Position

amir
he likes to shoot the ball so he would be good as a crosser. he also is small built. he can do overlapping run and would suit a winger's position. i just hope he doesnt to a "ronaldo" with his feet...i don like fancy footworks, its so overrated.

asyraf
he would suit a midfield position with his built and the fact that he likes to play box to box, like that certain someone (hubby told me not to mention any names in this post). he also grumbles a lot and is very garang...captain material?

post first day at work
apart from the traffic jam in and out of ldp (which prolonged the journey from hubby's office to the lrt station and then to the daycare), our first day of chaos wasnt too bad. got home at 7:30pm. i bathed amir & asyraf while hubby bathed ariff. while amir was in the tub, i took out their dirty clothes and put in the clean clothes.

then hubby gave asyraf & ariff their susu while i washed their bottles and prepared ariff's sterilised water. then amir said he wanted the new mickey mouse bagpack bought for ariff, so i had to remove all of ariff's clothes from the new bag and put amir's clothes in.

we had a 10-minute dinner (while standing) and then its off to watch thomas & friends. everyone slept by 9:30pm. all in all, it wasnt that bad.

What Is He Doing Now?

that's probably the question on most mother's mind when they go back to the working world.

ariff's pretty on schedule and its quite easy to guess what he is up to at certain hours.

at 7am...














at 9am...














at 11am...














at 2pm...














at 6pm (which is my favourite time with him)...


at 8pm...














a bottle & a half and off to dreamland at 10pm...

Relaxing Weekend

my last weekend before the chaos.

we had a quiet saturday morning at home. after lunch we went to rafiqah's house for a double birthday celebration for her two boys, ashraff & aliff. she said asyraf's party was big but hers was huge. she spent hours planning it, i bet. the favours were wondeful. the woman is so talented.

amir, ariff & mummy relaxing on saturday morning. asyraf was having his morning nap. he had a rough time the night before. his flu was so bad he woke up with blocked nose every 2 hours.














on sunday, i was feeling anxious to the max. god, its like i've got the "first day of school" syndrome. i started packing the boys clothes on saturday, afraid i'd miss some things out. which is weird because amir & asyraf's have been going to school all the while, so its just ariff's things i've got to add. i just wanted to avoid being all kelam kabut on sunday night so i prepared everything in good time. i brought down ariff's bottles for school and a box of the sterilising tablets. to make things easier, i segregated asyraf & ariff's bottles for school and for home. leave the school ones downstairs and the home ones upstairs.

bought ariff's toiletteries for school on sunday at centrepoint. hubby wanted to have lunch at pizza uno. he said it's been ages. but we got there too early (we're always out of the house early nowadays) and they only offer breakfast before 11:30am. hubby was disappointed, he wanted a big lunch plus his pizza. bought 3 boxes of milk as well, we predict the teacher will say asyraf's milk supply has depleted by tuesday, at most. bought asyraf his first toothbrush and toothpaste...its about time we start brushing his teeth.

the boys (including hubby) slept the afternoon through. i cant sleep during the day, regardless how tired i am. when they woke up hubby brought out the wading pool and filled it up with water as a weekend treat for the boys. they loved it and refused to come out, even when it started to rain. asyraf started wheezing so i gave him ventolin syrup after dinner.

we wanted to have dinner at the new secret recipe outlet in front of our house but then we decided on rice. amir would be famished after his dip in the pool. i cooked rice at home and hubby went to get lauk at the nearby restaurant.

all packed and ready for school, the boys' bags (bagpacks are so much easier...i owe ariff his) & ariff's bottles (in a 'much more easy to carry around' container)...

having fun in the pool. a nice way to end the weekend. asyraf couldnt get enough of the water, he continued in the bathroom...

then they both begged for cookies after their bath...

