The little robots at LittleBotz

Banyak betul child development centres jaman sekarang ni kan?

Belajar memasak la, belajar painting la... dan yang ni, LittleBotz!

Disebabkan aku dapat free pass sebab jadi juri jemputan untuk projek robotik SAS aritu, maka aku pun bawak le Lil Adam dan Lil Adib ke LittleBotz, Atria.

Terasa ulu pulak sebab aku jarang ke shopping malls baru. Haha. 

Tengok tu...berseri-seri muka walaupun nak ditinggalkan for few hours.

Lepas register, diorang pun start la main apa yang diorang nak. 

Aku dengan MrHubby? 

Dating la...apa lagi. Heh.

Actually, macam-macam yang diorang boleh belajar kat situ untuk cultivate creativity diorang. Banyak giler Lego. Gumbira la bebudak.

So untuk main kat situ, diorang kena guna thinking skills la dalam bidang Sains, Teknologi, Engineering and Maths. Wahhh...gitu!

Kecik-kecik dah nak jadi engineer?

Bukan ke aritu kata nak jadi chef?

Yang aku tau, anak-anak memang happy dapat pegi situ.

Time aku nak ambik balik, Lil Adib dah cranky. 

Sejuk katanya!

Rupa-rupanya Lil Adib merajuk time nak balik sebab abang dia tak layan dia masa try games apa ntah.

Tengok...nak amik gambar pun, muka dok sebek lagi.

Nanti kita datang lagi ye. 

Tengkiu, Aunty Jiji!

Cikgu sekolah ajar rude word?!?

As usual, balik kerja, aku akan pusing ambik Lil Adib from kindy. Bergurau-gurau. 

Lil Adib memang kalau ditanya, dia tak cerita. Soalan biasa aku- what did you eat at school? blablabla.
Sebab benda tu jugak yang aku cerita masa on the way berjalan balik dengan Tok dari tadika dulu.

selfie in the car-on the way to school

Then detour untuk jemput Lil Adam. He hopped into the car, and sat on the co-driver seat.

Biasanya dia akan tanya "How was your day, Mama?" 

Dan soalan tipikal aku...Do you have any homework? What do you wanna have for dinner?"

Tak macam Lil Adib, Adam ni-- sekali dia cerita, jenuh nak kena suruh senyap jap. Hahaha.

"Mama, today we learned about aurat."

"Ooo..that's good. Do you wanna share with me what is the aurat for boys"

"Hmm.. it's the belly button and the knees"

Aku dapat idea nak usik dia.. "What?!!! You mean, when u solat, u just have to cover those two, but not the parts in between?"

"Hahahaha. I mean from the belly button to the knees. I know you know it"

Lepas beberapa minit diam...tetiba dia kata

"It must be very hard to be a girl. I won't be able to cover my aurat if I were a girl"

Dan aku pun mula ceramah free. "You see. That's why it's easy for girls or women to go to hell, as easy as it is to go to heaven--when they give birth, pot-pet-pot-pet-potpet...."

...to which aku cuma dengar dia reply "Oooo...." 

"Just now, Abang E*** (the male teacher) didn't know how to say (._I_.)"

Aku rasa, maksud dia...he tried to avoid using the word 'breasts' lah kan.

Lil Adam sambung cerita... "So I suggested. ..Bon-bon!"

Hahahaha. Lawak pulak aku rasa.
That's our code word for boobies, masa anak-anak kecik dulu. Just bcoz aku tak nak anak-anak cakap kat public "Nak t*t*k!!!" or  "Mama, nak n*nen"--which is a common term for it. Hence the bon-bon. 

So, did everyone laugh?--aku tanya.

"A bit, but Abang E*** said, okay..let's use that word."

"You see... it's good to have code word, isn't it?"

Conversation interrupted kejap... sebab aku dengar lagu best kat Kool FM. Jadi aku pun join melalak penuh perasaan.
Lepas ni, sapa-sapa ternampak aku tengah semangat menyanyi dalam keta, sila buat-buat tak nampak ye.

Habis lagu....masa lalu roundabout....

"Mama.. today at school Abang E*** said the S word"

Terkejut aku. "Hah!!!! What?! What S word?"

Panic, tapi tetap kena focus on the traffic.

"You know, that rude word."

"You mean S.H.I.T?" ---aku terpaksa eja supaya Lil Adib tak pick up the word.

"No. It's the other one."

