saraharis

Sports Day 2009

2009-06-16T17:27:00.003+01:00

Sarah had her first sports day today. She was in two events, running and the bouncy hoppers. I am proud to announce that she came third in the running and first in the bouncy hoppers. Yeay Sarah!!

And she looked really smart as well in her gym kit..only at this age can you tuck in tshirt into cycling shorts and still look good :)

All three of us were there to cheer her on. Hurrah for Sarah!!

not a people person

2009-02-23T21:11:00.003Z

A few weeks back we were told that in nursery Haris does not talk much to anyone. They can hear him talking to himself (!) whenever he is playing (on his own!!). He doesn't like to play with the other children, he keeps very much to himself...

So anyway today when we (that would be me and Sarah) went to pick him up at the nursery, we walked into the 2-3 room and there was this group of little people playing together, going round and round the table. And where was Haris? He was lying down on the floor a distance away watching the kids at play but made no move to join them. He jumped up as soon as he realised we were there and was ready to go. The carer said he still wouldn't play in a group, he sometimes would play in pairs but tends more often than not to keep to himself.

And we have this little boy at home who talks and talks and jumps about and does everything but stay still. He plays with Sarah and even when she is sleeping wants to be next to her. When there are other children he will end up sort of playing with them , more because Sarah would be playing with them so it would seem as if he is as well but in actual fact he is only playing with his big sister.

Shy? Doesn't seem like it

Anti-social? Like the mother? Well, he is only two, what is my excuse? :)

and sarah says...

2009-02-21T21:33:00.002Z

S: mummy, i like your tummy

M: eh?? am i fat?

S: just a teeny weeny little bit mummy

M: ok then, i suppose i have to exercise

S: yes, you haven't exercise for a long time

M: should i go to the gym?

S: yes, you should go to gymnastics like mine

M: hmm....that means we also cannot eat chocolate or ice cream

S: err...maybe not everyday but we can have it on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday

M: that is every day!

S: no, you still have saturday and sunday

M: hmmm....i think we should not have it at all

S: i don't think you are fat mummy!!!!!!

NB also am not pregnant

what he is saying now

2009-02-21T21:05:00.003Z

i got shoes

i got coat (these two when someone is going out without him)

i got nana (banana, makanan ruji)

i got stickers (does he not love them! sticks them on his own face as well)

i got a book (followed by read-it)

my Mas (still mad about Thomas)

my blanket (please do not share!)

my Troy!!! (OMG!! Troy Bolton's hard core fan this one)

share!!!! ( only to be used when it is the other person who have the stuff)

mine!!!! (used in any other times when he is the one with the stuff)

my mummy ( whenever he wants to get on sarah's nerves)

my daddy ( see above)

you quashing me!!! ( please do not squeeze him too hard, he will tell you off)

scared...(and then he gets a cuddle and his way)

nose (when he wants his nose cleaned)

ta-dah...(applause please, he has performed a magnificent feat)

i watching tv!! ( when the tv is switched as we head off in the morning)

i eating nana (sometimes three at one go, ni bukan pisang emas ni..)

go school ( that would be his nursery as opposed to kakak's school)

btw, mamat is a bit pelat so the mother and sister are translators for most people including the dad.

Repeat after me....

2008-11-12T22:18:00.002Z

Gordon is the big steam engine that pulls the express and he likes to think that he is a very very important engine. Thomas fans know this.

Now Haris loves Gordon and so quite often we get a request to read him his Gordon book.

Haris: Book. Biti (see previous entry) . Gordo (go french, also see previous entry)

M: Read "Gordo" (saying it like him) ?

Haris: NO!! Gordo!

M: (can't help it) Gordo!

Haris: NO!!! GORDO!!!!

M: Gordon?

Haris: (nodding his head) Gordo.

