Category: My Lil Caliphs Activties

As promised, one of the activities the kids did last week; painting. hArith been requesting for it and it was just ideal to have it since dear Azza was kind enough to get this table from carboot sale all the way from batu pahat. When i saw her tweeting about carboot sale, without further delay i replied. I requested her to hunt the little tikes table for me as i wanted to put it permenantly at our patio outsides. Save me from the hassle of bringing the table outside each time we want to have a painting session. Again, thank you azza for bringing it all the way from batu pahat, delivered it to my doorstop and her husband even help me fix it since syauQi was away. Thank you.

Here are some photos of the lil’ khalifah at work

Since its been awhile we did painting, the kids ended up with longer attention span doing it. After taking few shots, i managed to sneak out to buy dessert for break fast 😉

uZAir now sangat expert with my iphone,scrolling for his fav wiggles song in youtube. Need to charge my phone up to 3 times a day!

and this gal still does not allow us to tie her hair. we are lucky if we get to comb her hair after shower.  Our attempt to get a haircut for her also failed

and this was what happen after my attempt to cut hArith’s hair. remember the last time we brought him to A cut above, he struggled during the haircut session and the hairstylist ended up with a cut at her fingers. So this time around i tried doing it myself, though i have no idea how to cut his hair. My parents kate cam pakai tempurung a.k.a Temeggong Jugah. It took me an hour or so to cut his hair, trailing him everywhere. We even fought over the scissors. Gave him another scissors and he ended up busy cutting the grass while i cut his hair. That made it even more difficult coz he was moving and looking down all the time.

Most probably either this Thursday or Friday, there will be a shooting session with the kids. My parents AND syauQi feels that the haircut is not acceptable. So how do i get this boy to the shop to repair the “damage” i have done. Do u think this hair is acceptable for tv photoshoot?

wondering why there are without their tshirts? coz they refused to wear aprons and i could foresee that they will ended up doing body painting.

Check out athirAh’s hand

and when i reach home after getting dessert for iftar, her legs and nails were all painted. her nails were red as though she was using nail polish, hihi

Next entry will be on hArith baking raya cookies

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Each time i did baking, it will be hArith yg beria nak help me out while my gal will be nicely seated infront of the tv. She will only make her appearance when she started smelling cookies are already out of the oven. She’ll be running to and fro to get the cookies and back to the sofa infront of the tv, busy munching away. In most cases, the first 3 trays baked will go into their mouth. Only the 4th tray i could start keeping it in the tupperware.

Here’s hArith helping me out , scooping flour into the mixture

This was before i cut his hair, his hair was poking his eye and my sis ended up putting hairclip at his hair, haha

helping out with the jam,

and the best part was hArith happily volunteered to clean up the mess as well 😀

oh btw, im not too sure name of this cookie, got the recipe from hanah’s friend; syoozy. sadly my texture is not as perfect as hers. but taste the same though 😉

So far hArith’s fav is the choc chip cookies, coz he’ll ended up eating the hersyes’ choc instead of putting in the bowl. and also since he like it so much, the choc chip cookies are really fully loaded with the choc chip as he insists on pouring the whole package instead of using the proper measurement by cups. so yes, we have a fully loaded choc chip in the dough, real generous amount of hersyes’ choc chip.

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Yay, my nausea is getting better. But it has not made its total dissapearance. Im still having problem with eating and such. But i notice that i will tend to eat whenever i go majlis orang. Hmm, kena attend more majlis ni, but prob is im not in the mood to socialize n miggle around.

Anyway, since i havent update my blog lately with photos of my kids, decided to put random photos of them today.

athirAh pantang nampak air nowadays. sedar2 u’ll hear noises in the bathroom, she dah bukak all her baju and already in the shower. and most of the time she’ll be busy scrubbing the toilet bowl too. And there will days that someone will be very unlucky coz she ended up using org punye toothbrush! she used the toothbrush for hard to reach corners,so smaller brush easier to reach.so now all toothbrushed need to be placed high above the bathroom cabinet

the minute any of the door opens, she will run out cari air kt luar pulak. if the pool ade air takung cinonet setakat air hujan pun she will jump in. or even if its air they main smlm yg penuh dgn rumput rumpai, she will still jump in

hArith is really into football now. i do feel that he looks like a big boy in the photos below. bday diorang the other day he dpt goal post, so syiok petang2 training bola with the dad. i have yet taken any photos of him during his training session with the dad.

hArith pulak pantang dapat garden hose, he’ll be either busy watering the plants or washing the car. Hmm maybe one day we can open up car wash for charity…hihi

he is very thorough in washing the cars. mmg boleh melambung bil air. satu tayar ntah brapa lama die basuh.

