Busy busy at home and at work

Well this week was quite busy, B's bro will hav to go back again !! I feel sad for him, there is this sisterly thing u know, u kind of want the best for them. Not everyone may approve of one, but there is so much goodness in people that others fail to see the best and focus only on the fallacy (atleast that's what they think!!)

Dad n Mom did not stay back they left yesterday, took Aibz also along the coming saturday B's bro wuld leave and there is so much to do.Its good that Abel gets some time off with his paternal grandparents and uncles. It feels so silent and dull when i go back from work. Well it is a relief not to have anyone kick me or my ever grwing belly

But I miss having him around, calling out MUMMA a million times in a minute. We have a game where I count the number of times...he calls me Mumma, by the 14th count he is all smiles and tries not to say the word MUMMA.

There is no one to hit the dorr when I am in the washroom..no angry tone tat goes "wat are u doin mumma?"

Results and the party

Sorry, didnt get time to update it here...as usual busy on the weekends!!

On thursday, the party went off well in school, I managed to reach the school by 10:15 after picking up the cake. It looked gud till my chap pounced through it. As i entered the school I was welcomed by one of the nannies she went "Oh Abel's Mom". Hmm wat a way to be remembered !!

Anyways she asked me if I needed help with, I just had to know the directions to his class, n she showed me.I knocked at the door. Before I knock, I could hear the teacher go "Abel you should not say i don't want this color, you must take what I give you" n I mused, sure that sounds like m kidddo, he wants what he wants.

The teacher heard the knock, n was not prepared to see the Mom..LoL!!

U should have seen the look on my ward's face...a million words are not enuf to describe the joy on that face to see the cake box. He sprung up from his seat and shouted "My mummma" n all kids were shotung "My mumma"..(okay for a while I was the mother of all 25 of them but kinda liked the way I got attention .lol ..I'm kidding)

So I explain to the teacher that Aibz wont be coming to the school anymore. We are all set for a new break, a new move, n told her how much I appreciate her and the other staff for their patience. She was sad to hear that he was leaving. She told me that aibz is interested in almost everything. He talks, he repeats, he admonishes the others and was too much at times but she told me "I really love this child". For a mom, that's means a lot !!!

Aibz was all the more excited to see that his Mumma had a box of chocholates for him to share with his friends.

I gave him the box to distribute, n u shud see the way he gave it off, instead of following the line of students who were seated, he gave to his friends in whatever order he chose. I had to tell him not to do that !!

The teacher called him to the front, called the others around him to sing for abel. So before they cut, I told the kids, that it is not Abel's b';da but we are going to thank our class teacher for helping us learn so many things this term. N I went shall we all say "Thank You Ma'am"...the moment I finished, I heard 25 of them say "THANK U MA"AM".Wow I have never been with such an audience who were so obedient.

They all sang "HJappy b'day" to abel even though it was not his b'day..and Aibz cut the cake..all happy n glee....!! WE went around the office, to tthe day care and everyone in the school to thank them for all what they have meant to us !!!

I left for work rite after that, promising the teacher that I would come and attend the "Open House".

At 4:00 pm, i left from work to drop off the cark near to home. B said he would come pick me and Abel up instead of both of us driving n finding a parking space near to school. Aibz was so thrilled to go back to school.

B met the teacher, she gave us the report, and we saw most of them were A+ except for for math, as i could see, he had messed up the 7 and the dictation. At home this fellow does his math better than english, strange enough..The teacher said she would miss abel...hugged him and said "come back to see me"

We went around the school to click pics as memoirs, to show him in the years to come :) met his pre-school teacher, she hugged him and said "god bless u my child..i have a lot of memories and pictures of u". Apparently she was the one who helped me cope through the major change. She says she saw from a gloomy to a confident kid!!

I could not thank them all any less...God Bless the school !!

Weekend was great, on friday we went to sharjah...didnt return the same day...Had to stay over night!!

We returned yesterday morning, had to do a lot of shopping as Abibz gransparents were coming over to stay for a week. they were home by evening, around 6 pm.

Today they are all there having a lot of fun n I am tryign to finish off some pedning tasks!!

Aibz b'day party !!

Well its not his b'day yet, nor have we postponed it...

We have given a notice to the school that Aibz will no logner b studying in Noah's Ark. The lady at the counter was shocked and she told B that "e will miss Abel". Of a place of over 200 kids they still remember him. There is no single member who does not know him, mainly coz the way he talks (yea he tlaks a lot !!) n the way he was finding it hard to cope with daycare the first 3 months. He was the only child who was brought in to the day care for such long hours which expalins why they are so fond of him. How I wish I didnt have to do it? I always wanted him close to me, near to me most of me didnt want to see him being hurt...

Sometimes i wonder if I was so good to have such a wodnerful kid. He can bring a smile when I am shattered, he can make me shed a tear even when I am proud of him. He makes me bring the creativity in me, he makes me look forward to be positive. He makes me feel how unconditionally you can love, he makes me feel how much God has bestowed in me!! I simply cannot stop thanking God for making me a woman to realize the worth of another !!

