It was quite a packed afternoon for the both of us yesterday.
Toddler & I both checked in on Daddy and asked if he was available to have lunch with us.
Yippee! Daddy said Yes, we booked his time and got ready to go out.
It was a short drive to Daddy's office as the lunch crowd was surprisingly absent from the road.
Once we parked our car and headed to the local food court (al-fresco dining hehehe) we bought food and settled down to eat.
Quite a number of Daddy's office colleagues dropped by our table just to say Hi or have a quick chat.
Luckily, our toddler was in a good mood and she greeted each and every one of them. (phew!)
Of course, when it was time for Daddy to head back to the office, she got a bit upset, tears streaming down her face.
This time around, I drove the car to his office whilst they both sat in the passenger seat, talking.
When Daddy said Goodbye, she was already crying.
So I kept talking to her about how we'd be going to the library and that she can borrow any books from the library.
Spoke about the types of books she could look out for too.
This calmed her and she even starting talking about books she wanted to find.
It was just us in the children's library at that time and we could see school-going kids heading to another section of the library.
She fell asleep in the car on our way home so I was struggling to carry her along with the library books whilst trying to open the door.
Once I ensured that she was cosy in the room, my mind was already thinking about preparing dinner.
I remembered the bolognese sauce which hubby prepared the previous weekend so I plopped the sauce, pasta sheets and cheese in a baking pan to prepare lasagne.
I totally forgot that we don't have all-purpose flour in stock so I couldn't prepare the Bechamel sauce.
AND we had limited mozarella cheese so I used the cheddar cheese slices to top up the cheese portion.
There you go, not really a good looking lasagne but tastes just as nice hehehe
Hubby and our toddler both had second helpings, me too of course!
We had some leftovers so that would be for our lunch today. :)
you're set out to complete ONE chore but end up doing several other chores in the end.
It happened this morning when I decided that I wanted to sweep the floors and mop them too.
I came across our laundry basket and decided to chuck the dirty laundry in the washing machine so that folding clothes would be manageable, you know, not ending up with a mountain of fresh clothes to fold.
When I was fetching the floor detergent and mop, I ended up cleaning our bathroom which then progressed to other bathrooms in the house too.
Of course, our toddler had wanted to help too so she swept the floors with me using her mini broom.
As I was mopping the floor, she pleaded with me, wanting to help out.
Oh well ... so I gave her the mop and she went swirling around the house with the mop in hand. :)
Our toddler is now also eager to wash her own dishes after each meal.
We love the fact that she wants to be involved in these tasks. Life skills which can only be learnt at home. Proud of her.
It's after dinner now and I had just completed folding fresh laundry.
That feeling of accomplishment when you had finished your house chores is pure satisfaction. (grinning from ear to ear) :D
A new week has started and I'm crossing my fingers that our toddler wouldn't have an episode like the one she had last week.
Last week it was full of tears from our toddler as she kept crying out for Daddy, obviously missing him after he had taken a 2-week off from work to celebrate Aidilfitri and go on a holiday with us.
Yesterday, hubby said to her "Daddy will be going to work tomorrow and when I come back, we'll play, OK?"
She replied "OK"
This morning when she was bf, hubby stepped out from the showers and she quickly sat up on bed with sleepy eyes.
She worked hard to shake off her drowsiness and walked right up to Daddy who said "Good morning!" and she replied instantly.
As she followed him around to get ready for work and grabbed his stuff for him, hubby managed to prepare formula milk for her and switched on the TV before he headed out.
Our toddler came back into the room and snuggled up to me, obviously happy as she was able to see Daddy.
I then asked her to hit the showers and clipped her nails too.
She was given the freedom to choose her outfit for today.
We then went into the kitchen and prepared cheese omelette together, with an English muffin on the side.
After breakfast, she went to the computer to play some games on PBS KIDS
The games are educational and it's good to see that she's no longer crying out for Daddy. :)
We'll see how the day goes but I'm pretty sure that she's back to her normal happy self.
We had a wonderful family getaway as hubby managed to secure a 2-week leave for Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
We went back to his hometown for slightly over a week and went on a holiday for 3 days before heading back to KL.
Hubby had gone back to work on Tuesday.
Today, our 3-yo daughter suddenly cried for no reason. She had actually woken up at 6am when she heard her Daddy wake up to hit the showers and get ready for work.
After sending Daddy off at the door, she climbed onto the bed and requested for me to call Daddy.
I dialled hubby on Facetime so we spoke on the phone throughout his drive to the office. She fell asleep a little while after.
Once she woke up and had her warm bath with pancakes & maple syrup and slices of cheese for breakfast, she sat down quietly in front of the TV.
Not long after, I suddenly heard her sniffing and when I looked at her, she was already crying. No, not the toddler-tantrum sort of crying but genuinely feeling sad and missing her Daddy.
I asked her why she was crying, she only managed to mutter "Daddy is working" in between sobs and "I wanna go to the washroom".
All the way to the bathroom and while she was on the toilet bowl, she was still sobbing.
I tried to calm her down and she suddenly said "Done Ummi" and gestured me to clean her up.
Once she had her diapers on, she walked back to the sofa and watched TV quietly.
She was still sobbing once in awhile.
I quickly sent a Whatsapp to hubby, asking if he was free for lunch.
He replied with "Free between 12.30 to 1.30"
So I sat next to our toddler the entire time, accompanying her and talking to her until it was time to get ready for our lunch date with Daddy.
When I told her that we would be seeing Daddy, she quickly said "Ok" and started laughing yet looked like she was about to cry too.
We were in the car when I buckled her up and she said "I can't wait to see Daddy".
I replied with "Ummi can't wait to see Daddy too".
She responded with "Everybody can't wait to see Daddy".
We reached the car park, parked our car and walked to the place where we had agreed to meet up.
She was so excited to see Daddy and quickly sat down on the chair next to him.
We had our lunch, talked and time flew by so fast that it was time for Daddy to get back to work.
Daddy sent us to our car, drove to his office's main entrance where we dropped him off and he said goodbye to us.
At this point, our toddler was at the verge of tears.
She managed to wave goodbye to Daddy and when we drove away, she started sobbing, tears streaming down her face.
I had to tell her so many times that Daddy will come back but that didn't seem to help.
Upon reaching home, we sat on the sofa and she calmed down slightly when she requested me to open a bar of chocolate.
She started sobbing when she finished the chocolate so I asked her to drink her water and took her for a nap.
She said "I'm not crying anymore Ummi" whilst she sobbed and sobbed and sobbed.
Oh my goodness, she started sobbing uncontrollably even while I bf her!
I asked her what was wrong and she kept repeating, "Daddy is working"
Each time I said "Yes, Daddy will come back", she kept sobbing.
I got worried, texted hubby if he was free to talk.
He said that he was in a meeting.
I just held our toddler whilst she continued sobbing and crying.
It felt like an eternity when hubby finally called.
We spoke on Facetime and he tried to cheer her up. She finally managed to laugh until it was time for Daddy to hang up.
OMG, she started tearing up again, suppressing her tears though.
She cried again after so we didn't manage to get a nap.
She wanted to watch TV so we left the bedroom and sat down in front of the sofa.
I believe she fell asleep and was sobbing in her sleep.
This is the first time ever that our toddler is crying like this. Never happened before so I'm quite puzzled.
Or perhaps she REALLY misses her Daddy since he was with us throughout the 2-week leave.
She didn't throw any tantrums, she was just crying and sobbing most of the time.
We're now waiting for Daddy to come home.
She just woke up and quickly said "Have to wait for Daddy, Ummi" and started sobbing.
Oh ... I can feel her sadness. :(