and prob is when he starts washing one car, he’ll go to the next car. ended up nak wash 3 4 kereta. imagine how long that takes. and will ended up screaming crying when we call it a stop.

and this boy, im having problem to get him to brush his teeth. tgk lah gigi die…

and this boy can really eat. well talking about eating habit, alhamdulillah all my kids can really eat. and i need not worry about them getting hungry coz sume dah reti cari food sendiri. athirAh has no problem panjat cabinet amiq biskut. or even panjat cabinet bukak periuk nasi to take rice. if takde lauk pun no prob, she’ll be happy to eat just plain rice. uZair on the other hand, will panjat his high chair as an indication “i want food”. my kids have in between snack quite often, fruits lah, biscuit and such. and the best part im happy with them is that they have no prob eating veggie. they even take spicy food

look at uZAir, sempat lagi nak makan before joining the bro and sister splashing water in the “pool”. the minute he saw bro n sis were outside, he quickly run out with his bowl of cereal (without milk)

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*warning! lotsa photos involved in this entry

It has been a month plus since we had the celebration. I really have to start doing a post on it before i lupe the things that had happen. This post might not be in the proper sequence since i really cant think straight especially after going through the photos. I really dont know why this time around, my pregnancy really anti the laptop and going through all the photos just make my nausea worst.

So where do i start? The preparation i guess. Well i cant remember how long it took me to prepare. But based on the email of graphic design that i received for the birthday theme, it was on the 2nd May and i dont remember printing it straight away and cutting it . Well, i used the trial version of adobe acrobat, and the trial is only for 30days, after the birthday my trial version was still valid, so i guess i did it all in less than 30 days. Yes there was certainly lots of priniting and cutting to do. I used up the whole ink catridge ,coloured as well as black n white. and of coz lots of papers involved ;). Anyway, the graphic design was done by Partiesbyhardie . i requested for the theme and also came out with the idea of boarding pass as card invitation.

Among the decoration made using those graphic designs were for the straws, cupcake topper, and table centre piece

The 4 pictures below credits to lana from her facebook, she came early and managed to snap photos of the deco

besides cutting the papers, i bake the cupcakes and cookies. sorry no fancy creamy cupcakes as syauQi said that will only caused mess and such, leceh budak nk makan, so just simple cupcakes and cookies for kids AND parents to munch. I wanted to make the “burger cupcake” myself but i doubt it i have the time so i  requested my reliable trusted friend Fadd to do it. I told her how i wish to have it and gave her the link of the burger so she knows what i was talking about and wallaaa, she came with trays of burger!

those who wants to order this yummy burger im pretty sure she’ll be more than happy to accept orders (wahh i lak yg sukahati confident she takes order, hihi)

Other decos involved were…

signage

table centrepiece which was various “pattern” of roads with choc cars and cupcake toppers as road signs. I had the idea but due to terrible “gastric” (yes back then i thought i was having gastric but few days b4 the bday i came to know that i was pregnant, hence the no appetite in eating and caused empty stomach / gastric). so i rely on my another trusted friend Alia to help me out with this. Pagi tu she came over, we potong the sterofoam and tampal the roads,rumput cucuk signage and we place the choc the very last min takut ended up my kids makan)

balloons of coz, to fill up the sitting room as well as ikat at the chairs outside

oh, i also made photobooth but i think i didnt place it strategically, it went unnoticed by most people sadly, jenuh nak potong carboard tv and get it painted. mayb sbb it didnt stand properly tu org tak notice (i want to blame syauqi on this, hahaha *evil laugh* sbb each time bgtau he will say nanti die pegi hardware shop tp tak pegi2 pun) nway here’s the big red car

and a photo of mak2 budak since budak2 syok main mende lain, so mak budak amiq gmbar

photo credits to yaya

and the “main wall” was done that morning. i had my skool friends, the twins who came over pagi to help me with the last min thingy

cakes were done by ayannmama.blogspot.com i requested for such cake, the elder 2 to have 3 tier as a symbol they turned 3 and uZair had 2 tier as he turned 2 years old. surprisingly yesterday we were talking about cakes and hArith still remembers that he had car on his cake and uZair had trucks while athirAh had princess on it. see, syauQi…who said they wont remember a thing! hihi (hint hint, sila approve next year punye bday party..haha)

My sister and i sesat went we wanted to collect the cake, spend an hour plus on the road, then baru teringat candle tak beli lagi. it was already 3, my tummy was empty trus pening coz i think gas dh naik kepala, almost vomited in hanah’s car, pheww lukcy thing i didnt. when we reached home few guests already arrived.

i  had a very quick shower and set things up. few things were still not yet done. i didnt do the food labeling yet. and didnt set up the activities booth properly. i didnt have siganage for it, thus nobody knows wat was on the table. but i guess everyone was pretty much occupied with other things thats why it was unnoticed. i had homemade finger painting, homemade playdough and also DIY cupcakes. The cupcakes were already ready, for the kids to put their own icing.

