Can men play woman's role?

We were both bout to drift into our most beautiful sleep, coz it had been a tiring and hectic day.. suddenly we heard a faint voice at 1st, then it became louder and more demanding.. "nak susu!!" it was fatini's and in a dimly lit room with my eye lids so heavy that i struggled inside to open them, i said to my hubby.. "You go..."
he replied evenly, " You go la, she wants you.."
i've got an idea, " ok, Fatini nak papa buat susu ke mama buat?"
a few moments of silence.. "nak papa wat..."
yeay!!

the thing is, this question bout either men can or cannot play woman's role shouldn't be asked, because it is not a question at all! there is no specific rules that says woman has to be the 'One' to prepare everything for the children.. it is a shared responsibility, and if a man play his role as a father and gets himself occupied with the children, then he can save himself from having the thoughts that his wife's attention has somehow diverted to the children rather than just him. and that he feels neglected and lonely.. 'what a crap!'
seriously, i heard they were discussing bout this in 'Malaysia Hari Ini', and of all the caller, none of them mentioned bout father's role, instead they were all stressing on woman's role as a wife and mother.. bile la org melayu ni nak berubah ntah..

A very special mug..

This is the 1st thing we bought upon our safe arrival at Frankfurt Airport last winter.. actually, it was an accident, the mug was sold together with a chocolate, it was presented in a very attractive manner that would obviously attract children to it. One of the children happened to be Fatini.. she went straight to it, grabbed it, and refused to let go.. i tried to snatch it from her, but she screamed at the top of her lung, and everyone's attention was diverted to us.. one old woman glared at me, probably thinking that i'd hurt my daughter or something.. I still remember all this vividly.. i never realized until later that those elderly here are mostly children lovers.

Accidently, Fatini dropped the mug to the floor, and it cracked. Then we informed the cashier of the incident and asked him how much it cost. Beaming, he just asked us to leave it, we didn't have to pay for anything, unless if we want a new mug.. oh great! so we paid, couldn't remember how much it was, and we got a new mug! German people are nice huh!?

She just loves to be cuddled and kissed..

A light snow has formed, winter is on the way... can't believe it's almost a year now...

Fatini oh Fatini...

Lately she has no longer wet her diapers at night, but still my hubby put it on her every night, u know, just to be safe.. unfortunately last nite he had somehow forgotten to put it on, and that's when she pees.. so not only she wet her clothes but evrything else.. ahh thank God we have bought the washing machine! had no idea when exactly she started peeing, but we noticed this only in the morning when we got up for subuh prayer..

we had to wake her up, washed her up in the early hour where it was the coldest and changed her clothes while she sobs and shivers. aware that she won't continue her sleep, we let her lie down in the prayer room before afeef came and joined in.

feeling angry and moody, she asked afeef to move away, when he refused and just lay still, she kicked on his head over and over again. I was praying and couldn't focus coz the sight of it was terrible to behold. Once i finished, she started complaining;

"mama, afeef buat fatini..."

held on to my patients, i asked her gently, " ape abg afeef buat?"

"die die die die.." (stuttering, that's the sign when she knew she's the one at fault, and how i knew also from many times when i wasn't there to witness her mischiefs..)

"tadi tu fatini pukul die.." there she admit it!

"kenape fatini pukul abg afeef, x baik tau sepak2 abg afeef camtu..."

"tapi tapi die golek2 kat tmpat fatini.."

"ape salahnye golek2 kat situ, semua org bole baring kat situ, abg afeef pun boleh ok?"

"x boleh..."

"nape?"

"sebab die bau busuk.." aiyooo, i rest my case laaaa..

Mineral water Commercial???

Isn't this lovely? Hei everybody! Buy this brand ok??!!

mmmmmm... what is she staring at.. mesmerized by the bottle.. hehe

At Kinderarzt...

We were on the way to the clinic, we av stopped using the twin stroller and started using the old one again but this time with a special gadjet attached behind it called 'kiddy ride on'. much easier to handle compared to the twin stroller. unfortunately, it was a whole lot troublesome when fatini dozed off unwittingly... so we had to cut our outing short everytime...

Inside the clinic, they've built a tower using LEGO.

Have any idea wat she's trying to do? she had finished her candy, and tried to get afeef's. and look at how afeef handed it to her obediently.

After meeting with the doctor, she just ran out of the clinic refusing to have her jacket on. she had a runny nose but so stubborn! ok la, i shouldn't say stubborn, shall i say strong-willed.. mmm better..

Thank god, eventually she did want to put her jacket on heheh.. only because i threatened to leave her there.. heheh..

Can't leave Aleena too long inside the stroller.. this is what happened if we did..

Hehe cute kan..