soon-to-be school go-er

Last Friday buat pengesahan penempatan sekolah si Adam. My... how time flies! Earlier this month Kakak turns 13 and now our youngest is going to start his primary in a few months time!

Nampak a little bit more organised this time around, the school. So far. They have arranged classes and rumah sukan. Bought a thick file and lanyard with nametag holder. Placed order for sew-on nametags, next year dapat. And since we've already known his rumah sukan, we bought the baju sukan as well. Adam is going to be in rumah merah, Panglima. Terus jugak beli tie and badge. I hope I will not procrastinate until the very last minute sebelum sekolah bukak to sew those on. Like I did previously.

Balik rumah, we showed him all the things that we bought. He was ecstatic! Tried out the tees and ties (which fall below his crotch btw). Shirt and pants of course beli sometime in Nov or Dec nanti. Actually I keep Iman's pants and shirt he wore when he was in Tahun 1, but I think Adam won't be able to fit just yet coz Iman is more on the bigger size, while Adam, he can still wear shirts size 4.
 

So now Adam, please eat a little bit more coz at the rate you are growing now, I donno adik yang bawak beg nanti, atau beg yang bawak adik.

Adam turns 6!

Adam turned 6 last Sunday. Co-incidently it was Mother's Day as well. But of course, he stole the limelight he he.

We bought spiderman cake that he's been pestering us for days. Nasib la ada bakery still ambik order the day before his birthday. Else, I'll have to do it myself and I have a feeling it was going to be a sepai-derman cake!

Earlier on that day, we went to Pasar Borong Selangor for some fresh provisions. Halfway from Cheras, Tebby's car honked endlessly that we had to turn back and get my car. Too much attention from a honking car, especially when the traffic was clear! For lunch, Tebby did Steamed Crab. Worth all the trouble (and to endure the honking!) going to pasar I tell you.

 

of Adam's FITC trip & moist nutella cake

Since this year Adam is gonna be 6 (it's next week!,  May 11th!), I permitted him to join Genius Aulad's trip to Farm In The City last Monday.

He was so excited. I meant, he was super excited. We lent our ears to his anticipation (in form of oral) repeatedly for a week prior to the trip. The moment he entered my car masa jemput from taska, he mercilessly told and re-told and retold us. Much to the elder two's annoyance. By the end of last day before his trip took place, sampai aje rumah, my elder two scrambled out from the car to their safety haha.

 

In red cap. All smiles. Bus B, he said. He's been telling me that for a week already. How could I forget, young man!

For a 6yo, a trip via big bus like this was a big deal. He kept peeking out and waved at me and only stopped waving when I waved back. For half hour.

 

2:30pm. He got back and I fetched him. All smiles. Bigger ones! Adam pegang cameleon Ummi! Adam pegang iguana! Adam pegang ular! Wow, all things I'd run away from. Sejukkkkk jeee badan dia. Tadi ada kambing macam Pak Long tapi besar. Kuda pun ada. Kambing tu bila angkat makanan, nanti dia berdiri dua kaki. yada yada yada. We later picked up Iman from taska. Adam, of course related his story again. Likewise when we picked up Kakak much later afterwards. And as soon as Tebby came from work. Again.

Anyway, I made Nutella Cake last weekends. My 2nd attempt. The 1st one ended up dry and brittle. I amended the recipe by adding up some cream and got the texture I wanted.

 

 

Ingredients

100 gms butter - melted and leave to cool

200 ml whipping cream

220 gms Nutella (smallest bottle)

2 eggs

3/4 cups brown sugar

200 gms glour
1/2 cup macadamia nuts - halved

 

- Beat eggs and brown sugar until light and fluffy
- Add whipping cream and beat for another minute of two.

- Add melted butter and Nutella. Beat until well mixed.

- Add flour. Use the flat beater if you're using a mixer. Otherwise use a spatula.

- Add macadamia nuts

- Bake for 30-40 minutes in 160d, api atas bawah with fan.


 

 

 

 

daily workout

I have been contemplating to buy an exercise machine. Treadmill, strider, bicycle.. and anything of sorts. I have that listed in my to-buy list and hopefully my plan will still be executable when the bonus finally cashed in. Coz I sure have a looonggggg to buy list and that exercise machine is not numero uno!

Meanwhile.

I downloaded this Daily Workout via play store. We can pick out targeted exercise (abs, arm, butt, cardio, leg) or do a combination of all, full. I did the abs once. But I have watched all don't worry. When I finally have the motivation to do all, I am allll prepared....

Example, here I picked a 5 minutes abs workout, routine no 1 (other than no 1 is payable).

Under abs workout #1, there's 10 exercises that will torture your stomach muscle :D

And before the start of each exercises, we'll be entertained by a demo so we'll know what needs to be done.

And yesterday I found my boys lying on their back, knees up doing crunch, with my fon lying between them. Apparently they found the apps and started to experiment doing it. They were doing the abs in the evening and later that night I saw Adam doing leg!

Well done boys. Now please pass on some of your motivation to me. Thank you.

Mr Cik Mat Adam

Mr Cik Mat Adam insisted on spraying perfume in front of mirror when he could actually do that elsewhere.

