Emma's First Day - Post Mortem

So how did Emma do on her first day at school? Pretty well from what I hear (from herself and from the teacher). Kata Aunty (the teachers call themselves Aunty agar lebih mesra giteww) Emma independent and I swear that was all I heard. Zufri however heard the Aunty add that she is pretty bossy and likes to lead.  Uh-oh.. She can be bossy, but I’d like to think that she is flexible too. Now I’m not gonna tell her to be a little submissive because nanti jadi macam aku pulak, hahaha. Eh? Anyway its just her first day, I bet she’s still trying to adapt to her surroundings.

When we picked her up, she was crying. She was building a tower from blocks (she calls it her Princess Castle) and suddenly a boy came and kicked her tower! Tsk tsk tsk. Boys. And being a girl, Emma menangis hahaha. Sangat stereotype.

This morning I didn’t follow Zufri send Emma off to school. That’s the plan, anyway. He sends Emma and picks her up after work. Mak lenggang kangkung hantar Aisha kat rumah Opah. So far so good. 

Haha ek eleh baru dua hari sekolah nak kecoh. 

Emma Goes To Kindy!

It’s Emma’s first day at any school ever. We’ve been practicing going to bed earlier and waking up earlier this past week. Can’t say that it worked all the time, but today was pretty easy. Last night I gave Emma like little pep talks to get her excited about going to school this morning. So I showed her this is your sabun. Written here is your name, E-M-M-A. This is you toothbrush. Written here is your name, E-M-M-A. Bla-bla-bla. Lepas tu dia kata meh mummy Emma nak tulis nama Emma. So she opened her notebook and wrote E-M-M-A.

Such a proud moment.

Kerana begini. Aku pernah bercerita secara verbal kepada kawan-kawan. Pernah aku cuba nak mengajar Emma huruf. Aku ajar basic je pun, A-B-C. Ya Allah, stressnya aku masa tu. Siap bawak keluar hanger (aku pukul kerusi sampai patah hanger tu), menangis nangis melalak lalak anak aku. Kesian sangat. Mula-mula dia okay je tulis A-B-C. Lepas tu mulalah, aku tanya lepas beberapa minit, ni apa. Dia pergi tengok muka aku, sengetkan muka dia, jari ketuk-ketuk pipi, Apa eh? Aku dah start stress dah masa tu, banyak kali dia buat aku macam tu hahaha. Lepas aku patahkan hanger tu, aku kata kat dia kalau malas nak belajar tak payah belajar! Duduk rumah je jadi orang gaji!

Hahahaha. Adoi. Lepas tu aku putuskan untuk menyerahkan tugas mendidik ni kepada yang arif. I mean, I still try to teach her from time to time, practice her writing bla bla bla tapi tak secara intensif hahaha. Aku yang tak reti mengajar kot.

So bila Emma eja nama dia sendiri tu tanpa disuruh dan tanpa stress on my part, aku rasa sangat bangga. Hahaha. Tu belum reti buat matematik lagi tu. Mau aku pengsan kebanggan. Haha.

So berbalik pada hari pertama Emma di sekolah, aku, Zufri, Pipi dan Aisha semua satu rumah hantar Emma. Sampai je depan pintu, dia salam cikgu dia, bukak kasut, bukak stoking, terus masuk dalam. Tak pusing-pusing tak salam salam tak babai babai pun. Cis. Tapi Alhamdulillah lah yang dia okay aje pagi tadi. Aku panggil dia keluar balik, salam-salam, peluk-peluk (mata dah berair dah masa ni, tapi kalau aku menangis takut Emma pulak menangis (walaupun aku rasa dia tak menangis pun kot)) babai-babai, dia pun turun main gelongsor dengan kawan-kawan.

Alhamdulillah. Harap-harap Emma terang hati untuk menerima ilmu. Ameen.

Saya akhiri post ini dengan gambaran Emma di pagi hari, gembira untuk memulakan sesi persekolahan.