Ramblings of a Mami of Two

That's what Kimi calls his ayah, Ata. kimi & his ata at ikea

Dah besar panjang anak bujang aku ni. Banyak pulak tu pandai dia. Haih... Kimi's achievements so far: pandai salam and cium tangan!!!! I think the bibik taught him this. Haih. pandai sayang. As in cium pipi orang. Tapi kimi's version is more to hulur kepala suruh orang cium. Bukan dia yang cium orang, dia suruh orang cium dia. suka menari sambil angkat tangan in the air yo! Pantang dengar iklan potong yang kompang tu. Suka tgk dibo the gift dragon. Sampai aku sekali suke tgk dibo. Is a good pembodek. Dia nak kerepek from pakcik dia, boleh dia pegi peluk2, baring2 atas bahu orang tua tu... lepas tu dia senyum2 sambil pegi pegang kerepek tu. Haih. Cair. Can take simple directions, i.e., ' Kimi, go put on your shoes' and dia pun pegi carik shoes dia and cuba pakai. Or 'Kimi, 'Tolong ambikkan bottle tu please' and dia pun pegi ambik botol susu dia and minum atas katil. Ohh pandainyee anak saya! pandai buat-buat tidur on demand. Like, 'Kimi, sini, tidur deka...

Ach and I were talking about my modern-mom sister who is sooo okay and buddy-buddy with her 16-yo son's girlfriend . Yep. He's sixteen. And she's fifteen. w00t! I said, damn my sister is such a sport, she even let that girl datang rumah hari-hari belajar utk PMR with her son. And that girl's mom even paid my nephew to teach her daughter. Right. So I said I hope I'll be that cool with Kimi's girlfriend (?!). Then we talked about my other nephew, he's 17. My sister made him break-up with his girlfriend on the phone (with the speakers on) in front of her and her husband. Nampak macam tak cool pulak kan? Sebab my nephew ni nak SPM, that's why. So the girlfriend was like... " Kenapa you ni, I love you, you jangan la buat I macam ni.. I sayang you!" Note: the girl is 17. Matang betul budak2 sekarang. Then the conversation between ach and I went like this: Ach: Kalau awak, awak rasa apa? Ajan: Of course la saya rasa sangat sedih! Boyfriend saya brea...

Pretty Vitamin C! Previously Kimi gets his daily intake of Vit C from either frozen fruit cubes or grated apples. But lately I've been slacking off, saya agak malas utk buat fruit cubes jadi dia asyik makan grated apples saja everyday. I guess he's had too much of it dia tamau makan dah. I need to think of new ways to give him his vitamins. So last week I bought popsicle molds at Daiso at the Curve and made fruit popsicles for Kimi! Sukaaa!! Actually they're just frozen fruit purees, but instead cubed, dia bentuk popsicle. Hihihi. For my first attempt I made mango, orange + mango and kiwi popsicle. Ach ate most of the kiwi popsicle sebab Kimi doesn't quite like it. Masam kot. Hihihi. Next time will try more popsicle recipes. Suka! that's my ice cream mold, and that's my kiwi puree, that unfortunately, kimi tak suka Chocolate Chip and Blueberry Muffin I had the urge to bake something yesterday, the only things available in my kitchen are just nice to bake muffin...

My son is a very manja baby. Not spoiled (yet?), just manja. Eversince he was born, I would nurse him to sleep everynight without fail. Because of this habit, he now NEEDS me to sleep. He can't sleep without me. Actually he could, but not before crying non-stop for one hour. He needs to have his dose of * nenen * before he dozes off. I kinda like that, because knowing that someone needs you that much makes me feel like a superhero. Like I am needed. And loved. But now that has become my biggest problem. You see, I might have to be away for around two weeks. It's not confirmed yet tapi aku dah start panicking. So tonight I thot I'd train him to sleep without nenen. So during his bedtime, I just rubbed his back like I used to do but skip the nenen. Initially he was ok, maybe because he thought he was going to get it. After a while he started crying, and that lasted for an hour, during which he vomitted once. I tried to jadi hati kering and refrain from nursing him, believe m...

