life, the journey: May 2011

Sunday, May 22, 2011

happy birthday muhammad nashwan nasr

muhammad nashwan nasr is three years old... happy 3 years old beta... he is my miracle baby, the first heir to carry on the linage his great grandfather... i love this boy so so much... i pray that Allah shall bless him with a beautiful personality, lots of happiness and a life lived for this world and hereafter....

i still feel the pain of not being with him during his first few weeks of life as fate separated us. the memory of holding him only for moments before being whisked away by the nurses and only holding him in my arms after more than 2 weeks really pains me.

i thank you Lord for these 3 wonderful years i am blessed with this sweet little angle who can create a storm out of nothing...

when i compare him to his sister when she was 3, he is still such a baby. despite being the cheekiest boy i have ever met, he is such a loving little boy. if you observe him, you will be able to see it. he still baby talks. the school has done wonders and really helped him with speech development. he loves to dance and it is really cute the way he naturally move to the music. i don't know where he got this talent.

he is always doing something mischievous and would smile sheepishly when he gets scolded for it. i am not sure if he deserves the scolding. through his mischiefs, i realised that he has problem solving skills, comes with the most creative ideas and if doesn't have the vocab to communicate with you, he will describe the best he can as well as lots of action simply to make sure he has made you understand. if daddy scolds him, i would want mummy to rescue him... serve him right for not listening to mummy first.

he is such a handful to everyone, yet.... he is a gem of a person with a brilliantly blessed heart.... i love his sayaaang mummy hugs that i sometimes get when i dress him... i love his snuggles during bedtime... i love everything about him... like how his sister and little brother is special to me, little nasuuan is...

i pray that i will be able to help him develop a positive personality as i can see the traces of a middle child syndrome surfacing. it is a pity that he doesn't understand he is truly loves and cherished is every moment of his company....

happy birthday baby. may we have the best mother and son relationship and may you be the best of friends with daddy and your sister and brother....

we celebrated his birthday just as i did his sister's....

this is the design he choose for his birthday cake, basically mummy knew that he would love it...

so, i googled it and ordered elmo cupcakes...

mummy made personalised goody bag for his classmates... hairclips for the girls and cars for the boys...

notice the elmo?

this is the outcome of the design... scary looking elmo but my son loved it...

his classmates.... all eager waiting to celebrate.... sweet children....

he shares his happines with his best friend... he always asks for her. he will not be without her if he knows she is somewhere nearby... the girl beside him is the girl we saw him tease during his sister's birthday celebration...

blow the candles....

shy.... wait till he recovers from his shyness...

with the family....

enjoying his cake... the icing bit... opps, the icing was a bad idea. the children had their uniform dirty. thank God, it didn't leave stains otherwise other parents would have been upset with us....

the boys.... notice the depth of the little one's look? daddy observing....

run around time...

in his own thoughts and world while observing others....

his leg got stuck.... looking at daddy for help... you see, he loves the difficult option in getting around...

my little princess...

you see what i mean...

time to distribute goody bags...

distributing goody bags at the class...

i think this is aqeel nouman... i hear his name almost everyday...

i think the sister is really happy at her brother's occasion....

here is yours!

their favourite teachers...

sweet teacher naimah... doing up the girls hair with the new hairclips...

a special smile from the brother... nanni's toy...

look at the mural on the background.... thanks to him mostly...

i love this...

second celebration at nanni's....

finger licking good...

with nanny.... that is how he pronounces it... nanny loves him yet always pening kepala with him...

5 years of marriage...

thank you Allah...

these are our anniversary shots... this heart was created for another occasion but aptly for us...

from just the two of us five years ago, we have been blessed with 3 miricles... simply to complete our life...

us...

Saturday, May 21, 2011

happy 5th anniversary

happy 5th anniversary.... thank you God for this man and thank you too for all the blessings that came my way through this marriage...

this song says it all....

it takes a man with an unconditional love towards his wife to be able to internalise the depth of meaning of this song... i hope my dear husband does....

for a lifetime with you....God bless, insya Allah. i love you....

