Category: My Lil Caliphs Activties

Last two weeks, we plan to to go Avillion PD since we’ve been hearing good comments about the place. Was extremely delighted when syauQi ajak pegi but after seeing the weather forecast saying every petang hujan, we hesitate to go or not to go. Of coz deep inside i was screaming to go…haha. tapi was worried if hujan, ha i pulak kena scream ngan syauqi “TOLD YOU!” . So i listened to him and cancel the plan.

It was Friday, picked up the kids as usual and when we returned home, syauQi said “you, pack the bags!” a lil confused…he continued “we r going to avillion”.  i wasnt sure he was for real or not…so muke masih tenang tak tunjuk lg gembira. i asked him further details, oh apparently rooms dah buat reservation, pegi after his Friday Prayers. And another surprise…bro and sis-in-law coming along…supercool! that’s 4 extra hands!!! But since they need to be home next day by noon to attend wedding, we decided to go on separate cars.

Kids were so happy when i told them we were going to the beach. Prior to that, athirAh been wearing her swimsuit at home almost everyday for the past one month, sbb nk pegi beach. ape die ingat beach tu belakang rumah athirah? Elder 2 insists on wearing their swimming attire from home. Ha dlm keta tertanya2, mane beach, mane beach. Lil did they know it will be an hour plus journey.

Reached Avillion at 5pm, thought we were there way passed the check-in time (3pm) but to our surprise rooms were not yet ready. Syauqi requested for late check-out in return, we then got a late check-out at 2pm instead of 12pm. athirAh dah restless nk jump into the water already. Once we got the room key, we head straight to the room ,perform our solat and to the beach we go!

It was priceless seeing the joy in the kids’ face. Priceless. Nothing beats that feeling. In fact i even tweeted then, “nothing beats the feeling seeing the joy in the kids’ face. not even a spa session” athirAh keep on saying “athirah at the beach” uZAir was jumping about on the sand while hArith busy digging. uZAir was very confident to masuk air. Yes i know the water is not clear nor clean…but for kids, they are totally fine with it. They enjoyed it. (hmm wait till the see the sea water at the island, they might not want the sea at PD then…hahah)

Didn’t bring my camera as i wasnt sure will i have enough hands to even handle the kids ape lagi camera. So all photos taken from bro’s compact camera. Had problem taking photos of the kids, they were everywhere….

uWais had his first experience with the sand,

Bro and wife rent the canoe…hArith gave it a try, happily singing “row row row your boat….”

and uwais felt asleep after much of sand play

Then ajak kids pegi pool pulak. tp ni budak taknk kuar dr air

at the pool, athirAh turun the water slide definitely more than 2otimes during the 40mins period. nonstop turun slide. It was already maghrib, had problem getting her out. Bro had to dukung her to the room while she meronta2 “taknk balik , taknak balik”. For dinner few people gave us suggestion where to eat, but we didnt want to stress up ourselves kuar makan with 4 kids, thus we ordered room service. boleh makan dgn tenang. Oh my sis-in-law came well prepared, with a big tupperware of cut watermelon AND brownies!!! Heaven. We munched on those while waiting for the food to sampai.

After we had our meal, we ordered vanila ice cream to go with the homemade brownies…marvelous  😀

Next morning after breakfast, we went to the petting zoo and had another round of swimming for the kids. Everyone had a good time, even mommy. And best part of all…the dad remain cool all the time. You know when bapak budak jadi cranky, it can be worst than 4 kids cranky…hihi. Thus a BIG thanks to the dad for brining us and for being cool and calm through out :D. We love you 😉

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When i was told there’s a memo regarding their 2nd term excursion in the communication book, i think i became more excited than the kids…hihi.

I wasn’t able to follow them during their 1st excursion as i was in my confinement. So this time around, i became kaypochi and tag along 😀

I became even more excited when i read the memo:

“Alhamdulilllah, we are please to inform you that in line with this term’s topic on Geography: “Allah Created our Beautiful Earth”, InsyaAllah, your child will be visiting the FRIM (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia) Forest Reserve in Kepong. As part of your child’s Geography curriculum, he/she will learn about various land and water forms, such as hills, jungle, river, lake etc. InsyaAllah, at this Forest Reserve, they will be able to see some of these land and water forms. Let’s pray for a clear sunny day, InsyaAllah! “

Been wanting to bring the kids to the waterfall but never had the chance to do so, thus this excursion was just ideal ..so i can cross out “waterfall” from the Thing-To-Do-With-The-Kids’  list. The kids didnt know i was tagging along…if they knew surely they will refuse to ride with their friends. Went separately n met them there. As much as i suspected,  athirAh didnt really follow the instructions upon seeing, bile suruh line up, kabut nk dtg to me.