Long Lost Friend

when hubby and i first joined facebook, he was very excited. he said he could meet all the friends he's lost touch with. i was just thinking okay, i guess most of my friends in facebook would be my current friends. apart from 2-3 friends who i've not met in ages, the rest are friends i meet all the time or am still keeping in touch with (via sms or email or ym).

until yesterday. i got an email saying someone wanted to add me as a friend. and she wrote "do you remember me?" i was practically screaming...of course i remember you and quickly sent her a message, asking her where is she, what is she up to. later during the day she replied and we continued our conversation on ym.

god...its been ages, 20 years to be exact, since i last saw her. she looks different now but her daughter has her features and looking at her (very the mat salleh looking) daughter reminds me of her when we were younger.

zie...its so good to see you again. hope we dont lose touch again. got a spare room for me when i visit my team at old trafford?

this is is when we were young. i even wrote our names on the back of the pix...



















p/s i wonder if she still writes her "e" the way she does...

Mixed Bag

this entry is like the current state of my mind...all jumbled up. i've got 4 more days before i step back into the working world. this is not a countdown...i'd only countdown to something i look forward to. the lrt...the walk to tower 2...the swiping of thousands of cards...the elavator to level 37...the "war room"...the people inside the war room...the misery...

so what's in my mind now...
i dont have anything to wear to work. i cant fit my nice suits anymore (obviously) and i dont have working clothes post-pregnancy, as i've been wearing maternity clothes for the last 3 years to work. its time to visit the brands outlet in ikano...

its a hot, hot day today. been like this for almost 2 weeks. i prayed hard it wouldnt rain on asyraf's birthday. it didnt...it also didnt rain for 2 weeks after that...

i almost melted from the heat while doing some grocery shopping today. bought drumstick as i wanted some fried chicken...

my laundry dries within 3-4 hours everyday, so that's a plus point of the weather...

the probability of the lrt breaking down due to flood also decreases...

hubby's getting to be a heavier smoker (i know he's going to scream his denial right about now). he's ok with smoking in front of amir. of course he would say he covers the actual cigaratte but no one can cover the smoke coming out like a chimney. he doesnt seem to accept that the smell follows him everywhere regardless if he cleans his mouth and hands. the term 'second hand smoke' is something he scoffs at. he once told me that no one would stop smoking unless they've been diagnosed with some kind of smoking-related disease so i shouldnt hope for a miracle...

i'm addicted to root beer...

this will be the last week when my house will be relatively less chaotic. next week onwards, the house will bear witness to a lot of running & screaming from 7pm - 9pm. at least while i'm at home, the boys clothes for daycare can be prepared earlier, the clothes washed during the day can be folded and kept before the boys come home, the boys clothes & diapers for the night will be all ready on their bed. i doubt their room will ever be this clean again...














ariff's been moody the past couple of days. i think its the heat. its been too hot for him to sleep during the day. i dont put on his socks or botties cos its just too hot. but the plus point is that he would sleep through the night. last night he had his last feed at 10:30pm and i woke him up for his meal at 6:30am as i was up for subuh...

on the contrary, asyraf is more difficult to get to sleep and would wake up for milk in the middle of the night. he also wants to sleep with his bottle (sans the milk) in his mouth. his grip on his bottle is so tight that we cant pry it away from him even after he's fallen asleep...

asyraf drinks a lot of milk. a 700gm box can last from monday to friday at his daycare. we have another 700gm box at home for him & ariff. his carer says that he drinks his full 9oz once every 2 hours...

we buy all 3 sizes of huggies now...M for ariff, L for asyraf and XL for amir. 1 pack would last 2 weeks. we spend a bomb on milk and diapers. at least amir doesnt drink milk anymore. i cant wait for him to be fully toilet-trained...














i dont know what i want to do for ariff's birthday next year. its the week after eid, should i have an open house cum birthday party? it wont be special, would it? should i make a theme? i'm not fond of themes for the boys' first birthdays because its more for the parents than the birthday child. if we dont make a theme it will be just like asyraf's recent party. time to hit the wonderful world of internet...

as i only plan to have big parties for the boys's first birthday, amir's third birthday in the first week of january will be celebrated in his school (pending an ok from the teachers). he has chosen a mickey mouse theme. i found the party loot bag, blowers, balloons and toys to fit the theme in toys r us. i'll probably get a 2kg cake from angel cake house the shape of mickey mouse. i dont need to provide food, do i? i plan to have it around 4pm. i dont think food is necessary...

