Adele's First Birthday

Her birthday actually was on 14th January 2016. Rasanya 3x celebrate kot. First was on her birthday bawak makan kt Ben's Publika. Second time at our crib. I baked a red velvet cake for her. The third time was a real celebration which we invited a guests with a real birthday cake. A good friend of mine, (IG: Littleshoplots) sponsored Adele's first birthday cake. Hehe. Alhamdulillah jimat duit mommy. Maklom lah anak lahir tgh bulan, nk celebrate besar-besaran kena tunggu hujung bulan. Initial plan nk buat kt rumah kami kt Melaka but suddenly ayah suggest buat kt Rembau je since kakteh pn baru gave birth masa tu so sekalikan dgn aqiqah anak dia.

Masa 1st birthday Safiyya dulu pon buat ala2 party so time Adele kena lah buat gak. Tp aku mcm takde idea sgt time Adele ni. Last minute baru terfikir nak buat cmne. Luckily barang2 like pinggan mangkuk kaca and cake stand time Safiyya dulu ada simpan lg. So jimatlah. Kali ni semua aku buat sendiri for the dessert table except the birthday cake and cupcakes. Even the doorgifts pon buat sendiri. Adik ngn anak2 buah aku tolong letak dalam paperbag je. Stickers lak order kt gs.sticka. Paperbag beli je kt PISB Ayer Keroh. Jd member dpt la less 5%. Heh.

Doorgifts aku bg homemade salted caramel sauce, fudgy brownies/congo bars and ferrero rocher. Comel-comel je size semuanya. Gigih aku buat salted caramel tu utk 120 mini jar. Seb baik adik aku tolong masukkn dlm jar tu.

Temanya pulak "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Haha. Asal boleh je kan sbb Adele suka lagu tu. So senang lah kwn aku nk buat cake bila dah ada tema. Tp susah nak cari barang yg berkaitan dgn stars ni especially baju/dress. Bukan musim kan. Pegi IOI Mall Putrajaya masuk Mothercare, Pumpkin Patch, Lovely Lace, H&M mmg takde la yg berkenan. Last hope masa tu kat Cotton On Kids Melaka je. And thank god ada tutu dress stars utk Adele siap dgn headband lg. T-shirt with star logo pon ada utk Safiyya. Oh i laf yu Cotton On. So settle lah. Lps tu nk mencari balloon bentuk star kat Melaka nan hado ok. Dah la dia x bg letak helium gas sbb aku nak guna the next day. Tak tahan katanya. Ini lah masalahnya bila most of the things aku yg handle. If ada pon corak star kecik mmg tak nampak sgt. So belasah je la apa yg ada. Utk background deco aku beli hanging letter signs kt Typo. On sale. Hehe. Happy birthday sign tu beli sekali ngn balloons. Yg clip utk gantung gambar-gambar Adele tu pon aku beli kt Typo. Plan asal nk susun gambar tu from newborn to the latest sekali tali tak cukup panjang haha. Padehal gambar tu size 4R. Maybe budgetnya utk gambar size polaroid tu kot. Tp xpe just nice je sbnrnya.

Ok utk main menu mostly mmg ayah aku yg cover. Majlis start dgn tazkirah pukul 3pm cmtu lps tu solat asar. Kira lps tu tea time lah. So menu kami ptg tu kambing bakar, roti canai dgn kari kambing, pulut kuning dgn rendang pucuk maman, mee kari, satay.
Dessert table pulak aku buat classic and premium congo bars, fudgy brownies with choc chips, premium brownies with berries and red velvet square cake. Candies adik aku tolong belikan kt kedai borong Seremban.

Alhamdulillah majlis went well. Cuma potong kek lewat ptg sbb Adele meragam tggu dia bgn tido dulu. Makanan pun byk lebih. Mlm lak bukak birthday gifts. Aku belikan Adele learning walker. Utk Safiyya pun ada gak. Kesian pulak kang dia tgk je.
Seronok pulak buat majlis cmni tapi modal kena ada la if nk jamu org mkn. Adele ni untung atok byk sponsor. Rezeki dia. Okla tu je nk story.