Friday, May 20, 2011

20 may 2011

my best friend forever, khine is in the labor room as i write this post.

i smsed her this morning wishing her son happy birthday. adam boy was born the day before my wedding and that makes him 5 years old. she replied my sms saying... maybe adam boy's sis as well. in labor room now. i secretly wanted the baby to share either my wedding anniversary or my son's birthday on the 23rd or my niece's on the 24th. however, this baby cleverly wants to share her brother's birthday.

i find it amazing... i was born on the same day as my sis... exactly 5 years after she did. therefore, repeat of the same is dear to me. here's wishing adam boy happy birthday darling.... AND happy being born princess...

Thursday, May 19, 2011

mother, the no. 1 teacher

the role of a mother as children's first teacher is so apt. thanks to mother's instinct. like how my mother is my first teacher, i wanna emulate her in my children's life...

i remember how i learnt to write... so i bought some exercise books for both my preschoolers... i couldn't find time to sit with them and teach them though the intention was there. one day, i heard my daughter complaining that she was scolded by her teacher because she didn't know how to write numbers....

i was puzzled... shouldn't be the case! oh now i remember... reverse writing is an issue to her... i was quite upset with her teacher. what kind of early child education is she trained in? God, i only have three children and i think i am quite alert and observant. when i observe some changes in them or something new about them, i google so that i understand the issue. a teacher should have enough experience to understand that a child will have coordination problem until she/he is at least 7 to 8 years old. it takes practice to finally perfect their coordination.

i decided will be their teacher at home anyway. my children are very positive about it. they look forward to it. our session is after dinner. i always take a que from my girl... when she says it is enough, we end the session. the outcome had been quite positive and mummy is very happy being the teacher.

mother's day shot

thanks to my sister in law's patience in taking my mother's day shot...

all smiles but nashwan nasr is in his own world...

nadia nasira is making faces already while nashwan nasr is frustrated about something... must be mummy saying something under her breath...

wow!

oh man! where are all the smiles?

it is nadia nasira's turn to be upset... jija boy is pulling her hair... hahahaha

mummy realised that her headscaff is missing.... start all over again!

we are almost there...

there you go! click!

the one person consistant all through the photo session is my jija boy with his innocent look... either he is admiring aunty na at work or wondering what trick she is up to....

Sunday, May 8, 2011

happy mother's day

yet another mother's day we all celebrate this year...

long live our mothers, i pray, for i cannot imagine a life without her. just the thought made me feel so lonely. have you ever been in your mother's house while she being out? ever since i was a child, i have always felt the house lacked something very important whenever she went out, even to a shop nearby. once my mum comes home, the heart stop searching,making me feel so content simply with her presence. she is like the pillar that holds a family together so selflessly, she is MOTHER....

today, though i live miles away from my dearest mother, i bridge the gap by visiting her as much as life permits as well as through phone calls. i miss her very much. so much that i can physically feel the pain in my heart every time i think of her. the physical pain only deepens my relationship with my mother. the relationship between a mother and a child is so divine... each relationship is unique. love and relationships are incomparable and immeasurable, the depth of which no one can imagine, no one can judge!

happy mother's day, maa... for 37 years, i lean against you though the dependency lessen from my growing up days, for strength and guidance...i still depend on you. you taught me my abc's and arithmetic. i remember the days you made all of use memorize 'kali kali' with rewards and punishment. everyday is mother's day to me, maa!

this year, we ordered a cake to be delivered to her much to her surprise. my classmate in school baked the cake and delivered to her. she was very happy indeed. though i wasn't there, i know in spirit i was in your heart....

as for me, it is my first mother's day being a mother of three. all praise to God for blessing me with motherhood and my dear husband for playing his part. the biggest challenge in my life is to execute motherhood by the standards set by both my mother and mother in law aside from my own philosophy on motherhood.

the smiles from my children and their tantrums are my everyday spices of life... i pray that i will be to my children what my mother is to me... not that i am anywhere close, i try to. hahahaha so far, whenever i am upset with my older two and scold them.... my daughter will say that she doesn't want me, she wants a new mummy... while my son will say through his tears which immediately melt my heart, naughty mummy... on a happy day, i get hugs and lots of sayang mummy...

we celebrated my mother's day by having lunch at McDonald's.... i know my children will enjoy the most here than any sophisticated restaurant... look at them...