I have to set it out for Aibz..tomorrow is the last day of the term n his last day in a school in abu dhabi...The class has already announced a party day, n I am thinking of giving Aibz a surprise. I will be heading to the bakers to order for a 2 Kilo cake for his class. Will take the disposables and the required so that he can cut the cake. Aibz always wanted to cut a b'day cake in class..His falls in decemeber when the school closes for winter, so I am taking this oppurtunity to get him cut a cake. I am going to call it a "Thank You" cake as to thank the school for all they've done for me and Abel :)

We also have to pick up the report cards tomorrow after school (after 3:30 pm !! )

Last week @ Noah's Ark

In anohther 2 days Aibz will have to say goodbye to the school. I kinda feel that I am leaving the school, coz they saw me through the changed I had to cope with the last 1 year.

It brings a tear to me to think back..About 12 months back, I was in a disposition that I had to send my 2.5 year old to day care. It tore me apart to see my kid cry, wail...!!! Memories don;t die..those were the days that I cried helplessly praying for a way out of all this. My li'l fella was used to a housefull of people..my folks, my sis, B and me. It downsized to just 3 of us, and all of us working full time. In another one month his dear atti also had to leave!!!

I thought I would die seeing my child cry for me. I wished I could change everything, i used to wish to be a full time mother, but again, I love my job more than all I needed to keep a job!!

There were 2 nannies at the day care who were really fond of aibz, who used to pamper n pet him. Till this day I am thankful to his dear Januu and Maryam. Had it not been for Jaanu he would not have stayed longer !!

In ocotber after our trip to Atti;s wedding things became so worse. Aibs did not want to be away from me. He wanted me glued to him !! One day during lunch I went to the school to pay the fees n I saw the other kids in preschool waiting for the buses in line. Some kids were being picked up by their dads. I saw one of the kid's father open his child's box to examine of he had finished his meal. It made me cry thinking that when the other kids wait for their buses/dads mine was pulled to the daycare section. It hurt me to see only my child being pulled in and the rest being asked to stand in line to go home. My poor thing had no home to go coz theer was noone at home to wait for him, to feed him, to wash him. I went to my car n cried for almost 10 mins. To date when i think of those moments I do not fail to shed a tear.

That day changed me, I prayed that God give me more forbearance when I see him, more love when I touch him, more love when I am around him. How on earth will a 2.5 year old understand so much of change in life. If being 27 I could not take it how hard would it have been on him ??? B was equally sad when I told him how much bad it made me feel my kid being pushed in to the "other" room whilst the others were all happy to go home.

There were no one who could really help me out...!!!

Those were the days I decided that even if sponsoring maids were a fortune, i had to have one around to see a smile on my child. We started looking for one and ended up with one whom Aibz took almost a month to be pally with...

SInce November i saw a happy kid, a confident child, this term, I saw a super confident child who wanted to go to the school, to finish up his homework, to be the first one to recite rhymes etc...

For sure, the shcool has had its influence on Aibz, he was so sad initially ...tat any mom would want to pull the kid back to her. I thnak the school for all the teachers and nannies who helped Aibz cope through the changes ..one after the other and who still love him !!

One day my fellow does not turn up, the entire crew knows that he is not around!! He is such a loving child, they all say...well he only reciprocated what you showed him !!

Hats off to all the teachers and helpers .....I will truly miss u !!!

Last Day

Aibz z don with most of is exams....wonder if teacher didn stick to the timetable well enough. Coz the day of Math aibz told me that he was asked to recite rhymes. Gosh!! how do they expect the mothers to revise the subject set for the next day ??

Anyways, its just KG1, n I don't like it already..LoL. Well, its just that Aibz is gud @ rhymes n stories and want him to do well on those days, it is not for being the best in class. I just want him to show his real potential in these tests, nothing more. I don't yearn for those "best" or "most intelligent" remarks. I guess all what I am looking for is Ebba 2 be happy with the way he has performed..

We'll have to wait another week for the results. no big deal there !!

Math is over

Aibz was so so when I asked him about his test.. B returned form his trip, we'd not expected him to turn up at night. The dinner was over and we'd cleared it all and ter my man comes at 9:30 as me n my child was preparing for the test...haha anyways, he had his dinner. He alsomost gave me a shock when I heard the key on the door!! How could anyone possibly break in to a home with a key n off all!!

We had to put an abrupt end to Aibz lessons n go to bed..it was dadda;s return n time to celebrate. Aibz had so much to talk about. I decided that i let the two have some time together...n bang no mpre studies..

After all he did a gud job !!

Aibz was yapping when i reached home, he was glad that he finished te writing exam, he said he did most of all he could not get the G right, well i said u will learn n told him its okay as long as u did it all right. :)

Today he has his math..wonder if he wud mix up 7 and 4..for reasons that i cant comprehend. He sometimes says 4 for 7 and 7 for 4, n his teacher tells me most kids in the class do, so my question is like why are they ALL confused did the teacher goof up of write 7 in a way that the kids were reminded of 7 ..well no clue.

