To be one of us

Nadia is now aware of being half Arabic and half Indonesian. Sometimes she says she is an American, it all depends on her mood.

This afternoon we just went out to downtown to get some ice cream. On the way, Nadia requested her daddy to put Arabic song.

Then she said to me : "mommy.. I like Arabic songs... I can teach you some Arabic so you will be one of us!!!"

(I can tell how proud Ammar to hear her saying that... not that he taught her to say something like that.. it's something we never said or think.. it's just pure out from her)

We still talking about it until bedtime. Laughing

Ok, I will eat it.

Nadia was so happy back home. She loves to see the snow from the window the first minute she woke up and see out of the window.

She is also become less finicky eater, just because Aidan, who eats table food, eat the same thing she eats and no complains.

She will say "Okay.. I will eat, too"

Do not scribble

We are at the hotel room and Nadia was drawing. Aidan came to Nadia and started getting all the crayons aggressively and wanted to draw, too.

Nadia : "Aidan.. stop scribbling!!!"

Me : "Nadia, Aidan wants to draw, too, just like you."

Nadia : "But, Mommy, he is not drawing.. he is scribbling"

Me : "Okay, then... give Aidan another paper from your book, so he can scribble"

Nadia : (tearing her beautiful pony drawing paper) "Here Aidan!!"

Aidan started to scribble... he loves blue crayons more than any colors....

We are in Florida

We celebrate Easter Sunday at the Miami Seaquarium. It was a lot of fun. Nadia and Aidan had a blast. It was raining but who cares!!!! It's better than snowing and cold...

Photos come soon.

Love you

Ammar has been coming home very late ... so most of the time, I fed the kids dinner and bath them then put them to bed.

Aidan had already taken a bath tonight, so since Nadia loves taking showers, all by herself, in Owan's room (my mother, actually it is the guest room's bath) so we didn't bother Aidan's sleep if we take showers in the kids bath, I asked Nadia to take showers there.

I helped her taking off her clothes.

Nadia : "Mommy, I love you so much.. this much (extent her arms sideways), and I love Daddy this much (not to much extent...).. 

Me : "Hm.... why is that ?"

Nadia : "Because Daddy is always busy and not taking care of me too much. You feed me, you bath me, you comb my hair, you put lotion on my body, and you dressed me up."

Me : "Oh, thank you, Nadia. Daddy is just so busy lately..."

Nadia : "I know.. I love Daddy THISSSSS much" (extending her arms so much).

after shower :

Nadia : "Mommy, look at me !!!"

Me : "yes, love ?... " (I look at her)

Nadia : "Look at my eyes, closely!"

Me : looking at her eyes, very very closely to her face

Nadia grabbed my face slowly and gave me a big kiss on the lips, and whisper : "I love you so much, Mommy"

Well... sometimes I want these mommy-daughter bonding are recorded on the photos or something, but having a husband is not too 'memory' kind of guy, he just not a technology geek, especially photos... cameras...

I always have to remind him to get the pictures of me and the kids, but then the moments are gone!!

Nadia, when you grow up, you won't see lots of pictures of me and you having fun.. just in our memories, okay ?

Sticky tapes

Ammar got so irritated when he had to take all the balloons and all the decorations in the house left over from Aidan's first birthday party. For some reasons the double tapes I used were so sticky and it was so hard to take them off.

Ammar (grumpy) : "Why you use the double tapes ? Look how difficult to take this 'stupid' tape off!!!!!"

Nadia : "daddy, you said bad word!!"

We worked again... 

Ammar : "I hate this 'stupid' tape!!!!!"

Nadia : "Daddy, you said bad word again. Besides, it is not 'stupid' tape, it's 'sticky' tape"

At that time Ammar was not laughing... at night when I mentioned about it, he laughed and laughed.. both laughed until days after.

All the talks in the whole world

Nadia always so talkative, funny, and if you just have to listen to her the whole day and write it down on her blogspot..it will be so much in no time and I have to make another blogspot.. or make a very thick novel of all she quotes in a week.

She is always full of imagination, very content, well absorbent, and fast learner.

I have been so busy so being so bad for not putting all her funny quotes in this blogspot, I will put just two of our very favorite quotes recently.

1. Nadia talked on the phone with her friend, Luca and she asked him all about the earth and the lava, and of course her birthday party celebration at Jungle Java.

Nadia : "Luca, do you know what's inside the earth ?" then she answered right away without giving Luca a chance to answer : "Lava".. then blah blah blah.... telling everything about lava, volcanoes, etc.

Then it came to her birthday party : "I hope you are gonna come to my birthday party because every body in the "Whole wide world" are coming!"

2. Aidan has ear infection and got so cranky. After I bathed both of them, I dried Aidan and put the clothes on Aidan first, usually I dried both of them, and put the article of clothes one by one of each child. Aidan cried and cried... thanks God, Ammar came.. so he took over Aidan.

I came to Nadia who hid under the towel... patiently watching... then she said : "I am so naked and I will be naked for the rest of my life" "I won't be able to go anywhere when I am naked"

Morning, before going to school

My balloon

Kitchen with Mommy and Aidan

It snowed again at night

Palm tree (supposedly)

Before bed time

My favorite movie at this time (smurf)

My daddy

Birthday celebration at school

Nadia and her friends had fun taking lots of picture with Nadia's new camera. She brought the camera Mommy and Daddy gave as birthday present for show and tell and everyone had a good time with the camera.
Off the record: she wanted a PINK camera. Mommy got her the Fisher Price durable kids proof camera. The quality is not too good, but she LOVES it! It is so easy to use, using 2 view finder, and the buttons are so children friendly, and even it you drop it, it won't break.
I want her to get used to the camera first, then she will be graduating to real camera.

When I got home from school

Mommy is feeding Aidan dinner

My favorite toys

My horses

The backyard

Nadia's first camera

It is Nadia's fourth birthday. Happy birthday, Love!

It's morning and Nadia opened her presents from Mommy and Daddy (camera) and dinosaur (from Aidan).

It is a school day, so we brought some helium balloons and some cake to celebrate Nadia's birthday at school. The party it self will be held on Saturday at Jungle Java... FUN!!!

Now, I am taking picture of you, Mommy!

The birthday gift from Aidan

Mommy took picture of me with my first camera.

Picture of the house, according to Nadia