Adam Hakimi

Yesterday was Adam's 4th birthday. He was born on 26th February 2005 at Columbia Medical Centre Seremban.






4 wonderful years with Adam. Something to really celebrate. Can't do without him now.

Since the moment he was born he has been a blessing.








So for his 4th birthday we made him a calendar to countdown from the 14th of February.
Everyday when he woke up he would ask me to cross the date.
He walked with Papa at Asda and chose himself a Mickey Mouse laptop for his present. And he planned his own celebration...
"Mama, when I get back from school you must get 10 people to shout SURPRIIISSEE!! at me then I will cut my cake and open my present"

(tapi Mama tahap kritikal malas nak masak sekarang-blame it on the hormones-so Mama negotiate dgn Adam-boleh tak Mama dgn Ammar je yang jump surprise?)

"No..I want 10 people"

(besoknya Mama negotiate lagi)

"Ok 7 people"

(Mama belum berputus asa)

"ok 4 people"

(siapa nak panggil lagi 2 org tu Adam?)

"How about Atuk and Tokpa?"

(macammana pulakla nak bawak atuk dgn tokpa dtg sini)

Earlier this week Papa drove Mama and Adam to Crumpsall library and Adam registered as a member. He now has his own library card. He also got another card which the librarian put one sticker on. Everytime Adam borrow books he will get another sticker and when his sticker card is full he will get a certificate from the library. That day Adam borrowed 4 books that he chose himself. That night Mama had to read all the books to him (semput Mama).



So on Wednesday Mama spend whole day baking cupcakes for 54 of Adam's classmates and 5 of his teachers (nak patah pinggang Mama, Adam punya pasal Mama buat jugak, Papa pulak asyik curi kek Mama). The cupcakes were decorated with smiley faces (skill Mama limited ok, tu je lah Mama mampu buat).




When Adam came back from school Adam was not satisfied.
"I want nose with teeth too"
(tak kuasa lah Mama)

That night after Adam and Ammar were asleep Mama and Papa stayed up to pack the cupcakes and party packs for Adam's school.



On his birthday morning Adam woke up happy and cheerful. Papa put a badge "4 TODAY!" on Adam's uniform. He was too excited that he didn't eat any breakfast.

When he arrived at school he was greeted by his teacher Mrs Lavin and she wished Adam happy birthday (tapi macam biasa Adam buat donno je-tu memang perangai Adam, siapa tak kena layan dgn dia jgn kecik hati)

About 2 o'clock Papa prepared to surprise Adam. We put up a banner saying Happy 4th Birthday and balloons. Mama put candles on Adam's cake (beli kat Asda je, cappucino-chocolate cake) and Papa put Adam's wrapped present on the table. Ammar was sleeping. Then Papa went to fetch Adam at school. Mama woke Ammar up and changed his jumper to take pictures. Ammar started crying when he saw the cake.



"nak kek! nak kek!" then Ammar started to roll around on the carpet. Mama had to hold Ammar to save the cake.

Then Mama saw Papa's car outside so Mama brought Ammar behind the table to surprise Adam. When Adam came in we jump and shouted "SURPRISE!" (Mama je yg jerit of course, Ammar tak tau apa2). Adam was delighted to see the decorations.



Then we took some pictures and Adam blow the candles. He opened up his present and although he chose the present himself he did a good job of acting surprised and delighted. Then we ate the cake. Ammar ate 2 whole pieces.







After that Adam played with his new Mickey Mouse laptop non-stop. It is a very good laptop.It has 22 different functions to teach alphabets, spelling and simple maths, as compared to Adam's old Vtech laptop that has only 12 functions. But we owed the old laptop a great deal, it was the laptop that taught Adam to spell first, not Mama. And when Adam started to spell words then only he start to be interested in books. When we saw that Adam responded well to the old laptop that we decided to buy him a new upgraded one. This Mickey Mouse laptop even has a 'repeat' button to allow the child to go back to the question or repeat the word, so he can work at his own pace. And we keep hearing Mickey Mouse saying "Hoott dogg!" to tell the kid that the answer is correct.



In an hour Adam already mastered the keys and mouse of the laptop (berbaloi la £20 Papa). The old laptop now belongs to Ammar (Ammar memang sentiasa dapat harta pusaka Adam). Mama hopes Ammar will also benefit from the old laptop like Adam. Thanks Old laptop! (beli second hand kat e-bay)

That night Adam asked..
"Mama, why only Mama and Ammar say surprise? where's other people?"
(laa tak sah lagi ke?)

"Mama, you must cook more food and I will ask Israf and Max to come."
"How about Mizah and Sarah?"
"I don't want girls"
(sorry Intan and Anis (mama Mizah and Sarah)...)

This morning Adam asked " Mama, when Adam will be 5?"