Ready, Get Set, Go!!!

Ready ... let's check if the van is here already. Aisyah did her daily check on the car park to see if her school van has arrived. She will happily donned her bag, a birthday present. Opps, she has yet to wear her tudung. Oh she will ... when she reached school.

Already in the van. Both of them are so familiar with the routine that when they boarded the van, automatically they will shift right to the end and sit down.

Getting ready for school

Wake up in the morning, getting ready for school. Ashraf and Aisyah are all dressed up in their school uniform. Here is Aisyah posing with her pacifier. But does she bring her pacifier to school? Nope ... it will be whisked away right before she boarded the van.
Ashraf just got ready and came down the stairs. See how handsome he is ... game for photo-taking with his cute smile :)

Early in the morning ...

At 6.20am, lights on! Time to wake up and greet everyone 'Assalamu'alaikum' and 'Good Morning'.

Aisyah is a bit groggy when the lights were switched on. Still having her pacifier on.
Ashraf who woke up slight earlier, already game to pose after drinking his morning milk.
Here, Aisyah is still lazing around while Ashraf posed! Hey, he can do the 'Peace' sign. Hmm, who taught him that?

What comes next? Getting ready for school!

Playtime before bedtime!

It's already 8.00 pm but Ashraf & Aisyah are still very awake. Ashraf kept bugging for a house. So here we are with a 'house' made out of mattress and pillows for them. In and out, they crawled and pretended to sleep. But when they saw me taking out my camera, they came out and posed. Here they are, right before the mattress collapsed on them.

Ashraf and Aisyah tried to do different pose but I wasn't quick enough to capture them. See the blurry effect on Aisyah ...
Aisyah is prepared with a book even, smiling at the end of the 'house' while Ashraf is posing with his fingers.

Thomas & Friends

There are two, there are four,

There are six and eight,

Shunting trucks and hauling freights,

Red and brown and green and blue,

They are really useful crew,

All with different roles to play,

Around Tidmouth Shed or far away,

Down the hills and round the bend,

Thomas and his friends ...

Recognise the lyrics? Too bad, can't sing it for you. Ashraf's craze over trains has gone further. Added to his collection of trains are Murdock, Rosie and Thomas and Paint Carriage. How many does he have now ... actually, I am not sure. Let me take a photo and you will see. Oh yes, I forgot to add on 'up and away' tracks. What are they? Look in the pictures below, can you identify the tracks?

Cute pose, right? Opps, back to my question, the tracks are his new favourite. He will push his trains under the bridge and over it ... and guess what, like Sylvanian Family, it can be expandable. Heheh ... another craze coming up.
See the long train of trains ... each one of them has a name ... interesting, right ... and like Sylvanian Family, they are Japanese products who pay great details. One of his trains (James) makes sound and lights up each time it move. Serious ...

Nowadays kids toys have revolved with technology that it simply amazed me ... not to mention they do a good job of amazing the kids. They sure are amazed. Ashraf slept with his trains ... even waked up in the middle of the night to play with his toys. Yes, he did just that. He even woke up earlier than any of us to continue playing.

Sigh ... the love interest of Ashraf ...

Sylvanian craze

It all started with one Sylvanian cottage then turned into other cottages and even a hotel. Now, Aisyah has her own too. Had to admit ... the mom has a love interest in Sylvanian families since she was young. Just don't have the means ... now I share my love interest with Aisyah. She started with a Dora rescue centre with figuries of Dora and Diego (dunnoe who they are ... watch Nickleodeon) and now it's integrated with her new toy ... compliments of her Abi ...

See how engrossed she is ... immediately after her nap (she was still groggy), she lie down on the floor and play with her new cottage.

After warming up a bit, then she sits up and willing to pose ... yupe, she saw the camera and she posed. Eiii ... feel like pinching her cheeks!!!

After posing, back to serious business again ... she started back on her cottage. Seriously, I am amazed with the great details put into designing these toys with small pencils and printed clothes to add colour to the blankets and clothings.

Haziq's Birthday!!

Ashraf & Aisyah's Art Work

It's nearly 2 months since Ashraf and Aisyah have started school at Hanis Montessori Learning Centre. And Aisyah has blended really well with the school. Apparently she is the favourite of the transport lady as Aisyah will gaily sing songs during the trips to and fro school. Sometimes Ashraf will joined his sister in singing too.

One of their Art & Craft session, they did 'Name Sticks' where they pasted animal pastas (I did not know they are available until they brought back their crafts! Only know there are alphabets ones.) and their name. Now they can recognise their names but not how to spell them yet.

This month's theme is Total Defense so they get to learn about Fire Trucks, Ambulance, Army and Police. In fact, they just went on a learning journey (in other words, excursion) to the Civil Defense Museum. Unfortunately, neither Nazzer nor I were able to take time off to be a parent volunteer to capture them in action. The picture above shows their colouring skills where they just colour.

Ashraf & Aisyah's moments

Ashraf & Aisyah went out together, wearing something similar ... (yupe, someone asked if these are their school uniforms) but nope ... it's not! They just have something similar, compliments from their Wan! Thank you, Wan!

Well, while they were out, they came across two poles ... more of barriers to prevent people from playing soccer under the void deck. Back to where I was typing ....

Ashraf & Aisyah were hugging and posing together. Aren't they adorable ... I don't know where they get the photographic talent from. I doubt it's from me ... perhaps from their grandparents or uncles or aunties or cousins ... or their Abi!

It would definitely be a wonderful picture, except for that pacifier. Good news now ... he does not ask for his pacifier much. Alhamdullilah ...

These kids have their funny moments too ... they pretended to carry the poles out of the concrete floor. But can they? Of course, not ... instead they pose with the poles, pretending to carry them ...