FIRST DAY AT "SCHOOL"

After we terminated our helper, we decided to send Iqie and Afeeq to a nursery. There are a few in our neighbourhood, but not all are suitable for us. We would prefer to send both of them to an Islamic taska with an English medium (I would prefer to be with them all the time, but of course that's not an option at this moment). But that can only be found in areas like Kajang and Cheras. Other nurseries in our neighbourhood either don't take toddlers like Afeeq, or too expensive and don't match our "odd" working hours.

So, we decided to try one taska which is very near to our place - about 1 minute drive from our condo to be exact ;) The day before, we had sort of prepared Iqie for this transition. We kept telling him that he would go to "school" soon. So he kept on repeating "Iqie go skool" all day long. So, when the morning came, it was quite easy to coax him to go with us to his "school". Well... he can't actually hear the words "go out" anyway... hehehhe.

When we arrived at the "school", the principal was there waiting for us. While I was filling up the forms, Hubby was observing Iqie. Afeeq was easy... he blended in immediately, crawling to the boxes of toys and minded his own business ;) Iqie, on the contrary, needed some time. So, they let him walk around the place and play for a while. Then, when we say "Mummy go to work and Daddy go to work. Iqie stay at school", Iqie started to look worried... "No Daddy... Daddy no work...!!! Iqie go work with Daddy..." I was almost in tears, but the principal took Iqie away and distracted him with the playground. But he was already in tears and screaming for us. We had to quickly drive away.

At the end of the day, when we collected them back, Iqie was engrossed playing. The supervisor said that he had a good time playing and making new friends. He looked happy too. Now, I can't predict what the second day at "school" would be like. Hopefully, Iqie would adjust quickly and develop good social skills there.

ieja

DAYS WITHOUT MAID

As of 09 June 2009, I am officially maid-less. We terminated our "super-efficient" helper for the reasons that are just too painful to elaborate heheheh... Did I manage to make it sound so dramatic? We actually terminated her at the end of May. So reinforcement had to be called to watch over Iqie and Afeeq. Thank god for Mums...

My Mum came for the first shift... taking care of Iqie and Afeeq for 3 days. Then the second shift reported for duty from Thursday onwards. We sent my Mum-in-law back yesterday.

I was a bit skeptical about not having any helper at all after being pampered by the luxury of not having to do anything much around the house. Well... except for the weekends where the helper didn't come and I had to do everything. My worst fear was the cleanliness of the household. I now have developed the "allergy" to messy and dirty house... hehehe. See... I told you I was pampered!

To make things worst, my vacuum cleaner was broken. I don't know what was wrong with it but it refused to work at all. So, almost immediately after terminating our helper, I practically dashed to Carrefour and bought one, plus a new mop (the one that uses sponges). So, I was like slaving myself at 8 am hovering and mopping the whole house while Iqie and Afeeq was watching in amazement.

Then, my attempt to have the whole wardrobe pressed was cut short because the iron refused to be slaved by me after 2 shirts. It short circuited the whole house!! Again, I dashed to (this time not Carrefour anymore) Best Denki in KLCC during work to buy a new one. I ended up with an iron and a new hair dryer (they call it hair styler!) that uses hair brush to dry and style your hair ;)

Today, after feeding Afeeq dinner, I hovered the whole house again. My feet just can't stand the dust on the floor (Hubby said that I'm a freak, but what does he know about all these!). And at 2 am, I took out the mop and did the whole house! The feeling of clean floor under your feet and the fresh smell of it are priceless... I wonder how long I can actually stand doing all these at odd hours ;)