Mr Cik Mat Adam gave a pose duckface style

Mr Cik Mat Adam has a blankie and it's a doggie. 

Adam suka ekor dia. 

Adam suka hidung dia. 

Dok gentel time minum susu.

Weaned off bottle please darling!

demam nak pandai..

Ahad malam Isnin, Cik Mat ni menyelinap masuk bilik kami, join sekaki tido. Bukan sekaki je, setangan, sebadan, sekepala.. sampai Abahnya give up tido kat tilam kecik tepi katil. Rupanya Cik Mat ni demam. Tapi tido tetap membuas. Bangun pagi ceria.. all chirpy and cheeky. Mak nya tengah siap sedia nak mandi pun dia suruh keluar sebab dia ada urusan kat toilet that could not wait.

Fine. Kasi chan la kan.

Tak sampai tengahari, sms diterima dari taska. Badan Cik Mat ni panas.. tak kebah-kebah walau dah bagi ubat. Maka tengahari tu baliklah kami ambik dia bawak pegi klinik. Sepanjang kat klinik gitulah muka dia. Tanya soalan satupun tak nak jawab. Offer apa-apa pun semua takde respon. Ofkos la tak offer dia Lego Starwars idaman dia yang berharga RM300++ tu kan.

Balik rumah dia nak tengok muvi Turbo. Habis muvi nak makan nasi dengan sup. Syukur ada periuk Noxxa ni. Pressure cooker yang sangat membantu time sesak-sesak macam ni. Saya tak jual.. sila cari agen Amway ya. Cik Mat ni memang suka tolong Ummi masak. Masa tu macam dah kebah sikit. Dialah yang paling sebok menumis bagai. Halfway through masak, demam balik.. terus tertido. Bangun makan, cuma 5-6 sudu je. Yang tak demam berpinggan-pinggan makan nasi.

Esoknya nampak segar. Cakap pun dah banyak sampai tak terlayan cerita ceriti dia. Dan pentingnya - dia tunjuk skill membaca :D Adoi nakk.. sukanya Ummi. Selalunya kalau Ummi ajak dia baca buku (saja nak test skill dia), dia cakap dia tak tau. Tak reti.

My fren cakap, macam baby.. nak pandai buat something, demam dulu.

Alhamdulillah Allah permudahkan. A very different story dengan Iman. Alhamdulillah Allah bagi peluang kami merasa kedua-dua keadaan. Dengan Iman, walaupun lebih mencabar, terlalu banyak life lesson yang kami belajar, yang tak tertulis di kertas.

Shake It! Shake It! It's Shaklee's Meal Shake!

Shaklee Meal Shakes yang dibeli untuk Adam. Bought for RM88 for a canister of 544 gms.Its usual price is RM113. Quite a bit of a steal I'd say. But then again, I am good at justifying my purchases hiks!

Here's what it claims

Hidangan yang lazat, berkhasiat serta mudah disediakan yang pasti digemari oleh seisi keluarga:
•    Sarapan segera yang berkhasiat
•    Lazat, sarapan segera yang mampu dibeli
•    Hidangan segera untuk para atlet
•    Kudapan menarik pada bila-bila masa
•    Hidangan yang ideal, rendah kolestrol, lemak dan sodium

Meal Shakes Shaklee merupakan sumber protein dengan vitamin dan mineral tambahan.  Ia menyediakan jumlah yang seimbang bagi setiap sembilan asid amino yang diperlukan oleh tubuh untuk tumbesaran dan perlindungan yang baik.  Dan lagi, Meal Shakes Shaklee mengandungi semua asid amino asli yang terdapat di dalam protein termasuk yang asid amino perlu dan juga tidak perlu.

Adam, after birth. A healthy baby boy weighing 3.74kg. I thought he'd be a big guy all along. Along the way as he grows up, he has ups and downs pertaining to appetite. Suka makan. Then tak nak makan. Lepas tu suka makan. Lepas tu kurang selera.. Which my other two experienced as well before they finally settled for an eating 'pattern'. So I wasn't really worried. At least until now la.. Now that he is 5 he still has that ups and downs but with more downs than ups. And I began to worry. Kang tak cukup zat pulak cik mat ni sorang ni. When he's undressed, we can see his bones! So kurus. Despite that, he's one active boy.. even dalam report card Genius Aulad pun ada mention that Adam has tremendous energy. Bet that comes from his 2 bottles of Isomil Plus and few snacks. The food surely burnt a lot!

Mula-mula bagi Meal Shake, I bancuh it on its own and letak dalam botol susu dia. Yup, he's still on botol susu for his morning fix and late supper :D After sipping so slowly sampai habis 3/4, he announced he was not taking it anymore sebab tak sedap.

Fine.

Fine?

