Eid 2011

Selamat Hari Raya semua.. even dah berzaman.. now when I have the time to sit and write about it, cite pun dah basi. Aduhai..
Alhamdulillah another Syawal. We were planning to spend some time at KC this raya, but had to pass it because of school work. Sedihnye tak dapat pegi open house. We had ours, but mana la nak sama dgn pegi open house org kan. Hosting an open house is like hard core cooking for several days and by the time the food is ready, all you want to do is lie down and sleep. No desire to eat anymore huhuh..

Again our raya this year is a birthday + raya combo. Irfan turned 3... alhamdulillah. He's a big boy now (well, not really, he's still acting like a big baby).

Ok la I just don't feel like writing too much stuff. This blogger is so not user friendly, malas rasa nak update blog.

Father's day picnic

Great dads are hard to find. Thank you for being one of them.

It was Father's Day on Sunday the 19th. A very hot and sunny day. Temperature was close to 106 F, it was burning but I guess the wind kind of helped a bit. I did enjoy the first hour of the picnic, but the heat was really killing me. And I had a bad allergy that morning too. And Irfan wasn't a happy camper either. A very bad combo!

Nonetheless, the day was for the wonderful dads, and I'm glad that Zuhri seemed to enjoy it. BBQ-ing, chatting and lepak2. It didn't matter how miserable the mom was- it was Dad's day. LOL.

Let's do more pictures and less talking shall we. 

Amazing food. I made the chicken satay. Or should I say Gem yg buat :P

The chef of the day

The crowd

Gem with her sate. sedap sampai nak makan lidi.

Fey yg dah penat sampai nak tertido. Siap ade bodyguard tu, how special.

Irfan was so happy that Aunty Cah nak layan dia...

Happy father's day to our Dada

Amin's mom

All of us wishing the best to the man in our lives.

Tornado in town

Just a couple of days ago I wrote about tornado and the aftermath in Joplin, MO. And remember that I talked about the escape drill that I might need to do one of these days.. well, I don't have to do it anymore. Today was my first hand experience with a tornado escape. Thank god it wasn't a tragic one.

Ok where should I start. Today was rather gloomy and I myself wasn't in my best mood. After work, Zuhri went to Wichita State to play basket ball. I was at home trying to figure out how to shave some expenses for the NYC trip, seems like we have to spend every single pennies left for the Million dollar trip eeuurghh.. Irfan was napping in the room. Then I heard Irfan cried so I went into the room and hug him. Bila dah cuddle tu tertido la sekali dgn si kecik.

Then I heard the phone rang.. twice. I didn't feel like answering the phone. After 5 mins or so.. Zuhri came back and mencari2 la kitaorg. Again.. Irfan and I were still under the comforter cuddling and I wasn't in my best mood so didn't feel like saying anything. Earlier today, we had a lil arguement about who should do grocery shopping, so that explains the silent treatment. Tiba2 zuhri bukak lampu and saw me and irfan cuddling and he said we need to hurry there's tornado warning. I was like... whhaaattttt?? So dengan sehelai sepinggang we drove off to the nearest shelter which is walmart. While driving, I heard the tornado siren went on and off. All of this happened around 7:30 pm.
It was dark and scary outside. To my surprise people acted like there's nothing to worry about.
Alhamdulillah semua selamat. We were in walmart for an hour or so.. so sempat la buat grocery shopping bersama-sama heheh. How ironic.

This is how it looks like outside walmart. Look at the tornado formation.

Let's go home.. I'm tired already

Why are we in Walmart in the middle of the night momma?

Time to get really serious about this tornado I guess..

Parent As Teacher (PAT) Family Day

Since Irfan is not enrolled in any daycare or preschool, I've been taking him to PAT classes. It's a program for parents and kids who are not attending any formal classes to mix around and have fun! The classes are available through out the week, but we only go to the ones close to our apartment. I'll talk more about our daily activities in some other entry.

