best prayer

Last week, I made a decision during small grup time at school. With Mrs. Jordan help, I asked Jesus to come into my heart. AJ and Max made the same decision as well.

Daddy and Mommy are super happy, because I believe in Jesus who saves me and will take me to heaven one day.

Since then, I love praising God. I can't stop praising God. I like to sing Amazing Grace, You Never Let Me Go, and lately I'm practicing singing Before The Morning. Besides that, I like to make-up some songs to praise him.

I know Jesus lives in my heart. Even though I still make some bad choices, but He always forgives me. Daddy and Mommy too.

Thank you Jesus for coming in to my heart.

backyard adventure

This afternoon the weather is super nice around 60s, and Mommy told me to play outside.

Mommy was doing the laundry, and then I showed up with my pajamas, sweater with my shoes on and a backpack.

Mommy asked me where I am going and why I bring the new backpack. I told Mommy,"I'm going on an adventure!"

Mommy said, "What?". I replied,"Yes, I'm going to explore the nature. I bring my binocular, my journal book and a crayon to draw what I discover, and snack." And Mommy said,"Great, have fun! Don't go too far."

Then off I went, walking down the sidewalk. Then I realized there're not much to explore and it was very windy, so I went back home. I saw Mommy went out bringing the camera and told me to explore the backyard instead, and she came with me. We found some flower buds, moss, and some seedling from the tree. We picked those off, and went back inside, washed my hands and then eat dinner, the soup I helped Mommy making. It's called Bebe's soup.

LEGO

I started my real Lego collection since my 4th birthday. Actually I've been playing with some blocks even before I was 1. Mommy got me the foam blocks before I can crawl, then a wagon of mega blocks just before I can walk. I remember I brought some of the mega blocks on my first road trip to Florida after my first birthday, and I really enjoyed my trip :)

Knowing that I like to build something, I got some series of Lego Duplo (for age 1.5-4), and I've been loving and playing it since. On my fourth birthday, Bebe gave me the 'pirate' Lego. which is so cool. The pirate has 2 swords and has a treasure chest that can be opened and closed, complete with the jewel treasure inside! The instruction let me make this cool pirate ship that can move its flag.

Daddy also bought me this Lego - Creator series. It is the Lego collection for 5-11 years.(Seems too advanced for me :)) They have all kinds of transportation you can transform into 3 kinds in each case, and Daddy allows me to disassemble every other week and make another one. I have 4 cases now.

Daddy and Mommy found the cheapest price at Target and ofcourse The Lego Land, but unfortunately The Lego Land doesn't carry all the series. So everytime Daddy or Mommy go to Target, they always checked it out for me. It's only $5.54.

The great thing about this 'Creator' is that it is packed in a small hard plastic case, so it is easy to store, not like the other regular Legos that are put in a cardboard (Only the Bionicle has the same case)

With my tiny fingers I learn to construct some cool transportations, and Mommy teaches me to read the instruction so I can make my own, and I did several times without supervision.

Anyhow, it's not too advanced I guess :)

lipet baju

watch me help mommy folding my shirts.

by 5

by 5, I am free of diaper
by 5, I can count to 100
by 5, I start reading words
by 5, I have re-read my devotional book
by 5, I enjoy reading Bible
by 5, I learn to make new friends, especially with Talon
by 5, I can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using my piano
by 5, I try to take a bath by my myself

by 5, I like exploring nature, especially rocks

by 5, I learn that God aswers prayers
by 5, I think I can do a lot of things.... with a little help :)

i want to be smart

A couple days ago, Daddy, Mommy and I were having a conversation about being smart. God gives different knowledge and talent in every person, so everyone has their own smartness. Like Daddy is smart in programming, Mommy is smart in art, and me...? Daddy asked me what I want to be smart at. I answered,' I want to be smart about God!'

our first christmas book

Here are our first Christmas Books!

my book

Mommy's book

Daddy's book

new Christmas tradition

Start from this year, 2010, instead of giving gifts (which we've never really done that, except gift exchanged with ICF friends), we are going to have a new tradition: making a Christmas book. Each of us will have a book. Daddy and I are making one page for Mommy, Mommy and I are making one page for Daddy, and Daddy & Mommy are making one for me. So it will be a collection of Christmas memory for all of us. I hope it will be a wonderful Christmas tradition for our family :) A tradition that will bring Christmas spirit that makes us a family to remember the love of God for us.