we have not planned ariff's cukur jambul. i wanted to have it on new year's eve followed by a barbeque. but that week we'll be paying the boys' daycare registration & january payment. that alone will blow a $1000 hole in our not-so-deep pockets...

asyraf can climb up and down the sofa now. he's the reason we decided its time to put a security gate. amir was very obedient and would stay away from the stairs. he even cycled away from the stairs. asyraf would target the stairs as soon as our bedroom door is opened. he's so not afraid of heights...

ariff's neck and back is very strong. he doesnt like to be cuddled across the chest and prefers to be put over the shoulders. even when put over the shoulders, he would keep his back and neck straight and refuse to lie on the shoulders, unless he's sleeping...

star world is showing the first season of heroes at 4:30pm everyday. daily dosage of peter petrelli is always good. wished they shown it earlier. i could have watched the whole season instead of just 5 episodes...

why is the oggix shoutbox always down...

i was excited to cook as this is my last week at home. i'm not anymore...

Hot

was the weekend.

on saturday, after the trip to subang parade, we forced to boys to take their afternoon nap. asyraf was easy, we just gave him his bottle and left him in his playpen. then hubby gave ariff his bottle and both slept. i was outside with amir...amir didnt want to sleep and i was paying the bills. i managed to sleep only an hour before ariff woke up due to amir's drumming.

we bribed amir with his new ball and slide to get him to nap. i think he managed to sleep less than an hour.














amir & asyraf played in our garden with our neighbour's children while hubby and i had our early dinner. a mere hour-long playing time got them so tired that both fell asleep at 8pm and got up after 7am the next day.














we had a birthday party invitation on sunday. to avoid tantrums, we made the boys take their nap around lunchtime. they got up around 1pm and we changed their clothes, took a shower and solat and left around 2:30pm. we got lost in the housing area and got to azie's house at 4pm. the food was excellent but i couldnt eat much with 3 boys to look after. amir was feeling a bit under the weather and he wanted to sleep on our lap.

when we came back, amir was feeling better. in the car he wouldnt stop playing with the car pencil boxes azie gave as favours. when we got home, our neighbours called us over to join them for a barbeque behind our houses. we are lucky to have very nice neighbours. this is the second time we've had a barbeque at their place. we were even treated to a nice lunch when we visited them for eid. segan lah...we've never invited them over for dinner. abang nasir & kak jan's family also are very fond of our boys, that's a plus point.














amir's temperature went up during the night so he stayed home from school. after a morning of showing his tantrum, he was in a much better mood when he woke up from his three-hour nap.

New Things

its been a while since i've gone shopping with the boys. today's the first time hubby and i took up the challange of taking our 3 heroes to the mall (dr azizi would not be pleased...). we had to carefully think who would take which boy, which boy would use which item, where to go, what to buy and when to enter & when to leave. this time around, we opted for subang parade instead of our usual hangout of 1utama. we decided to push amir and asyraf in their strollers and hubby would carry ariff in his carrier.














our first priority was to visit toys r us. someone did not bother to measure our stairs before purchasing a security gate, so we had to exchange the gate extension we bought for a smaller one.














while there, we used the vouchers we obtained on thursday. we went on thursday to get a swing set for asyraf for his birthday (courtesy of tssc) but they were out of stock so we got him a slide instead. combined with the security gate, we got a $50 voucher which can only be used today onwards.














we used the vouchers to get backpacks for amir & asyraf. we also bought nadzim's birthday present.














after going in to parkson to get hubby's belt, we had lunch at mcdonalds. we reached home before 12:30pm. we managed to beat the lunchtime crowd, no one cried or threw a tantrum and we only made susu in the car on the way home. all in all, hubby and i were pretty proud that we managed to handle 3 boys under 3 all by ourselves.

on thursday i collected the pictures of asyraf's birthday party from ms mock. she surprised me with a beautiful framed photo of asyraf. i almost cried...i absolutely love it!

The Many Faces...

...of amir...

...of asyraf...

...of ariff...

pix of amir & asyraf & ariff in white courtesy of ms mock...