Just mumbling

My dearest angel was absent from school on Monday n Tuesday..actually i had doubts about sending her on wednesday..with strict instructions for her to tell her class teacher to call me to pick her up if she was not feeling well... she didnt..but she did go to the school doctor ..though the doctor was not around.....n she was soooo looking for the first school iftar..on wednesday..

But then..*we can only plan but Allah decides*.. Wednesday was the iftar.. it was also my birthday.. i even brought forward my birthday to last saturday* without telling anyone of it* (there goes my birthday gifts hehehe..yeah yeah... meşe kızma..) ....so that we could go to the iftar...

I got worried when she got sick on monday.. i was hopeful by tuesday..n i called her class teacher telling her that we would be coming for iftar... Come wednesday..Hatice was quite ok..(meaning we could go).. but..that morning... baddin was with fever...he too started antibiotics...bricanyl...n as usual.. the cold vapour...he was coughing as well...nose running..halil called from the uni..he too was not feeling well.. (i guessed already since i saw the opened blue tylolhot in the kitchen) ...what a happy ending..masyaAllah... we had to break hatice's heart..but then we had no choice...if i could leave baddin to halil at home, i would bring her to the iftar.. but it was not possible.. baddin kept wanting my attention...he kept wanting my hug...So sorry princess..next year ok?...

They r all getting better now...not as bad as monday.....on thursday, she came home telling me that friday would be a holiday..i didnt believe her coz the previous day she misinformed us about something .....i thought she must have mistaken again...called keremcan to confirm her story.. true..she was correct this time..

Mistake number ONE: Trust ur child..or at least pretend to believe her n confirm the words secretly...without her noticing it...it is not good for a child's self confidence to know that her own mother does not trust her words..

I apologized to her...i told her i was mistaken...Need to remind myself not to do the same mistake again..

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Hatice going to school means that i have time to concentrate on baddin's writing skills..or the lack of it... before this, i had not forced them to write or draw... hatice loves to hold a pen n do something with it..baddin on the other hand... is the opposite..he very rarely holds a pen..as i have mentioned in one entry in my other blog... maybe he felt overshadowed by his sister..n definitely not from the lack of intelligence...Thus, the moment hatice started school, every morning i made him work with the pen under my close supervision...he has a lot to learn.. but i think he is slowly learning... my first aim is to make him be able to learn to make a straight line..he is trying...n i hope he will be able to soon... there r so many skills to teach him.. i have got one year...

Hatice is different nowadays..two weeks in school means two weeks of activities she had never been involved with before...before the school... she walked with a bent back...indicating a certain level of lack of self confidence... now... her back is straighter...the way she talk..the way she hold herself ...i can see that she is feeling good about herself..she is gaining her self trust..i am glad...though i think she needs to learn to control her temper a bit...or at least try to deal with it...nothing volcanic like her mom...still... i dont want her to be like me...anyone? any clue? gee..i wish i can add in her recent pictures..but that will have to wait till halil buys a new handphone..n that will have to be after November.....when he will get his new salary.. we r living on his savings at the moment...cant afford anything at the moment..

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Remember that i am trying to teach baddin to write a straight line? Hatice came back on Thursday with a homework for the weekend... 2 sided homework.. it is about lines....just perfect for baddin as well...!! So i made a copy of her homework for baddin as well..the one with the blue ink is baddin's while the one with the pink ink is hatice's.. please bear in mind that baddin is 14 months younger than hatice...just learning to write...so naturally, my eldest angel's work would be better.....i am using what hatice learns in school as a guideline to teach baddin the skill he needs for next year...

Baddin's work

Hatice's work
Baddin's work
Hatice's work

What i notice while watching them working... hatice is much slower in finishing her task but she was more careful in trailing the lines..Baddin on the other hand... he was very fast..but....i could see his mind trailed the lines faster than his hands that in the end, his written lines were not straight at all... hatice..because she was much slower...her lines r better..But notice that her lines gets worse towards the end? I think she was either too exhausted...too bored or just too tired coz i made her do the homework half an hour after she got back from school..(before her dinner).. so my question is... should i feed her first before her homework or should i make her do her homework first with a hungry stomach...but if i feed her first, wouldnt she get sleepy after that?.. what is ur opinion?

well..that is all i think for last week..i know that this is hatice's blog but i think adding baddin's development in line with her learning development is unavoidable... well..at least till next year when he too will own a blog dedicated to his studies... just like his abla...