My bad, i cant expect ppl to know wat is wat without any label/signage. See the dough was still in the tupperware,obviously ppl were cluless wat was it. i was suppose to bring out the shapes and all for kids to play with the dough but i forgotten. (see photo below). beside the scissors were the icing for the DIY cupcakes. And i was suppose to bring out aprons to place it there so kids can look like lil chef but again i miss out on that. Had 5 aprons ready but didnt bring out, aiyoo.

photo credit to hanis

Then again, as i said mayb all kids were very much occupied that they didnt bother to explore this section.

i dont have any pics of kids in the sanpit n trampoline. managed to get photos of the sandpit from lana, thanks again lana. Wah lana’s boy dah macho conquer the sandpit. last year he was screaming when his mom got him to touch the sand, he graduated from his OCD aight lana? bravo! looks like u can have more diving trip lana while hQ enjoy the beach!

Before the party, we rushed to curve to get more sand to replenish the sand that my kids been throwing out of the sandpit. bought 3 new pack but my gardener didnt undestand my instruction, he didnt bukak all 3 pack and isi the sandpit. instead he place the pack tepi sandpit. sorry kids if the sand tak cukup for u all to bury ur hand and kaki

And since the theme were vehicle/tranportation, we had the “racing car”. again the wheels were last minute glued so it didnt stay well, tecabut habis tayar, aiyak.

most of the kids malu2 to join the race. if u notice the cars number plate were after the kids innitial and age, we had AH3, AZ3 and AU2 . syauQi asked me asal old skool sgt number plate, zaman bile punye keta from Perak ni, haha.

Besides having the inflatable bouncer and big ball in the air, we had the mini pool. but i guess kids were very smart, despite it being covered, twice kids went it before time.

my boys were supposed to wear their 3/4 white pants with that shirt but hArith insists on wearing jeans for both of them. i was afraid die panas, tp nak jugak pakai jeans.

kids were already eager to jump into the pool, uZair was asleep..had to wake him up to have the cake cutting session before all kids get wet. he was lil cranky of coz, woke up so early in the morning to help/busybody with the preparation and ended up knock out the minute guest started coming.

And sorry peeps, i made all of you sang the bday song 3 times. I really love the look on hArith’s face when ppl sang the song for him. He was delighted! Thanks to hanim from pinkertonic for capturing that lovely moment! PRICELESS!

muka hArith masih teruja!

not only his cake, the other 2 punye cake pun hArith beria nk tiup

and uZAir was still half asleep refused to stand on his own,

my brother kate the kids baju make them look like circus trio, haha

and after the cake cutting, all kids were ready to get wet.

the pool cover pun tak sempat remove betul2, all kids dah jump in.

and the peak was the Kamikaze Blast i guess…here’s hArith doing the demo

and here’s syauQi doing the demo on athirAh , “what if” ur child doesnt want to run and skid on it?

here’s the answer…throw her!

yes, if your child does not want to run n skid, you “throw” him/her instead…hihi

and after seeing athirAh’s happy face being “thrown”, other parents were confident to allow syauQi to “throw” their kids too 😀

Kids were queueing up for their turn to be “thrown” by syauQi.

while the Kamikaze Blast were going on, my sister came with a pail of water balloons!

while busy throwing water ballon, i had a surprise visit by my aunt and family all the way from kg Pontian, if kawan ade istilah bestfriend,  ni my bestauntie. every week sure call borak2. kadang tu a week smpai 4 5 kali call!

uZair was fully awake when he saw the water play, he was very much occupied with the water sprinkler

among other photos to share,

kids were enjoying the swings

the transportation theme also include water vehicle,

we had trouble getting athirAh out of the water. It was already gloomy (but alhamdulillah it didnt rain, despite it being very very gloomy, heard there was puting beliung in kota damansara, all pokok besar tumbang akar tercabut). athirAh actually jumped again into the pool after we brought her into the house. so ended up i had to inflate the pool and buang the air, but she was enjoying to the very last drop of the water in the pool

hAppy faces of the parents seeing their kids happily enjoying the day

this photo taken by yaya’s husband, husband die jadi paparazi snapping away bini munching cookies, hihi

among the things that i forgotten and need to take note for future reference (some i’ve mentioned though)

