Happy Easter!

"Wishing you the kind of day that brings you joy and fills your heart with hope and love. Have a beautiful Easter!" ~  Frieda. 

Fiday....Friday...

Last Friday,  on the way to school, Timmy told me: 
"I like today Mom. It's Friday! Yay! Yay! Yay! It's Friday!"

I was thinking, this Primary 2 boy, how can he like Friday so much? Hahahaha... Just like a grown-up.   hahahaha...

Having an Ice Cream Date with Timmy

It was a hot afternoon....
Timmy and I decided to have an afternoon snack....
Icey drink..... Yay!

So, off we went to Kedai Es Pisang Ijo Pemuda.
It was our first time there, and it turned out that it was yummy!

Timmy said: "Mom, we tried first. If it's yummy, next time we bring Papa here."
Hahahaha... Kind of you Tim.

Here's the photo of Timmy when he was 7 years old.
He ordered Es buah that day, and I ordered Es pisang ijo.

The boy was about to order. 

Food is here! 

Us...
We had a nice ice cream date.

That afternoon, there was a man who came over our table and sell pastel.
I bought one for him, and Timmy asked: why do you buy from him Mom?
I said: "Well, I pity him. Maybe that's what he does for a living. Maybe the money that he earned from selling this, maybe used to pay for his children's school fees and to buy his daily food.   And it's good that he is still trying to work, not stealing or robbing.     Maybe he couldn't get a good job.   That's why you are very lucky to have a good Papa and Mama, who can provide things for you.   And what we can give you now is education. It will be your asset for your future for you to find a good job. That will be all that we can give you and the rest if up to you Tim.

Then I told him the story that  I read that day.
There was a woman with 3 kids who wants to ride a bus, but don't have money.
But the woman was honest with the bus driver, and a lot of the bus driver who didn't want the woman to ride on.  Then finally came a young bus driver who said, "OK you can ride." And the woman said, but I don't have money to pay you.  The bus driver said: "It's ok.     When the woman and the kids wanted to get off the bus, another passenger paid. When the bus driver wanted to give the change to the passenger, he said:" It's ok. I pay for the woman and the kids too.  Keep doing the kindness."

So, an honest woman, a kind bus driver and a kind passenger.
Let the kindness pass on, and make this world a better place to live.

Conversation with Timmy

Tuesday was a National holiday here in Indonesia.
On Wednesday morning, on our way to school,
Timmy told me: "Mom, I wish everyday is a holiday like yesterday."

Me: "Tim, if everyday is a holiday, then what would we do for a living? Papa needs to work, so we can have money to buy things like food, and pay for your school fees, etc.  And if Mama stays at home the whole day, and if I don't go to the market to buy food and cook for you, what are you going to eat?"

Tim: "I think we should have a money making machine Mom."
Me: "A money making machine?"
Tim: "Yeah, a money making machine. If I turn the handle of the money making machine, then money will come out."
Me: "Ooo  Wow."
Tim: "And then we need a bucket Mom."
Me: "A bucket?"
Tim: "Yes, so when the money comes out, we can put it under the machine."
Me: "Ah...you mean the coins will come out.So the bucket is to keep the coins."
Tim: " Not coins Mom. The paper money.  The one hundred thousands and fifty thousands ones."
Me: "Hahahaha."

Angry Birds

Angry Birds are in...

We like playing the game, and I thought  "Hey...why don't we make it something real, that we can play at home?" 

So, we started making it from scratch...

Here's what we did.
1. First, we crumpled the newspaper into several balls.   Then secure it with the sticky tape.

2. On a piece of white paper, we drew the outline of the Angry Bird that we wanted to make.

3. Started coloring it, then outline with the black crayon.

4. Cover the newspaper ball with the Angry Bird that we have drawn. Secure it with sticky tape.

5. Continue doing it, with the other Angry Birds character as desired.

6. Voila! We have the Angry Birds ready to play! Yay!

Timmy with his Angry Birds collection. :)

7. We set up the obstacle course, like in the game.

However, we made it into our version. Hehehehe..

 8. Attack!!!

Another troop is coming!

Happy playing!

The happy boy who managed to shoot the green Angry Bird. Hahahaha...


Dear Timmy, Here are your 6th birthday notes that we made together. :)
I had lots of fun playing with you and I hope you do too. :)

Timmy also made his own Angry Birds course of attack.
Had fun drawing it on a piece of paper...

This was when we were in a toy store.... Timmy pretended that he was the big red Angry Bird, and I became the piggy Angry Bird and the boy in the Angry Bird T-shirt attacked me... Arrgh! Hahaha...

And we spotted cool Angry Bird sticker on the MRT in Singapore.
Guess what, coincidentally that day, Timmy also wore his Angry Bird T-shirt.

Lots and lots of Angry Bird merchandise.

And the cool Angry Bird lights. 

Growing Up

I was flipping through my photos collection and found this cute photo of Timmy when he was 2 months old, sleeping smilingly inside the baby carrier.  

Then another photo of him when he has outgrown the bag, and refused to be photographed. Hahahaha...

Toilet Bowl

Spotted this photo. 
The same toilet bowl...

We seldom use that bowl, and one day, I found Timmy climbed himself up and sat there. :) 

Few years later, that exact same bowl...
but the boy has changed..

Shopping with Timmy

This is what happened when we went shopping with Timmy..
He found a good spot. Hahahaha.