Anyhow.. it's approaching summer and everybody will have summer break. So school will be closing pretty soon. And sadly PAT as well (huwaaaa why oh why.. ape nak buat dgn Irfan summer ni). So last week on Thursday we went to the closing event - PAT family day (actually not really our program, pegi attend program anak org lain dgn tak malu nye heheh). We had lots of fun.. Irfan got to play with tons of stuff- fishing in a tub, farm animals, playground. He even got to pet and fed some farm animals- goats, lama, rabbits and piglets of course he didn't touch the piglets hehe. The highlights of the day was when Irfan got to ride the pony!!! He loved it sooo much he was grinning ear to ear while riding the pony. And of course bila dah habis melalak la kan..

It was such a fun experience. Irfan ni memang animal lover, he's really into animals... I wonder where he got it from :) No way, not from his mama.

Sayang la lupa bawak camera that day.. Adoi. I was using my BlackBerry and the pics sux big time! Euurghhh.. is it time for Iphone? 

Irfan with his new toy

And new glasses too- handsome young man :)

Fishing with his buddy- Muhriz

What are you looking at huney?

He's supposed to pet the rabbit but instead dia tarik bulu rabbit tu

Happy momma

Muhriz

Irfan feeding the animals

Playing with the farm animals in the tub

Irfan riding the pony!

Can you see him smiling..

Ni la yg tak tahan bab melalak.. huhu

With Muhriz's mommy

Sesame Street Live - Wichita, Ks

Went to see Sesame Street Live couple of weeks ago- Apr 4th 2011. The tickets were rather expensive $22 per person w/o company discount. Yet of course nothing can beat the Disney on Ice tix RM 270per person!

The show started at 1:00 PM, we were there just in time to take pic with the Sesame Stalls?! Hahah.. too bad they didn't let people take pictures with the characters, teruk kan. Well I guess it makes sense, if not there'll be hundreds of people lining up.

I don't really know what to say about the show. I was a bit lost hehe.. definitely entertaining thou with all the songs and dance move. Like others say, kids love the show. Irfan sure had a great time but when we got home all that he could remember was the big 'W' sign in front of the women's toilet. That's all that he talked about. Tsk.. tsk..tsk.. buand duit dada la ini budak.

Getting ready for the big opening show.. irfan didn't seem to care.

Me wearing Dorothy Perkins top, Banana Republic Skinny Jeans, Forever 21 Belt, Tie Rack Scarf. Hahah poyos!!

I love the bright stage.

Irfan and his buddy Muhriz

Us!

The fabulous five!

Percaya tak Irfan used to have an Abby plush (the one in pink)

Another Baby Shower entry

I forgot to bring the battery for the camera to the baby shower. Tension nye rasa. I was planning to take lots and lots of good pictures sigh. Anyway here are some pictures of goodies that we brought for feyruz's party. Sedapnye the mini cheese tarts I think I'm going to make more this week :)

A picture just before we charged the camera. That's hadia toy for baby F

My yummy mini cheese tarts

The cookies

The majlis was a fun one, met lots of familiar people and chit chatted with mommys yg anak sebaya dgn Irfan. None of them has potty trained their kids.. so I'm not the only one la hehe! But I'm a bit jealous that the kids Irfan's age banyak je makan.. all the mothers takde complain keep saying their kids love to eat?! Why why why la Irfan tak nak makan. Aku ni masak tak sedap sgt ke???
Irfan wasn't in his best mood as usual, meanangis and nak dukung je la. Feyruz didn't seem to enjoy the crowd that much either ehehe.. well he was sleeping for quite a while then nangis je kesian gem. Food was marvelous sampai menjilat jari, man there were lots of food!
I like the Club House they rented for the majlis, the way the set up the food on heated foil to keep the food warm is fantastic too! Tu yg orang tak berhenti makan.. I just think that it is a lovely get together.. too bad it's missing the cameraman *tension lagi*
I miss hanging out with the KC crowd already.. that's ok weekend ni nak pegi KC lagi huhu!

My set of gigi besi!

