Ikea is about fun!

Having done an intensive and fruitful discussion in the morning, I decided for a half-day off work in the afternoon.

There really is nothing compares to sipping a cup of coffee (free with the Ikea Visa card), while watching my kids making new friend with another kid at the play area in the cafe.

After sending off the kids to the playground, I did what I do best, wandering around the store while planning, and creating excuses to get that Mandal bed since now the Bedroom Weeks is on at Damansara.

Anyway, as always any big purchase must be with approval from the other half before I can load the flatpacks home. That means more visits to the store, which I do not mind at all.

It is almost a routine now that the kids must grab the little trolleys and load it with things they adore. And near the check-outs, they would bargain which can be brought home and which not. Today, with a little plan in mind, I decided on the Nittya frames for each of them.

A few hours later, I captured the memory of seeing my delighted kids with their artwork displayed in the frames. I asked myself, how come I never thought of this before. Anyway, next is about finding the right spot for the frames. Stripa on the bare kitchen wall, with various kids drawings in frames would look good.

This really is fun, and it is not weekend yet! By the way, that's Ariel the Mermaid in the frames, in case you're wondering.

I start off with the Klippan

One of the first things we bought is the Klippan. Seven years of living together as a married couple and 4 (robust) kids later, it still services us well. But the cover had seen its better days long, long time ago. Not only we have spills all the time, we also have artists in the making that put the cover to good use.

We'd seen a whale, aeroplane, the eldest learnt to spell her name, a bunk bed...ok, you get it!

It is ok if we stick to Mala drawing pens. It is just a matter of dumping the cover in the washer, and stains all gone. Trusts me parents, the ink is so easy to remove. But in our case, even a permanent-ink marker gets to be in the kids hands. And that's when we resorted to the bleach.

Anyway, now we can get a new cover for RM100. And we just know that the klippan will be with us for a long time.