Mummy finds it so hilarious :)

Haris Dictionary - second edition

2008-10-21T21:42:00.003+01:00

1. mummy instead of mama

2. daddy instead of dada

3. tock - socks

4. tus - shoes

5. jacket - coat (this boy is so skema one, won't leave the house without a jacket/coat)

6. mas - thomas

7. gordo - gordon (now if you say gordon in a french accent then it will sound like how he says it)

8. pearci - percy

9. jams - james

6, 7, 8 and 9 now is due to his newfound love for thomas and his friends...while we are at it, add choo choo to the list

10. biti - read ( translated by him holding up his book and saying the word over and over again until somebody reads to him, how he comes up with this word? refer to pu-tek of first edition)

11. bicky - biscuit

12. got it - he dropped his pen on the floor, so he got down from the table, picked up his pen and said 'got it'. mummy was rather amazed.

School days

2008-09-06T12:23:00.003+01:00

Entry written ages ago in September when Sarah first started school. Pictures? Maybe in another two months :)

Sarah finally started school last wednesday. Excited? Just a touch...she practically skipped and hopped her way to school. A wobbly moment was all she had when she walked through the school gates and saw the many other girls running about. We went to her classroom and she saw a few familiar faces...those playdates were worth the effort. Quick goodbyes and she was off. No tears, no fuss. Haris cried when he realised we left Sarah behind.

So the two of us then spent a quiet morning at home. Clock watching became a sport. The 'was it just two minutes ago since I last looked at the clock?' thing was getting too much by 2pm. By 2.30pm, we were outside the school gate...well, not quite true. We stayed in the car. Me reading and Haris sleeping. Now, the school is in a cul-de-sac and parking places are soooo limited. So if you want a parking spot, you have to be there by 2.30 or latest 2.45, no joke. And as I am kiasu, I was there and bagged us a good spot. Interestingly, there were already other people waiting, so if I was kiasu to be there at 2.30, does this mean the degree of kiasu-ness increases if you were there even earlier??

I think they open the gates at 3.00pm. I now recognise a few other mothers so we will gather around and chit chat for a while waiting for the little girls. Now you have to show your face at the fence (yes, there is another fence so us pushy parents dont get to close to the classroom) before the teachers will let the girl out. On the first day, Sarah was the last one out although I was standing there ages. Hmmm....maybe the teachers are still confused. Sarah so oriental looking and the mother not quite so.

Sarah is loving school. She has woken up for the past three days excited for another day at school. Although she was a bit taken aback when she realised that school is for EVERYday!!!

potty time

2008-07-21T20:32:00.000+01:00

Toilet training?

Not on my agenda just yet but Haris has his own it seems.

He now insists on sitting on the toilet for bubu....after he has done it :)

Ah well....early days yet.

Haris Dictionary - first edition

2008-07-20T19:50:00.003+01:00

1) mama- person who adore him to bits therefore under his control, although a harder nut to crack compared to dada (see below)

2) kakak - person who must be emulated as she is supercool

3) dada - person who is around sometimes and under his control in seconds!!

4) putek - i wish i know what this means but used exclusively to report that kakak has done (supposedly) something to him

5) pukepuke - makka pakka/igglepiggle, anything from the night garden

6) dark - self explanatory, whenever he wants the lights switch on

7) TOP!!! - stop ...gathered from the forcefulness of voice and hand signal

8) tar - star

9) nennen - well, favourite milkshake :)

10) mammam - chowtime

11) meeh - the other type of milk, translated by action of pulling milk out of the fridge

12) nana - banana

13) breh - bread, translated by pointing and screaming the word when kakak gets her bread and he has to wait his turn

14) poon - spoon, translated by him going through mummy's cutlery drawer

15) pok - fork, see above

16) jus - tricky this one :). it means water actually. he is not too keen on juice

17) bubu - we know that one....

18) baw - ball

19) ko-kek - very important food group...chocolate.

20) NO! - yes, NO! tough, i am bigger :)

sarah's jokes for the day

2008-07-07T15:43:00.000+01:00

Q: How do yoghurt eat?

A: In a pot

S: Knock knock

M: Who's there?

S: Face

M: Face who?

S: Facebook

(ahhh...less computer time for mummy)

Glitter

2008-07-07T11:28:00.000+01:00

Last Wednesday, Sarah lost her little pony Glitter at the playground. She was quite heartbroken. But time heal all wounds.....

