short weekend in KL

I'm home! we are home!

hb is so sweet to cook me mother's day dinner! =)

i am done with mopping and sweeping so while waiting for dinner to be served, i can steal some time here.

bad news. we have fired our weekly maid so we have been sending our work clothes to the laundry to be ironed. i am NOT willing to spend time in front of the ironing board, ironing for few hours! we are just gotta pay! i feel a little guilty as when i think of it. just because i rather spend more time in front of the comp, hence i have to PAY for ironing. quite extravagant i would say. =( i really hate ironing.

our kl trip, as usual, always hectic and we are cursed. i can safely say that ALL our trips back to KL, we will always be sick. I'm not getting any better, as well as kayjay. boo.

we are a smarter traveller this time round because we brought 2 strips of paracetamol with us. yeah, we have to take pcm EVERYDAY in peninsular. no joke.

since it is mother's day weekend, we quickly sped back to ipoh just for a night before spending the rest of the weekend in KL.

EVERYONE has something this trip. very fruitful.. kj has 7 shirts! puzzles, beads, shapes board, maracas

 i have shirts, pants, a pair of loafer? or a boat shoe.
while hb really went all out this time too! he has many shirts, pants, and a pair of sneaker! wheeEEE!



me VS him VS kj! who won?

first place goes to KJ! runner up hb! third place me :(

dont remind me of the bank statement later on.

groupon is also very addictive these days. have been buying constantly. definitely ONE purchase a week. :o this has got to stop!

Bittergourd plant

Bittergourd 'plant'. chinese calls is bitter gourd rattan?

claimed to have antiseptic benefits so once in a while when KJ has rashes - either heat rash or eczema, i'll get them (pluck fresh organic ones from own orchard or just last week when mom was here, she bought it from Tuaran Tamu) for aunty.

aunty (babysitter) will boil it and bath kj with this 'herbal' water.

seriously, do not NOT believe. if it is heat rash, they will magically disappear rather immediately! hence we decided to get this from time to time.

it is just for external use, no harm we thought.

have been using this since kj was how-many-months-old ( i don't remember). aunty's house is warm so he'll get heat rash easily, especially when he was young, when he was chubby and have a mere non-existent neck!

like this! ----->




he was from very thin to fat and chubby and now back to slim:)

New Epson Stylus!

 this printer is awesome! it is adequate for our family usage as for now. the print from the original ink is waterproof! we've tried it and it proves to be true!

i can now print more colored sheets for kj! yay!

we have given a thorough consideration of whether or not should we invest in one printer. i hope this is not a hangat hangat tahi ayam enthusiasm! many thanks to hb for his continuous support.

im not planning to churn out a kiasu kid. to those who doesn't have a clue of what i have in mind, what we have in mind, tentatively we are not planning to send kj to school until primary one. i will try to coach him and prepare him to school.

time is limited, since I'm working full time so we will see. if things go awry, then we'll send him to school.

at this age, we'll just let him play at home and do a little bit of this and that. conditions will change when we are having our second child (I'm not preg yet) but i do hope things will fall in place.
kind of nervous thinking of it. sometimes i can be half dead before bedtime so adding another child into the family makes me gulp.

 im suppose to get this Dot A Marker for kj to make dots on the circle.

reasons for not getting it :

no 1. can't get it here in KK
no 2. don't know where to get it in KL. not sure if ELC has them.
no 3. nearest would be SIngapore but it is SGD 49. *blink eyes*

still toying with the idea of purchasing. is it REALLY necessary? many mothers shared different ways of using this 'worksheet'. u can use round stickers on it. or magnets. I've decided to try with magnets. 

amazingly, kj did it! he knows how to place the magnets on the circle. elated, i quickly print more pictures - animals that he fancies e.g. snake, tortoise, cat, dog. Boy, kite

he is not attracted to this puzzle, a 2-piece puzzle, simplest one i thought.

poo without a potty

 when he first took charge over a ball pen.
 he was a little petrified. he went Maaameeeee! Maaaameee!!! i turned towards him and i saw THIS! then he tried to rub them off. even urged me to help him! haha

