Title of a lifetime

Monday 30112015

It's been 11years.

I have been a mom for 11 years.

Gosh. I feel old. This guy here gave me the job post that changed my entire life.

"Mommy"

Which is made of so many responsibilities and emotions that has no boundaries and no annual leave or breaks! Heck, not even paid salary! It's the other way around, really! Surprisingly a lot of spending caused by this guy.

But for what it's worth, i wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. He is my star, my moon, my reason for living, for surviving, for moving forward, for improving. Drive me nuts but the same time keep me grounded.

Sorry for being so hard on you, sometimes. May u grow to be a khalifah and saviour to me and your ayah, and your siblings, here and thereafter.

Happy 11th birthday my dear. Mommy loves you with every inch of my isi, lemak, dan kulit. Hugs.

Welcome back, greetings to myself.

If you've been following my instagram, you would know that I have recently been traveling to Zurich and Paris with my sister, last month, September 2015.

I've also gone to umrah in March 2015.

And gone to Japan last December 2014.

Wow, and I wonder whats stopping me from blogging.

Got soooo much to tell.

Guess it's the laziness to be blamed.

Am so guilty lah.

Hence will try to update one by one.

Hopefully, at least I made some effort, today.

But first, It's Mom's birthday last weekend! 11 October 2015.

Happy Birthday to my Mother.
The Nekya (grandma) to my children.
May you be granted with great health and blessed by Allah always. Aamiiiin..

Thank you Fish & Co. for the hospitality and top notch service.
You have been our favourite diner for family gatherings over the years.
Good ambiance, great food. Keep it up.

Nenek punya bday, bebudak yg sonok dapat balloon and makan kat luar mcm kedai tu bapak ko yg punya.
Sorry to all visitors of Fish & Co. Paadigm mall on that night, if the kids screaming around disturbed you.  We are truly sorry.
Thanks to all Fish & Co, staffs for catering to our requests every 2 minutes.
My mom was very happy dining there tonight. Just wish that u'd still serve tomato juice. Thats no longer in your menu.

Baked with lotsa love, fun and joy

Mommy : Amin, what cake shall we bake for ayah?
Amin : Yucky mud!
Arif : Bloody red!

And after two hours, we got this.
Ta-daaaa!

This all happened last night.
Initially I wanted to bake chocolate cake, but then as I scanned through the cabinet, I'm lacking of chocolate bar, and evaporated milk.
Then I thought of baking apple cream cheese cake, but then, it is so obvious, I am lacked of apples, and cream cheese too.
Yes, Yes, last night was an adhoc decision on baking a cake for hubby's birthday today.

Then I asked Amin, and got the answer.
Lets bake whatever the kids want.
Layer cake!
Or as my grandma said, "kek wa-re-ne"

With only butter, eggs, sugar, flour and colouring, I am confident to let the kids help out.
Yeah, they've done this before so, easy breazy.
I laid out newspaper on the floor for us all to sit properly.
This is to avoid things falling onto the floor, if we end up doing it on the table or counter top.
The kids love to help out because they get to work on their own bowl and put the colouring that they desired.

I gave each one a bowl and split the mixture to two.
Amin wanted to make a "dirt-mud".
While Arif opt for "bloody" dough.

We then scooped each mixture on top of each other, alternately, into the baking pan.
No need to shake the pan, just let it shape up to whatever the gravity likes.
And on to the oven.

Hubby's birthday is toady, but of course, you can't dismiss the freshly baked smell of the cake lingering around the house.
And yes, when it comes to birthdays, the kids are the happiest people of all, even though it's not their birthday.

So, here we are.
Baked with lots of love from the kids and moi.
Happy 34th Birthday to hubby.

Sorry that Aishah was already asleep.
Hence, it's the boys club, as usual.

Best served with hot tea.
Or for the kiddos, cold fresh milk.

May you be blessed with health and wealth.
And hope for more sweet memories to come.

Annual Routine

The Date : 31st March 2012
The Event : Arif's and Mommy's Birthday Celebration
Venue : Home sweet home  

Same as last year, BBQ and cakes and puddings flooded the event.
The difference is that this time we get to use the new Tefal ultra compact electric grill. 
Hence, no more charcoal and fumes poking the eyeballs of the master-chef.