"So which S word?"

"S.E.X" --Lil Adam spelt it out, half whispering. Again, supaya Lil Adib yang dok kat belakang tak dengar.

Aku cuak. "Hoh?! Why would he say that?"

Kepala aku mula berfikir laju. Sel-sel otak mula berhubung, umpama Ahmad Maselan makan coklat minda. Takkan dia cerita pasal sex pulak.
Ahhh...  Takkan derjah 3 dah belajar Sex Ed?!

Lil Adam sambung.. "No, it's during the class. You know, when men and women.........."

Ahhhh...sudah. Takkan cikgu dia advanced sangat, tetiba nak ajar pasal aurat time beromen sex?! Aku mula fikir pasal well-you-know lah kan...

Dalam aku tak boleh focus sebab banyak kereta kat jalan, Lil Adam sambung lagi... "Abang E*** said, if people are of different sex, like men and women.... the aurat is....blablabla......"

...........

...........................

.............................................

"Ooooohhhh... ajnabi. Mahram."

*facepalm*

Fuhhh... berpeluh aku!

Betul lah sex, memang dia kena guna terms 'sex' pun. Bukan gender. 

Cepat sangat propa mama nye pun!

Kehkehkeh.

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Gambar ni aku ambik dua malam lepas, masa gi klinik. 

Time tu aku eavesdropped dah terdengar Lil Adam bacakan pamphlet tu kat adik dia...

Lil Adib mengikut je word-by-word.

Sampai part bulatan tu ada dengar dia sebut "This is S.E.X. You cannot say this word, adik. It's a rude word."


:-P
Hahaha. Lawak... lawak.....

Pizza picnic at Campbelltown preschool

Seingat aku, tadika aku dulu adalah sangat grande walaupun cuma Tadika KEMAS sebab ada swimming pool. Haaa..korang mampoo? 

Well, actually itu adalah kolah untuk orang amik wuduk, sebab tadika aku kat bawah surau (depan SekeTuL)--sebab tu la muka aku terpancar nur keimanan. Bahahahaha. Tapi ahh...kira swimming pool la jugak kan? #taknakkalah

Aku ingat tadika aku tu dah habis gempak dah la. Ropa-ropanya Lil Adib punya preschool lagi gah.

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Dah la aritu diorang renovate buat garden bagi cantik...siap ada buat pizza oven lagi.

So, in conjunction with the new face and the new oven.... diorang ada organise picnic.

Picnic = Makan?!?

Maka aku la orang yang paling gumbira. Wheee!!!

As usual, parents lain  ada potluck bawak a little bit of everything. 

Nyum nyum...

Aku masa tu tengah not in the mood untuk socialising, maka aku 'mingle' with the food saja la. Hewhewhew.

Haaa...ni la pizza ovennya...
Kelles kau Jah.

Aktiviti memizza (what a word ---nanges Cikgu Nooriah baca BM aku ni kang) telah diketuai oleh Let's Do Pizza. 

Best betul tengok orang buat pizza depan mata. Tak perlu topping meraban macam aku buat kat rumah. It's freshly made in front of your eyes--so cukup dengan cheese and herbs.

Pizza panas-panas dari oven!
Alamak--kantoi gambar tengah pulun makan. Hehehehe.

Aku rasa, kalau hidang kat aku 3 biji pizza time tu pun habis, sebab sedap sangat. Tapi demi citra ayu, aku pun kontrol-kontrol la sikit. 

Lil Adam and Lil Adib?
Diorang tak peduli sangat (walaupun Lil Adib is a huge fan of pizza)--sebab tengah sibuk main kat sandpit, dan main pam air dari tanah.

The new yard lepas renovation ni lebih friendly dan boleh maximise the space usage.
Kalaulah aku ada kindy.... *berangan jadi cikgu tadika*.......................
..........mesti ada budak-budak tercabut telinga kena piat. Eh
..........mesti aku nak buat learning environment macam ni jugak.

Then, aku masuk ke dalam (learning area) dan belek buku progress report Lil Adib. 

Dan belek-belek story books diorang.

Guess what?

They have this fav book of mine---Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? Awwww....

It was Adam's favourite book too  (cerita lama KAT SINI). So, it's nice to know that Lil Adib pun dah pernah dengar cerita nie.

Lepas feeling-feeling, aku keluar balik... mingle dengan makanan (lagi!).  Ngehehe.