   

then he did this
 -_______-
 he was sitting on the toilet bowl by the way.
 he cannot poo without sitting on one. bad move.

 we were at Semporna last weekend with my parents and he tried so hard to poo from morning till night, and finally his rectum sphincter opens at night and poo. and diarrhea after devouring TWO coconut water!
 i felt SO guilty.
he poo-ed once. and later on, he told me he wanna mmm-mmmmkk.
i coaxed him to be good, that we are going home the next morning and he'll have his potty.

he went one round and came back to me and did the same thing.

 after 1 min, he came to me with an agonizing face, pointed to his knee. crap!
it was wet! darn!
the poo dripped everywhere, god knows how it happened.

 thank god mom was around to help. phew.

I'm proud to announce that KJ is potty trained in the day, since Jan this year.

he needs to wear diaper only in the night.

Accidents happen now and then before Jan. he urinated into a borrowed car seat and i felt extremely guilty and embarrassed.

he also pee-ed in Gymboree BSC. he was excited thus he forgot to inform. Daddy got 'counseled' from the headmistress because of that. lols. i was not around that time ;)

Who wouldn't like Mickey Mouse and friends?

im not turning him into a nerd! =)

let us be honest. i am beyond thrilled when i came into the room and saw this!

however, it can be a pain when he asks u to read once... read twice...read thrice...four times... five times... and many more times... in just once session. *pulls hair*

i know, i shouldn't complain.

funny thing is that we would push this noble job to one another. hb says Mommy reads. Mommy says Daddy reads. BUT! given a choice, dearest son will ALWAYS say Mameee read!

hub says : can we not buy books with long sentences?

haha! message received! i totally agree.

kek batik or marie biscuit cake

there are many variations of this cake. seriously, u'll have a big headache contemplating which one to follow. so i follow my heart. i adapt from here and there.

recipe 1

recipe 2

recipe 3

INGREDIENTS:
100g milo
25g cocoa powder
125ml boiling water
190g butter
sweetened condensed milk (i do not measure, i pour until the sweetness level is to my liking)
5 eggs, lightly beaten
250g Marie biscuits ( 1 whole packet )

vanilla essence ( i don't remember if i put this )

some recipes stated sugar but i decided to omit it. our sweetness level is quite low ;)



small marie biscuit. RM 2.30/ packet



butter : wood dunn brand! I've never noticed this in the West. some blogs vouched for this butter!

err, we don't have much preference for this. somehow, i still prefer Anchor ;)




Steps:

1. melt the butter in the wok.

2. add in milo, cocoa powder, boiling water and egg into it. stir.

3. pour in sweetened condensed milk.




4. stir until the mixture becomes thick or custard-like.

5. turn off the heat. add in the biscuits. some recipes suggested to break the biscuits into smaller pieces/ halve them but i did not. i threw them in whole. Mix them until all the biscuits are coated.



6. transfer them to a mould and press/compress the batter.

7. cool it and refrigerate it, until like 4-5 hours or so? minimum.



8. bring out from the fridge, over turn the mould and u'll get the cake! slice it and voila!

truly simple eh?

i started goggling for this recipe because there was once when dh took home 6 cans of condensed milk! hence i have to think of ways to get rid of it before it hits the expiry date!

smart right? ;P

our food

strawberry and something juice!

forgot what was the other fruit

he didn't want to eat the strawberry whole fruit so i had to juice it.

i don't quite fancy giving him juices as i prefer him to eat it whole.

chocolate muffin

this is delicious!!!

get this brand!

it was given to me by a colleague.

Marina Beef Balls.

it has beefy smell! tastes beefy!

should be original! unlike some balls which can lack of taste and texture.

am i using the correct terms?

ehee

ultra simple meal!

we eat for the sake of HAVING-TO-EAT.

the shifts are giving me a wee bit of an irregular meal times.

