The Best Medicines

When I am feeling blue, especially lately due to the stress that I’ve been having through out our secret mission, I always count on my 3 best medicines. They are:

1. God - the One who continuously listens to all my problems, the One who gives me good health and guides me through every steps of my life.

2. Arman - the one who continuously supports me with all the most comforting words, who never asks for more than I could give, the one who always try to be the ’superman’ in our family so that we don’t have to suffer.

3. Andrew - the one who always cracks me up with his cuteness and the one who with his own ways try to comfort me when he sees me sad or cry. (Andrew saw me crying these past few days, he quickly grabbed a tissue and wiped all my tears then said mommy, don’t cry)

With these 3 best medicines in the whole world and kind supporting words from other members of the family, relatives and friends, I am sure I will be able to go through everything. Thank you all!

The next Joshua Bell

*** I just want Andrew to be multi talented….Hehehehehehe***

Farmer’s Market at the Park

Above are the pictures taken at our nearby park. Every Saturdays, the park has a farmer’s market and some activities for young kids. The vegetables and fruits sold at this market are fresh and spray free. At the park, they also have 2 playgrounds separately for older and younger kids. Andrew enjoys playing at the playground so much. It is a great place to spend a nice Saturday morning.

Happy 1st Father’s Day, Daddy!

In Indonesia, we don’t have a Father’s Day, and I don’t actually know why. It seems like the appreciation only goes to the mothers. Hehehehe. Anyway, I am really glad that now we are in the US, we get to celebrate the Father’s Day. So today, is the 1st Father’s Day for Arman.

Below is the wishes that Andrew likes to say to his daddy:

Happy Father’s Day, Daddy!

Thank you for all you have done for me since the day I was born!

Thank you for working so hard to provide for our family!

Thank you for being a loving and protective daddy!

Thank you for being the funniest daddy!

And….once for all, thank you for being the best daddy in the whole world!

I love you so much!

…looking forward to celebrate more father’s day with you!

Love,

Andrew

Andrew’s Favorite Play Area

Every week, after Andrew’s regular music class, we would go to the food court where we get our lunch. After we finish our lunch, Andrew then would ask us to take him to his favorite play area located in the center of the food court.

In this play area, there is a huge banana lying on the ground, a big piece of cut watermelon, a huge cup of drink fall down to the ground, a giant hotdog and a cupcake on a big yellow plate. All of these fake giant food are made of I would guess plastics.

You can see lots of kids of different ages having a great time playing here. Andrew always have a blast time running and climbing here and there. I tried capturing all those blast moments, but it was hard, Andrew was running all the time. Here is the best I got.

Steamed Ginger Garlic Pomfret

When I was pregnant with Andrew, I often ate this dish. My mom thought me how to cook this very simple dish. Since we moved to the US, I haven’t been cooking any fish at all. Per Rina, my good friend’s request, today, I am posting my first fish dish in the US to add up to my recipes’ collection. Andrew loves this dish so much that he ate almost the whole one side of the fish.

The Reasons…..

These are the whole reasons why motherhood is so enjoyable…

Now (Andrew is 31 month old)…

Then (Andrew was 10 month old)…

Those expressions always make my days brighter…

Precious Moments (Part II)

There were lots of comments that I got after I did my posting on Precious Moments. Therefore I decided to have a sequel posting to the first one. I was looking at my Precious Moments’ collages the other day and realized that I missed one figurine. I looked over the list of Precious Moments’ Figurines that I have but couldn’t find the one that was missing. I then realized that I’ve sold it to my friend, Cencen, back in October 2007.

Precious Moments

Do you collect any items? I remember my older and younger sisters used to collect stamps from all over the world. Some have great designs, some have funny designs and some are just regular looks. I remember enjoying my time looking at their collections. Then, my younger sister started collecting phone cards from all over the world and those are fun to look at too. My husband collects any kind of things that has Marvin one it. He has like a lot of Marvin collectible items.

Batik

This morning, as I was preparing food for lunch, I asked Andrew to pick his own shirt for his Gymnastic Class. Guess what, he chose to wear the Batik shirt from his Oma. I told him that this is not the right shirt to wear for such class but he insisted on wearing it. When we got to the class and to the park afterwards, Andrew’s batik actually caught a few peoples’ eyes. They told me how beautiful the pattern is and asked me where to get it. I guess Andrew certainly knows how to become the center of attention. Enjoy the pictures that I took after we got back from the park.