b3 b0rn.. c0nf0rm, b3 si|3nt .. di3

she had watched this episode of american dragon where haley lost her tooth and the tooth fairy came and what not.

this evening on our way home from yaie’s place - she checked out her reflection in the rear view mirror and mentioned that she doesn’t want to lose her baby teeth.

i responded that those will fall off sooner or later - and will be replaced with new permanent teeth. plus, “wouldn’t you want the tooth fairy to come and give you pennies for your teeth?”

to which she retorted, “we already have a lot of money at home! why do we want the tooth fairy to give me money?”

wah.. she made it sound like we had gazillions worth of cash lying around

i have her concert photos in the other notebook - but couldn’t be arsed to transfer them to this one now.

she was a cheerleader dancing to the tune of ‘together, forever’ courtesy of hsm2.

will upload the photos once i get round to it

by the way, today’s the last day of school and i’m still sitting on the 2009 enrolment confirmation slip.. the pre-school chain has turned into a full-blown money making machine.

why?

there used to be a principal for kakak’s pre-school branch - she’s been replaced and the new lady’s designation is business manager ?! both amir & i think it’s getting too commercialised for our liking.

is there a rule somewhere that a child must attend kindy @ 6 to be able to enrol in standard one when they turn 7? am considering taking kakak out of kindy and just sign her up to learn quran recital (which i have yet to do)

at exactly 1 year 8 months and 12 days…

what is left is the execution!

who would of thought that deciding on what formula to supplement anaqi’s feed would prove to be such a big issue.

when making the same transition with kakak… we didn’t even blink when we decided together that isomil will be the formula of choice (ches.. macam familiar aje that line from a company’s vision statement :P)

now that i’ve reached that same point with anaqi, it seems like no formula is good enough. no thanks to being a more aware consumer.

was reading the label for kakak’s brand of formula which offers two options - full cream vs instant milk (which btw i never bothered to read prior) and was aghast to discover that the list of ingredients for instant was more than double that of full cream. granted they included all these added vitamins and what-nots.. but to see that something apart from powdered milk is in my daughter’s milk? needless to say, i went with the full cream - and will always from this point onwards.

it doesn’t help that i am also aware isomil is guilty of adding other than soy-based milk powder in their tin! this is what kakak has been feeding on for the first 3++ years of her life (give or take the 4 months that she nursed)

behold!

Similac Isomil Powder*
43.2% Corn Syrup Solids (ftw?!), 14.6% Soy Protein Isolate (<- the soy portion), 11.5% High Oleic Safflower Oil, 10.3% Sugar (Sucrose), 8.4% Soy Oil, 8.1% Coconut Oil (another ftw?!! oil??).

Less than 2% of the following: Calcium Phosphate, Potassium Citrate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Ascorbic Acid, Choline Chloride, L-Methionine, Taurine, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ferrous Sulfate, m-Inositol, Mixed Tocopherols, Zinc Sulfate, d-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, L-Carnitine, Niacinamide, Calcium Pantothenate, Cupric Sulfate, Thiamine Chloride Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Potassium Iodide, Potassium Hydroxide, Phylloquinone, Biotin, Sodium Selenate, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin D₃, and Cyanocobalamin. (FAN 9388-15)
Contains soy ingredients.

source: abbotnutrition site

so you understand my dilemma when it comes to anaqi.

the irony of the matter is i make allowances for tidbits (the amount of additives and colorings are shocking) .. but become anal when it comes to milk. tho the frequency of the former is nowhere near milk feedings - i should be excused.

what say you?

note: by the way, the duration stated above - is exactly the same duration i have managed extended breastfeeding (i.e. without the help of formula milk). i think i deserve a pat on the back considering my first attempt with kakak *bows* thank you … thank you!!

when told that i’d be making soup for their lunch today.

kakak: do you have tomatoes?

me: yes

kakak: do you have carrots?

me: yes we do!

kakak: do you have potatoes?

me: no we don’t. i forgot to buy it when we went to the supermarket

kakak: ohhhh.. it’s okay then. we don’t make minestrone soup.. we make mummystrone soup.

