Photography session in Port Dickson..Part II

So my weekend wasn't so great last week. Nothing much to talk about..Last saturday, I stayed in the office until 3pm. My original plan was to do some revision for my coming exam, but what i did was..watching Grey's Anatomy 6 episode 4..! Geez! i really need to discipline myself or else i will be in trouble come my exam end of this month....

Other story..I went to Port Dickson (again) last sunday and like the previous..previous..previous trip, we went to eat the Superb..nyummmmyyyyyy...sedap gila steamed crab at Sea View Restaurant. I'm not going to post (Photos) of the other dishes ordered, but we had a steamed cod fish, Taufoo and veggie apart from the nyummmmmmmmmyyyyy crab..

If you notice, i ate crab everytime i go to PD kan?? Hehehehehee If i can sit few hours there..i'm sure i can wallop 3 ekor big crabs oh! HEHEHHE

So after we finished eating, hubby sent my MIL to my FIL place, me and my kids went to the beach for 'photography session' and hubby went to check his site progress.

Yeah..same models all the time. Daughter was being difficult when i want to take her photos that day. It was soooooo hard to take a decent photo of her. Almost all photo of her is a candid one.

Isaac is sooooooo big now.

I had to scream (HEHHEHEHE) before daughter finally posed for me. Isaac is ok! Just ask him to pose, and he will give his best shot!

Isaac really love the grandfather's hat and rubber boot. Maybe he wants to be a cowboy? hehehhe

Isaac was sooooo excited to play with the sand, he drew the lolipop as a gift to mommy! LOL When i told him i want a big incredible hulk, he smiled and told me this "Alah mommy! Cannot draw incredible hulk lah! This is not a paper" :P

Nah! Who can beat his big gooooo...gooooo eyes? Can you see his cheeky smile? He was smiling like that because he wanted to show off his twin dimples..LOL

If it wasn't because of my exhausted camera battery...i probably will snap more of isaac and inesha photos, but i think 100++ photos in less than an hour time pun kira ok lah bah tu kan? :P

While waiting for hubby to fetch us, there was a car accident happened right in front of my eyes. Phewww! The myvi definitely caused a big damage to the kancil. Luckily nobody was injured, but the kancil driver was fuming mad, he was shouting to the myvi driver like crazy man. I was quite a distance away from them, but still i can hear the shouting loud and clear....crazy lah!!

So after the photography session..we went back to my FIL place..and yippeeee again..we got 1 plastic bag of tiger prawn to cook!! Fresh from the pond, i'm sure i will enjoy my dinner tonight..ekekekee!

Hmmm...so i guess that's about my story today..LOL!! macam teda story, but i don't want my blog to be without a post this week. Asal ada lah kan??

Ok lah..that's about for now..till i update my blog again..will try my best to drop by in everybody's blog when i have a free time. Take care all.. ~tata~

Mommy...u cee, the 'cock' run..run already..

This is my daughter..who is 27 months or 2 years and 3 months now..! She start talking when she turned one and by now, she babble and talk more than the mommy. Her favourite is to copycat whatever uttered by the brother, Isaac. A lot of people don't believe she is 2 years ++ old as she can speak better than some 3 years old kiddo and yeah..my kids can speak 3 languanges at the same time. Though their malay is with Sabahan slang..but its still understandable lah..(eh? Apa punya Intro nie??? heheee)

So..last sunday, there was this Swiss Open Badminton Match showed in Astro. Me, hubby, Son and daughter were watching the match and when Lee Chong Wei won his battle against Lin Dan..all of us were cheering up like stupid in the middle of the nite. i'm sure if you watch the match that day, you noticed the Shuttlecocks were escorting the winners to receive their winning prize kan...! Son saw the shuttlecock..and get so excited..! He keep telling me..."Mommy!! you see the shuttlecock run.."..Me : "Ya lah..very cute kan??"

Pix borrowed from PapaJoneh's Blog

Daughter, doesn't want to be left behind, stood up trying to get all of our attentions and screamed "MOMMY!!!!! YOU CEE (see), THE COCK RUN..RUN..ALREADY!!!". Bwhahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! I was a lil' bit shocked when daughter suddenly screamed like that..and after a few secs..i burst into laughter coz' she said "COCK" and not Shuttlecock!!! HAHAHAAAAA!!!!!! I better tell son to speak properly next time or else my daughter going to repeat whatever he said wrongly in the future....Hehee

So..thats about my post today..hehheeeee!!! I'm still laughing like sot in the office whenever i think about daughter..!!

What do ya' think??

Wah!! I've been missing since friday lor...!! As much as i wanted to blog and blog hop last weekend, I was unable to do so as i had to finish my assignment and i had exam yesterday. Phewwww..glad my exam was over..!

For the whole week last week, i was sleep deprived due to my assignments yang belambak-lambak itu. Hahaa..I usually slept around 3am to do some revision and woke at 7.20am..but on saturday, i slept 5.30am (actually it was already sunday) and woke up at 7am ready to sit my exam! My head was spinning the whole day yesterday, and i had a major blank-ness in my last paper. It was already 4pm..and i was realllllly sleepy. *sigh* So faham-faham lah..i gave my answer in a point..and it was only few words in one point..hahahaha!! Matai lah nieee...

Anyway, as known lah konon-konon, i own a DSLR already..but..sadnyaaaa...i still haven't fully utilised the function and whatever the camera can do yet. *sigh again* I only used it at home, and as expected, my kids and their toys were my model..heheee For the past 3 weeks, i've took almost 300 pix of my kids and their toys..ahahaha!! Apa-apa lah!! Here are 6 of the pix taken..! Those expert in photography can tell me what i should do to improve my photos quality kah???? Lab Papa??? Willie??? The DA?? Kamu kan campin...

Macam tooooooooo bright pulak..nda ngam light dia ni kan??

Model of the year!! Wohooo

Something weird on this photo, but i cannot figure out what..hmmmm

If you think my son is the only hellboy in the house, you should look at my daughter at the background..she wanted to be hellgirl pulak..hahaha

kawan-kawan these two..but after 5 minutes, they sure will fight..bikin pening!!

Ntah apa mau cakap this photo..!

Bah..good souls out there, kestau lah your opinions..i want to improve my photography skill bah nie!!! okie?? Well..it's 3.55pm now, and i wanted to go off already..yeah!! bestnyaaa..today we work until 4pm saja..!! Hahaha.. ~tata~

How to fly in peace with your small kids??