Hope he does it okay, he loves to count the pic and write the numbers, he loves matching the pictures with the numbers, but he does not like writing in sequence..i mean to me it looks more like they were not given practise in school, the teacher had given classwork to do individual numbers but never in a sequence...

It is quite some task, to make them understand that they will have to keep doing it on their own no one's gonna ask waht comes after 3...as they write..LOL

They also have dictation..!! numbers !! Well he is okay when I say it at home but i tink at school he does not keep to the pace of his teacher :)

Let's see how he does !!

Take a break?

Its pretty drab out here @ work with fewer number of people, n with my ever so wandering mind. How i wish I could put this all aside and start on the move. Well, nothing z final until you get it in black n white :) So gotta wait..perseverance is the key!!!

There are a few tasks that needs to be complete before the end of the semester. Will have to focus on those !!

Preparations

Dada is off to Suadi again...n its jus te twosome...i mean threesome including the new li'l one within. The li'l one is so gnetle n silent unlike abel, he kinda of made his presence felt right from 16 weeks, this one is just the opposite. Very finicky, picky, can't handle spice or too much of food..very girlish, wonder if its a she. I need my doc to confirm this time, last time he got away without giving me a clue, the next one is due 23rd or 22nd....hmm a long wait..but i gotta find u out.

Aibz n I are trying to play n learn, well i am trying to make it sound like a play. my poor child he is such a sweetie, he comes running as i open the door..asking me how was my work..?? Wat more of a greeting do u need..no wonder mumma gets his stuff that she is not supposed to..i tend to spoil him a bit, got his a packet of chips (well picked out one that did not mention MSG not sure if they do no have it !! )

Te War

My mind cannot make up its mind....

There are 2 things one is that at this point I am really not sure if we will get the permit and the clearance, so cannot put in my papers. At the other end, the semester would come to an end on 28th June. N everyone will be gone, I wish to tell them that there could be chances that I may leave, if things work out for Good..

We are specifically told by the new co. not to give in papers until we hear a confirmation from their end, which makes it very hard for us.

Aibz exams?

Tis poor li'l son of mine has to face the term assessments, time flies, he was just a baby who could barely lift his hands to me...53 months back, now he's gotta prepare for being analyzed by his educators...It only makes me wanna think that one has no control over time :)

My fella seems to be okay with rhymes, stories, he does not like it when it comes to writing ....Guess he is like me does not want to make a mistake, wants to make sure that he gets it right. He writes it perfect till u raise ur voice....if u dare raise ur voice then he will be so adamant not to nudge !! So we gotta handle him, his way ...
from 14th til the 18th he has his term papers ... :)

Off to new meadows..

Is the grass greener on the other side? Can't tell until you are really there.

There is no one single moment that I halt from thinking about wats next, esp now that it is one of the most critical decision making moment. We're ready to take a chance, to see what z in store for us. A lot of superficial preparations and calculations fills up our time. There are still uncertainties that we cannot make an announcement about this new venture.

Poor Aibz he hardly knows whats ruling the minds of his progenitors, that's why perhaps one wishes to still be a child, not having to know or face the realites the adults face !! I wonder if he'd be thankful about not knowing it ...!!

It took almost 3months for it all to get through, first of all march was when we applied, it was by April that B got the first ever call. Then follow up calls...it took another 1 month for them to finalize..then another 2 weeks to get the papers in place. the papers have not reached us yet, we are doing the ground work, gettting the medical and other required docs.

Yesterday was a long day, had to go to NMC get all sorts of medical done. We reached the hospital by 10:30 and by te time we were done it was 12:40. Had to pick up the other car from NISSAN and we also had about 15 ppl coming in that evening...Thank god for my housekeeper, she managed to cook the food, set the home partly....by the time we went in. Whilst out wait @ NMC managed to get Aibz some food, BiteRite came in as a blessing. I'm not commenting on how he enjoyed the food but he was glee that he could spend some time there.

If we ever have a next time around, we will remember not to take te kid along. The wait for these medical tests can be unpredictable and kids get hate waiting !!

I was proud of my fella, he was such an angel, entertaining ppl, all he wanted was to make ppl smile, run around and socialize :)

Its better to keep the children off the clinics until they require to be there...for another reason to..germs and other infections!!

We had placed order for our guest from the hotels and we never speculated that it wud be late for us. My housekeeper had the money to pay for it...since we'd given her the monthly dues just the other day

Saturdays are our days when we shop for provisions for the week, a day that Aibz look fwd to . Yesterday, B had to do it on his own, of course we always have our list ready so he had to just pick the stuff that was on my list.

Aibz n I went to drop off B at NISSAN and we returned home, the challenge of the day was to find a parking space. It took me almost 20 mins to get a place..n by the time we got home it was 2:00 PM.



It was only by 3: 30 pm, that we could get our hands on our lunch !!