I don't know what to write, so I'll just post pictures of us jogging @ Lake Garden. Enjoy! anak bujang saya my favorite boys honestly i didnt notice the tong sampah at all!! rosak gambar! ye anak, ini namanya daun jogging!

I had pink eyes 2 weeks ago. It lasted 4 days. I took all measures to prevent anyone from getting it from me. Two weeks later, everyone is ok. Today, mata Kimi merah-merah. Alamak!!!! I'm still in the office, worried sick of budak itu. Haih. Its only 3 p.m. 2 more hours to 5 p.m. Later tonight I'll express couple drops of breastmilk dalam mata dia. Hopefully this petua works.

By: Dear Husband Ya Allah ya tuhanku, kau berkatilah suamiku, rahmatilah suamiku, murahkanlah rezekinya, permudahkanlah segala urusan baginya. Sesungguhnya aku bersyukur kerana dikurniakan suami sepertinya. Amin.

Celebration #1 - Ach's *ehem ehem* Birthday We didn't do much. Somehow due to some constraints, this year's celebration is a bit subdued. But fun nonetheless. Anyways, as usual I like to celebrate any events by cooking . This year I made lontong for breakfast. Ach kata sedap. Yeay. Then I tried to make coconut candies, because Ach said he loves them. Unfortunately, the candies tak jadi because they wont harden. Lembek je macam wajik. Or dodol. Kesian. Then we went to The Apartment for dinner. I think this is the only place where you can experience eating in a bathroom (tapi takde la sampai ada toilet bowl. Shower head ngan tempat gantung towel ada la ). Cozy and very accommodating to kids. Nice food that are reasonably priced, nice ambience and friendly staff. They even got Kimi a balloon when he cried. Awww... you want to mengorat mommy you mengorat the son dulu okkk??? Btw, he had peking duck (blegh), steak sandwich (awesome!!!) and fish and chips (absolutely finger li...

Dear Peeps, The Earth is sick. Icebergs were seen floating where they shouldn't be, sea level and temperature raising each year, sea turtles die after mistakenly eating plastic bags that they thought were food, tsunamis, flood everywhere... We don't know how long the earth will last. Maybe it will last long enough for me to live in, tapi lepas tu? You see, we do not own the Earth. We borrow it from our children. Takkan kita nak syok2 hidup lepas tu hand over one that is sick and polluted and unsafe to our children? Kata sayang anak . Kalau sayang, do we want our children to live like Wall-E? Taknak kan? Kita nak anak-anak kita kenal sea turtles tu apa, we want them to be able to fly kites by the lake.. dengan angin sepoi-sepoi bahasa.. we want them to live healthy. No pollution. No robot sea turtles. No fake indoor beaches. Hence, aChieaJanie has started to go green. Kami dah mula tak ambik plastic bags if we buy things, if we could help it. And semalam i terlebih semangat i pu...

Finally!!!! My little project for Kimi is complete. After almost a year!! Ooo yeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh!! ( do the chicken dance ) Remember our little felt DIY project last year? After that one was completed, I felt like I was good at it, so I thought of another project. It was an ambitious one. I wanted to make a felt ABC book for Kimi. (OMG! Gasp! Ketuk dahi!) Ach, being a darling as always, brought me to Ampang Park to get all the materials we needed. I remember kimi cenonet aje that time. Tidur aje all the time. Senang betul bawak dia jalan time tu. The following weeks (and months) I worked on the project. It was pretty simple actually, but the whole process was leceh: - i printed out the alphabets on paper - i cut out the alphabets and traced em on the felts - i cut the felt alphabets out - i sew the felt alphabets on rectangle felts - then i sew the felt pieces together as pages of the book - then i made the covers - finally i slid ribbons to bind the book. - then i am done. Yep ...

...I have to stay away from everyone, especially Kimi ...I was given MC for two days but couldn't spend even a second to hug Kimi ...I have to sleep alone outside so that nobody would get infected ...I couldn't hug my husband in the morning sebab nanti dia pulak kena ...I could see Kimi depan mata but cannot get close to him. Macam, so close yet so far ...I have to endure listening to the bibik singing barney's song to Kimi (ok takde kena mengena, just sakit hati that she gets to peluk my son and I am here, alone, with my bloodshot eyes!) Oiii this sucks.