This probably not really a new things to tell, but i think i might just want to share with those who wish or going to fly with your small kids. When i fly back to sabah recently, the 1/2 way to KK was a total disaster as both my kids refused to sit still and Inesha's didn't want to sit on my lap..(Infant has no seat so she had to sit on my lap). We were lucky as the plane still has lotssssss of empty seats and the Stewardess allows my kids to sit whereever they want. So as quick as they can, Isaac and inesha choose the seat next to the window and no matter how i coax daughter to sit with me, she didn't budge from her spot. Some more screaming pulak when i want to carry her.

So what happend in the first hour of our journey...! Hmmmm..son spilt his hot choc on the carpet..and daughter (cacing tidak pandai diam) drop a whole plate of pasta on the carpet too. Pengsan the mother want to tend her two kids in the plane. (Hubby was nicely snoozing all the way from KL - KK! Bikin panas eh!!) So what i did to quiet my kids was....Jeng..jeng..

Gave them a magazine to browse! I was lucky that day as MAS has a magazine that contains lotsssssss of superhero pix. Ada Batman (Dark Knight), Incredible Hulk, Spiderman and wohooo..that surely caught son attention and quiet him down. I let daughter play with the seat belt and that works a wonder too..Inesha keep buckling and unbackle the seat belt and give me the peace i needed Hehehehee!!!

However, magazine and seat belt only last for 30 mins and at that time, we had 1 hour before we reach KK. What i did was, ask lotsssssssssssssssss of papers for my kids and yipeeeee!!! The papers work like a magic to my kids..hehehe! For 1 hour, i had a peace and quiet journey while my kids was busy with their 'work'. Isaac, as usual lah..he drew his fav incredible hulk, hellboy and Uncle moster, while inesha, scribbling the paper without making any sounds...hehe

So if any you want to travel in peace with your kids or nephews or nieces, just give them lotssss of paper and if possible a colour pencils because i'm sure, your journey will be a peaceful one. hehee

WARNING : kaDusMama will do a marathon post tonight, so jangan terkezutttt!!

Barney Vs Incredible Hulk

Huh??? What barney has to do with green man???? Nothing! Hehehe But currently in my house, Barney fan and Hulk fan are having a terrible feud to get control over the one and only DVD Player and TV in our house. So who is Barney fan? Of course my daughter and it's already known son is fan of incredible hulk. I got a pretty bad headache watching both son and daughter wailing and wailing and wailing with their most sorrowful expression hoping i will side one of them and let one party get to control the TV.

What happend last sunday was, i woke up pretty early in the morning after daughter rouse me from my sleep and after she got her milk, she demanded me to play her Barney CD..! (At that time, son was still in his deep sleep). First round finished, and daughter continue watching for the second round (Its the same CD!!) So i thought, Ok..i can just leave her watch her CD while i wash my face and brush my teeth. Just after i finished brushing my teeth, i heard a veryyyyyy loud cry ouside and followed by a loud scream by son. I rushed outside and what happend????? The two stooges had a fight and feisty daughter retaliated by bitting son's finger. Son was angry too..and smacked daughter's head and both were crying to get my sympathy. At first i thought it was son who started the fight, but nope..son was only trying to press stopped the DVD player and daughter didn't allowed son to watch his hulk...and there..she bit him and left son in shocked! If i'm in a good mood that time, i might just gave both a long lecture and no screaming and shouting is necessary, but no..in god awful morning, both making a ruckus and that woke the 'hulk' in me. Hehehe So i shouted at son, thinking it was his fault.

Mommy : ISAAAAAAC!!!!!!! What have you done this time??? Why you smack Inesha's head?????*the garangest tone ever*

Isaac : Then she gigit my finger!! It's painful you know!

Mommy : INESHAAAAAAA!!!!!! WHY BITE KOR-KOR??????

Inesha : I want to watch my barney..kor-kor off my barney!!

Mommy : Then why bite kor-kor????

Inesha : Ya lah!! (no explanation given)

Mommy : Kor..kor..mommy see your finger..

Isaac : *Show me his little finger* Nah you see mommy, alamak!! patah already my finger! How???

Mommy : No lah..

Isaac : Yes!! Patah already..you better bring me to see doctor now..kesian isaac you know!! *Duh!!*

Mommy : It's ok already..just a small bite..

Mommy : Inesha!!! say sorry to Kor-kor now! You cannot bite kor-kor, you know!

Inesha : Mmmmm *nodding her head*

Mommy : Now say sorry..

Inesha : Sowieeee ko-ko..*no remorse face pun*

Isaac : Ok...now... inesha let isaac watch my hulk first???

Mommy : *wakakakakaa!! laughing! but inside my heart only lah*

Inesha : Cannot!!!!!!! MOMMY!!! I WANT TO WATCH BARNEY!!!

Isaac : PLEASEEE...

Inesha : Cannot! cannot! Cannot!!

Isaac : Mommy!! You see inesha....

And the drama goes on..!! Aduh!! sungguh pening kepala ini dealing with my kids..!!! Inesha is going to be 2 years old next month, but she acted like she is sooooooooo big already...last time she used to be bullied by isaac and now, she bullied isaac and hit him hard sometimes. You'll never believe Inesha can talk like a big girl unless you meet her yourself. Kan Chegu Carol?? Hehe

Back to my problem dealing with kids, i told both to take turn watching their CD. But like unfair pulak, coz daughter's barney is only 30 mins long while son's hulk is almost 2 1/2 hours!! At first daughter agreed with the deal, but after one hour waiting, she starting screaming and shouting at isaac to off the hulk and play her barney..and si KaDusMama jadi gila already!! hahahaha So what i did was..switch off the CD player..switch off the home theatre and watch the 'don't know what the heck' series at NTV7!! and left both kids crying again!! hahahaaa..

Sometimes, its cute to see them acting like that..but most of the time..its driving me crazy especially the time when i'm tired..! *sigh* When lah i can have a peaceful time at home??

What you should know about potty training!

Hah!! Probably this post doesn't really suit to those who still has no baby yet or maybe those whose not yet married..Hehe ya lah why need to be bothered by something that you don't have to deal now kan??? Unless of course, you already have a plan to have a baby soon and wanted to learn all things about potty train.