Million thanks to all our beloved relatives for spending your weekend with us.
It means a lot.
(Missing was the chatty Acik Hajar who's currently studying in London)

Special cake ordered this time, was the Rainbow cake, with M&M's flooded on top.

Highlights of the event, of course, opening the presents.

In split seconds.. Oh how we pity those wrappers..

Although sharing is caring, Amin will get to play all of Arif's presents / toys.
But still, we prepared one especially for him.

Yeayyyy!

From hubby with Love

Love of my life..

.. turned SEVEN last 30th November..

Sorry about that.
Mommy always in denial when it comes to Amin's birthday.
I hate the fact that he's growing up fast.
To me, he is still my precious baby.
(and also the fact that I am super busy nowadays that caused the lack of blog updates and picture editing too.. opss..)


The Date : 26th November 2011 (it was the weekend)
The Event : Amin's 7th Year Old Birthday Celebration
The Location : Marina Bay, Port Dickson
 
This is Amin's favourite relaxation place.
He just loves playing with water.
And being here, lets him play in the pool the whole day, with no restrictions or whatsoever.

We invited all of our tight relatives to double the fun.
And get the choo-choo-train going in the pool. 
The tiniest clan was baby Fatini, of course.

Apart from the cake, we had numerous dishes such as the satay, fried mee, sticky rice, cupcakes and fruits.

And thanks to the small funfair located in PD, it's enough to keep us all up till midnight.
Also causing some of my cousins to throw up after going on the 'extreme' rides.
Bwahahaha!

But of course, kiddies rides are available too.
Safe and fun!

Thanks to all my relatives for willing to drive all the way to PD and spend the night cramping with us, for Amin's sake.
That's what families are for!

Age is just a number

The Date : 30th June 2011

The Venue : Marché, Curve Damansara

The Event : Birthday Celebration over dinner, for my AYAH

As usual, the kids are the ones with the most excitement..

..when it comes to celebrations like this.

Yeah, Ijah too :p

Great place for family celebrations, but we're very disappointed with the tasteless grilled salmon.

Obviously not a fresh fish.

Other than that, other foods are aye-ok.

I've commented last year that the Caesar salad was not that good.

But this time, it's pure perfection! 

Ayah turned 61 this date.

And there's nothing more that we wished for other than the perfect health.

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY AKI !

We love you sooo much !

Two celebrations at one time

Last Saturday we attended the double celebrations hosted by my sister in law, for both her daughters.

First up was the akikah for her newborn baby Fatini.

With the decorative swing beautifully done in the centre of the living room.

 

Which then my kids ended up playing as soon as baby Fatini was out.

Phewwww.. thank god.

I can't imagine baby Fatini flying across the hall in this.

I think they're pretty amazed at the never-seen-before pink swing.

Next, followed by the big sista, Fatihah's 5th Birthday bash.

My boys excitedly waiting to blow them candles out.

Check out the beautiful princess cake decoration.
Can you guess the taste?

Definitely the most popular of the year, red velvet.
Yeah, only this much was left after a few seconds!

Happy Birthday Fatihah!
Maklong wish you all the health and joy in the world.

Welcome to the family, Fatini!
Maklong wish you happy botakkan rambut soon ;)

Say Hello to Fatini !!

Congratulations to Dek Fizah!!
My sister in law has safely delivered her second baby this afternoon, with the same kawaii-look.



We're sooo excited for her!
And rushed Amin to complete his homework by 8pm, so we can go and visit her at the hospital that very night.
As we arrived, expected, Arif got quiet and was sceptical to look at the baby.
Can you spot him hiding behind the curtain?
Look for the red crocs sandal.. ta-daaa!



Took him almost an hour later to willingly snap pics with the new-chic-in-the-clan.




No other activities here except for watching the baby sleep.




And sleep some more..




Yup.. That's what newborns do most of the time.
But as we're about to leave, we were fortunate enough that she pooped and woke up screaming for nappy change!
Now we get to see some action.



Hoorrraaayyyy for the poopy !
Bwahahaha !