My Turn, And Jeriel's, Too?

Oh, what's wrong with all these viruses? After Adriel's getting better, it's my turn to get sick.

Vomited 2 times. And fortunately after an early rest in bed, I was fine again.

Jeriel's been purging 3 times today. He's very alert and nothing seems wrong so far. I hope he's just having normal purging. Sometimes he does have an upset stomach.

I really do hope that the viruses are not terrorizing our home!

It's Diarrhea Now, What Next?

For the whole of last night until this morning, Adriel had been to the toilet 3 times. After vomiting for the past 2 days, and he's having diarrhea now.

Although he had no more vomiting and his diarrhea had stopped, we let him rest at home for fear that he may vomit and purge at school.

Adriel's already a skinny boy and this 3-day illness has made him even skinnier. What next after vomiting and diarrhea? I hope nothing!

Thank God by night time he's alert again.

Happy 7th Birthday To Adriel

Adriel's birthday is actually on the 25th of September. We planned to have the birthday celebration earlier for him because Saturday is a more relaxing day than Monday.

I prepared jelly and green bean soup while his grandmother prepared the yellow rice and chicken curry. We invited only close relatives as we wanted to have only a small birthday celebration this year.

Adriel was supposed to attend school today as today was the replacement school day for the Hari Raya holiday on the 25th of October. But because of his health condition, we allowed him to rest at home.

During the birthday celebration at night, everything seemed fine and Adriel was happy with the presents and the atmosphere. But the happiest person should be Jeriel as he kept himself busy serving others and showing off his toys.

Adriel was feeling much better than yesterday...or this was at least what I thought. However, I was wrong. Towards the end of the celebration, he vomited again, and purging, too. This time, we delayed no more to take him to the hospital.

Fortunately, the doctor said he suffered food poisoning and nothing serious. After taking the vomit suppository, we sent Adriel home and at least he could have a good sleep.

Adriel Vomited Badly

At about 4pm, Adriel's teacher called saying that Adriel had been vomiting 3 times in school, and that I'd better take him back from school. He vomited again after coming back home and altogether he had vomited about 6 to 7 times before he went to bed.

Could it be the food that he consumed during lunch was bad for his stomach? But all of us took the same food and even Jeriel was not a bit sick.

We didn't take Adriel to see doctor as we thought a good rest and plenty of liquid were what he needed most. We'll see if his condition improves tomorrow.

Calling Of God

For the first time ever, I attended a home fellowship right next to my house. My neighbor invited me and the kids over to attend such meaningful function.

There were about 6 six couples and 8 kids. The adults were sitting in the living room to share our daily life with God, to discuss the Bible verses, to sing, and to understand more the teaching of God. While we were talking among ourselves, the kids were busy playing in the playroom.

I would think that what I (or rather my family) lack in life is the absence of God. I believe that God is with us all the time...the sad thing is that we have been ignoring Him all this while. I pray that God will be the central of our family once more.

The calling of God for us to be back to Him is clear. Even before my neighbor called us to attend the home fellowship in the evening, another stranger had come to my house to share with me the message of God. She is my sister-in-law's friend and we just met. So I think God is really there signaling us to be back to Him.

Going Back To Church

For the first time after almost 4 years, we were back to church on this beautiful Sunday morning. We have been dormant for such a long while. God must have been knocking our hearts for quite sometime and telling us to be back to Him once more.

I took Jeriel to the Sunday School class for 4-year-olds. He was extremely polite to the teachers there and behaving good although he needed me to be with him for the whole session. It's a big milestone for him as this is his first time to attend such class with lots of children and teachers. He hasn't even started kindergarten yet.

As for Adriel, both dear hubby and I were a little disappointed as he refused to enter his class of 7-8-year-olds. Out of no choice, dear hubby later took Adriel with him to the main hall to attend the Sunday service. We hope we will finally guide him back to the Lord's loving world.

We pledge to continue going to church every Sunday and invite our Lord back to our family life.

Setting Up Playroom For Kids

Parents-in-law have been back from Kuantan since Monday. It's a temporary relief for me as she'll be doing the cooking ;) Her presence also spare me some time to do some other things.

First is the setting up of the playroom for the kids. We used the back room downstairs to convert it from semi-storeroom-cum-studyroom-cum-bedroom to a playroom-cum-bedroom. It's 90% done. The kids just love it. And I love it, too. At least the living room can be more tidy now.

Spanking!

Something was really wrong with me today. My head was hot and my heart was pounding fast. I could almost feel that smoke would burst out from my eyes, nose and ears! I was extremely frustrated and angry with my 2 kids so much so that I spanked both of them in 2 occasions today!

After having done much of the housework and prepared lunch for the kids, I was up in the room for awhile. This was when Jeriel noticed me not in the living room nor the kitchen downstairs. He shouted for me and then cried out loud. It didn't matter how soon I answered him and notified him where I was, he kept crying and shouting. That's when I couldn't control my anger and spanked him twice at his backside.

He stopped immediately and looked at me pitifully. I knew what I had done was wrong but at that time what I needed was a quiet and peaceful time. This first spanking left me with bad mood after that, although Jeriel was pretty much himself again.

By 3pm, I thought of getting the kids to do some reading and coloring. I gave a coloring book for Jeriel to color and taught Adriel the Sukukata. Adriel's BM is very weak and he has difficulties to read even the basic Sukukata.

At first Adriel was quite ok, but he turned defiant after awhile. He refused to read anymore, and our reading session lasted not even for 10 minutes. That's when my patience ran thin. I gave him a good spank and sent him to the back room.

I was upset with all the kid's misbehaviors, and I was exhausted. I regretted to spank my 2 kids and my heart ache after doing so. I went to the back room to check on Adriel later and asked him to read on his own instead of me teaching him. He promptly obeyed.

In the evening I took them to the park, and everything was back to normal. Adriel and Jeriel played happily in the playground. I was relieved that they were laughing again. As mama, I love them very much and promised to myself not to repeat my silly act again.