Nael is 7!

This post is way outdated due to Aidan being admitted to hospital nevertheless, Ummi, Papa and Aidan would like to wish you Happy 7th Birthday to you, our little hero. We hope that you had ton of fun with your classmates during your birthday bash at Mc D. Let's have some run down since you were 6.




You are more adventurous with food, adventurous as to wanting to taste the food rather than turning your face to the other side :D You love your brother to bits and I still can remember on an occasion that really display the love for your brother. One day when we were at Giant and Aidan was throwing fit of tantrum and he simply did not want to budge, we were actually in the car. I used to have time outs with Aidan if he ever shows uncooperative attitude when we're at home but that day it was in the car driving out from Giant. Papa pulled over and let Aidan stand outside the car, you burst into tears when you saw this. Not only you were crying but you asked for forgiveness on Aidan's behalf. My heart just melt watching this. There were a few more incidents too that you cried of him although Aidan clearly at fault.

Academic wise, you are doing great, you did fairly well in your monthly exam but what Ummi and Papa is more than happy is that you love school, you enjoy learning, you have no qualms attending extra class (Agama, Morris Allen, Taekwando) albeit its a bit taxing to my standard. You ask so many questions on life, death, being good muslim, about unseen world and such. Your health department is better especially on your flu and cough, I think the Superman Vit C helped and Flexonase too :) You are eager to be so called orang besar, you want to help me with the dirty dishes, the laundry, the vacuuming, you even want to sleep on your own in your own room, to even lock the door at night and ensure the alarm is on. But the best part to watch is how you be an imam to your brother, you with your shorts and Aidan with his pull up diaper hehehe...

Nael is still a shy boy but I can see he's transforming to a more confident individual. We pray that Allah will always shower you with his love and mercy and may you turn up to be one fine grown up man with a happy soul. Lots of love, hugs and kisses from your Ummi, Papa and Aidan *muahhhss*


"Look at Aidan!!."


"He got this card from the boy who asks money from him..hemm alahai :)"

Part of Growing Up

On the 10th March evening, he fell flat face on the concrete floor. When I first saw him, he was tring to avoid my gaze, maybe he was too terrified that he thought he would get a scolding, a good one, instead I just talked to him calmly and I saw tears running down his cheeck. My poor boy, his baju melayu top near the collar was in dark red. Took him to a clinic as I thought the MO can just clip his lips, then he said need to be referred to a surgeon. Least we know, his gum needs stitches too and appointment was made to have him under GA the next morning.



"one restless boy, waiting in his gown. he looks cute though"


"sticker for him, to lift up his spirit"


"he waited for 10 mins at the OT sebab mak dia sibuk berbreakfast, he woke up to see the nurse and not the mother :P. for this i kena an earful from hubby. Sorry sayang, doc kata 1/2 hr, Ummi pergila makan 1/2 an hr."


"ini lapar punya pasal, dah tak ingat dah sakit mulut"




10 stitches to upper gum and lips and it will be removed this Thursday. So far not much drama from him, sibuk melompat lagi adalah :O

Nael is in Year 1

Nael aka Zul Arif to his friends is now in Year 1 and 4th January onwards, the ZAN household has to follow his schedule, no more waking up late for the parents :P Our day now starts at 5:45am for hubby and moi at 6:00am, reason being, I'm still b'feeding Aidan and 15mins more I consider as a luxury to catch up on the sleep lost :) No issue for Nael to wake up early too, he is more eager than usual, wakes up, take shower and hubby will give shower to Aidan too at 6:15am, yes that EARLY while Ummi prepare breakfast and bekal for everyone.

His 1st day was OK, no crying, no sad face, all I can see was his smile, his thumb up and occasional yawning. Boy oh boy, my boy has grown up. He's sitting at the last row, last seat because we were late and actually I was the last parent sending him to his class. Blame it to the bad traffic..huhuhu.

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So for the last 5 days...