Before this, i did write one post about me wanting to train daughter (she is 21 months now) to use the toilet for small and big business. You can find my post here. The post is about the training pants i bought for daughter. Last month, i thought daughter will be ready to be out from her disposable diaper as she already showing some signs of readiness..So the 6 training pants i bought going to be handy while training daughter. Sekalinya....*doink!!! Slap forehead*. Let me tell you what happend on the first few days of training..(Day time story is based in MIL as i only trained daughter during nite time):

• 1st Day ~ Wuowwww!!! It was the worst day of all!!! Hehehe Daughter who was never out from her dispo diaper before peed and pooped everywhere she wants. Can you imagine, she poop on the table, floor and her poo-poo (Lembik-lembik poop somemore) was everywhere in our house. I spent most of my time at home cleaning her pee and poop.

• 2nd Day ~ ditto to 1st day. All, me and MIL can do is constantly reminding daughter that she is supposed to pee at the potty.

• 3rd Day ~ Daughter managed to pee one time at the potty. Hmmmm..improvement there. But still..my night was spent on cleaning the poo-poo and pee.

• 4th Day ~ Daughter can tell us she wants to pee at her potty, but still she leaks la. Hehee..

• 5th Day ~ Nah!!!! Can see amazing progress already. She can pee and poop in the potty most of the times.

• 6th Day ~ Almost 85 % successful

• 7 th Day ~ Wohoooooooo!!!!! It was amazing to see daughter finally able to control her bladder. 95 % to graduate from her dispo diaper.

• skip to 10th Days ~ And yeah!!!!!!!!!! Daughter has graduated from dispo diaper and now, she is no longer using a dispoo diaper nor a training pants during day time. Nyehhhh!!!!

• Now ~ Daughter can poop and pee anytime she wants.

The whole training seasion took about 10 days and i'm so thankful daughter doesn't need a longer time to be trained. The key of successful training :

• Though she peed and pooped everywhere, we never punished her for that. What i did was, remind daughter that she is supposed to use the potty to relieve herself. Of course she didn't get it at first, but after constant reminder, she finally understand what we told her.

• We put the potty at a our living hall. Easy and near mah...

• Everytime daughter had an accident of pooping, We act nonchalantly like nothing big have ever happend. Cool act lah konon..

• We praised daughter everytime she used the potty. Kira macam moral support lah..hehehe

• But funny is, i never reward daughter with anything for her accomplishment. Hmmmm..feel like a bad mommy pulak!!

Now..I'm so happy as i can save at least RM38.90 for disposable diaper. Hehehe I'm eliminating the usage of disposable diapers for daughter now. Yep!! Just bought 3 CD (Cloth Diaper) from cutietots for daughter night use. I'm sure, within few months of probably sooner, daughter will be able to control her bladder and no more peeing while sleeping. Lets hope the best for her.

The i- things

Sad...sad..sad...!!! Today is supposed to be a state holiday for Selangor in conjunction with the Nuzul Quran celebration. But..my bosses don't want to recognize this day as a holiday and all of us are required to work today. Why??? Because 99% of the staffs here are non-muslim, so there is no reason for us for not wanting to work. Tsk!! tsk!! Feel so rugi no holiday lah..Since I'm still 'sad' right now, i feel should blog first and do my works later..ekekekeke Its holiday what!! (Lazy mau keja lah tu..hehe)

Anyway, I'm sure everybody already know all the i- type of things. There is this iphone thing, i-kad for foreign workers, ipod and many..many others (i guess lah..hehehe). But in my house, i have so many other i- stuffs that you probably never heard before..and don't bother trying to find it in the market shelves, you won't find it there. It a special stuffs that only me have in this whole wide 'planet'??? heheheee So..let me list down the i-stuffs you can find in my house :

• i-Milk
• i-Bag
• i-toys
• i-shirt
• i-Lantern
• i-Chupa-chup
• i-Car
• i-Book
• i-Pants

• i-Shoes

I do have any others i-stuff kept in my house but i'm so lazy to mention it here. Hehe If i'm to list down everything, this post will be sooooooooo long, you might fall asleep reading it. Anyway, who does the stuffs belong to???? Yeah..my daughter. She is the collector of the i-thing.

Hmmm..before i explain in details on why i have many-many i-stuffs at home. I feel i should post some of my kids pixs taken last week during the eve of mooncake festival. Nothing much actually. Hehe My kids were busy playing a lanterns and at the same time, son was busy playing with a candle + fire experimenting the outcome of touching a fire and candle wax (of course under our supervision). Its probably dangerous for a small kid like him to touch fire, but at least now he knows that fire is hot and dangerous and can burn his hand (after few attempts of touching it!!). Phewwww!!! What a good way of letting him know that by himself...

See lah daughter, kecil-kecil also can play lantern already!! hehehe

Son was trying to touch the candle wax...There was only few 'ouches' from him as he touch the wax...hot kan!! hehe

And this what the mommy has been doing. Hehe capturing a candle pixs????? hehehehe too much huh???

Back to daughter, actually...there is no such thing called i-chupa-chup or i-milk in my house..hehehee!! I was bluffing! But the i-word do exist thou..There was this one day, i came back from work and daughter was waiting for me at the front door and was asking me something.

Daughter : Mommy, where is i-chupa chup????

Me : HUH???

Daughter : shrieked* i-chupa-chup!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh!!!! hahahah she actually asking me where is her chupa-chup..but instead of using "my chupa-chup", she used i as my!! Hehe a little confusion over there, but hey, she is just 21 months old mah!! I'm sure she will know the proper usage of 'my' and 'i' one day..Imagine..Everytime she wanted something, she will use i-........ Hehehe even hubby was confused at first, but we are ok now. We corrected daughter everytime she uses the 'i' (my).

Last time i remember, my son used the 'you' as my. Hehehee but thats another story to tell..! Maybe next time. Now, let me do my work first..(luckily boss went to site..so can curi tulang sikit!!!)..

I almost beat my son's teacher

Warning : I might use a lil' bit vulgar words to express my feeling here!

Yep! The title written based on what almost happend yesterday..or rather monday incident + tuesday solution. You see, when i reached home on Monday night, my MIL cannot even wait for me to sit down to tell me about son. I just reached at home that time when she immediately tell me that Son's class teacher hits son on his back while at school. Upon hearing that, my blood started to boil as i think there is no reason whatsover teachers are allowed to hit their students on their back. But being a reasonable mommy, i let my MIL finished the whole encounter in case i miss any point that could lead me act unreasonably toward son's teacher when i confront her. To confirm the incident, I even asked son the whole story on why the teacher hit him using a wooden ruler. Could it be he was naughty and disturb other kids while in class? But sadly, he didn't do anything that deserved to be hit like that.