I need to remember that Christmas is not about the decoration, the tree, Santa Claus, or even the gifts. It's nice to receive some gifts, but the greatest gift God is giving to me, is salvation through Jesus Christ. And I need to receive it personally. I want Jesus to save me, because I still make a lot of bad choices.

For God so loved the world, that He gave his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16,17)

I am 5

YES! I am 5 years old today! There are countless of things to be grateful for, even when I thank God for the things in my bedroom, it takes a lot of time, and still there are things left out.

This year I celebrated again at school. Mommy made red velvet Starwars cupcakes and special gluten-free chocolate cake for Max, and made some goodie bags for my friends. I am very happy to be able to celebrate my birthday with my classmates.

I was waiting and expecting the gift from grandma An. I asked specifically for a Starwars Lego. I love Lego since my fourth birthday. I checked the mail with Mommy everyday, but there's nothing. But I think there's something fishy, because suddenly I saw a big box on my bed at night without me knowing it. It was a big surprise! Mommy recorded here. Thanks grandpa, grandma and Ommy!

I am totally love & enjoy ALL the gifts! from all kinds of Legos (Starwars, City, Creator & Toy Story), Starwars light saber, nighlight & DVDs, Lever, Books (Scaredy Squirrel, Anatomy, Pirate drawing pad), Thomas the Train board games, Cars drawing set, McQueen 4 levels garage and Nerf.
That's a lot of toys! And I still want more. I want to have birthday everyday, but unfortunately, I have to wait for another year to have this kind of celebration, said my mom.

But most of all, the greatest gift is love & forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ, because I still make a lot of bad choices everyday and I learn to thank God for the people God put in my life.

First my dad and mom, who love me so much (eventhough they still give me timeouts, but I think I really need that :) and I believe they still hide some of my birthday presents),

my long-distance family (grandpa Tjwan, grandpa Dicky, grandma An, Ommy, auntie Titin, uncle David, cici Megan, uncle Tipen, auntie Olip and my newest family member om Antony). I hope that we can meet one day.

my dad & mom's friends, who spoiled me all the time (Thank to all tante2 and om2 in Columbus or in Indo who sent me gifts and loving thoughts and prayers).

my teachers at Calumet Christian School, Mrs. Frechette and Mrs. Jordan, who teach me many things and put the seed of truth inside my heart, to trust Jesus and ask his forgiveness. And my friends at Bear class (Claire, AJ, Anna, Sophie, Nate, Talon, Michael, Addy, Nicolas, Max, DJ, Layla, Niko, Bella, Andrew, Alexa and Evan)

my playdate friends, who were celebrating my birthday too today (Jacelyn, Lainey, Abby, Sisca, Mariska, Sammy and Gracie)

my best friend ever, Andrew. He got me the Starwars light saber!!

I am totally spoiled this year! But I want to share my toys to anyone who need it, especially in this Christmas season, we're giving another 2 boxes for Operation Christmas Child, we give away some of my toys to Volunteers of America and also I give my skateboard & car personally to Niko and Evan.

I thank God everyday that I am wonderfully and fearfully made.

second year of pre-school

Can't believe it's the second year of my pre-school! This year we have Mrs Jordan (Layla's mom) as the second teacher in my Bear Class. I am in her smallgroup. I was sad that two of my friends are not coming back to Calumet (Lucy and Elisabeth), but I have many more new friends. We have 18 kids this year.

Meet Nicolas for the first time

When Mommy wrote this blog it was way over passed the date :) So there're many things had happenened. I got the report already. Mrs. Jordan said I have strength in language and able to deliver multiple directions. The only problem I still have is I still try to manipulate my friends to do my will, such as persuade them to give the things on their hand, or ask them to clean-up for me, or sometimes I force to help if my friends are not able to do their task.