Conversation took place in the car enroute home from another town

Sarah: Mummy, where is Glitter?

M: I don't know. You had it with you.

S: No I don't.

M: Well, I don't know.

Much discussion of where it could be, who had it last, where we saw it last etc. So then, we realised she had left it at the playground. Oh the tears that followed.

M: Sarah, next time you have to be careful of your stuff, I told you not to take your toys to the playground.

S: I lost Glitter. I lost my Glitter. Forever!!! (crying even louder)

M: Yes, she's gone (said the cruel, heartless mother)

Right, so now she would learn a lesson and be a bit more careful, thought this cruel mother..... imagine the stereotype evil stepmother, that would be me)

All quiet in the car.

Then, soft sobbing could be heard. Not the loud tantrummy one, or the ouch i am in pain kind or the i am upset cry, this was so soft but it sounded as if her heart was breaking.

Ignore, ignore, the mother thought.

Arghh, no can do.

M: Sarah, it's ok Sarah.

S: No, it is not. Glitter is gone. I left her at the playground

M: Maybe some other little girl will look after it

S: But how Mummy, she wouldn't know it is Glitter.

M: I know but she could look after it for you

S: But she can't send Glitter back to me, she doesn't know where I live

M: I know sweetie

S: (on a roll now) Glitter can't come back on its own, she is only a pretend pony, not a real one.

I've lost Glitter. She cannot come home to me.

So we sat there, mummy half twisted in the front seat holding Sarah's hands who was still crying softly.

S: Glitter is gone Mummy.

M: She is...

D: Don't cry Sarah. We'll get you a new Glitter

M:(eh? where? ala, don't la promise, where am I to find one again? I would buy her one should I see one similar but to promise.....as Sarah has learn this quote and quoting it back to me no less, a promise is a promise!)

S: I don't think I will see her again and I don't think I will get a new Glitter

M n D: We'll sort something out ok etc

All quiet

Except for occasional sobs

S: (inaudible talking softly to Pinkie Pie, her other pony)

S: Mummy, can I put a letter in the newspaper about Glitter saying she is lost, and she is Sarah's pony

M: You want to do flyers?

S: Yes, so everyone can know, and then they can give Glitter back to me

M: Ok we'll do it at home

S: I want to tell Nina, she is my best friend

M: We'll call Nina when we get home

S:( talking softly to Pinkie Pie again)

An hour later Sarah fell asleep. When we got home, I woke her up. Her first thought...

S: Glittter.....

Later that evening

S: Can I call Nina now?

M: Get me the phone (made the call to Sarah's bff who has been briefed earlier by text so she can understand the story)

S: Nina!!!! (and told the story....) Nina, I will go see you now ok? After I finish eating my dinner. Is Helena there? I will see you ok?

M: Er no! Nina is off to the gym to day. You can't go see her.

S: (too much trauma for the day and broke down)

M: (on the phone) It's ok Nina, you don't have to come, it's your gym day this evening. Ok then, you will come see Sarah tomorrow? For a long time? Ok. See you

Bedtime

S: Oh Glitter....Mummy I cannot sleep without Glitter.

And this little girl was fast asleep not two minutes later.

Glitter has been mentioned a few times since that day, no tears though. Mummy is on a lookout for a small purple pony soft toy.

Wakey wakey

2008-06-17T23:52:00.000+01:00

SO there I was, still half asleep. Sort of listening to him playing and dozing off.... more of the dozing off really. Sarah had come in to have a lie-in in my room.

And then Haris got onto the bed, climbed over Sarah and onto me and called out to me. Thought of keeping my eyes shut but he was persistent. Opened my eyes and he showed me his hand.

Oh no, how did he get peanut butter on his hand, was the first thought. Did he make a mess of my kitchen? was the second thought. Followed very quickly by, hang on, I have no peanut butter!!!

So up jumped mummy, grabbed the boy and headed straight to the bathroom. No, I wasn't about to smell or touch this peanut butter, I will do a visual check... and thus confirmed. Cleaned him up, had a good look around in my room especially on the bed but no sign of any smear.