1) he gets confuse when we drop him off at gate C in the morning, he wasn't sure how to get to his building. Fyi, this school is huge compare to other schools I have seen and they have 3 blocks that look the same from gate C. Once he gets to the correct building, he knows where his class, there are 5 classes where each has ~38 students, he will lookup for his class name at the door :) . By Friday he knows his way. *phew*

2) during recess, a few days I gave him lunch box and 1 day without as I wanted him to get his snack on his own. He is usually with his partner in class, name Azi@t, once he finishes his meal, we encourage him to get some other food, not that we want him to get canteen food but we just need to know how he handles his money when buying food/drink. So, what I observe, he gets confuse about 1 ringgit note but not the syiling. That is understood as his kindy taught them on the syilings. But if the food cost more than 1 ringgit, this confused him more hehehe...So, to cut short, I just thought him

a. First, put all your food and water on the cashier table, take out your wallet from pocket.
b. Then give 1 ringgit note, if it's more than that, the Kakak will ask you to give her, 10/20/50 cents more.
c. Whatever that you have pay previously, cakap "Ini dah bayar". Pay only what you have not paid. (I saw the kakak ask him another ringgit just because he was carrying with him his half eaten fish ball)

3) toilet - is so so, better than filthy public toilet. He has not use the toilet yet, hemm.....but we already asked him to show us how to unbuckle his canvas belt. He pass!

4) going home - arghhh, headache. A lot of times reminded him the path that he has to take to reach gate C. On Wednesday, his Atuk went and search him frantically all over the school. He was suppose to meet his Atuk at gate C waiting area, after 10 minute of no show, Atuk went for his rounds and got a call from him!!! We thought someone loaned him a handphone and we thought it's a smart thing to do that the night before, hubby wrote 4 major numbers at the back of his business card and placed it in his wallet. It showed that he knows when to use it during emergency. When he was talking, the line was cut off and minutes later his Atuk found him at gate C waiting area. Probed him and he told us that he and Azi@t were using public phones to make calls :P and Azi@t loaned him 50cents..aduhhh!! Even on Thursday and Friday, he showed up late at gate C but we found out another thing, Azi@t has to make calls to his father after school dismiss and my kind boy has been escorting his friend to the canteen to make the calls hehehe..Patutlah keluar lambat!! Aiyoh!!!



"Nael with his partner in crime heh..heh..heh"

ZAN I

I have been meaning to write something about the kiddos but didn't find the time..been busy or buat2 busy :P

ZAN 1
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I did not tell you about the post party aye...it was awesome coz the birthday boy had fun! Remember the end of May was super duper blazing hot although it was at night? The choc fudge Ben 10 cake from Resipi Rahsia melted only in 1 and 1/2 hours in room temperature! but the ZAN brood together with atok, wan and other cucus had terrific dinner and it was time for games. What we had for games were written here
but the bestest in my opinion was the blind folded musical chair! Hats off to Che Na...lawak gilos I tell you. Just imagine these kids blind folded scrambled for chair small plastic stools and the final between 2 girls was super duper eeking funny when I (as the emcee) moved the stool out of the circle..so basically they were on top of each other!! har har har. Too bad we did not snap pictures but it was all on video...yay to that!

These are the teka teki Questions I gave :-
1)Kat hujung katil ada apa?
2)Dalam banyak2 mata, mata apa yang paling besar?
3)Bapak Ali ada 5 orang anak iaitu nana, nini, nani dan nina, sorang lagi nama apa?
4)Dalam banyak2 ikan, ikan mana yang paling garang?
5)Kalau gajah naik basikal, manusia naik apa?


Silalah jawap ya anak-anak....




Eeee..hokeh hokeh..back to Nael. We have extracted 2 bottom milk teeth on 2 different visits to the dentist. Syukurlah, he is so okay with dentist, not afraid at all and even ask me to take him to see his dentist. 1 tooth cost me RM20...is that cheap or expensive?


Did I tell you that we went to Dino Trek? yes we did. In anticipation of the brood will get tired due to the 'wide coverage' that we need to explore, I bugged the kids and hubby to go to bed really early and woke them up early. So by 10am, we were at the KLCC car park and went straight for the tickets. The kids enjoyed them, Nael loves the racing with the Dino and amazingly Aidan loved the jiggy! Muka tak tau malu, 2 to 3 times he did his jiggy. I wish I can upload the video but I don't have it with me at the mo. In an hour, we were done :) hehehe...Ingatkan besar manalah...But that day we covered major malls in town, KLCC, Pavillion and Tropicana City Mall and once we were back at home, the kids and hubby slept like a log. Maknya yang jugak tak tido :P.




