Weird boy!

Can anyone guess what this boy's doing?

 

Rindu serindu-rindunyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Rindu nak blog. But no mojo.

So how??????

 

The garden progress

My garden has been progressing since the last time i wrote about it in here. After changing my mind like millions of time, I've finally decided on the design that I want for my tiny balcony garden.

I've had my cousin who's a landscape contractor came over a few weeks back to help me with the technical details of building my dream garden. Both he and my aunty has been supplying me with plants as well so I don't really need to worry about  buying plants from nurseries! Jimat duit haku. Hehehe!

I still need time for it to achieve the look that I want, as we're doing most of the stuff DIY. The decking will need time to complete as the big boss is pretty swamped with office work at the moment. The groundcovers I have planted on the 2 inch thick soil will need more time to grow as well. I'm just hoping that they'll completely cover the whole soil area in 2-3 months time. We are also planning to cover one side of the balcony wall with money plants, but I guess that will take a longer time to achieve. I'll post on the progress from time to time so that I can look back and see how much progress I've made.

Oh I soooo can't wait to get my dream green home!

Of being manipulative

The little guy has this weird habit - or shall I say character - of being too shy whenever someone wants to give him something. He would want them (the things u give him) so bad, yet he would also refuse to take them unless I pushed him to. Then after receiving the stuff, he would not EVER say thank you to the person who gives it. I presume it is out of shyness, and not rudeness. But still!

Like the other day, the uncle who owns a sundry shop at my mom's house gave him an ice cream. I repeatedly told him to say thank you, but he just looked at the uncle and made a shy face. So as we walked home , ice cream in hand, I lectured him on the need to say THANK YOU to people around us when they give/help you with something.

At one point I asked him (the most typical ayat parents  have been using to teach their kids): "Cikgu kan ajaq suruh cakap THANK YOU to people every time they give/ help you to do anything?"

He thought for a while. Then his face light up and he replied excitedly:  "Ohhh mama! Cikgu lupa la nak ajaq say thank you. Nanti Irfan bagitau cikgu suruh ajaq ok!"

Well what else can I say.  Kids nowadays, they consume too much DNA for their own good! >__< "

The Bubble Boy!

Sapa suka main ni kecik2 dulu, angkat tangan!!!!

I'm glad I could still introduce it to my boy. Too much computer games are not good for a kid, and these bubbles are fun for outdoor activity!

Now I'm so gonna hafta go stock up on this for when I run out of outdoor-activity ideas for the little guy.

What have you in that green box?!?

Cooking for my little guy is a joyous thing for me. And it is made even more joyful whenever he appreciates what I cook for him.

The school that the lil guy goes to doesn't provide meal for tea break. Setakat biskut tu adalah but other than that every kids have to bring their own. So every day memang pecah kepala thinking what to make for him since I want varieties in his meal plan. Because knowing my boy, he would get bored with the same meals everyday and then he would start making up excuses not to eat. So it is quite a challenge to prepare meals that will suit his daily appetite and still maintain to be nutritious enough for a growing kid like him.

Regardless, it's among the thing that I look forward to every day, since he eats like there was no tomorrow at school! (Ok I admit I'm an overbearing mom who still sneaks up on his son at school :-p)

Can you imagine how happy I was when, after the first week of school ended, the little guy gained 1kg! I guess eating with friends at school helps to increase his appetite. It makes me happy seeing how he always loves and apreciates the food I packed for him and rarely let them go to waste. Even if he couldn't finish it at school,   he would wanna continue eating after he's back from school at noon.

Hopefully his appetite will continue to be like this forever and ever and everrrrrrr. Ameen!

Oh Ben!

Do you girls miss me???

I realized that I didnt write much about the little guy's schooling experience here. Which I should. Coz this can be a recorded memories of his earlier lives, from where he would be able to read back about all his experiences when he's all grown up. So I'll try to be more diligent after this. I hope!

Anyway.

