Siri Bercakap Dengan Miki – Big Boy

Yesterday we were at Pizza Hut having pasta for dinner. I wasn’t feeling so well and eating my food slowly. Then I turned to my son just to find him so different, I just sat there and stared at him. He sat on the regular chair without any baby seat. He sat there tall and straight and holding to his fork and spoon so neatly. He scooped a couple of strands of spaghetti then he twisted the fork around to roll the noodle around it before he brought it to his mouth. He chewed with his mouth closed and then used the spoon to push the food from the edge of the plate towards the middle, so carefully so it won’t spill on the table. Then he put down both fork and spoon, reached for a serviette and wiped the marinara sauce off his chin. He finished the whole plate just like he would just a month ago. But last month he would absentmindedly wipe his mouth with his shirt sleeve, pasta spilling down the plate and cutleries would be making orchestra music. Just a month ago and look how different he is now.

My son has grown so big.

Today 2 December 2011, Luth Mikael “Miki” Azman is 3 years and 10 months old. Soon he will turn 4, fit for school, no longer a baby but definitely always a baby to me.

We asked him if he wanted an adik (little brother or sister) and he said sure but he would prefer a little brother.

Daddy : “Kenapa Miki suka adik boy?”
Miki : “Adik boy tu kan, kalau dia nampak cat, dia kata CAT! Kalau adik girl, dia kata Tat!Tat! Pastu adik boy kan, kalau dia nampak door, dia kata Door! Kalau adik girl, dia kata Doodoorr doodoorrr!”
Daddy : “Adik girl tu pelat ke Miki?”
Miki : “Adik girl tak pandai sangat….”
Daddy : “ Dia comel tak?”
Miki : “Comel, tapi boy comel banyak….”

Sabar kan je lah Miki, belum apa-apa dah diskriminasi wanita. Haishh…

Finally he has moved on from his months-long obsession of Plants vs Zombies now that we have seen the movie Real Steel twice and Azman bought its game for Miki’s Ipad and his Iphone. Miki is so into the boxing robot game, yesterday he cried when Zeus lost to some other puny robot. Like how drama can he be? He memorized all the robot names.. Zeus, Ambush, Metro, Atom etc etc etc… Not to mention the names of all the Transformers and cartoon characters. But why he can be lazy with his lessons? i don’t know!?

Anyhow, although he can be so pemalas when it comes to lessons, Miki now is a lot better in reciting the Surahs, better at Maths, better at writing and drawing.. And the thing is – MIKI CAN NOW READ! Yay! Although he can only read short sentences and he needs to spell out every words. But I am still so proud! Good job kid!

Pretty smart he is but kids will always say the darnedest thing!

His Aunt Achik, is a little on a chubby side. When she was pregnant, Miki refused to believe that there was a baby in her tummy. He said, “Memang la Achik gemuk! Apa baby-baby pulak?” Azman and I pengsan-ed tergolek dog.

In October, when the baby was safely delivered, we showed him the baby that existence his didn’t believe in earlier. Miki smiled and looked at the baby admiringly. Later, while he was chatting with Achik, he saw her post-pregnancy tummy asked “Ni ada baby lagi ke?” I hid my face kat celah ketiak. Budak bertuah tanya soalan sensitive!

In another occasion we asked Miki if the baby is a boy or girl. He knew Ariff is a boy, but just to test him , I asked “Mana Miki tahu?” Suddenly Miki became unsure and after he appeared to be thinking hard, he said “Aahh Miki tahu lah! Miki kan pergi Art Class!”

Hahhaa! What does your art lessons got to do with checking the gender of a baby, Miki? Kelakar siot! To date Miki has gone to 6 or 7 classes at ART SAFARI, I love the fact that he enjoys the classes and socializing well with other kids and the teachers.

It has been an amazing journey that I have raising Miki to be the big boy he is today. I can’t wait to see how he cope living with an Adik after all these while being extremely pampered and manja. Miki my son, the thought of you never fails to make me smile.

Have a lovely weekend everybody.