Parenting hits and misses

Long gone the days where I could hang my shirts, blouses, dresses and baju kurung with colour coded hangers..watching TV in the room, stack of books stacked nicely at the corner of the room…take out lunch&dinners..room spick& span..16 years later…

Stacks of books here&there..me have been buying books like there's no tomorrow + books hubby bought, then the children's books..down the stairs and "ouch" stepped on a lego piece..plop yourself on the sofa and you find someone has spilled a drink..reach out for the remote and it has disappeared between the cushions or underneath the sofa or worst case if you have to look for the tv remote or the ASTRO remote in the fridge.

Life at home used to be calm and everything have its place.At night I used to lit candles when the boy no1 &2  asleep, dim lights and listening to Mozart or easy listening music…Used to have a Contemporary Nusantara deco in the house, rattan chairs,pots,wooden deco,cushions and comfy resort like..then boy no 3& 4 came out…these cute little people is different, they seems to be randomly sticking their tiny hands between the rattan chair and "patahkan: the rotan and the other one keep on jumping on the chair- lo& behold suddenly there's a big hole in the chair, tiny hands that randomly deposit foods and toys e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e…

Living room is the most lived and where the main activities are..the deco keep changing, came home one day and found out the IKEA lamp has broken into into pieces.., the flowers are pulled out from it stems, cushions are batik printing aka marker stained drawings by the little people..I bought big "kertas mahjung" for them to draw but they prefers the walls anytime..marker stained on tables, cupboard, racks..almost e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e…

Toys- mana datang semua ni??? oh well…contributory negligence on my part as well..McDonald Happy Meal toys, birthday toys, Abang's toys..thank God, we have IKEA in Malaysia, so you end up buying more stuff to fill in more stuff(toys)Now we have 5 toy box in the house. And when my Princess arrived , we end up buying more toys…girlie stuff..

Being on FB and joining all the pre-loved groups,garage sales…uh uh..more stuff in the house but no stuff out from the house..

Dang!I really have to sort out all the outgrown clothes, the preloved toys and stuff and sell and donate it..

Luv,

Shuq