2nd Ramadhan : Mana Darrel, Mama?

Air yang dicincang tak akan putus.

Familiar quotes??

Pagi ni, I was sending the boys as usual. Daniel was still feverish tapi main cam biasa. Darrel tak demam tapi nangis sebab nak didukung. 

"Baca doa naik car, Daniel."

"Subhanallazi......"

Daniel dia ingat ayat depan and a few ayat belakang je doa tu. Sambil sembang2 then, we arrived at the nursery. Daniel was out first, then the bags, the foods, and then Darrel. Tapi Darrel, Ibu Nani dia yang ambil. So Ibu Nani dia bawak la duk kat kerusi luar. So Daniel was waiting for his little brother inside, kept on asking me "Mana Darrel, mama?". Dia ingat Darrel tertinggal agaknya, so he started to cry. Loud and getting LOUD! Risau adik dia hilang.

I never noticed Daniel develops love towards Darrel. Yela budak, tau main, berebut mainan, gaduh dengan adiknya. Tambah-tambah lagi dua2 hero. Dulu sebelum Darrel lahir, siap baca buku lagi how to develop love between siblings. I was always worried back then what if Daniel feel alone, dipinggirkan, tak disayangi. Macam-macam. Till one day, I cried the whole day thinking of this. And for mummies out there who have this kind of worries when you are expecting second, third child , don't worry, it is normal.

Putting Darrel to sleep.

These are a few things that I did and still do to build strong siblings relationship between them.

1. Kalau Daniel gaduh dengan Darrel instead of me comfort them, I will ask Daniel to say sorry to Darrel and kiss him.

2. Make Daniel feel important as he is the eldest one. Bila dia ambil mainan, minta dia ambil mainan untuk adik dia jugak. Bila dia ambil pampers, minta dia ambil pampers untuk adik dia jugak. Bila dia ambil makanan, ambil makanan untuk adik dia jugak.

3. Let them have bonding time. Baca bedtime story sama2, makan sama2, kadang2 kalau biarkan diorang sendiri, a few time I noticed Daniel main cak-cak dengan Darrel.

4. Pray and pray a lot so that Allah semaikan kasih sayang tu antara diorang berdua.

Simple 4 tips right? There are a lot more, but these 4 are the most usual , common things that I did everyday.

No doubt that there will always be some a few days that they will have their siblings rivalry, tapi I believe it is just a healthy rivalry .

Masak apa berbuka hari ni?? Nak masak western lah!

Till we meet again,

Mama Anis.

mummy tummy one two thee!

1st Ramadhan : Chicken and Fish

Assalamualaikum Naufar Daniel and Darrel Miyzad.

Anak-anak mama puasa ke hari ni? Today is first day of Ramadhan, the month of blessings, the month where everymuslim is waiting for. I can't wait for both of you to start fasting, then I will cook your favourite foods. Then we'll be praying tarawih together. Sekarang ni kamu berdua tengok mama solat kat tepi je kan. Moga mama mampu didik kamu menjadi muslim, mukmin yang baik.

Semalam, mama bercerita dengan abah pasal Daniel. Do you remember abah took you two out to Setia City Mall? Iye, lupa eh? Mama was having a course in Goldcourse Klang so abah had to take care of you guys. Abah told me that you guys had Nandos for lunch. Abah said Daniel ni tak abis-abis berceloteh masa abah bawak kamu berdua keluar. Masa makan pun bising ye kamu! So there was Daniel with his meal, chips and soup. Sambil makan, mulut duk berceloteh. Abah bagi kamu makan ayam and you kept on saying “Chicken..chicken”. without noticing after that Daniel kutip ayam tu n put in the glass of water. Air sapa la jadi mangsa tu. The chicken pieces jatuh la kat dasar gelas tu. You excitedly said “Fish..fish”. What a clever little boy. Maksudnya Daniel tahu kaitkan yg ikan hidup dalam air.

Anak-anak ni ibarat kain putih yang dicorak oleh ibubapa nya. 

Dari Abu Hurairah r.a. diriwayatkan Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda, “Setiap anak dilahirkan dalam keadaan fitrah iaitu suci bersih. Kedua orang tuanyalah yang membuatnya menjadi Yahudi, Nasrani atau Majusi”.

Husband and I decided that we should read the boys bedtime story to encourage them to read. I guess from reading, Daniel develops his communication skills. Talks, recognize things, tahu pasal chicken, pasal fish. Paling utama mama dan abah nak kamu berdua kenal siapa tuhan kamu. Allah. Allah. Allah. Apa tujuan kamu dilahirkan. Apa tugas kamu. Siapa musuh kamu. Macam-macam mama nak ajar, bukan setakat Chicken and Fish semata. Dan kamu pilihlah daripada apa yang mama mampu ajar nanti, mana yang betul, mana yang tidak. Ok?

Tengku Naufar Daniel

Tengku Darrel Miyzad

Do you remember that last Monday was your 2nd birthday, Daniel? Mama wishes you sayang a very happy birthday, may your life is blessed n showered with love, rahmah from Allah. I love you very much. End of this month will be Darrel Miyzad 1st birthday, 28th of July. Mama looks forward for that day. Mama loves you too very much. Moga anak-anak mama jadi hamba Allah yang baik, umat yang baik, pemimpin yang baik, semua yang baik-baik belaka insyaAllah.

Since today is first day of Ramadhan, I celebrate it with a new blog. I wish to write things about God, about family, about my life as a mum and a wife. Dah lama berniat untuk buat blog, cuma kekuatan tu tak ada. One of my checklist for ramadhan is to accomplish it with writing any goodthings yang terlintas di kepala ni as a reminder to me and others. I wish that this blog akan meniti di hati sesiapa saja, meninggalkan jejak, leave a footprint or two, step by these tinyfeet and hands, membawa kebaikan walaupun sedikit, insyaAllah.

Till we meet again,

Mama Anis.

mummy tummy one two thee!