what i learned on daniel’s 3rd birthday
July 9, 2016Daniel’s birthday is always around Ramadhan time so poor guy never really had a big celebration. The first year, we had a cake after terawih and a lot of people reading doa for him which was nice. Second birthday it was Ramadhan as well and we celebrated with a cake in an intimate setting. Intimate is just a nicer word for only-immediate-family-members-bothered-to-come haha. Then this year, it wasn’t Ramadhan but it was the third day of Raya which means a lot of people are still in their hometowns and not free. I even tried to order a cake but no one is taking orders because everyone was on holiday. Mariam had a huge 1st birthday and Daniel… well, he had a tub of half-eaten ice cream with spoons as candles at midnight today. Hehe.
My poor baby boy.
It was just the 4 of us this morning (oh and of course our Kakaks) so we took him to this petting zoo called Farm in The City recommended by some of my friends. It was really fun and definitely Daniel’s scene. We gave leaves to deers and turtles (or tortoises? I never know the diff), we fished, we saw crocodiles, we touched snakes, and Daniel even rode a pony! I also learned that Mariam is a huge scaredy cat just like me. When a parrot landed on Kak Siti’s head, Mariam flipped out and screamed and shouted and cried in fear. I did too. Like mommy, like daughter.
Then we saw both grandparents today, had a cake with proper candles this time, and we took him to my sister’s ex-husband’s open house at night. They had fireworks and when we watched from afar, Daniel said, “Mommy there is firework because it’s my birthday.” Didn’t want to hurt his feelings by telling him the truth, so I just stroked his hair and said, “Uh-huh, yep.”
I felt like I could have done better for his birthday celebration this year because we would have been on our family holiday now, but we had a last minute change of plans (more on that drama in another blogpost) so we had to improvise really quickly. But at the end of the night, I asked him, “So Daniel, did you like your birthday?”
“Yes, it was amazing!”
“Aww really?? You had fun?”
“Yes I did, Mommy.”
“Awww, happy 3rd birthday my love.”
To my surprise, he hugged me and said, “Thank you, Mommy.”
“I love you, Daniel.”
“I love you too, Mommy.”
STOP BEING SUCH A SWEET LITTLE BOY DANIEL YOU ARE KILLING ME HERE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH OMG HOW DID I GIVE BIRTH TO SUCH A WONDERFUL BOY.
Daniel taught me today to be grateful. Be grateful in everything that happens in your life, and for everything that people do or say or give you, no matter how big or small. He probably doesn’t know any better, he’s just happy he got to eat cake really. But still, we could always learn a thing or two from kids’ behaviour. Even though I felt Daniel didn’t have such an amazing birthday, to him, it was the best birthday ever. And it’s all because of his sincere gratitude.
Good on you ????
awww Daniel is such a good kid :’). InsyaAllah he’ll be a good son to his parents 🙂 Happy 3rd Birthday Daniel!
Happy 3rd birthday Daniel! May Allah bless you dunya and aakhirah. ????????
I think that is the beauty of raising kids. Aww so cute, happy birthday boy!
Yes, we can learn so much from kids! How grateful they are to all things, big or small. They are forgiving too 🙂 Happy 3rd birthday Danny Boy!
Awww. Daniel is such a sweetie. Happy birthday daniel. Stay cool and awesome.
Daniel is such a sweet boy! Happy Birthday Daniel 🙂
Awww Vivy, you and Fadza raised him up well 🙂
Aww..Daniel is so adorable..he’s certainly an animal lover..maybe you could take him to the safari for his next birthday. That would be amazing.
awww Daniel is the sweetest! STOP MAKING ME TEAR UP.. I can imagine him saying that with his cute innocent puppy eyes. Well done, mum and dad for raising such a sweet boy
Happy 3rd Birthday Daniel.Damn the last part made me cryyyy T_T
happy 3rd birthday, daniel! sebaya dgn my daughter, just she had her birthday few days before ramadhan ^^ may all the happiness return!
I wrote something about this too. I’ll just copy and paste it below:
Syukur selalu? Hihihihi
forward:
I recently celebrated an annual date with my loved one. I asked “isn’t there anything special for me?”, “go somewhere ordinary?” “do something different?”
He then asked “what does special mean?”
I answered “special means…. …. …. something different than the usual”
He then asked “isn’t everyday special?”
Off course I said “NOOOO. I’m doing almost the same routine everyday!”
He said “same routine but is it really the same EVERYDAY?”
Off course my answer was .. “no. everyday is different in a way BUT..” before I can finish my sentence he said
“so everyday IS special!”
at this point I know I am being brainwashed.
He continued “today I get to see you is special. Not everyone gets to see their loved ones today. Today we go makan at (our usual kedai makan) is special because we don’t do that eveerryday. Today you still love me is special because things can change anyhow, anytime”
Nampak tak permainan dia? haha
Yes. I HAVE been brainwashed. hahahahah. but in a good way, I guess? so ok laah. But I may not stop asking for something special but thanks for the information. I learned something new :p
Hope everyone is having a special day too!
Another lesson learned is.. if you strongly believe in something, word it wisely AND properly, you may just influence someone. hahahaha