Routine

i get a lot of 'how do you' questions. how do you manage the boys, how do you work and handle house work, how do you survive without a maid. sometimes i answer...sometimes i wonder, is it so difficult? i mean, honestly, susah sangat ke? i'm not saying i'm so blardy good, i'm far from the superwoman some people label me.

but, serious...how do we do it...routine. plain and simple. do something many, many times, you'll be good at it. do something many, many times, you can do it with your eyes closed. do something many, many times, its bound to get easier. i do simple work, simple things so that my life is easy and well...simple.

in the morning, i never fail to:

• wash akmal's bottle (only 1 that he uses before he sleeps, akmal doesnt get up for night feed, so i dont have bottles and bottles to wash)
• clear his hot water flask and put the water in a tumbler for his nestum dinner
• clear plates from last nights dinner
• change akmal's diapers
• put the boys' pajamas for the night on the bed

when we come back in the evening i would:

• pick up the clothes from the clothes line
• take out all the clothes worn during the day from the boys' bags
• put in all the clothes set aside on the dining table in the boys' bags
• leave the bags near the stairs or the front door
• clean akmal's 2 bottles (i only put 2 bottles for him to bring to school)
• prepare the boys' snacks for the next day - usually cookies or bread with chocolate spread
• feed akmal
• boil water to put in akmal's flask
• fold clothes
• start the washing machine
• set aside amir and asyraf's clothes for school the next day
• and just before going to sleep, i would put the clothes on the clothes line

while i do all these (except sidai kain), hubby would:

• feed the boys
• put the bags in the car
• bathe the boys

my list seem longer but hubby's tasks require more patience. i dont have 3 boys to scream at and to run around after. after 4 years of doing the same thing, takkanlah tak reti-reti lagi nak handle kan?

so there...easy peasy lemon squeezy. to me, its whether you want or you dont want. if you want, its do-able. if you keep saying i cant and its difficult then well...you cant and its difficult. you decide...