If you are wondering whether son was injured or something, well..it isn't that serious. When my MIL want to bathe son after school, she smells this funny pungent Minyak Angin smell (Not sure what oil this bloody teacher use to rub off the mark from son's back). So she asked son why he got that smell. Thats when son told her, the teacher hits his back. And what reason she hits him?????? All because son couldn't write one of the chinese character on the book, hence son not able to finish the work given in the class. Stupid or not you think??? I mean, if my son is naughty or something, i don't really mind the teacher gives a little smack on the palm (FOR SURE NOT ON THE BACK), but hitting the student for not knowing how to write properly is just totally dumb...I'm not sure where this dumb teacher put her brain that time. Isn't it her duty as a teacher to teach her student properly????

But..but..thats not the reason why I almost beat her yesterday. (Don't play..play oh!! I sometimes also ganas, you know!! hehe). I went to the school quite early yesterday to confront the teacher on her wrongdoing. When she saw me, i can see she was a lil' bit panic. (yeah..she knows she is wrong, thats why she is scared). I meet her face to face and start to enquire her about her act :

Me : Teacher, i need to ask you something. Yesterday, my son told me you hit him in the class. Did you really hit him on his back???? (I was polite when I first talking to her)

Teacher : (Panic face) What?? When??? (pretended that she doesn't know anything)

Me : Yesterday..and you hit him using a wooden ruler on his back. Did you do that?

Teacher : Oh..that!! Ya lah..because ahh you son, don't know whats wrong with him yesterday, he didn't finish the work i give him in the class.

Me : He told me that he doesn't know how to write the chinese character properly, and because of that, you hit him.

Teacher : .........

Me : Do you know how dangerous it is for you to hit a small kid like him on the back?? What if you hit him and it affect his internal organs?? He is only 4 years old you know.

Teacher : No lah!! I didn't hit him that hard. I only slap a little on his back. Thats all.

Me : But, how come you rub the ointment on his back?? You try to rub off the red mark from his back right?? (A little hot that time)

Teacher : You see ah, your son has a very fair skin..so hit a little also red colour already.

Me : I know my son..you no need to tell me about that. But why did you hit him on the back??? Can you not just give a little smack on his palm?? Why need to hit the back??

Teacher : I..I..don't know lah..yesterday ah, i was very angry you know..because ah, your son like dreaming..dreaming in the class..

Me : (Wuahhhh...and that give her the right to hit my son??????) It doesn't matter he is dreaming or what, but don't you know hitting a kids back is very dangerous??? You could accidently hurt and injured the internal organs..do you know that?? (I'm repeating the fact again!!!)

Teacher : Aya..the one i know lah..but i didn't hit him hard mah..

Me : I don't know how hard you hit him, but my son complained it pained him a lot..

Teacher : (Trying to divert my attention and protect herself) You see ah..sometimes all the 4 years kids are very naughty..so i need to hit them lah sometimes..

Me : (I don't know why this teacher is dumb like a donkey) I understand what you mean..but pleaseeeeeeee!!!!!!!! Don't hit the back! I do smacked my son sometimes, but never on the back. Its only on his palm or calf.

Teacher : You see ahhh..not easy you know to teach a 4 years old kid..sometimes don't want to..

Me : (Me soooooooooooooooo damn angry already!! Bloody teacher..keep giving me don't know what excuses to cover her act) STOP!!! I KNOW HOW A 4 YEARS OLD KIDS ACT AND ITS NOT EASY FOR YOU TO TEACH THEM IN THE CLASS. BUT MY POINT HERE IS..NOT ABOUT THEIR NAUGHTINESS, BUT HOW YOU PUNISHED YOUR STUDENT! AS I TOLD YOU, YOU CAN JUST SMACK THEM ON THE PALM AND NOT ON THE BACK. (Its not the first time she hit her students on their back, my son told me one of his friends Nettish always hit on his back)

Teacher : ........

Me : (Lower down my voice) I know its not easy for you to take care of them in the class..but please, in the future, never ever hit your student on their back..It is very wrong!!

Teacher : (No remorse look pun) Ok loh..I'm sorry lah..now you tell me, then I know what to do loh..(Goodness!! Does it mean she doesn't know what she should do all this time????? )

If she just stop here..i might be ok and went off to work..but she stupidly complain about my son pulak!!

Teacher : But your son ah, the 'perangai' ah, is like he is big already. The way he think like adult already.

Me : (BUDUH!!!!) Huh??? Isn't that a good thing?? a 4 years old kid can think maturely??

Teacher : No lah..!! a kid should act like a kid..not think like a grown up. I don't like kids like your son.

Me : (BANGANG!!!!) I'm sooo proud of my son with his advance thinking and you say its not good???????? *disbelief*

Teacher : Ya lah..a kids should act like a kid. Playing all the time. Not thinking what is happening around him. Not questioning what is happening around him???

Me : (If i got a machete that time, i'm sure i already chop her into 100pcs!!! hahaha!! I was sooooo damn angry yesterday!!) At least my son can think what is wrong and what is right. And that is not an easy achievement for a small kid like him!!!!!

Teacher : Ya lah...But..

Me : (Cut off her mid sentence!! Hahaha) Ok lah teacher..i need to go to work already..But i hope i won't hear any back smacking incident in the future..Please!!!

Teacher : *dumbfounded for a while* Ok lah..now you tell me, i know already loh..sorry ahhh..!

So like that lah my whole conversation with the dumb teacher (its the same teacher who cursed in front of the students). I know I'm being unreasonable here, but if you were me, talking to her is like a nightmare. With her saliva spurting all over me, and the non-coherent excuses given to justify herself, I'm sure any parents in my shoe that time will get angry like me. I cannot understand why she wants to be a kindergarten teacher if she cannot stand a small kids attitude! Bongoh sekali!!!!!

By the way, my daughter hurts her thumb lah..see, the pix...so kesian my daughter! I don't really know what happend, but my MIL said daugther try to open the door when MIL bathed son, and somehow daughter's thumb got injured..Its such a heart wrenching to see her whined about her painful thumb.

