Lego creator

His recent creation was the mini creator 5762. I bought it during our recent trip to the airport on children's day. He asked for it as his children's day gift. I was hesitant at first as he has far too many Lego sets. To date, his Lego sets are placed in a supreme huge container which we got from Ikea. They were really huge in my opinion and so one can imagine how many Lego sets does this 5 year old own and Lego sets do not come cheap. I have always told him of how lucky he is to be able to play with such expensive toys and I even added that I only had 2 sets throughout my entire childhood. Anyhow, I relented because it was after all children's day and he was well-behaved during the trip to the airport as well as earlier on during breakfast.
I have always been a fan of the creator series simply because you can create a t least 3 designs from just one set which is money worth in my opinion as compared to the city series which you can only yield one creation and pretty much ends it there.

He started working on the mini creator 5762 almost immediately when he arrived at my mom's. He complete the first design in about 15 minutes. Of course, I had to supervise him in case he missed out any steps or some of the tint pieces in the process. It gets really depressing if you lose just one tiny piece which deters you from yielding the final product. I forgot to take a picture if the first design.

Later in the evening, he constructed the second design during dinner. I am not favour of play and toys during dinner but I gave in because I wanted him to put up a stint. He cab be quite anal on completing the Lego sets if he already sets his mind to it and no form if compromise will be entertain by him. I know its bad habit and I should try to curb such behavior but I don't have the energy to deal with it that night.

Doodling

I was quite worried that ilyasak did not like to draw or doodle despite making all the writing and colouring materials readily available for him. It is like a common phase where every child will go through. It worries me when he showed no signs of interest in d field at all. He even had difficulty writing out the alphabets as well and hated the fact that he has to write and his pencil grip wasn't that strong either. Although he started to read before he turns 3 but he was only able to write legibly recently when he was 4 and a half years old. I was terribly worried. I even scout around for some suitable art classes for him but found nothing suitable nearby in terms of quality. The only good ones were really far away and it seems unrealistic to sign him up.
However, about two weeks back, he was seen doodling on pieces of paper or any scrap he could find. Yes! You bet I am real happy although most if his doodles comprised of modes of transport or should I mention aeroplanes in specific. He even include details such as turbine engines and propellors although it was not very clear until he explained it to me. He could create stories out of his doodles which made me extremely happy to know that he does progress like any other child. Only that he took a little longer than usual to reach the stage.

There was once when we were having tea in a cafe and he asked for his sketch book. That kept him occupied throughout out the time when we were there. It was simply amazing that he was doodling with such deep concentration. Hopefully, the 'burning' desire to draw is here to stay.

Bridezilla

One of those 'girl' things which I bought for Balqis a few weeks back. I just could not resist when I saw it at the shop. Sadly, she could not keep the frilly veil for more than 5 minutes. This pink veil uses a mini comb sort of to keep it intact to the hair which probably make it a little harder to stay.

I got a little carried away and bought a white frilly veil during one if my trips to JB. This particular one is a little different and better in my opinion because it uses a hair band instead if a mini comb which stays firm on the head longer. Just the other day, I coax her to put it on when we set off to my mom's. I know I am being ridiculous but I can't help it. She looks too cute having the veil on her. Ha!Ha!

Blackforest cake

He has been fond of blackforest cake for the longest time probably it was the first cake that was introduced to him. Although his range of favourite cakes has expanded, blackforest still remain at the top of his list of favourites.
These was taken during one of those evenings when I needed the sweet crave for cakes. My choice of tiramisu and his choice of blackforest. We have yet to discover Balqis' favourite as she seems to enjoy every single flavor of cake which was served to her.

Attempting puzzles

I took out some of Ilyasak's older puzzles which was shelved for quite some time to let Balqis attempt it. Surprisingly she was able to complete 3-5 pieces puzzle with minimal help from me. I had to give hints along the way though like asking her to rotate to get d exact fit and asking her to observe d colours and design of the individual piece to get d correct match up. I am real happy over her progress. I will dig more puzzles for her then.

Maybe I should get Ilyasak to start on doing puzzles again. This boy is simply unique as he does not seem to show interest in d usual typical activities or items which children his age enjoy. For instance, he needs to be coaxed to draw or colour a simple figure or two. He only like vehicles, wheels, gears and those items if that nature. It kind of worrying but I guess each individual child is unique in his or her own way.

Puzzles

I tried giving Balqis some of the simple puzzles from our collection. Basically from the time I started Ilyasak on them. She was able to complete with minimal help from me. I only had to teach her that she needs to rotate, observe the pictures, colours or the cutting of the puzzle pieces to get the correct fitting to the entire puzzle.
I will definitely introduce more puzzles to her in the future.

Maybe I should get Ilyasak to start on doing puzzles again. This boy is simply unique as he does not seem to show interest in the usual typical activities or items which children his age enjoy. For instance, he needs to be coaxed to draw or colour a simple figure or two. He only like vehicles, wheels, gears and those items of that nature. Its kind of worrying but I guess each individual child is unique in his or her own way.

Under the weather again

Ilyasak is down with fever again today. His temperature was 37.1 in the morning so I didn't think too much of it and send him off to school. However, he didnt look too good when we fetched him from school. Even his teacher informed us that he was lying on the floor looking weak during dismissal time. True enough, it was high fever of 39.1 when we checked his temperature again. Ever since this year, his fever will always be on the high side of more than 38.5 whenever he was down with one which worries us a lot.

Balqis on the other hand is down with runny nose since two days ago. Thank god! Hopefully she stays away from fever. It's always a big worry whenever our little ones are down with fever- like holding on to a time bomb where we constantly has to check on its figures.

Thankfully hubby is on childcare leave today which help to lighten my daily load with the kids. It can get real depressing if you have sick kids refusing their meals and wanting to be coaxed just to finish their meals.

They are off to their own slumber after their own dosages of the meds. Hope the hubs and I can brave the tide with neither of us getting the bug. Hope the kids recover real soon and be out and about to play.