Lacing

oh my gooooddddnesssss!!

after blogging for years!!!! NOW only AM i using flickr to upload photos here! using html? WTHHHH!!!!

no wonder. no wonder. no wonder!

i don't know if this is the easier way, anyhow i still find it easier than my usual way!

what i commonly do is to upload through the ADD PHOTO icon. i can only upload max 5 photos at a time!

and i didn't know that photos with large sizes will take a longer period to upload! *slaps head hard!* I'm so stupid! all these while I've been cursing when pictures failed to upload! i thought it was due to bad internet connection! OMGGG!!!

fine. forget the past.

now with this, i hope i'll be able to blog more frequent? ha-ha.

nevertheless, i still need to get used to uploading photos to flickr first. i need to explore on the iMac uploader, where i read it is suppose to ease uploading, which is to upload in batch! me love!

okay, back to business.



kayjay concentrating in LACING ACTIVITY. this is one of the Montessori's Practical Life activity.

it allows them to work on their Fine Motor Skill. improves pincher grasp. language : in and out. up and down. patience. learn about colors. (note: the strings has different colors)

you can DIY too. i have decided to buy this commercial lacing cards from Popular Bookstore at RM 19.90. fair enough i thought. initially the stingy me drafted in my mind that i would google for photos and print them, laminate and punch holes! well, this saves all the hassle. I'm so lazy.

kj is doing this at ~25 mths old! a bit too old! i should have started earlier. kiasuism. *snorts*



don't be fooled. he looks very into it right? this was just for a few seconds. at most, 2 mins?
he needs to go through Normalization. :D

actually, not only can his patience be tested, mine as well. sometimes i can be so impatient, that i will quickly help him. i cannot be sure if it is because of that, or that I'm worried he would give up too quickly, so before he gets frustrated for not being able to do it, my hands were too swift to move.
the next time round, i shall hold back and watch. to tell the truth, i know what would ensued. he will either ask me to do it , which he is so fond of now, or throw it aside and move on to other things. *frowns*

to perk things up, his language is improving so it is very cute to listen to him.

i'd say " kayjay, go put back. put them back ". he used to follow the orders. but now, he would sometimes say " mommy put back" -_________-

he can also be cheeky and recite " mommy angry? mommy angry ar? " awwww who would still be ? it would instantly melt the anger and kick off laughters!

Chillis and Kinokuniya @ KLCC

Chilis KLCC (Feb 2012)

KJ is entitled to get a free meal!

kids below 12 eat for free with purchase of adult entree

kj is a cina-apek!

we scanned through the kid's menu somewhat thoroughly and after deliberating,

we chose what we thought was best for him.

timing wasnt right, he was in cranky mode.

demanded for milk. breastmilk that is.

we ordered cheese toast and fries.

unquestionably, they were being washed down by hub and me.

wastage is a sin!

but we have to nib bit by bit discreetly.

it was not our food after all.

haha.

we intentionally arranged for a meal here after getting to know about the free meal through a mommy blog :)

heck, who would have noticed the kids menu when one is without one?

we ordered cheese toast and fries.unquestionably, they were being washed down by hub and me.wastage is sin!but we have to nib bit by bit discreetly.it was not our food after all.haha.

arrangement of books in Kinokinuya.

*scratches head*

how on earth do i search for specific books?

i have my list of to-buy-book!

-________-

although we are both not bookworms,

i was glad when hb disclosed that he could loiter INSIDE Kinokuniya for one whole day!

he commended on this bookshop when we were in appaling Popular in KK.

thats all that they have (in KK)??? he asked skeptically.

this is not even a book shop!!! he hurrumphed!

that is one thing that i detest about KK!

will be best if i can go back every two months or so.

which will not happen.

so dream on!

our drawings

he requested for them,

all that was drawn above.

two different Nemo!

guess who draw which?

obviously,

i didn't draw all the above except for the outline of the Nemo on the right!

sad right?

whenever KJ asked ME to draw this and that,

i couldn't do it :(

not that i am not trying,

but he couldn't recognize what was it.

*wails*

these are hubby's masterpiece.

so i'd push this job to daddy.

hah!

:)