Ok..ok..now I'm feeeeelling sooooo much better after complaining about the donkey teacher. Hehe!! If any of you think I'm too harsh to the teacher..Well, I'm not..! You will know my feeling when you have to deal with her..

My hubby is a macho guy..but...

Heheehe!! What a title..I'm supposed to go back home by now, but its raining outside and i really hate driving back home when it raining heavily. Since I'm feeling better from my angriness , I suddenly have this mood to post another post...

Back to the story..(which is about dear hubby), Hubby is one of the typical macho guy who doesn't cry when he is sad, or doesn't use umbrella when it is raining ...Don't expect him to carry my handbag too (Hmmmm..isn't Nick hate to carry handbag too?? hehehee). But since he become my kids's daddy..you will never guess he did something out of the ordinary for the sake of making my kids happy...

This playground is located at 1-utama shopping complex..Son was at the red lane ready to slide down...sekali at the yellow lane....

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Hahaha!! Hubby was with daughter playing the slide!! How many macho daddy you've ever seen will play the slide together with their kids huh?? hehee Thats why i love hubby very much..he will do anything to make Isaac and Inesha happy even if he had to crawl and play with the other kids. :)

This photo was taken last month actually..I always forgot to post it. See my son..he is not even scared with the real snake. I thought he will scream when the snake slithered on his hand. But nope..he was sooo happy playing with the snake, while I was the one who screamed "Arghhhh!! eeeeeee!! yerrrrrrrr!! ehhhhhhhhhhh!!" seeing that ugly snake!!!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...gelinya seeeeeeeeee the snake!!!!!!!!!!!! Seeing this photo also my skin crawled already!!!! Yerrrrr....

Heheeee...thats about my 'before going back' post....I need to go to pasar malam to buy something! Just remember MIL asked me to buy lotus root for her soup..! Need to go off now, or else i will reach home very late..tata!!

Whats the story?? Morning Glory...

My day started with a so much tense today. Son refused to go to nursery again and had been crying since last night begging us not to send him to nursery. I already packed his things inside his bag and as soon as he saw i finished with the packing..he unpacked his things and cried in the most 'kesian' way..saying he doesn't want to stay at the nursery..*sigh*. Why he doesn't want to be there; because not much toys to play and he is scared of the dark..my MIL fetched him quite early which was around 6.30pm, but since it has been raining for the past few days, it was a little bit dark outside at 6.30pm....Hubby suggested we checked the weather forecast first before we send son to nursery. Hahaha!! If its going to rain, then son will stay at home, and if there is no rain..he will have to go to nursery..hehehee

Then, on the way to office (today i tumpang hubby's car because i leave my car here in the office yesterday), i received another stupid brilliant sms again.. :) But i was in a mood to make fun of the sms and i suggested hubby to give 'whoever the person' is a nice call. Hubby said, usually we won't get through the number as it was fake. But..i did try anyway..I called the 012-8017440 and it ringed twice...hahaha!! i hung up the call before it was answer....When you read the sms content properly..that sender didn't even bother to send a convincing sms to people. Kasi rojaks pulak the content..sekejap english...sekejap malay..I read also i can can feel the 'fakeness' of the sms..

At 10am this morning..i received my awaiting parcel. hehehe..last monday, I've been surfing in the net looking for a nice and cheaper training pants for daughter. I was lucky because i found 2 websites that sell quite cheap babies products. See my pos express which is send all the way from sabah! hehe macam nie pun ada juga!!

Pix quality is not really good as i was using my camera hp to snap the pix! See..the two pants on my table..haha !! siap hide it in my drawer lagi!!

Since there are only two types of training pants available, i 'sapu' both in my cart and paid it right away. Surprisingly, these cutie' pants are quite cheap compare to other online boutique. With the quality of the pants and free liner somemore, RM60 + courier service is really worth my money. If any of you mother our there, or anybody interested to give somebody a nice gift for their baby, do check this site for nice CD (Cloth Diaper is good for money saving! it is re-usable mah!) ~~~ Cutietots ~~~

Thats not all I've purchased last monday. I bought another 4 training pants from MyMonsterBB. Ekekee!! since most of the available pants are already sold out, I only managed to get 3 different patterns pants. Two of the pants are the same colour actually. These pants are cheaper than two other pants as it is only sold RM19.00/pc. (I guess the quality is not the same) Nah cheap kan??? The bonus of buying the product from the dealer is...i can pick my order by myself as The Dealer live quite near from my house! (I pickedy things up last nite! super fast..order monday, yesterday can get already) Wohooo!! Save lagi money!! Oh by the way, i was double lucky as the dealer decided to give me another 30% discount on product purchased. So..RM76 less 30%, I only have to pay RM53.20 for 4 pants?? Wah!!! Good deal kan?? New stocks for training pants is coming next month. Hehe I need to control myself this time, or else, I will end-up buying everything i see...

So like that lah my Morning Glory story! Hehehe sorry lah, Title and the post has nothing to do with each other. I don't know what title to put mah! :P so..thats about today..pheww..coffee time!!

What????!! My daughter is not my daughter?????

Hmmmm...its Friday already!!! Isn't time flies really fast nowadays?? One sec its monday, another sec its already friday..and me, still cannot figure out why I still have so many things i haven't done yet. Whenever i think about home, the bed sheet, my kids toys, the kitchen that needed to be cleaned will popped into my mind. *sigh*. Why i have sooo little time to do all things at home??

Well, forget about those chores, I'm soooooooooooo glad that weekend is approaching. Hehe!! We might going out this weekend to 1-utama (AGAIN?????). Hehe..not that I'm not interested to go to other shopping complex, but 1-utama is just conveniently located very near from my house. If no traffic jam, i can reach there within 10 mins with 80km/hr speed! Very near right??

I plan to buy lots of mooncake oh, since mooncake festival is coming soon. Probably i want to try those weird flavour mooncake like sambal + shrimp mooncake?? Hehehe..sounds too weird hor, but until i try eating it, i'm not going to find out how bad or how good is the mooncake. Don't worry, i will blog about it once i had it in my stomach.

Ok!! Ok!! Forget about my coming outing this weekend, I'm just wondering if you ever been asked with a stupid question by a strangers?? Yes?? No?? Well i did. Many times indeed. But before I start ranting about those stupid questions, i need you take a close look on my daughter and tell what you think.