Desserts Table and Doorgifts by @umiecanbake
Stickers by gs.sticka
Birthday cake & cupcakes by Littleshoplots
Aryssa and Adelea's OOTD from Cotton On Kids
Yours Truly OOTD from Duckscarves, Mango (Top), Fyza Kadir (Skirts)
 

Safiyya goes to school

How time flies too fast! My first born already goes to school. She just turned to 3 years 4 months. Alhamdulillah last week turned out very well. Btw, I registered her at Little Caliphs.

On the first day, we started with a bit of drama. She cried for an ipad. So I scolded her. Bad mommy. But then all went well until her teacher whatsapp-ed to informed Safiyya is crying. Sharp at 12 pm at that time. I asked her what happened but of course my darling baby won't tell me. She just said "nak ice cream". Hehe. I suspected she's hungry/thirsty and tired as she slept late a night before. Her susu in the bottle still full.

The next day no cry or drama at all. Such a good girl. On Thursday morning suddenly Safiyya cries for no reason. But she didn't ask for me though. Her teacher then brought her to the kitchen playset then she seems ok after that. That teacher told me on Wednesday Safiyya also cries suddenly. Maybe suddenly she missed home.

Off about makan, she still refused to eat. Her teacher need to chase after her to make her eat. Others are fine according to her teachers. She loves to play the kitchen set.
At her age (4years class) teachers didn't force them to study. They are more to playschool. They do art, coloring and painting. And back to my main objective sending her to pre-school, i want her to communicate with other kids. Communicate as in real talks not a baby or hi-5 talk. Hehe. And of course i want her to be independent, understand a simple instructions and learn a new things.

So far Safiyya loves to go to school. It's not that hard to wake her up in the morning. Just make sure to wake her up gently. The moment she saw her yellow school pants she will excitedly says "yeay school". Haha. Oh she still wearing a diaper. Hehe. Not a problem at her school. I hope she will learn good things from the school.



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Well, Hello 2016!

It's not too late to wish you guys Happy New Year 2016 right? Hehe.. So many things to update but i don't have much time like before. Having 2 girls to handle with Safiyya just started her pre-school, my main source of income (well i still not going to the office yet this year) to look after and my side income to handle as well.

This entry is actually to update my 2015 summary. Just to recap what has happened last year.
This is what i can remembered. Thank god that i did updated my blog on the early last years.

Jan - gave birth to my precious Adele
Feb - confinement mode. Life adjustment as a mother of 2 children
March - back to work. Received a gift from husband (iPhone). Went for a quick holiday to Kuantan. Started to collect the quite expensive duckscarves. Got 11 scarves by end of 2015
April - still rajin to go to the office. Joined hp activity walk for challenge 2.2km. Short stay at PNB Darby Park
May - 4th anniversary. Family lunch at HRC and brought the girls to The Oceanarium the Shore.
My little sister got married and Adele's aqiqah
June - stayed at Awana Kijal terengganu for almost 10 days during husband outstation
July - Raya preparations. Made my own cookies for raya.
August - started my own small homebased business. Umiecanbake. Finally stepped out from my comfort zone
September - organized a small birthday celebration for Safiyya at Nando's the Shore
October - umiecanbake getting busy with orders
November - bought myself a handbag and keyring at Furla as a self reward. My first bag bought in KL boutique and paid in cash.
December - went to a baking class and joined a shared booth at Bazaarlepak in Shah Alam. Had a quite number of orders by end of the year.

Alhamdulillah syukur. Such a great journey in 2015. Of course there was ups and downs especially at Adele's early month when i just started back to work. And that was also the reason for umiecanbake existance. :)
My wishlist for this year would be:

1 - learn to swim
2 - bake a cakes instead brownies only (vary the menu)
3 - doing a research and launch for a new product
4 - shred of some fats! Well every year wishlist
5 - to be consistent in money savings
6 - travel oversea
7 - to be more patient, get closer to the creator and do lots of sedekah
8 - focus more on my babies. Since safiyya started her pre-school journey already

Hoping and praying 2016 and ahead will be another great years for us. Aamiin. Happy new year 2016 everyone!


Till the next update, daa!!

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