Coming up ZAN II

Nael is 6!

Let's do some recap on his milestone from 5.5 to 6 years old.

Nael is currently reading Dr Seuss's Hop on Pop which he finds it hilarious, Bacalah Sayang and also some of his school materials that is Book 16 for his English reading. He is an average for his reading skills and I'm currently coaching him to do Math from Year 1 book, plus some other Math, English, Bahasa work book bought from some bookshops. He will do one of these activity after he's done with his school homework. He's doing okay for his academic which I have no worry on that and he's now started to speak English again (albeit he needs help in rephrasing his sentences).

He's still into Ben 10 and Ben 10 Force and one funny thing he loves to watch PPG too which I find it quite hilarious. He has some new games for his PSII, some sort of samurai lawan2. He said it's Basara and since he joined TKD classes, he will demonstrate what he learns after each class. His 'new student' is off course his adik :P, the great impersonator :) . Nael latest interest is playing badminton with his cousins, his papa bought him racket for small hand like his, very cute! Alternately, we have been playing freesbie with the kids. Nael instantly fell in love with this game and also he asked for a kite for his birthday. Ehh wait..he asked for so many things for his birthday like roller blades *roll eyes*.

Personality wise...he's obidient type, shy in public, very rajin related to education ie doing homework, reading, what not. He shows his intimacy towards his loves ones, very technical little young man, very drawn into gadgets and quite sensitive about what other peoples think or act towards him.

Health wise...looks like he's allergic to dust, cats fur, he can easily has running nose with teary eyes and sneezing too. Phlemy cough and flu are his 2 best friends :( Still very skinny around 17kg. Eat moderately and very slow too unlike Aidan :P but one thing positive, he would want to taste a lot more variety of food like curry and sambal. I think that's a great achievement for a fussy boy like him.

Nael sayang, Ummi and Papa love you sooooo much and we pray that you will turn out to be a good young man and be blessed by Allah swt in your life. May you be anak yang soleh, disayangi dan disenangi oleh semua, Insyallah. Happy 6th Birthday Sayang, from your loving parents and your die hard fan Aidan :)




"The birthday boy is having high fever! Munching Milo nuggets while waiting at paed's"

Pre celebration...

Nael's birthday is coming up very soon :) Yes, he will turn 6 on this 21st and Ilham will turn 11 right? Elisa..who else sharing the same date? is there any besides Ilham?

First we were planning of having bowling birthday party since Nael is so much into bowling but had to strike that one out as fund tak mencukupi :P , plus we have been at my mak's place since many moons back, so the idea of having the bowling party at our house is not convinient at all. Since, he is so looking forward to celebrate his birthday, I promised I will make do with what we have aka have a little party with his cousins and having a Ben 10 cake.

I have been busy during weekend due to work commitment *yikes* and only last Sunday, I managed to order the cake, yesterday bought rm4 below gifts for the games that we will have and today trying to come up with some idea on the games....so far, these are what I can think off since we will be doing it at night (this Sat) in a confined area of the Wan's living room

1. Blind fold musical chair - cilok dari che na
2. Teka teki
3. Pecah belon berdua guna bontot..hahaha
4. Math question - get the age of this A, B to E person and divide by 5
5. Tulis Jawi - "Selamat Hari Jadi Nael" hehehe
6. Hafazan - 3 Kul & Dhuha : I know Nael can win this coz he can recite Dhuha and others cannot hehehe....aci tak?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?

What else? Can help give idea on any games that kids age 6 to 12 can have a fair chance to win? with in mind that space is limited and no kotor2 ie: main air/tepung and what not. Tolong! Tolong!

Last game will be....

10. Lumba lari 5 meter for Aidan and his girl cousin (age 1+) bawak belon...hehehe..CUTE!!

Thanks auties and uncles :)

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Edited :

I was thinking of having charade game...but do u think these kids will enjoy it? kang silap2 aku sorang jer yg terhegeh2 berlakon kat depan te he he...

Oh oh treasure hunt...what did che na do for the treasure hunt???