On October, we went to Lynd's Apple Orchard to pick some Golden Delicious apples. I learn more about various kinds of apples, apple blossoms, and how apple trees grow.

We had another events in the classroom, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Pajamas Party. On Halloween, I dressed up as a Spiderman, and this year there are 2 Spiderman! AJ had the same costume, but with some muscles on it. I was like a skinny Spiderman :)

On Thanksgiving, we celebrated again as last year. This time Mommy brought some corn muffins. She's not volunteering in the classroom, that's why we don't have picture on Thanksgiving, but I have the picture of the corn muffins :)

It'll be an exciting year before I go to Kindergarten. So I'm going to have a lot of fun!

a new friend from zambia

Last week, I got a letter from Zambia, Africa. It was addressed for me, so Mommy was trying to figure it out how until we read the letter. It turns out from a 5 year old boy named Kenneth Kangwa. He wrote (or to be exact, his father) that he received the Christmas gift I sent last year through the Operation Christmas Child from The Samaritan's Purse. Wow, I am so glad that he likes everyone of them. More over, I am very happy because he has Jesus as his savior! I'd really like to reply his letter and tell a lot of things about me and my family. He even sent me this picture, so I can know what my new friend look like :)
How sweet it is to have a far-away friend who is in Jesus also.

achievement of the year

Today,
When I was in my cougar class at xenos sunday school, finally I overcame the most fearful thing in my life. I'd been refusing my mom to wipe my own tushy everytime I went to the potty. It is gross and yucky. But today, because Mommy or Daddy wasn't around in the classroom, and I really really really need to go, so I did it! Even I used the regular toilet paper (I didn't like regular toilet paper because it is dry and it doesn't feel nice for my tushy skin, so I usually asked Mommy to use wipes or wet toilet paper).
I am so proud of myself, so Daddy and Mommy!

chef in the making

One Wednesday morning, Mommy and I try to find someting to do. My school was closed yesterday due to winter storm, and we played inside all day long with Glen, Sammy and Gracie. Today we need to find something fun to do inside, because it was pretty windy outside to play in the snow. So we played some music using my keyboard, belief it or not, I learn quarter notes and eighth notes from Kindermusik class. It gave us an idea from the book we read, ABC Music and Me, and sang the song "Noodle From Scratch', about Sylvia Sheep who makes noodle from scratch with her friends. I asked Mommy what scratch is, so she said why don't we make something from scratch? So, we were going to make muffins from scratch.

There are a lot of ingredients, and Mommy told me to show everything and tell me the process while she recorded me using the Flip :)

It was so much fun mixing the dry ingredients, stirring the batter, putting the liners and checking the muffins in the oven.

Check out all the videos at my YouTube :)

'mini snow hill'

We had about 10inches of snow this year. Since we can not find a proper sled for me to play, Daddy built a 'mini snow hill' for me so I can slide safely at our yard :)

I was a little timid to try that kind of thing, but I get used to it after a while, but I don't want to use the aluminum cookie sheet to slide, it's too slipery :)

Anyway, I had so much fun climbing and playing with the snow this year. It;s almost like everyday routine after lunch.

4th year doctor & dentist visit

Today,
I start the day as usual, with a cup of warm vanilla milk with a slice of bread with nutella. But something nice follows... Daddy and Mommy bought me another Lego 'Creator' the helicopter and some Leapfrog tag spelling board games. Daddy had installed all the audio to my 'tag' so I can read all the books right away. Off course I couldn't wait to make the Lego.

