Life's a Journey

With these two dramas in my head, I started to formulate some Outward-Bound-School-type of plans for Kakak. She's going to start her primary years soon. I have to think of something to make my girl loosen up a little bit. I don't think we pressure her in any way to win in everything she does. Her perfectionist nature was actually spotted when I bought her some writing books. The book would have dotted lines for the child to follow to write a letter. When she first tried that book, she could not get the lines straight. Normal. I don't think any kid would get perfect lines. She decided to quit, since she could not get the lines straight. At that time, she was almost 4. At first I took it as first-timer experience and disregard it. When she started her kindy at the age of 4, the same thing happen. The first day was OK. The second and next consecutive days until the end of the week, she didn't want to go to school. Risik punya risik, the teacher actually asked the children...

There was another birthday party invitation today. Anak-anak Kak Leeza. They had the party at home. In the car on the way back from the party yesterday, I already reminded Kakak not to be so takut. And just enjoy the games. So, armed with new semangat, we went to another birthday party today. Got them all prepped up. Adik as usual, enjoying the ride like nobody's business. We got to Kak Leeza's house a bit early, so not so many people around. Adik, the Cling-on (kinda reminds me of Star Trek), was on my lap. Managed to pried off to get some food for the kids. By this time, Hubby's off outside to have his peaceful meal. Typical. We had some fried meehoon, keropok, nuggets, fries, chicken, onion rings and some of the famous A&W's float. Today's party maestro was from A&W. After makan, she called all the children to come to the center. At first, Kakak was a bit reluctant to join the troop. But I managed to goad her to join. And so she went. Round two of the dr...

We were invited to a hubby's friend's daughter's birthday party last Saturday. Everyone was excited especially the kids since they were going to have the party at Mc Donald's. After the Zuhur prayers, we prepped the kids with their best party outfits. Both were all ganged up and set to go. Kakak thought the party was going to be at Damansara Damai's Mc D, since that's the only Mc D she knows. So I told her we were driving all the way to Shah Alam section 3 Mc D for the party. When we got there, most of their family members were already there. It was a closed party with family members and close friends. Adik started to get clingy, seeing so many unfamiliar faces around. Hmm...I guess the adults headcounts exceeded the children's. So everyone got a party pack. Kakak was handing over the present to the birthday girl and was ushered to the table where all the children were seated. She was OK, had her food and imported-from-home bottled water. Then the drama begi...