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When i go to shopping complex or somewhere jalan-jalan, there must be 1 or 2 strangers who like to start a conversation with me and asked me with their stooopid question. Like this :

Stranger : Wah! Hai lei ge lui, ah?

Me : HUH??? Hai ya..*grin* (as i cannot speak cantonese but i do understand a bit la)

Stranger : Nyeee...nyahhh...nyeee..nyahhh, ma???? (too fast talking i cannot get what was the question)

Me : Erk..can you speak english? I'm not chinese la!

Stranger : Oh!! I tot you are chinese. That girl ah, your daughter ah??

Me : Oh! yes...she is my daughter..

Stranger : Eh??? How come ah??

Me : Ah?? What how come??

Stranger : How come she look like chinese one?

Me : (Blardy hell..that stranger must think my daughter is adopted one!! Celaka!!) Why?? Must look like me only my daughter kah??

Stranger : Eh..no lah! curious only, she look different than you mah.

Me : Then, I married with a chinese guy, and my daughter want to have her father looks..sure look like chinese la..(Me geram already!! Who is she to question my daughter's look! )..so how??

Stranger : Oh!! no wonder lah..! (Quickly turn away from me!!)

See...stupid or not?? I really want to give her my piece of mind for giving me that kind of rude question. If she is curious on my daughter's look, she can just ask me whether I have a mix parentage (kadazan+ chinese kah??) or is my husband is chinese, coz my daughter surely have this cute chinese look (hahahaha!! persaan pulak!!). Very geram kan??

Next time, if you are curious about somebody kid's looks and dying to ask whether she/he is adopted or not, pleaseeeeeeee, think before you utter your question. Don't simply ask a stranger why her kids look different than her.

Cold Monday

I woke up quite late this morning as I was too sleepy to wake up (sleep quite late last night)..My day yesterday was pretty busy with the house chores i needed to do. I woke up early in the morning in a grumpy mood as i had to look after my sick daughter all night since friday. I, Myself is not even recover from my sickness, and my sore throat was killing me. (kononnya lah..but i didn't die juga lah!!). Kesian daughter, she refused to drink milk for few days already. I think she has a sore throat too, thats why she doesn't want to drink her milks. She doesn't even want to eat the rice, porridge or almost everything lah..sooo kesian. Brought her to see dr. and she got 4 bottles of meds to finish. Eeeeeeeeee....i dread the part giving meds to small toddler because based from my experiences with son last time, getting him to eat the med was one of the toughest job i ever had in my whole life. When i gave him an antibiotic, he will vomits until everything was out from his stomach. Then give him the meds again, he cried, closed his mouth tight and start stomping his feet on the floor refusing to eat the meds i try to shove inside his mouth (hahaha..not exactly shove lah actually). Giving son to eat a medicine was like a big battle for me and lots of efforts are needed in order for me to achieve victory. But, there was a time i still lose my battle and i really had to use the one and only power (Snap and roar the Word 'NOW!!') to get my son eat the meds (actually son only hated the antibiotic). But that was my son past story. Come to daughter, I was so surprised she didn't make a fuss at all when I gave her the 4 different types of meds. (THANK GOD FOR THAT!!!!). She only told me this when she ate the bitter meds..."Eeeeeee...Mommy..its yuck..yuck"! Phew..nasib baik!!

Then..yesterday, 2 of my ops to make money were washed inside the drain as I was soooo busy to do it. Ayooo sayangnya!!! If not, can add my income already oh! I try to finish it before midnight, but still, my kepala cannot produced any brilliant idea to do the post. So..bye bye $$$ for me.

Then..(hahaha..banyak nya then!!), my son story again. I don't know whether I mentioned about him liking his Maths subject so much or not, but he does. Out of 4 subjects he learns at school, he loves Maths the most (like me last time lah!! hehehe). In his 2 previous exams, he scored 98% and 100% for his maths paper. Terrer la juga konon. Chinese comes second, english third and last is his Bahasa melayu (God!! his BM is really teruk lah!! Kesian pulak my son cannot speak Malay :( ) . But..thats not the story i want to tell actually..(digressing again). Yesterday, hubby asked son to count his number. 1-10 is like a piece of cake for son (daughter also can count until 10! hahaha)..then start from no 11..

Son : Eleven, twelve, threeteen, fourteen, fiveteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, TWENTY!!!!!

HAHAHA!! Me and hubby corrected him so many times about threeteen being thirteen and fiveteen being fifteen, but instead of correcting his number, me and hubby pulak bombarded with the question why it should be called thirteen and fifteen!! Hahaha..Please..if you give my son the answer 'its counted that way', he won't simply accept your answer unless there is a logical explaination behind your answer. (everything must have a reason!!) Susah juga anak banyak tanya nie..if only the question is easy for me to answer...So far no answer is given to son yet! ekekeke

Well, enough for me to ramble this monday afternoon. Hehe, I'm soooooo damn hungry now but my 'tapau' hasn't arrive yet (don't know what take hubby soooooo long to come back to office). LAPAR GILA NOW!!!!! So...let me do my O&M & record all the S.I before i die of hungriness! Will blog again later..Tata!!!

*Nick, surprisingly my Monday is not sux today! hehe

Hectic day + very sad day..

I woke up quite early this morning as starting from today, i have no more helper in my house. Yeah..my helper @ my maid is back to Sabah today. *sigh*

I know i will have a hectic day starting from today. Waking up early in the morning, preparing myself and son to school, then off to work then back from work. After a long discussion with hubby, we have agree to send son to day center after he finish his school. For the time being, daughter will be staying with my MIL at home. This arrangement will be our temporary solution until we can find a replacement for our helper now.

Son will start going to the day centre this friday. If only you can understand how sad I am now. Son probably can make the adjustment of his new environment in a very short period but daughter?? *teary eyes* When I walked out from home this morning, daughter was crying and keep calling me, "Mommy!! Mommy!! Cicah want to follow". Kesiannya!!!

My MIL called me shortly after I reached office saying my daughter wanted to talk to me. *sad* :

Me : Hello cicah (Inesha).. Daughter : Mommy!!!! Me : What cicah doing?? Daughter : Cicah watch Barney. Mommy??? Me : Yes! Mommy is here.. Daughter : Mommy?? Bye?? Me : Ok! Bye sayang!

I hung up my phone as quick as i can as I almost crying listening to daughter's sad voice. If i talk a minute longer with daughter, I'm sure i will cry and won't be able to stop. I'm not sure how she will take her days without 'kor-kor' with her at home.