• proper label/siganage for activity booth
• i wanted to decorate the kids eating table but seriously i was running out of time, tgk lah meja tak berlapik pun. i wanted to serve the cupcakes, “burger”  on the kiddies table so it is easily reachable for them. i wanted to make a road like on that table too and place the choc car on it.
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• syauqi lupe to on the bubble machine, it was nicely placed up at the corner but he didnt on it. penat je rush gi toys r us
• instruction to fill up the sandpit was not understood by the gardener, next time kena double cek
• almost forgotten the steam hotdog, half way tru the party baru kelam kabut suruh syauqi steam kan.
• kids were looking fwd to jump into the pool, rushed for the cake cutting session till i forgotten to ensure all family members were around. My sis Hanah was not there during the cake cutting as she was busy filling up the water balloon at the back
• i wanted to make a “black carpet” from the gate toward the garden. yup instead of red carpet, i wanted to have a black carpet representing road (in accordance to the transportation theme) to lead to the garden. but tak jumpe those cheap carpet nipis zaman dulu sek gune tuk surau.
• this banner was only put up half way tru the party. (again pics credit to pinkertonic)
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• should have place the photobooth at a more strategic place, despite the signage it went unnoticed by majority, ke sbb my photobooth takde rupe photobooth ? *sob*sob =(
• and most importantly, to let my family members know what i have in mind. that was the prob, each tim emy mom tanye this and that i just didnt have the energy to tell her my plan. so camane nk expect them to help with the final touches. but of coz they already did their part ALOT =) Thanks to my mom and Hanah. and Hanah dah risau nanti by the time anak die punye bday we all dah tak kose nk buat party..hahaha. n notice the “traffic lite” by the door? sadly we didnt have enough “tiang” to have a traffic light for uZair.
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and of coz a BIG THANK YOU to En Ahmad Syauqi for approving my kertas keja and belanjawan to have a birthday party this year. although he was NOT part of the commitee print and potong bagai, he actually said this when he saw me cutting the papers n all

him: i penat lah

me: asal u penat, bukan i suruh u potong ke ape?

him: seryes, i penat tgk u prepare! potong lah, glue lah…brapa byk tah kena potong

(especially the goodie pack, die suruh i beli je those plastic party pack, and i kept telling him, “eh bukan i suruh u tolong i pun, and again he replied “ye lah…tapi i penat ah tgk u prepare”)

• lupe nk amiq photo of the goodie packs individually and the crayon roll was suppose to be in a proper plastic bag with a thank you note tp again, running out of time. n hope i didnt miss out anyone, informing the parents that some of the chocs in the goodie pack contains nuts incase ade yg allergic to nuts
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• the crayon roll was sewn by Neeza from www.neezaneedles.com . oh yes, how  i wish im good at sewing straight lines and sew it myself, hihi. good thing Ikea ade stock those vehicle printed material to match the birthday theme =). parents you can put the crayon roll in ur handbag and whenever u eat out, while waiting for the food, kids can be occupied with colourings 😉
• n opss, i think i miss out on few invitation. as i said prior to the bday i “gastric” mmg tak larat buat pape. lupe nk email few ppl nk invite. sorrryyy

Thanks everyone for spending your Sunday with  us for the TRIPLE Celebration 2010. I really wanted to to send a Thank You email to everyone individually but blame it on my hormone. i just couldnt sit down infront of the pc/laptop. thats y it takes me a month plus to do this entry

My kids, hArith especially was very very happy, especially when he saw his skoolmate

hmm, so what should we have next year? any idea? takkan waterplay lagi. wahh confident next year dpt approval lagi…hihi

Again, THANK YOU everyone. sorry for the short coming, i didnt get to chit chat with all of u. sorry if ade yg tak cukup tempat duduk and all. i think i had about 50 kids sbb we had almost 55 goodie pack and sume licin habis.

Hope u all had a great time =)

*and oh my dad made a surprise trip back for the bday party! my dad kena posted in Jeddah since last year, and tomorrow my parents will be back for good, hooray. i’ll have xtra hands that is! 😉

**photos credit to Hafiz from Wow photo. but i had to put my watermark sbb tanak org main cilok sebarangan. i dont have any other watermark besides that. so again, photos were by Hafiz unless stated otherwise

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Lately, the weather have been very unpredictable. It use to be that only end of the year yg often hujan. but now it can be extremely hot early of the day and petang it star pouring. This have been the major obstacle for me to continue  my Kids in Charge.

Past few days weather was kind enough. That automatically means my kids get to play outside. They sure had fun with the water…

Wah sgt lah bersantai hArith ni, and uZair giving his cheecky look,

Since it has been raining more often than not, i decided to kill my time doing cookies. i better make full use of my mixer b4 syauQi thinks it was not worth the hassle of him carrying the mixer all the way from US. It is no joke heavy to be carrying it back, sgt lah solid molid the mixer

i notice in movies, cookies n milk comes together. do ppl really drink milk after they have cookies?

the big size cookies, specially made for syauQi, hihi

anyone have great recipes to share with me?

p/s: im thinking of having a Water Play Kids Portraiture, will there be people interested to join the fun?

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