Had an advance celebration with family for our lil king coz 22 Jan fell on a weekday. Who lil king? Hehe...who else but Aqil Danish!
Cooked simple dishes & made pulut kuning for celebration at home with the family. Made simple decor just to lift up the celebratory atmosphere. Yup...I love doing these for the kidz...especially on their special days.
Am a full time teacher doing part-time study. Ain't I tired? Where do I find the time? Nope...strangely not especially when it comes to celebrating birthdays of my lil ones. They are precious to me and this is one way to show them that their Umi & Ayah love and treasure them all!
Ariq & Arisya will be excited everytime their birthdays are approaching. "Umi...where are we gonna celebrate my birthday?" "Umi...can I invite friends for my birthday?" "Umi...can I hv my birthday at the pool?" These are the questions that will be irritatingly asked by them...everytime. But not Aqil. Aqil doesn't even know his birthday is approaching. Aqil doesn't know that we are celebrating his birthday...not even on the day itself.
Throughout the celebration...when others are enjoying the food, happily playing & chatting...Aqil will be with his ipad...in the room. He laughed & sang along & blew out the candles during cake cutting. Photo-taking wasn't really a smooth one coz he ain't posing for the camera...in fact was kinda reluctant. But everyone wanna snap a pic with the birthday boy...and so he reluctantly posed for the pics.
Ariq & Arisya are always excited when it comes to opening of presents...but not Aqil. We had to coax him to come out coz he just wanna be in the room with his ipad. And thus, our lil king opened his presents, with assistance of coz, without realizing that those presents are for him. Upon the last present being opened, he went back to the room with the ipad....
Nah...I wasn't comparing Aqil with his siblingz. I am just showing how he reacts differently frm others. And nah...I am not sad. I am actually happy coz our lil king acceded to our requests of cake-cutting, photo-taking & presents-opening...instead of melting down.
Alhamdullilah...
Alhamdullilah...
The day before his birthday, I went to get the stuffs needed to bake. Made some mini 'cake-in-jar' for him to celebrate his birthday in school. Had meeting that day, rushed to get the stuffs and then baking & packing the cakes & goodie bags.
Sent the cakes & goodie bags to his school..."Mama...you are here!" he exclaimed when he saw me. "I miss you Mama!"....and my heart melted. No...he didn't know his Mama was there coz its his birthday. But I am happy just to hear the words frm him & the smile and hug he gave.
Every year it has been as such...but every year we'll celebrate his birthday still. Just like his brother's & sister's. Because he is our son...and we treasure all three of them...our AriqArisyAqil.
