How much I sometimes loathe grocery shopping. It wasn’t like back home when we could just go to kedai mamak and get spices, fish and meat at the nearby market.
We do grocery shopping at least once a week, sometimes more if we didn’t buy enough essentials for a week or two. Since the kids have grown so much and they bring lunch to school, believe it or not, we can fill up 2 carts of groceries easily, from milk and cereal to their sweatshirts. If we go to Walmart, we tend to start from the kids underwear to their dessert for lunch (like chocolate jello). If we go to Costco, then that’s where we get jumbo sized cereal boxes, 2 big bottles of milk and a huge bag of lettuce, on top of many others.
Our typical shopping habit would be, 1st to Costco or Walmart, then to Trader Joe’s for the husband’s American pasta and other condiments that he needs and then to the asian market, where I get my Baba’s curry powder and other asian stuff. Did I forget to mention about getting the halal meat as well? Now that’s another special trip to either Berkley to get super prices with at least 15 lbs worth of meat or go to the city and get meat every 4 days.
As the kids grow, sometimes I feel like I am being tortured, having to feed them enough. Yes, I know, they’re growing and they need the food to grow, but sometimes the ibu and paps are doing workouts for our weekly shopping.
Now that’s excluding clothes shopping. Oh how I miss the good ole uniforms. Didn’t have to worry about what the kids were going to wear and how they were going to do their hair. Masturah grew at least 8 inches in height last year and Matt is 3 inches taller than me already. So guess what? We go clothes shopping every 4 months so that they don’t look like incredible hulks when they go to school!
Maybe I should blame the hormones injected in chickens for their amazing growth. Or maybe I should blame them for exercising too much! I so can’t catch up with the kids…its like ‘Honey, I blew up the kids!’
Anyway let the shrinking ibu get back to the kitchen to see if the kids have bullied my mom enough by making her cook their ‘selera’.
We do grocery shopping at least once a week, sometimes more if we didn’t buy enough essentials for a week or two. Since the kids have grown so much and they bring lunch to school, believe it or not, we can fill up 2 carts of groceries easily, from milk and cereal to their sweatshirts. If we go to Walmart, we tend to start from the kids underwear to their dessert for lunch (like chocolate jello). If we go to Costco, then that’s where we get jumbo sized cereal boxes, 2 big bottles of milk and a huge bag of lettuce, on top of many others.
Our typical shopping habit would be, 1st to Costco or Walmart, then to Trader Joe’s for the husband’s American pasta and other condiments that he needs and then to the asian market, where I get my Baba’s curry powder and other asian stuff. Did I forget to mention about getting the halal meat as well? Now that’s another special trip to either Berkley to get super prices with at least 15 lbs worth of meat or go to the city and get meat every 4 days.
As the kids grow, sometimes I feel like I am being tortured, having to feed them enough. Yes, I know, they’re growing and they need the food to grow, but sometimes the ibu and paps are doing workouts for our weekly shopping.
Now that’s excluding clothes shopping. Oh how I miss the good ole uniforms. Didn’t have to worry about what the kids were going to wear and how they were going to do their hair. Masturah grew at least 8 inches in height last year and Matt is 3 inches taller than me already. So guess what? We go clothes shopping every 4 months so that they don’t look like incredible hulks when they go to school!
Maybe I should blame the hormones injected in chickens for their amazing growth. Or maybe I should blame them for exercising too much! I so can’t catch up with the kids…its like ‘Honey, I blew up the kids!’
Anyway let the shrinking ibu get back to the kitchen to see if the kids have bullied my mom enough by making her cook their ‘selera’.
9 comments:
wahh, ibu shrinking eh?
not shrinking not fm losing too much weight! but shrinking cos they're growing too fast and i cant catch up!!! arrrghhh!!! now i marah the kids, i have to look up instead of looking down, scarey kan?
ao busy cooking eh? happy singapore day.
hmm... must not feed my kids chicken. And must keep all my clothes undies included for them so no need to shop every 4 months for them later.
masturah, yup and that doesnt mean that i am afraid of u just cos u're taller!
kak teh, thanks. national day pun i kena kerja!
oody, hahahaha, dont even think abt that!ur kids can outgrow u pretty fast u know. esp for us galah pendek nih!
will prepare for this "shrinking" phase and by stocking up on stilletos and platform shoes..
Ely : times that by 2 for me, :-). Every few months I have to buy bra and panties, not only because they are growing (Syia my youngest will need bra soon) but also they will complain "Ma panties dah longgar or koyak or whatever" LOL. As for food, did u read that I bought 100 cucuk of satay the other day? So can u imagine? Kalau tapau apa pun selalu 8 to 10 packets sbb sure ada yang nak 2nd helping. Mama diorang makin lah dok shrink, kat semua tempat esp. poket tu LOL.
dena, hahahaha, make a gurl and save them stilettos. ahem ahem hehehe.
auntyN, so betul tuh. my husband memang makan banyak juga, tapi sekarang kena fikir 3 orang yang makan banyak! yang anak dara nih pun bertambah 3 kali kekadang kena stop dia! yang lelaki tuh dah memang 3x tambah confirm. yang ibu dia tukang tengok jer! poket? dah koyak dah hehehe.
theyre going to start their new term end of this month, so more supplies and clothes shopping!
i've 4 boys and they grow very slow (physically i mean) so ... i am the one who keep buying shirts, pants and shorts and track suit for them UNTIL one day - I visited a few orphanages. I packed most of their clothes and gave them to orphanages. Now they just hv half of the wardrobe filled and I am going to exercise control ... control .. control . Wait till I get a girl (InsyaAllah) then can shopping sakan :)
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