Mak Ngah. In 2006, there's only 4 days separating Papa's n Nisa's and last year, Naufal was born on July 19, a day shy of Dhia's July 20, 06.

Hope to get a cake on the way home, and will try to get the help of my kiddos to decorate the cake. I've managed to buy some fresh cream and blueberry topping, and will try to make some frosting tonite... will post the photos later!

Update:


Ok, so... I bought the cake n cupcakes for RM13.90. Blueberries n fresh cream for RM8.40 (but I only used 1/3 of it). Then, the sugar carrot was for RM1.90. The butter cream was made from available ingredients at home... and other decors were also sourced from what was at home... I guess, the total amount was around RM20.


Here are the kids putting the final touches on the cakes...

Ta...da! Here's the cake....

Hm, looks quite nice n yummy in photos, isn't it? I hope that I'd be able to make better-looking cakes in the future!

Songs and children

My children love songs. This is mainly because I love singing rhymes to them since they were babies. Aisyah and Nisa, now in taska, seem to love singing even more with the singing sessions they have in school. Every other week, they would come home n sing new songs, some which are quite creative. Quite a number are translated from English songs, but they love them the same.



I also love to hear them singing, just like hubby. But my Papa seems to enjoy them the most. Almost everyday, he would try to coax the girls to sing for him. Most times, they would oblige, making their Tok Wan happy in the process.

Well, maybe, that's what makes me able to create a couple of songs for them. In fact, there were 2 or 3 more that I've forgotten, as they were mainly created from out of the blue, at the spur of the moment inspirations.

One of the songs I composed for my darling chids:

Tidur, tidur, sayang mummy,
Tidur nyenyak sampai pagi,
Bintang berkelip di angkasa,
Awan berarak merata-rata
Buah hati Mummy tidur lena...

Another of their favourite:

Satu ibu itik, jalan masuk kampung
Tiga anak itik mengekor di belakang
Bila ibu pusing, semua sudah hilang
Quek, quek, quek, mana anakku sayang

Ibu itik lari,
Cari sana sini
Quek, quek, quek,
Mana anakku pergi
Quek, quek, quek,
Mana hendakku cari

Tiba-tiba...
Quek, quek, uek,
Ibu mari ke mari
Quek, quek, quek,
Kami ada di sini

Ibu itik kini
Sudah senang hati
Anak yang dicari
Sudah ditemui

Quek, quek, quek,
Ke mana kamu pergi
Quek, quek, quek,
Buat ibu susah hati

Quek, quek, quek,
Ibu maafkan kami,
Quek, quek, quek,
Kami pergi mandi

Ibu itik kata jangan buat lagi
Anak itik jawab, ibu kami janji
Quek, quek, quek, semua senang hati
Quek, quek, quek, jom kita pergi mandi...

My footie-mad-everything-Arsenal Boy

Ayum got number 9 in school, and he was hoping that he'd get a present on Hari Anugerah Kecemerlangan. Not as good as last year's no 4, but definitely much better than last term's no 17!

Mana taknya, a few days b4 his exam, I did a lot of exercises with him. He had problems with Science, and, true enough, he only got a B- 70 marks for it. have to work harder with him there. Alhamdulillah, he finally managed to grasp the concepts of pecahan & peratus... pening ajar dia! So, the rest, he got 80 for Maths, 84 for English, 80 for Pemahaman, 75 for Penulisan.

However, today, he's so elated to go to school - he's wearing an Arsenal (which I refer to as Ar-sengal these days) jersey to school - with his name and (kebetulan!) no 9 emblazoned at the back. He had it sent to a PKNS sports store which set him back (and us) RM25. Went with his Acu last Sunday, before knowing his result. He sure's gonna get some ribbing from his friends today at school.

Anyway, this is his last few months of savoring football, for starting next year, there's gonna be a strict ban on his TV viewing. He's such a passionate follower, he knows all the players in EPL, I sometimes wonder how he has the knack to know them all, but finds it difficult to study! Gosh, I'm looking ahead to trying times of finding ways to control his footie-addiction next year. Hope I'd be able to keep a level head when dealing with him!

* Update - Ayum gets his wish - he will get to go onstage next Thursday for getting no 9
overall.