Sebelum masuk apartemen..

Pilar yang pencet semua pin code untuk masuk (ada 3 kode). Dia juga yang nyalain lampu koridor, pencet tombol lift, ... he's in charged. Kalau sampai kita by-pass, hmmm..siap2 ada yang ngamuk :)

Papanya bersihin roda stroller yang kotor habis melindas jalanan yang banyak kotoran burung dan anjing. Hiks.. ini termasuk yang saya ga suka di sini, anjing2 bebas buang kotoran di mana saja. Tuannya ga sebertanggung jawab itu buat buangin kotoran anjingnya ke tempat yang tersedia. Talking about high developed country ya.. zzzz

Iris masih tidur di strollernya. Alhamdulillah dia anteng di stroller. Di car seat, so so lah. Kalau udah ngantuk dia mau tidur sendiri. Kadang masih ngamuk kalau bosen duduk dan pengen diangkat. Harus pinter2 atur waktu pas dia tidur kalau mau roadtrip. Di sini saklek ya aturan anak harus di car seat. Pilar pun belum boleh duduk di depan sampai usianya 10, plus wajib pake booster seat.

Ini ceritanya ngelantur dari ritual masuk apartemen sampai ke aturan car seat ya :D

My 6 yo little man in a body of an 8 yo. People mistake you as a primary student while you're still in KG. Still learning how to read and write - one point we need to put an extra effort before year 1. While you calmly kill math and being "polite and cheerful at class" said your class teacher.
What a drastical change ya kak. Just 2 months ago you were still "served" at almost every time and now you have to be much more independent. It's not just you it's all of us. Pardon me and your dad for all the yelling when you don't listen. We're also still learning the new life, new habit.
I pray that this change will lead us to be better person. Hey, you even know french better than your father! You know more than 2 french songs while he... ok, let's not talk about him now it's your birthday :)
Today we learned that you no longer want your father to drop you to the school taxi, only up to the apartment main entrance and you will handle the rest. You said that your father made finger marks on the taxi window when he waved you bye. You don't want it to happen again :)

Go out there son, make new friends, discover new things, surprise us every day.
Happy 6th birthday Pilar Arezki.

2 months have passed

And my parents have returned safely home. Hiks. So it's just the 4 of us now. I must say life is good but it ain't easy :) it's good because we're so intact to each other and that creates an enormous bonding which we didn't have before.
We do now breathe and live the word cooperate.
We lower expectation towards clean and tidy apartment. And towards food taste :)
When things got worse, we order food or buy kebab.
I'm not really into shopping. Not yet. Better not. Ok lie, i bought 2 pairs of shoes and a bag at sale price. When all i need is one black parka with capuche to replace this old zara i bought 12 years ago. I repeat 12 years ago!
We both lost weight. I'm back to my pre pregnancy jeans (lie, almost). Husband looking oh so fine in his new suits. Kids are gaining weight (off course!).
All and all, it's been a great adventure. We're still up for some more in the coming days..months..years.