Said hello to Suzie, Jasmine and Tatum.
...sambil mengunyah.

And since we had something on after that, ktiorang pun balik.

And before we left, had a photo with Patrea, one of the lovely teachers.

Lil Adib's health assessment

Aritu Lil Adib ada Preschool Health Assessment, conducted by Child and Family Health Service, SA Govt.

Lokasinye kat Council Chambers.

So, pagi tu aku pun pegi ke City Council...sebelum pegi ofis.

 

Sambil tunggu tu, sambil layan Lil Adib main play dough dan sambil belek balik checklist yang belum bertanda.

At the age of 4, by right he should be able to do all those. Tapi sebab ada a few yang aku tak sure, so aku biar je tak bertanda. Aku rasa kalau kat Malaysia, mesti dah kena sound sebab tak completekan checklist. Tapi kat sini, diorang cakap takpe..hehe

Anyway, mula-mula the lady suruh Lil Adib kira blocks tu. Kacang je la.

Then, to check his hearing, pakai headphone and he has to put the block in the container once he detected the sound.
Yang ni macam confusing sikit... sebab Adib ni playful. Kekadang dah dengar pun, dia buat main-main.

Next was checking the vision.
Part ni lawak sikit, sebab instead of mata dia je ngikut tegok cahaya flashlight tu...dengan kepala-kepala sekali dia gerakkan.
Hahahaha

And the teeth.
Nice teeth u have there, buddy! ;)

Another eye test.

...which he enjoyed very much, for he gotta be a pirate.
Arrrr....
The pirate had problems seeing the little letters at distance.

Last but not least---weight and height.
Almost 17kg...itu pun ada hati nak buat manja suruh orang dukung bila dia cranky. Haishhh...

Sempat pulak I expressed my concern pasal Lil Adib's height.
Aku perasan Adib ni tak setinggi Lil Adam. Mana la tau tetiba tersesat gene bantut dari mana-mana. Hahahaha.
Anyway, I was told he's above average.
Phew! Nasib baikkk....
So, lepas ni boleh sambung kutuk orang-orang pendek dan rendang tak berbuah. Wakakakaka
 

Few days lepas tu, kitorang pegi Unicare untuk Dr Stephen check telinga Lil Adib, just in case ada impacted earwax.
Dr tu pulak pandai pujuk... dia kata ada lizard in the right ear, and a mouse in the left ear, that he had to take them out.

So, lepas tu mudah la keje aku bila nak bubuh eardrops, sebab Lil Adib tau...it's to give the lizard and the mouse a swim. Hewhewhew

Pegi sekolah pakai pyjama (macam pantun daaa..)

Orang selalu pegi sekolah dah wangi, comel-comel pakai kemas. Tapi kindy/ preschool kat Aussie ni best betul. Dah la konsepnya 'playschool' je... benda-benda merapu macam ni la yang aku suka.

Walaupun hari sekolah biasa, budak-budak boleh pakai baju biasa (read: bukan uniform), tapi tak pernah la (rasanya) ada yang pi sekolah pakai baju tidur.
Aritu, Lil Adib had a Pyjama Party kat sekolah.
So everyone kena pakai pyjama.

Kebetulan Lil Adib ada pyjama baru pojaan dia- Minions. So, senang la nak pujuk supaya dia cepat bersiap pagi tu.
Si Teddybear ni selalu memang bangun ngam-ngam cukup masa je untuk bersiap dan breakfast.

Orang lain bawak bantal busuk/ pillow pet, dia nak bawak Baby Mario and Baby Luigi.
Hahaha.

Budak-budak lain pun happy masing-masing datang, macam baru bangun tido je.

Dah alang-alang tajuk post ni macam pantun... meh aku pantun sikit la...

Pegi sekolah pakai pyjama

Breaskfast pulak makan roti

Kalau dah kata nak ikut tema, 

Boleh tak si cikgu pakai nightie? :-P

Hewhewhew

Lil Adib and coins

This morning, he was holding a $2 gold coin, so I asked him "What do u wanna buy with that $2?"
He went into the room, and handed me a $1 gold coin "Maccas one dollar!"
*I thought..Parokkk..pagi2 ni takkan nak Frozen Coke*

Then he went into the room again, showed me both gold coins and said "$3".
"Good! 1 + 2 = 3. Yes...3 dollars."
*I thought.. time ni la dia nak tunjuk bakat. Cepat la Adib oiii. Kang lambat abang kau sampai sekolah*

He went into the room again... this time with a grin, he showed me this coin and confidently said "Look! $10".

