Hadhonah Day 2

Today is the second day faheem goes to the hadhonah. When he go out as early as 7, i feel sad. It's kind of lonely without him. The bus arrived at our house at 3.15pm yesterday! That was too late, as it was near his bedtime. I've decided to fetch him myself at 11 today. Mummy takde kerja, inilah... sibuk nak ambil anak balik sekolah huhuu.. Abang has promised to discuss the matter again with the headmistress, asking whether it is possible to send him back at 11, and whether it is possible to send him alternate days. That is a great relief for me. If not, then we are thinking of moving him to another hadhanah which is nearer to our house and to which i can just walk to send and fetch him everyday.

Faheem cried again this morning when he sat in the van, realizing that abang was not coming with him. I prohibited myself from waving goodbye to him as I knew I would break down too. People say a kid will adjust. And I hope the crying episode will last for few days only. Going to school is supposed to be a fun thing for him, but I don't think it is going that way as for now.. we'll see... we'll see...

I have like 2.5 hours before I go out to fetch him, so I better hurry in finishing my job. Bye for now!

Hadhanah

Berhampiran hadhanah..

Alhamdulillah. For 2 days we searched and surveyed a good hadhanah (nursery) for faheem, and we have agreed on a decision. InsyaAllah tomorrow will be Faheem's first day at school. In Jordan, a nursery is called hadhanah. A tabika is called bustan. A kindergarten/ tadika is called raudhah.

Hadhanah My Baby. It was recommended by one of our neighbours who also send their twins there. We tried to find a hadhanah which offers a learning programme for him, but it was not available. It's understandable, because we are not living in a big city (Amman), and thus have to deal with the lack of opportunity at hand. I guess I have to feel enough with that, again reminded of my main aim in sending him there- to socialize. perhaps I can improve his short quality time at home with my own educational programme insyaAllah :)

They offered to send a bus to fetch him as early as 7am tomorrow morning, but abang and me feel it is more appropriate for us to send him ourselves on the first day, to settle some fees, making some necessary arrangements with regard to his mealtime and just watch how thing goes. Adapting isn't always easy huh? I don't know about Faheem as he does enjoy company :). When we went there today, he appeared happy to find kids around his age.. to play with (and probably to quarrel with later on haha. Budak2 suka gaduh)

I am still a fulltime housewife. The decision to send him to a hadhanah isn't revolving around the issue of unable to take care of him, but the need for him to socialize. Well, if you look at how bored he is at home without any friend, then you'll be surprised that a kid as young as him can actually feel bored! Macam org tua, seriously.

Now that Faheem is about to experience his first day of school, I do feel old.....

Speaking about other things, I think I am super busy now haha. Planning for faheem's 1st birthday party, and handling my cake business hahaha (an even louder laugh). yes I've been selling cakes for quite some time. takdelah business apa pun, buat kek ikut mood and jual. itupun kompem tak hantar kek sebiji lengkap, sebab ada abang and faheem tukang cukai kat rumah huu. ada jugk org tempah. kalau buat kek tak jadi, selalu kawan2 abang yg habiskan haha. i take this opportunity to bake different types of cakes and to improve my baking skills. i experiment with various techniques of cake baking, and if you ask me if i am serious to open a bakery one day, the answer is definitely yes :)

i realize that for a wife to be successful, strong support from the husband is very much needed. Alhamdulillah Allah gives me a husband who supports me to achieve my dream no matter what. If only abang refuses to send my cakes to the shop after a tiring day in the hospital, refuses to bring me to town and spend many hours (we actually braved the rain, walking for many kilometres) searching for my baking needs (tools and such), refuses to buy baking ingredients everytime he come home from the mosque, refuses to finish my fail cakes or give it to his friends rather than throwng them into the bin (i used to throw away the fail cakes but abang insisted to eat them and even had to heat in the microwave to make them edible haha. sometimes when he had enough, he give them to his friends, luckily they are not the picky type huehue), refuses to taste and comment, refuses to motivate and 'push' me to bake when i'm lazy and refuses to get involved in anything... i am sure i won't have the strength to move on... Alhamdulillah for every bounty from Allah... and thank you abang for being a great support to me.. :)

yesterday our rice cooker broke down. guess it's its time... so i am burdened with another thing...which is to cook the rice on the stove :( i'm definitely not good at it, selalu je hangit... abang kata itulah cabaran utk seorng mummy haihhh. yg sebenarnya i don't usually cook our meal (very true, i don't really like cooking, i love baking), we buy from the many warungs almost everyday huuu T_T guess i have another cncrete reason to buy from the warungs after this? ;p

today i received an email from abah, sending us their (abah & ummi's) flight itinerary to Jordan, on their way to mecca! I am so excited, that I wrote down the details and timeline on abang's whiteboard! We really can't wait to have them here!!

Faheem turns 1 in 17 days insyaAllah!

It is unbelievable, it is hard to believe. 1 year has gone by since i gave birth to him, it feels so fast. Approaching 1 year old, what can faheem do?

1. He runs wobbly
2. He can't speak but he blurts out words like abah, embah, bawah etc (which are meaningless to him)
3. Faheem suka berleter macam org tua tapi of course we couldn't understand anything
4. He likes to squat (duduk cangkung)
5. He is a copycat! Dia tiru daddy berus carpet, dia tiru mummy tepuk2 baju utk buang habuk. Kalau mummy tepuk2 punggung dia, dia tepuk2 tilam
6. Mouthing to the extreme :(
7. He loves having company
8. He is super heavy (I don't know his weight but the last time we weighed him almost 2 months ago, he was 10kg)
9. I think he is quite small in term of body size. Blame the asian gene ;p. will probably grow as tall as his pak scle and pak ki later on.
10. He absolutely has The Knack symptom, he tries to 'repair' almost anything
11. He has this weird idea that wherever his things go, it is possible for him to go there as well. For example, he throws his things (toys, milk bottle, biscuits etc) to a restricted area or into a small hole, and tries to join them himself.
12. He always remember to makeup backup plans. when he wants to play with unlawful things such as the heater, he remembers to bring along his elephant so that when we look at him, he pretends to play with that purple elephant.
13. He enjoys eating. He prefers cakes and breads and chocolates rather than rice and fish and chicken. Blame mummy.
14. He brushes his teeth everyday and he uses strawberry toothpaste which i'm sure he swallows down rather than rinsing it out! (daddy complain mulut faheem berbau haha sebab tu kena gosok gigi)
15. He still bites people (mummy and daddy)
16. He walks to the nearby grocery shop, and most of the times he doesn't want his hand to be held! Kedai yg jauh sekangkang kera dari rumah tu pun ambil masa setengah jam nak sampai sebab faheem kejap g depan, kejap patah balik, kejap nak melencong tepi jalan, and SELALU stop when he see interesting things on the street (any rubbish appears attractive to him btw, and considering that I'm in jordan.... so you know...)

:)

By 2 years old, I hope Faheem can grossly pray, recite few surah from juz amma (i'm teaching him alfatihah and 3 qul), recognize alif ba ta, abc and numbers. A hectic 1 year awaits us....