Right now, I'm feeling so bad being my kids mother. Apa punya mother lah cannot take care own anak at home!! If only I have the guts to quit my job....

Happy Monday..

Phew..It's monday already..Time really does flies very fast huh? Last I took my leave was on friday, and in a blink of an eye, it is monday today. So do I hate my monday today?? Well, not really. My weekend was pretty wonderful, so my mood was lifted up until today, I have no monday blues.

Howz everybody weekend anyway?? I hope everybody had a great weekend like mine. Back to the story since the last day i blogged last week, i took 1/2 day off on friday to spend my times with mom. Before i fetch her at Sg. Buloh Commuter station, I went to bank regarding on my debit card thingy. I already received my new card and needed to create a username and password for e-banking. Took almost 1 hour to get everything done. *sigh* There was only 7 people infront of me, but the bank officer took soooooooooo long to get one customer done. Luckily she has the manner of an angel, she didn't make me pissed off or come with the need to make a complain about her. Hahaha i was hoping she will make me angry or something so that i can make a complain, but none! She is really one good lady. Hmmm..she managed to get my things done in less than 10 minutes and that really made me happy with her service.

After bank, fetched my mom at commuter station and brought her to The Curve. Aunt wasn't with us as she followed another Aunty to relative's house in PJ. At the curved, I really love to stroll aimlessly with mom and catch up with each other stories. It has been 1 year ++ since i last seen her and i know you can imagine how happy i was last week. We chatted, and chatted non-stop like a long lost friend who didn't meet for 10 years. We talked about mom's paddy field, rubber trees, cats, dogs, cat, neighbour, cousin-mousin story, and everything. Punya lah banyak story. Hehe

We head home around 9.30pm after a tiring walk. When we reached home, Mom got a surprise for son and daughter. She bought them a 'pet'. But before the 'pet' become a pet, we need to hatch an egg so that we can see our baby penguin. Hmmmm..sounds weird?? Maybe..but i really like to see mom in a happy mood when she is able to make her 2 grandkids happy as well. So...what mom gave my 2 kids??? It's a penguin lah! :)

Penguin egg submerged in a container. Water level must be over
the tip of the egg, or else, egg not going to be hatched.

Tadaaaaa!!! after 37 hours submerged in the water, baby penguin finally showing itself to us! Hahaha!!! I know it look weird, but hey, my kids like it very much ah!! Daughter is still a lil' bit scared seeing the weird looking penguin, but son definitely love the penguin. When the egg still not yet hatch, he keeps checking it and asking mom when the penguin will be out, sekali sudah come out! yay!! he is the excited one.

See!! It does look weird, but still very cute! Mom says it will grow bigger in few days. Can't wait to see it change. If you are wondering whether it's alive, of course no, silly....I'm not sure what is the penguin made from, but i can assure you, it absorbs water to expand it size. Hehe!! So, as long as the water level is above the penguin head, it will continue growing until..erk!! not sure!! haha!! Only mom knows that as she bought that thing. If any of you interested with this artificial pet (hahaha!!), probably you can start looking for it at Chow Kit..It's very cheap lah..don't worry..there are few type of it..there are turtles, bettles, crocs, snakes, penguins, birds and others lah. You can keep as many as you want without having to feed it. Interesting and save money at the same time. hehe

So there, I'm sure I had interesting weekend last week..wait until I blog more about it..right now, need to work lah, later boss see me blogging whole day, kena la me! till then, Hasta la vista baby!!

*I think 'Jantung Pisang' is banana petal lah!! What do you think?? I read it somewhere last time..

Your kids love you if...

Ayak!! Another rainy day for me. Really hate it when I had my car washed, sekali...Raining pulak! Now my car becomes dirty again, office pulak cold like a freezer..*sigh*

I was supposed to confront son's teacher at school (today) about her rude manner while teaching her students, but I woke up a little bit too late this morning. Kelam kabut preparing, didn't managed to go off early. Aiyooo..have to postpone the confrontation tomorrow. This time, I'm going to drag hubby to the school as well. At least I have somebody to back me up.

Anyway, last night, something really sweet happend to me. Heheheheeee Nothing big actually, just the story about my kids. (macam biasa lah kan). I was in my from checking my blog when son and daughter decided to disturb me. Jumping here and there, then suddenly son squeaked in panic (really loud)

Son : MOMMY!!!!!! WHAT HAPPEND TO YOUR FACE???? Me : *Blank* Huh?? What happend??? Son : It's bleeding..YOU SEE GOT BLOOD ALREADY!! Me : Oh! its nothing..just bleed a little bit (actually I went to squeez my pimple..hehe) Son : Aiyooooo...Mommy got blood lah! Wait...... Me : It's ok..!! Son : Nah! Come Isaac 'lap' for you..(He took a cotton to wipe the blood) Me : Ok! Thank You.. Son : Hah!! Seeee...no more blood now. It's ok..Isaac already clean for mommy..no more painful! Me : Ok..Thank you. (while son still prodding my face)

Isn't it wonderful to know son did noticed the unimportant matter happend to me?? It was just a tiny squeezed pimple you know, but for son..it was a big matter. He is really concerned I'm in pain because I had a blood on my face. Son was worry, he try to clean the blood and comforting me at the same time. I'm soooo touched with my son doing tau!!...and then a little later, Daughter also did something to me.

Daughter : *accidently poked my mouth with her little finger while jumping around me* Me : uwah!! huuu..huuu!! (pretending crying) Daughter : SOWEEEEE MOMMY!! Son : HAH!!! See...cicah cucuk mommy's mouth already..!! hahhhhhh!!! (Trying to scare his sister) Daughter : Sowee mommy!! Cicah cayang..cayang.. (She sayang me by scratching my face). Me : Ok!! Mommy ok already..no more painful.. Daughter : Cayang..cayang..(still scratching and poking me)

With the two incidents happend, I'm sooooo touched by my kids gesture. They are still very small, but they know how to express their concern and make mommy feel better. *smile*

A question here, if you have a kids or if you are a prents, do your kids tell you they love you?? Or do you tell your kids you love them?? I do tell my kids I love them, but in BM lah..hahaha..I always tell them, "Mommy, Sayang you". But my Son really like to tell me and hubby he loves us. Hehe..sometimes when we were watching TV, son will come to us and say "Isaac love mommy, daddy, inesha and Amma (grandma)" Aiseh..!! How I love his spontaneity. (even hubby also didn't say he love me for a long time already).