It's freaking RM88 of course it's not fine -_-

Next, campur dalam susu. Just a teaspoon so that the taste would not be too obvious. He asked the first time, so I lied. I added up absolutely nothing I told him. He bought that idea or at least I thought so. Next round bancuh susu, little that I knew he was sneaking behind and caught me red handed. One hand with a teaspoonful of Meal Shake and in my other hand, his botol susu. I lied and paid for it. I said it was for me and he went staring at me until I put the Meal Shake into my drink. Satisfied, he went away. And I took another teaspoon and off it went into his susu. A mother will do what she has to do right? Lucky thing, he never asked again since. If not, I'll be lying to him 2 times a day and that would be 730 lies a year not inclusive of other white lies! 

So, apa jadi now?
Alhamdulillah, appetite dah bertambah. Makan main meal pun minima half serving of adult's. Dulu, nak dapat 3, 4 suap pun susah. And he's snacking in between as well. Cheese, oats, biscuits, buns, fruits, yoghurts. Pasal kadar keaktifan tu susah nak comment because he is naturally very active.

Other effect? Too soon for me to tell as it's been only two weeks now. Will update later.

artsy boyzz

Sent the three munchkins to Global Art's 3-days School Holiday Program second week of recent school break. They played with clay, they messed with paints. They even cooked teriyaki chicken and brought back bento. Conclusion. They like it. Very much. The boys even 'registered' themselves for its Saturday class!

We've been toying with the idea of enrolling them for quite sometime but Iman and Adam took it in their hands and on the last day of the 3-day program, they announced that they were going back on Saturday to do clay thingy. Plants vs Zombie theme! They've been playing with the game for months before. I would've jumped with joy, if I were them to be frank!

Kakak will start hers after UPSR. Judging from her work during the 3-days program, she's been offered to assist class! Imagine getting your pay at merely 12yo! Child labor, huh? :D  I'll leave that to her.

Stairs.. stairs.. and more stairsss...

Just when I thought we have reached the class, we were greeted by this signage! *mode ketar lutut panjat tangga sampai tingkat atas sekali*

Some of the artworks before entering the class. *mode lap peluh letih panjat tangga* Impressive huh? Boysss! I'd like to see something like this yer in months to come! 

After the first session, picked them up and I asked..
Adik, best tak?
Best Ummi. 
Why?
And he went relating this and that and this and that and this and that

Iman pulak. Best tak?
Best.
Kenapa best?
Sebab kelas ada aircond..


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report card day @Genius Aulad BTHO

Saturday, 15th June 2013 

Yup. True to his Principal's remarks, he's one ball of energy. Sometimes he drives us up the wall but we love him loads nonetheless. Like today he wanted to have a bowl of oat. Desperately wanting it.. Then I found out not only he fed that oat to the cat, he also spilled some on his PJ, top and bottom.

He gave that big-soulful-eyes stare and I was off making another bowl of oat *sigh*

Anyway.

Academically, he's coping. Not to say anywhere close to being top student but he's doing things as he supposedly be doing. He's counting, he's making sense out of alphabets, recites the right du'a at the right situation and time. 

Socially, he mixes around and makes friends easily. Proactive that he is, always wanting to seat in front. Kalau tetiba dia kat belakang, dia angkat kerusi pegi depan :D Actively participates in class activities.

Keep it up young man!

Genius Aulad Kampung Mini Olympics 2013

Sabtu 18 Mei 2013.

Meraikan anak-anak. Spesifiknya si Adam.
Genius Aulad, tadika Adam buat Kampung Mini Olympics 2013. Venue - Wetland Putrajaya.

Seminggu sebelum acara si Adam asik meratib pasal ni.. kalau tak pegi mau seminggu dia mengungkit :D I remember one time I was already in the car, almost driving away from their taska, Adam suddenly emerged out and called out loud.. ingatkan tercicir beg ke apa..

Ummi, nanti pegi Wetland Adam kena pakai kasut sukan. Yang hitam kuning tuuuu.

Okay.. okay. Iya kan aje, walopun itu ntah kali ke berapa dia dah inform :D

Akhirnya tiba! Guna GPS pun sesat! Tempat acara nun jauh lagi masuk ke dalam-dalam nun.

Nanti anak nak kawin boleh buat majlis kat sini. Ada surau, ada washroom, ada small covered platform. Kawasan pun lapang tapi berbukit sikit. Eh, anak sulung baru nak masuk 12 tahun :P

Senamrobik to kick off the games.

Yang ni Iman main.

Yang ni Abah yang lompat.

Abah lagi!

Adam main pancing ikan.

Oh yeahh... bring it on! It was a tie btw.

Suka hati nampak... :D

Adam main yang ni

Nasib bukan Iman yang volunteer naik upih....

Looks simple tapi susah! Konda Kondi.

Barisan hadiah.

I winner katanya... :D

It was a joint effort between GA BTHO dgn GA Seremban 2. Hari ni GA BTHO tutup, kasi can cikgu relaks :D It was just a few hours tapi penatnya sampai hari ni terasa (sebab jarang exercise)..

We didn't win anything big. Had fun though. Kakak je komplen coz there was no games for daughter. Adam brought home his first medal ever (everyone got it btw. you know, kids,.. kang ada yang guling-guling balik tak dapat hadiah) and a Tupperware set of a small container and tumbler.

And Sabtu petang onwards, dah tak dengar dah ratiban wetland putrajaya.... phew!