I was more excited than the lil guy was when he was about to start school early this year. So whatever he wanted, he got. Lucky for him, he got a mom who's obsessed in making her kid happy.  ^__^

Yaaa...he got obsesses with Ben-10 plak this time. Dari bag, lunch box, tumbler, lunch bag, kasut spender semuaaaa nak Ben-10! Nasib la tak mintak nak pakai baju Ben-10 pi sekolah. Kalau tak mati nak menjawab ngn cikgu.

Well, getting him what he wanted was a way to get him all psyched to go to school. Too bad it only worked for a while though, as now he has already become an expert in making up excuses not to go to school. Every morning! Well, I shall leave that for another entry. 

Till then. Cheerios girls!

THAT is my creative juice flowing!

If it's one thing I love beyond handbags,shoes and other girly obsession, it is to beautify our home.

And out of the blue, I'm getting this mojo for gardening.

Oh well. I was once a landscape architect after all. How can I ignore that creative juice flowing inside my brain urging me to make my house green, regardless of the limited resources I have. Or perhaps, this is just my current obsession that will soon die just like all my other obsessions before this particular one. Whatever it is, I'm just going to indulge myself in this gardening thingy for the time being, simply because this is what makes me happy. For now. Hehehe.

Anyway, it all started when we have some leftovers stuff (tiles to be exact) from the previous renovation we did to the wet kitchen. And then the big guy brought back some pebbles they've used for Christmas deco at the office. Then, my hands got itchy to put them to a good use.

Once I started, I couldn't stop and just had to add here and there to complete the look that I want for the garden. It is of course, not yet done, but I'm going with the flow. Can't have them all at one go. What's most important is for me to nurture the plants so they won't end up dying like the ones before!

Anyway.

It's so blissful and satisfying to be able to grow a garden at such limited space we have at home. I get all giddy watching the little guy do his homework while having the soft breeze gently flipping his hair. And the big guy and I get to spend our time in the 'love nest', talking for hours about everything and nothing in particular.

Bestttttt sangat!

Now I just can't wait for my cousin to come back to Penang and help me plant some ground-covers to cover the stained floor. And I'm crossing my fingers that this is not my hangat-hangat tahi ayam obsession!

Not a baby anymore!

A friend commented on how dusty this blog is. Fuhhh fuhhh fuhhhh. Oh well that's me blowing the cobwebs outta the way. Ok I know. So not funny! :-p

Anyway.

The last time I wrote in here the lil guy was just a mere baby (ok so I'm exaggerating again) but today, he is a STUDENT. A student you guys! I can't believe it. Anak haku dah besaqqqq! Huhuhu.

I so wanna update about his orientation day, His first day at school and his learning development. But let's leave it for later. Because for now, we're going to hafta finish his homework.

Mana I letak rotan tadi, mana??????

Sel-sel otak berhubung sangat!

I have this habit of starting something with the little guy and only do it halfway. I guess I'm really not a good teacher in that sense. Lucky thing I have a pupil who takes his own initiative to excel in what he does. Alhamdulillah.

We started on this puzzle craze about 2-3 months back, before my parents went for hajj. After a couple of weeks, I was too lazy to guide him in putting all the pieces together. Such a tiring work ok! So I just stored them all in his toy drawer. Until today.

Out of boredeom (I guess), he took them out and decided to complete the puzzle. At first I wasn't interested to entertain him because I knew I'd be the one ending up doing it. But after a while, he kept coming to me and showed the pieces that he put together with exclamations like "Look! I found the missing piece!" and "See! This is the correct order!". Wahahaha. That for sure got my attention lahhh!

So I sat and watched him completed it. He took a long time alright, almost an hour to do it. But he completed it on his own. Without my help. For the first time ever. Aaaaand I am so darn proud of you babyyyyy!

Presenting my first ever completed puzzle! This, I did on my own ok!

Ok lepas ni boleh beli banyak-banyak puzzle lagiiiiii!