Wordless Wednesday: She now Write Arabic Letter

Alhamdulillah, she is learning new things in school.

Second Week Update

This week started out ok in terms of Maisarah going to school. She cried a bit on Monday which was expected due to the weekend break. Tuesday came and she was chirpy when we dropped her that morning. She was excited to go to school and happy when we picked her up. Wednesday morning she was a bit sad but Thursday amd Friday she cried when Shah dropped her off. I think it may be because I didn't follow Shah to send her due to my 8am class. I think next week we will send her earlier on Thursday and Friday so that I can dro her of before class. We'll see if she still cries.

Even so, the teachers say that the crying only lasts a short while. Then she will take part in all the class activities. I always ask her what she does in school every day. Some days she does alphabet writing. She also learns numbers. And one day she told me that she has started to learn the sound of the alphabets, i.e. phonics. On Fridays they will do art and craft. Today she had to bring leaves to school for art. In the afternoon she will learn Iqra'.

I think she likes school but sometimes she misses us and that makes her cry. She always promises that she wont cry. I hope that feeling will go away soon.

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Wordless Wednesday: Maisarah in Uniform

Alhamdulillah, she is doing better at school this week. Very little crying and lots of new things learned.

Maisarah's First Week of School

Alhamdulillah, we have managed to survive Maisarah's first week at school. The first day, she didn't cry when Shah and I left her at school. But the teacher said once we left she started crying and asking for me. She continued to cry most of the morning but only a little in the afternoon. When I arrived to pick her up that Monday, she cried the moment she saw me.

As the week progressed, she still cried in the morning. But in the evening when we picked her up, she told us stories on her friends, what she ate at school and what she did during the day. She mentioned about learning the alphabets, learning Iqra', performing solat and what she did with her friends. A few names of friends were also mentioned.

Even so, I still think the crying will continue next week. Just now, as we were sitting and watching the TV, Maisarah said that she doesn't want to go to school on Monday and started crying. I think it will be difficult to prevent her from cyring when we send her next Monday. I keep on praying that she will like the school soon. Do any of you mom's out there have any tips on this?


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The Move

Alhamdulillah, we have officially moved in to our own home. The home which we have been lovingly furnishing since early 2010. We are very tired but happy. As I mentioned before, this is the first stage. There are still more things at my parent's place. We'll move them over slowly. Ok, I've got to go now. Will blog again later.


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Wordless Wednesday: Chocolates for Supper

She has a sweet tooth. Just like me.

Operation Kindy and Move In - Updates

From my previous entry, I had set the three missions to be completed by this week. As of today, which is 4 days to moving-in day and 6 days to Maisarah's first day at kindy, these are the updates:

Mission 1: to get Maisarah fully potty trained.

Maisarah still refuses to poop on the toilet. She says if she sits on the toilet it won't come out. We have told her countless times that at school she will not be abel to wear the diaper when she wants to poop. To which she replied 'Ok, kat sekolah Maisarah b3rak kat potty'. So, we'll just wait and see.

Mission 2: to mentally prepare Maisarah for school and being separated from my mom and Kak Som (my mom's maid).

We have been mentally preparing Maisarah for school. She seems very excited every time I say she will be going to school next Monday and meet new friends and teachers. But I forgot about the part on being separated from my mom and Kak Som. I think Maisarah knows that my mom and Kak Som will not follow us to our new home. My mom and dad have been asking her what will they do when they miss her and she says 'You can come to my house and visit.' In any case, I don't think the separation will be much of an effect on Maisarah as it will be on my parents and Kak Som. They will surely feel Maisarah's absense because the house will be quiet. Even so, we will still be frequenting my parents house every weekend in the next month or so to complete the move.

Mission 3: to start packing and moving into our own home

We have decided to move our things in stages. The first stage, which is this weekend, will involve moving our daily clothes, shoes, and daily necessities. These are all almost packed. The next stage will be Maisarah's toys, our books and clothings which we seldom use (such as older clothes, special occasion / kenduri clothes and Maisarah's babywear). The final stage will hopefully be our boxes of stuff from the UK, our 9-year old wedding presents and Maisarah's study table. Now that is just the move-in, the unpacking will involve more stages as we currently have not much space for storage. So most things will still remain in boxes for quite some time.

Anyway, I am all excited to move in to our own home. Just the three of us and not to forget, Maisarah's pet turtles will be coming too. I initially planned on leaving them at my mom's place until we were settled and I have gotten a proper table to put them on. But that plan was overruled by Maisarah. She said we can always put them on the coffee table or even the dining table. So, if any one drops by our house in the next few days, you will be served with tea and turtles for snacks.

Wordless Wednesday: The Girl that is Going to Kindy

My baby is a big girl now.