The Spirit of Eid

Celebrating a long day’s abstinence from food and other worldly desires at iftar with friends and relatives are encouraged. With children around, parents may opt to break their daylight’s fast in the comfort of one’s home. I know Liya is good at setting up the table and spring cleaning. On the other hand, Ajib plays the part of being a host perfectly. We have held several gatherings and the kids really enjoyed themselves. The spirit of Ramadhan and Eid continue..

Last night, our neighbors came to join Ajib and Liya playing ‘bunga api.’ I was there watching and ensuring the SAFETY FIRST. The children had a great time. Emotional and social developments grow little by little. How to be good at it? Through experience… Four-year old Hannah was hesitant to join the crowd at first but did allow herself to overcome her fears. She ended up giggling and handling her own ‘sticks’ all by herself.

It was truly amazing that toddlers also experience peer pressure. They also are expected to pickup new skills as well as learn to associate with the company of others. Ajib and Liya also have shown that sharing is what makes any play the merrier. Dina and Fahmi who have the advantage of being ‘seniors’ proved to the little people that they could experiment another degree of adventure. Dina lit a few sticks at a time while Adli treated the sticks like magic wans.

E-Card – Selamat Menyambut Aidilfitri 2009

Happy Eid 2009

To all friends and fans of Parenting By Accident, we hope that you’ve enjoyed and followed our blog since day 1. Being and living our small nuclear family, we are far from getting support and love in managing our modern family lives. Nevertheless, we are so proud  and happy to see how young parents take it as a challenge – raising kids, creating happy families and progressing in their careers.

We shall update with more tips and techniques for parenting. Some have been documented, some in trial sessions and some have yet to be tested and discovered. Parenting is dynamic and 24/7 professional career. So, we keep on improving over the years. Let’s learn from each other and together we can it a better and ‘best moment’ for families. Despite all the financial crises, escalating divorce rates and tons of other ‘ills of the world.’

There’s no back and forth redox reaction here. It is hard to say if a family would ever be in the state of equilibrium. Parenting success can be seen in a cyclic period. The success can be rated if a young adult comes out and start being independent. He/she will be emotionally stable, content with life and socially equipped. On contrary, it takes one generation to doom a family.

H1N1 Pandemic

Ajib and Liya learned that the virus is deadly. Recently, they wore masks when we went out to buy some local delicacies for iftaar. Death toll has risen to 72 so far and counting. ICU beds are run out. Medical professionals and hospital staff are devastatingly overworked.

Be Our Guests…

I broke the news that a few guests would be coming for dinner. Liya and Ajib were excited and volunteered to help me with some of the chores. Liya being the ‘orderly fashion’ person has set-up dining tale for several times.

Ajib then rearranged the chairs for our guests. However, he was only interested in the squared low table next to the adults’ table in our dining area. Yes, the mini chairs have been done. There were the cutlery, plates and glasses ready for our guests!

Ramadhan

The fasting month has started for 2009. Liya has expressed that she wanted to give it a try. I might start her on ‘empty stomach’ till 10am, the slowly push it till 12noon. First of all, Liya must be awaken before dawn for early breakfast or ‘sahur.’ The iftar or ‘breaking the fast’ would be clocked around 7.30pm.

Ramadhan teaches us to be grateful for the bountiful of nature. Fasting nurtures empathy and sympathy towards people who live in poverty or when the food supply is scarce. Ramadhan also provides a learning ground for patience whereby it is still a virtue till these days. Being on ‘empty tummies’ improves memories too, as I was told in my reading.