SO that was how I was woken up yesterday morning.

sambungan rancangan

2008-05-12T17:01:00.000+01:00

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Relationships

2007-07-13T22:12:00.000+01:00

At the moment, Sarah is obsessed with it.....Every so often she will informed us (and also strangers) how we are related to one another. You're my mother and I am your daughter and Daddy is your husband and I am adik's sister......And we are family! She was initially confused with the wife/husband relationship but after a few rounds of explanations (and tears...hers not mine although that was a close call) she has got it now.

When reading she will look at the pictures and allocate labels of the mom, dad and kids and happily annouced 'they are family'.

about haris again

2007-07-11T20:38:00.000+01:00

he is 9 months
he is my one tooth wonder boy
and he is walking

my little man

2007-07-04T08:27:00.000+01:00

Hello gorgeous!

Favourite games

a) peek-a-boo

b) tickle me silly

c) raspberry on my tummy

d) climbing all over mummy

e) pulling out the phone power point

f) pulling out this little thing from behind the room door

g) tv remote!!!

a song for daddy

2007-07-01T09:40:00.000+01:00

I wish my daddy is home
but I cannot find him anywhere....
I wish my daddy is home
but he has gone to work....

Composed by: Sarah Ng
Lyrics by: Sarah Ng
Performed by: Sarah Ng
on 29/6/2007

pearly whites....

2007-07-01T09:38:00.001+01:00

we have teeth
we have teeth
we have teeth
correction......we have A tooth, lower left A (dentist talk), but the lower right one is not far behind.....

Going green

2007-06-25T07:24:00.000+01:00

Finally we got around to buying some cloth nappies. So today after much delay, we put the first one on.......so far so good. Haris seems to take it all in his stride but his father didn't look too happy, so it would be safe to assume that the nappy changing job will be all mine for the next few days until he can be persuaded that it is not that fiddly a job to do. Besides, not a single nappy pin in sight.....

what's that song again?

2007-06-08T17:11:00.000+01:00

we are cruising....
we are cruising....
all alone...
on our own....

yeay haris

Look who's standing...

2007-05-30T23:41:00.000+01:00

Upright
No support
On his own
A few days shy of 8 months
Watch this space....

Conversations with Sarah

2007-05-29T06:44:00.000+01:00

SAD Version 1.1
M: SARAH!! (high pitch of course)
S: I am sad, I am very very sad
M: Why?
S: Because you are bad with me ( translation: because you are angry with me)
M: I am angry because you have been naughty
S: Sorry mummy
M: Okay, don't do it again
S: I won't do it again, I promise. You not angry with me now?
M: (shakes head)
S: Yea....I am not sad now

SAD Version 1.2
S: Daddy, I am very very sad
D: Why?
S: Because Mummy is bad with me ( translation, see above)
D: Is she?
M: Eh? What?
S: Daddy....(sob sob)
D: Don't be upset Sarah
M: What happened?
S: Mummy so bad, I don't want Mummy, I want YOU Daddy
D: Oh, okay....
Mummy gives up and Daddy is confused, and once again she has him wrapped around her little finger

SLEEP
M: Sarah, remember what we talked about last night?
S: What mummy?
M: About big girls going to sleep on their own?
S: What mummy?
M: Big girls can go to sleep, and the mummy just sit outside?
S: Don't go away mummy. Stay with me
M: Are you not a big girl?
S: Tomorrow when I get bigger and bigger, I can sleep by myself. Tomorrow!!!
And so Mummy sits by the bed for another night....wrapped around her other little finger

The stars

2007-03-23T02:40:00.000Z

Haris Muhammad

5 1/2 months

About ready to crawl, has the position, now on all four but yet to grasp the required movements necessary to propel himself forward

Sarah Su-Yi

2 years 10 months

What are little girls made of?

Sugar and spice and everything nice.....

Dancer/singer/ ballerina/ model/ photographer/ skater/ princess/ big sister

how it all started...

2007-03-21T08:57:00.000Z

With extreme caution