Here are pictures of my set of gigi besi.

I've been wanting to have this on since forever. I remember I kept begging my mom to take me to an Ortho since I was in form 2 or 3..
Then I flew to the States. Time study mana mampu kan. After several years working now I get the chance to actually memakai braces. First day wasn't too bad.. 2nd- 5th day was terrible. Couldn't eat and soar all day. Malam2 terjaga tak dapat tido wow.. unexpected betul. Starting on the 2nd day mulut pecah2 teruk sgt because my mouth wasn't used to the unfamiliar metal strapped on the teeth. Today is the 8th day- and I'm not fully recovered just yet. Makan nasi main telan je.. and... this really convinced me that Beauty is Pain.. muehehe I pick beauty so I guess I have to deal with the pain.

So Nov 2010 my journey begins- The Gigi Besi. Two more years to go! Dang!

Eid 2010 plus Irfan's Birthday Bash

Mother and son on eid

This eid was rather quick yet a  lot of things happened at once. Some highlights of the month of Syawal:
We celebrated our eid at a new place, Wichita KS with close family and friends. Couldn't ask for a better celebration.
My family in Malaysia went to India to celebrate Eid with our beloved Munya huhu...
Irfan's birthday was on the 3rd Eid so Zuhri and  I decided to throw him a party and eid open house sekali. Senang, same food same crowd= save budget heheh.

Ok here's the panjang lebar version:
On the first raya, pegi solat raya at Wichita masjid, my first raya at a 'real' masjid since 2004. I didn't cook anything, so we ate Krispee Kream donuts which were equal to eating tart nenas la kot haha! Malam was open house at a student's place. The food was amazing, and variety of them..One of the best open house I have to say.

Second day, did a very looong shopping for Irfan's gift, birthday stuff and all the bahan for open house. Gem showed up about 6 PM and there were no food on the stove! Sorry Gem..Malam tu masak la few things: sambal goreng, cupcakes etc.

The next day we were up as early as 6:30, start masak roti jala, curry and nasi dagang. Perghhh..boleh tahan penat. The guests came about 1 PM semua makan nasi dagang je huhu since tu je yg ade, the rest of the food other folks yg bawak. By the time the rest of the crew datang nasi dagang pun habis.. aisey. Later was Irfan's birday bash. We lighted the candle and everybody sang to him. Wahhh punya la suka itu budak kecik sampai tak berhenti menyanyi, I think the guests have to sing 3-4 times of the bday song. Tak pernah nampak dia se happy tu.. you can look at the video at Zuhri's fb. I'm so glad I planned for the birthday.. one of the most amazing moments..
Irfan is two and the journey that we had with him so far has been nothing but amazing.. it's a truely blessed having him around: he's my lil helper, my sunshine in a gloomy day, my admirer who's always amazed by my beauty and silliness haha! At two, I think Irfan is a bit taller, mature and smarter than any othe kids at his age haha ni mak perasan berkata kata
He knows a lot of words, hundreds of them. Every time when I introduce something new to him he'll get excited. Anddd... he'll say 'hi' and 'bye bye' to that new object. For example..
Mama: "Irfan, look at the grass...it's grass"
Irfan: "Grass..grass...grass... hi grass...hi grass.."
Walking away....
Irfan: "Bye bye grass...bye bye grass"

Here are some pics from the mini open house and birthday bash

The food that Zuhri and I made

Cupcakes for little Irfan

The rest of the food

The host

The guests yg berapa kerat haha.. dah ni je melayu nak buat camne

Our special guest all the way from KC. Feyuz's 1st raya..

The birthday cake

Blowing the candle

I couldn't help it when Irfan kept singing the Birthday song

Mari potong kek. Wah busy nye Irfan melayan guest

Si Kecik wanted the Buzz so bad. A gift from mama and dada

Family picture

One happy family Alhamdulillah..

Wichita folks- minus the undergrad students

Irfan loving his new toys. Thank U Thank U..

The pressie - there are more cars and books that are not in the pic.