me: (huh?) mamistrone soup?

kakak: you know.. minnie makes minestrone soup. but mama can make mummystrone soup!! (grins at this point)

me: OoOooOoooooo…(logik logik)

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when going through her school bag to see whether she has homework and stumbling upon a few pieces of notebook pages with butterfly drawn on it

me: did you draw these, kakak?

kakak: no .. it was ahmad who draw for me

me: woo.. why did he draw for you?

kakak: because he knows i like butterflies laaaa…

me: did ahmad give drawings to your other classmates?

kakak: just sonia (her bestfren) and imanina..

me: how about damia?

kakak: no.. she doesn’t like butterflies.

(oh no…. i think there’s one ‘player’ in the making in that class!! :P)

last nite (since now it’s already 4:30am).. kakak looked at me with her puppy-eye look and asked sweetly once little einstein ended @ 10pm whether she can watch just onnnnneeeeeeeee more citer (handy manny).. i told her - go knock urself dead dear… tomorrow cuti! - not in the same exact words

bad habit to cultivate - i know.. but then i needed the time out the tv-time provides to me. had to wash all the bottles and tidy up the 1-weeks’ worth of toys lying around the living area.

15 aug 08 - nenek’s birthday - was supposed to be her last day in the workforce - however, she signed up for the 2-year extension though .. and as usual, was inundated with gifts from her workmates. kakak had requested that i get her grandma a ‘necklace-with-sunflowers-in-a-box-with-ribbons-and- sunflower-patterns’..

given that she tends to be particular with her specifications, i took the cowards’ way out and told her i couldn’t find the exact necklace she wanted and compromised by getting her do-it-urself arts & craft packs for greeting cards and bead necklaces. spent 1 hour holed up in her grannies’ room to help her put together her birthday gift for nenek.

this weekend suddenly turned out to be a busy one.. 3 wedding receptions, 1 house warming and a birthday party.

what would u get for a housewarming gift arh? wedding receptions u have an easy way out of the predicament - salam berlapik aje laaa.. birthdays? just ask the parents what the kids are into and find something suitable for their age and ur budget.. (minyak naik - semua bajett ekkk)

probably this is a sign… either for me to stop being a lrt-snob/ or to get a new ride

blom abis cite power window..the part we thot needed replacement was ok - it was the bracket(?) - which was not available when we went to have the work done - so i am still opening my door to use my season pass

anywho.. back to the original point..

so like most of the week - kakak would call me after lunch and ask me ‘mama, what time?’ (that’s her version of asking when will i be back from work).. and i’d say 6pm (just to be safe) thinking i hv enough buffer which of course turns out to be totally off and i’d be subjected to additional calls after the promised time - kakak accusing me of being late.

which was why on thursday, when i saw i can leave the office earlier than the promised 6pm - i did.. had a bit of a drama just before leaving - managed to cause the key to my drawer to break into two and had to jahanamkan harta klcc to get to my handbag.

drama done. was happy to note that i got into my car parked on P2 by 5:35pm - ample time for me to arrive home and surprise kakak for once. did my usual opening of the driver’s door to use my pass @ the season gate near those sets of elevators from topshop.. then proceeded to head for elevated highway exit.

that’s when i noticed a black myvi headed direct for the front of my car from my left. i braked but in my surprise, forgot to honk. the driver of the myvi was engrossed in turning left and only stopped when she hit my front bumper.

the lady looked shell-shocked .. like - ‘where did this car come from’… i pulled over to the side to inspect the damage. at first glance, didn’t see any damage - but the lady was honest enough to point me to the spot near the indicator lights and saw the longgggg scratch (?). the lady asked how we were to settle the damages -she owned up that it was her mistake. i did what any good (female) driver would do - call the male driver of the family.

finally settled that she pay for the estimated cost of the paint job required - but not without mentioning to the other driver that there’s a reason why there was a road bump on her route - it’s basically to indicate that you should give way (even drivers’ ed 101 teaches you on right of way?!)