2nd day of summer holiday

its the second day of summer holiday. guess what? i survived! my routine goes pretty well as of now. kids stay up pretty late up to 10pm. woke up around 9am (that's me :p) breakfast. then work out. yep. i hope i can maintain that every morning. then i spent good 2-3 hours with my kids (just discomnect myself from housework and phones/ipad etc), doing activities. then snack time. by this time it usually past noon so i turn on the tv, head off to the kitchen, close the door and quickly cook for lunch.

after lunch, i clean up the kitchen, myself and all. then izyan nap time. irfan continue with his writting excersice with me (have always to had bribe him with chocolate/juice/lollipop.... or if its not working, ipad is my last solution).  by the time we finish all these, its around 4-ish. at this point, kids are on their own. sometimes i let the kids play outside or i bring them to nearest playground for an hour or so. dinner by 7pm and once the kids showered after that, i let them play on their own or watch tv while i surf the net/read/housework/etc --- so called me time, till their bedtime.

that's my whole life now. in two paragraph. literally.

i tried to spent as much time with my children. i went to so many talks/course or events related to child development and early learning. and i have learnt so much through this. i find my approach is so different to when im a working mum, because i did not learn about it and maybe dont have opportunity to learn about it. it such a shame because i almost jeorpadize my child's development. and it did a bit. but i also learn, nobody is a perfect parent. nor did my parent. they made mistake too. and so do i. i think most of all is the effort that counts. you spent time to go to speech theraphy, you took leave to attend to your sick child, you open up to new ideas, suggestion, approach. dont feel bad about being a bad parent unless you have not made an effort to make it better. and not neccessarily have to be a stay-at-home-mom to solve it all.

my friends around me be it a stay-at-home or a working mom, are always a great example to me. their efforts made me feels to improve more of myself of being a mother. and just because another mother made such an effort, you dont have to feel any less. do it,too. or do it, even better than her.

 so, having used to be working mom and now stay-at-home-mom, im not saying i understand both worlds just because ive been in both. parenting is individual. all im saying, as a mother, efforts count. like when on mothers day, you expect a fancy breakfast with a buoquet of flower but all you got is wish from your kids and husband. then you will say (you WILL say kan?) takpe, its the thought that counts. padahallllllll....................

ok kiding.

mothers oh mothers.

:)