happy 59th birthday

it was my father's birthday last sunday, his 59th....alhamdulillah, he is still well, active and healthy at this age, after 3 years pensioned....we had a little celebration at home and later had a lunch out - a feast of nasi baryani....

i made a special chocolate mud cake...the kids were excited having to blow the candle and cutting the cake...

we pray that you have a wonderful year ahead and have a healthy life and may Allah bless you always...

loves, mak, along, angah, asrul, jihan & imtiaz....

Jihan at 4 1/2 year old

recently, i introduced Jihan to an interactive website on learning to read with phonics method Starfall.com .... i found it very interesting and i managed to get my girl to read....she is so fascinated with the animation and the interactive activities....

i also bought a set of the Read Easy Phonics books... she is a fast learner....i will make her read the book first then reward her with the computer session on the website....

i make and attempt to facilitate her to read everyday....but it is not easy for me who is always busy...for me, a short session is better than none...how i wish i could spend more time to coach my children on my own but that is impossible right now...

i'm very glad she's making a very good progress and hopefully she will continue progressing from time to time...

11 months old Imtiaz

yeay! it's less than a month to a BIG 1!!!...how time flies...my little boy is now a BIG, macho boy! we are planing to throw him a birthday party soon...Jihan is so excited to have a birthday party...she's the one who is busy deciding what cake should i make for his little brother....

so, let's see Imtiaz's milestones at 11 months:

• the upper incisor is coming into picture...looks like it's gonna be a big one...
• he loves to crawl like a Spiderman, sparing his knee on the floor....
• he understands the word "ball", "kakak", "atok", "wan"...
• he'll say "mama" when he wants to breastfeed...
• he likes waking up kakak early morning by biting on kakak's hands or feet and by giving a hard pat on kakak's tummy...
• cruising onto furniture very well...
• wave bye- bye and clap his hands very well...
• he is able to eat his biscuits on his own (before tossing it again and again on the floor)

i still fully breastfeeding him (bravo!) and he loves food very much....

so far, he is in good health and we always pray he will always be...