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Kaya la mama kalau yg tu $10, nak oiii. Ada chance mama jadi billionaire.

Anak yang berpandangan jauh sempena Mother's Day

The perks of being mak-mak.

Tengok anak membesar, dan acting like yourself.

Acting like yourself--can be sweet, can be scary. 

LOL

Walaupun kekadang agak lawak bila tengok Lil Adam tergedik-gedik excited planning untuk birthday (like planning it 13 months ahead, before the initial year punya birthday celebration), ada baguihnya jugak.

Walaupun ada masa dia mengkantoikan surprise dengan ayat "What flavour of cake do you like, Mama?"  

atau mengkantoikan treasure hunt mencari hadiah dengan ayat "No, your present is not there! "

*sambil mata mengerling ke arah tempat tu, dan terlompat-lompat excited* ---Duh!Obvious sangat!

.... at least he learns to make a celebration meaningful.

He looks forward to celebrating any occassions/events in the family.

Birthdays, anniversary, mother's day, father's day, etc.

Last weekend, for Mother's Day... dia kata "You'll have to find two things, Mama. And I'm not telling you where I hid them"

Elehhh..macam le susah sangat. 

Aku buka beg sekolah dia je, dah nampak handmade card.

Astagaaa... apa benda dia tulis/lukis tu?

 

Katanya, itu trofi untuk No.1 mum.

Kehkehkeh. 

Lepas tu aku usik dia... "What? You have No.2 mum?" You forgot about the lesson from Hansel and Gretel? --- kepada yang ter-miss lawak ilmiah ni, boleh baca SINI.

In the card...walaupun berserabai aku nak membacanya...it says...

Happy Mother's Day, mama. 

You are the best mother in the universe. 

I love you to the moon, Mars, Saturn, around the world, 

China, Turkey, Gallipoli, 

the future, the past, the present and back

:)   ;)   :P

Hahahaha. Tak boleh blah..tetiba ada China ngan Gallipoli. Alkisahnye pasal Anzac Day aritu banyak sangat publicity pasal Gallipoli kot.

Belakang kad, ada tulis ...(why la belakang kad?)

To mum.
From your first

Dan aku tanya... "from your first what???"

Dia jawab...
 "Here... I wrote "Son"

Hahahaha. Ada ke tetiba kat depan kad ada satu je perkataan "Son."
Lawakkkk...lawakkkk.

 Lepas tu akak cakap aku tak jumpa hadiah lagi satu. So, he went to his room and handed me this....

"Eh? Why Nan's pen? I'm not your nanna! What, are you saying I look like a grandma?"
--bertubi-tubi aku bebel. Bukan nak cakap terima kasih.

"It's okay, when I get married, you're gonna be a nanna."


MrHubby menyampuk "Hahahaha. So, by that time, dia dah tak bagi hadiah Mother's Day dah la... sebab dah bagi sekarang."

 Huhuhu. Well-played, Adam.
Well-played.

Anyway, he also got me this painted pot of daffodils.
Walaupun nak tercekik menengok hasil seni anakanda mengecat, tapi kira okay la...sebab bunga tu cantik. And what matters most is--- he remembers to make me feel special.

That day, kitorang makan kat rumah je.
Buat sushi (plus nigiri, sashimi and udon) banyak-banyak... makan puas-puas.
Dan sebab aku dah lama mengidam nak makan durian... buat durian crepe sekali... Hehe

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Yang ni pulak, from last year's Mother's Day celebration.
Sampai setahun aku peram, baru post sekali. Hahaha

That's a little pot of pansy seeds. Aku dah try tanam. Aritu nampak macam hidup.
Tapi dah sejuk-sejuk kebelakangan ni, takde la aku keluar jenguk, entah hidup entah tak pokok tu.

His attempt to make a menu for breakfast-in-bed.
Rice, oat or subway. Hahaha. Senang cerita. Subway terus.

And that's how he drew me.
Wearing one of my t-shirts yang dia suka :-P

Thank you Adam and Adib---for being my Little Cinta and Mini Cinta

I love you to the moon, Mars, Saturn, around the world, 

China, Turkey, Gallipoli,

the future, the past, the present and back

+1

Hehehe. Selalu aku guna taktik keji ni.... copy that, plus one.

Win!