A group photo of the kids,

another one with the teachers,

The kids were devided into 2 groups, while one group went up to the waterfall, the other group had their snack and went for a walk and observe the surrounding, the nature.

while having their snack,

Ni tgh tgk ikan from the bridge, n looking at the  water form

walking around the surrounding

learning on fern,

touched and feel the rocks,

tgk lah anak Ahmad Syauqi tu…suruh duduk amiq gmbr, tp sorang ke kiri, sorang ke kanan…

hArith queueing up, getting ready to head to the waterfall once the first group came back,

will let the photos do the talking…kids really had a good time in the water,

athirAh, singing “row row your boat…”

and the last pic in the water before heading home…kids waving their hands saying “Itqan”

Kids went home with me, in the car athirAh kepenatan tido. hArith dah tuntut nak go there again. syauQi seems to agree but adoii semput lah nak dukung uZair up to the waterfall, we are very sure he will refuse to walk…

InsyaAllah, we will come here again 🙂

And looking forward for their next Itqan school excursion in July and October, insyaAllah.

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Ada mcm roadtrip kt UK tak? wearing cardigan in the car…hihi

We brought the kids to snow walk i-city last tuesday. How was it? Quite a number of people asked me how was it when i tweet bout it. Well what can i say…hmm. if u wish to go, DO NOT go with high expectation. Its basically a basement yg di-freezer kan. I think if syauQi reach up his hands, he could touch the beams and ceiling. But since this was the closest we could get to snow, it was okay i guess. An experience for the kids, they are too young to rate the place afterall…hihi

We didnt bring uWais along, too young for it, ade kang demam. We paid RM50 for all of us. Its a family package rate i think. Stated there RM25 per adult and Rm20 for kids. But i remembered reading in the newspaper now promo RM10, but not too sure what was that promo all about. They do provide thick clothing and you have option to purchase the gloves and snowcap. I think gloves are rather essential for the lil one’s. We didnt buy gloves for the kids, thus they ended up putting their hands in the pocket.

Oh don’t get too excited, thinking u can build snowman and throw snowball. the “snow” kasar..i rase ABC punye ice lagi halus..haha. And ade tempat not so much of snow, tapi ice..thus it get a lil slippery to walk about…my kids jatuh few times. Especially at the steps..i find it rather dangerous.

So if takleh buat snowman, what else can you do? You can turun the sled but mmg takde safety features langsung. they should have padding around the sled…young ones can easily hit, terantuk kepala, the front of the sled. Pastu die takde lah cam bgtau make sure hands remain inside all the time. Your fingers can easily tekepit kt tepi tu (between the sled and the wall(ice) of the slide) . Pastu at the end of the slide you will go up a slope and reverse back (their braking system to stop ur sled)…i seriously think they should tell us to expect that. Tak ke panic, i was with my kids…suddenly it went up half wat the slope then tetiba reverse.  Husband lak ride with athirah, because they were heavier, so the momentum pushed him all the way up the slope…it actually stop for few seconds b4 reverse balik…can easily topple ke belakang sbb he was like vertical up already.

This was the sled…me and elder 2 going down. Sorry poor quality of photo…we tak bwk flash. They have their official photographer. RM20 to purchase the gambar…and they only give hardcopy. Will need to scan and put it up here.

The steps were slippery

Pastu rase mcm gi snow in China..coz they had chinese song on air. It would be better if letak lagu without wordings…those instrument song, err what do u call it, minus one eh?

nothing much to do in there, they have this ride…elder 2 berebut. bile nak balik baru tau, ade banyak lagi..it was kind of hidden. Dunno lah why they didnt make it visible.

uZair slept in the car mase on the way there, so awal2 masuk tu he refused to walk…but after awhile die lah yg paling steady tahan sejuk

My verdict: if setakat nk kasi kids rase sejuk winter tuokay lah..but jgn expext you can really play with the snow.

Mase balik, in the car..hArith said to me “mommy nak gi real snow pulak can?” hahahah

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