Happy 9th birthday Arwen!

I can't believe you are 9 years old. You can't believe you are 9 years old. So this year we did not have a big party just because we already had one last year, so this year we were going low budget kind of celebration but I hope it was amazing all the same to you. I even managed to get a cool black and pink wall decoration just to get into that party mood.

We had a 2 part celebration. First we invited your 2 best buds for a play date at our house on 22 nov 2014. It was a Wednesday and it was a public holiday due to Deepavali. Your 2 best buds plus siblings. So Natasya came with Nadyne and Nessa while Azureen came with Arissa.

Birthday girl

Arwen and friends.

In the bedroom

Arwen and Natasya

We made DIY crowns!

Played dress ups!

Played with the sparklers Natasya brought.

Of course, we all played with Cleo!

We did face painting!

The statue dance game.

Photo shoot!

Birthday cake time. Mama accidentally burned the happy birthday sign! Thank goodness I have an extra one on stand by.

Arwen turns 9! Another year of fabulous!

Birthday cake session.

Then on Saturday, 25 Oct 2014, we had a Monster High theme celebration at tok bak's house. Colour theme was black and pink! We had satay and a black and pink cake which we decorated with the monster high doll cut outs.

Another year of Fabulous!

Kakak Nisha and Kakak Iman came as monsters!! Nisha made her own costume! And look at Iman's make up - SCARYYY

Mama with green teeth monster?

Photo shoot.

The cake came all the way from Johor Bahru!

Happy.

 

Makan  makan and played games.

Opening the presents!

Alhamdulillah for all the presents!

Cat names

September 2014 - this was the list of cat names you came up with just before we got the cat. 

Simon and Cleo

First there was Simon, the stray little ginger kitten we found at our street, right in front of our house. He seemed healthy enough, playful, happy except for the fungus on his body and lack of fur. Unfortunately, we only had 2 and a half weeks with him. We rescued him on 6 Sep 2014 and he died so suddenly on the 24 Sept 2014. We were so sad. You cried so terribly that Bak searched online for a new kitten immediately.

That was how Cleo came to be with our family. We got Cleo on 25th Sept 2014. She was 3 months old at that time. I hope she'll grow up healthy and happy with us. We still miss little Simon and we get sad whenever we talk about him. Oh and you asked for me to make a video of Simon so that you can remember him. I'll try to make that as soon as possible okay darling?

 

Sabar

There are times that the world does not make sense and everything around you is crazyyyyy and you feel like everything is against you. You feel tired, exhausted just totally weary and spent. You almost feel like you just want to stop. These are the times that we must persevere, get up, get dressed no matter what. No matter how terrible the world is, show up and pray for better things to come.