Being a kid like easier kan? Nothing to worry, nothing to stress about. What I love about kids being a kids are, they are very innocent and because of that they are not afraid to show their true feeling. They have soooooooo much love to give to the people around them and they want their feeling to be known. Do you think us adult can do that? You know, showing no boundry loves to our family and tell them we love them everyday? *sigh* I don't know. I don't think I can do that to my parents. Nda biasa lah. Whatever happend in the future, I hope my kids will continue to tell me they love me even after they have family their own. If I die one day..at least I will die in peace and feel loved. *Sleepy while typing this post..haha if I don't make sense in this post, means I'm drifting to sleeping mode..

Sex Education : Double headache.

Just when I thought I'm done with son questioning me about his private part and thing that pricked his curiousity, Daughter started to do the same too...Aihhhhh!!!! Now I have to start all over again the teaching process which this time it's the opposite on what I taught son before. Like opposite way of the whole process lah! Instead of going to the left side, now I have to to the right side. Hehee Anyway, you must be wondering what daughter has done right? How can 18 1/2 old months baby had anything to do with sex?? Ayah!! Not that kind of sex lah..

Last night, I was cleaning daughter 'poo-poo' when she ask me thing.

Daughter : Mommy, keen cicah bebed? (Mommy Clean inesha 'bird-bird'?)

Mommy : *doink* emmmmm..No! Inesha is a girl..no bird-bird.

Daughter : mommy, keen la (oh yeah! she has 'lah' in everything)

Mommy : *Smiling* No...inesha is a girl..so no 'bird-bird', only boy has it..

Daughter : *mumbling herself*

So there, another episode of sex confusion. My daughter still has no idea boy and girl is different. I think she thought both the same. I'm in the teaching process now, but it's kinda tough because my son influence everything in my daughter doing. From the way she talk, sing, scream, eat, sleep..everything! And it was him who teach daughter about 'bebed'! Daughter must have thought she and kor-kor are the same. Sometimes pening you know dealing with this complicated matter! Just imagine, if you have 5 kids, you will to go through this phase 5 times...5 times???? Haha!! 1/2 of your life will be about teaching your kids about sex..

Back to daughter, I probably should have to wait a little longer to do the explaination. I don't think it's the right moment yet. She is only 18 months old oh..! Of course I will keep telling her she is a girl and 'korkor' is a boy, with a hope, she will understand it in the future..hehe!

But if you think teaching a small toddler about gender differences is difficult, I found it more difficult to toilet train Inesha. Did I mention she wants to 'shi-shi' (pee) standing? Yeps! She want to 'shi-shi' like her brother! No matter how much coaxing to tell her to sit at her potty, she will cry and tell she wants to stand. Aiyooo...another solution to find. Now my shoulder need to carry double weight already..

Oh..before I forgot, Son asked again about the 'susu' thing last night. Same question as in my previous post. He was doing his homework when he suddenly bolted and asked me "Mommy, Why girl have susu? Isaac also have??" See, he won't be satisfied with the simple answer, its for girl and only girl has it. I guess I will need to dry up my brain to figure out the answers for both son and daughter.

Well, any help or advice from the parents who have gone through the curiousity phase will be much appreciated..hehe I know I'm going to need lots of help to deal with my kids curiosity..If you have the tips... PLEASEEEEEEEEE!! Share with me....

My daughter is 18 Months old now

Awwww...look at my daughter. She is a big girl now. When I look at her photo, then only I realized she is no longer the small baby I used to cradle last time. Independent but grumpy baby, she always sulked whenever I raised my voice to her. If only you know how mischevous she is, you will understand why I needed to raise my voice and behaved like a crazy mommy. Hahahah..yeah..she like to climb up anything she think she can climbs. Blame it to her brother who is so willing assisting her doing the climbing stunts.

Well, in 18 months, Daughter has accomplished quite remarkable achievement actually. You probably won't believe me if I told you she can talks in a sentence and not word anymore. Yep! Daughter learned really fast from my son. If you see the two, I'm sure you will laugh your heart out because my kids can have a chit chatting session. They talked and discussed about their shared toys, books and sometimes their koko crunch. Heheheeee..But of course Daughter still has her baby words. She is only 18 months, so still long way to go before baby words no more in her vocab.

Last sunday, I was taking my babies photo when Daughter told son.. "KorKor..Hug-hug me" Hehehe..she didn't want to take their photo until Son hugged her. What a cutie..!! Even, I chuckled when she requested her brother to hug her.

I'm just soooo thankful to God for giving me the most precious gift in the entire world, my Beautiful children. There is nothing more rewarding job than being a mother of my children. Even if I can change my past, I don't think I want to barter it for the happiness I'm experiencing now. *sigh* I just hope, one day my kids will read my blog and always remember Mommy love them very much....

P/s. So emotional pulak today!

Inesha miss Isaac

I'm not going to complain my day today except about the stupid phone lines which went dead this morning. My office has 5 lines in total including our fax line and none of the line is working. We can't even online. Teruk betul..!! Nasib baik ok already..if not, I might become crazy in the office..

Well, since I said I'm not complaining, I'm thinking to pour my heart out. Yeah..There is nothing sucx about today, monday, but I miss my son veryyyyyyyyyyy much. It has been 3 days since he went to Perak with my MIL and FIL. Me and daughter missed him so much. My house was so quiet without him. Daughter also not like she used to when Isaac is around. Kesian she, nobody to play with at home. Diam-diam saja. When i asked her where is Isaac Kor kor, she answered me.. 'KorKor kool' (KoKo School). Kesian kan Inesha, she thought Isaac went to school pulak. When she saw Son photo's at hubby laptop last night, she was sooo excited telling me.. "KorKor pie-de-man" (KorKor spiderman). I know Inesha keep thinking about her brother. When hubby gave her phone to talk to Isaac, she was really happy to hear Isaac's voice. Can you imagine she say 'ayau' (Hello) and hmmm..ahhhh with Isaac..like having a conversation like that. The 'saddest' part was when she keep looking at the phone and around her expecting to see Isaac somewhere. Uwah!!!! I want to cry already..sedih nie!! I hope time will pass really fast so that Thursday will come soon and Son will be at home with us. Too emotional already now.. :(