10am
Mommy took me to dr. Patty's office for my 4th year check-up. The nurse checked my weight, height and blood pressure. An d I told her I have the pump at home. My blood pressure is 90/50 and I weigh 37.5 lbs (35 percentile) and 40in tall (50 percentile). Nice!
In the exam room the nurse asked Mommy a lot of questions but some question Mommy let me to answer. She asked me to count to 5, draw a circle, how old am I, do I eat veggie, etc. Then when doctor Patty came in, she checked all my body parts, and I told her I have the doctor's kit at home, and I tried to say 'stetoscope' with her.
Everything is great! I just need to learn to try some veggie. Raw veggie. Yucks! I tried to eat raw broccoli and raw celery yesterday and spit all out. Don't know if it would be happen :)

1.30pm
We went to dr. Hanson for my teeth cleaning. I have 20 nice & clean teeth. The nurse, Natalie, remembered the last time I was in that office when Mommy's teeth cleaned, I sat on the corner eating Cheetos (but she didn't know the poop accident I had there :)) She cleaned all my teeth with a tiny electric brush. I got to choose what flavor my the toothpaste. I chose bubblegum. I asked a lot of questions to her. What's this, what's that, what's that for.. and she answered all of them :) She let me held the small mirror tool and the tube for sucking the water. Then she put fluoride on and I wasn't suppose to close my mouth for a while and try not to swallow it.
Miss Natalie also gave me a toothbrush ( I chose the orange one) and a floss.

Finally when the cleaning was done, doctor Hanson came with a big smile and said she needs to count again how many teeth I have and she showed me how she would tap gently on my teeth and asked me to count in Indonesia. She just said beauutiful teeth... beauuuutiful teeth. Somebody take a good care of them. And offcourse Daddy and Mommy brushed them for me :)
Last but not least... after I said thank you, I ran toward the treasure chest to pick a toy. And picked a little red soldier.

I love both my doctors, doctor Patty and doctor Hanson. They are very nice, friendly and even they let me hold some of their examination tools.

Thank God I had no ill visit last year and all my teeth are clean and healthy.

sleepy head

Playing some snow today.. I made a big hairy snow mountain with a tunnel.









And this is what happen when I'm tired and sleepy...

cincy trip

This morning, Daddy, Mommy and I went to Cincinnati along with Djumins family (Akin, Gun, Matt and Titi), Bebe, om Hendy, om Acong, tante Anggi and tante Johana. It was less than 2 hours drive with an early lunch at Mc.Donald's before we're heading to the Cincinnati Museum Center.

It was a beautiful cold sunny day to start with, but ended with heavy snow showers in the afternoon, but it is still a perfect day.

There are 4 museums inside, The Duke Energy Children's Museum (where I spent most of my time there), the History Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Omnimax Theatre.

Here are some pictures from many activities I had there.

For more complete pictures checkout Daddy's picasa :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/2/zfxNedh1KMs

http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/0/_4YZtl-vl-E

http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/3/jgpnhC8IVu4

http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/1/MOU3B_6aLqU

aku anak indonesia

Eventhough i like pizza, spaghetti, ham & cheese sandwich, i still like mie goreng, homemade soup, and indomie for sure, but Mommy always make an addition to my indomie with egg, sausage/ham, and veggie like spinach/broccoli.

Other indonesian things i like is the batik and all the traditional outfits, from Java, Bali, etc. I love wearing them all :) I even wear my batik on school picture.

I joined a fashion show in Indonesian Night with Mommy last year, eventhough I wasn't really walk.. I asked Mommy to hold me :)

Most of my outfits are from Indonesia, from grandma An, oma Susanti, auntie Olip and tante Meme.

a fun winter weekend

saturday, december 19th 2009


We usually wake up late on Saturdays, but not that day. We get dressed and left home at 9am. Daddy, om Hendy and om Ariel were in a pursuit of dim sum that morning and they were bummed since no chinese restaurant open before 11am. Originally they excitedly and purposedly went to Sun Flower (noticed how many times I mentioned 'Sun Flower' later on), then Lee Garden, and tried to call some other restaurants with no hope. So we decided to go to First Watch at Worthington Square Mall as tante Gun suggested. I had a lot of fun there with Matthew. While we're waiting for our table, we played around the big Christmas tree and took some pictures with the soldier.

From there we headed to Polaris Mall to play at the zoo play area, and then we were trying to get a picture with Santa, but was not succesfull. Titi and I were sitting nicely on Santa's lap, but Matthew refuse to get near him, so I moved to sit on a reindeer and Matt was put down on Santa's lap which was not a good idea. He started to cry and Titi confused and cried too. But it was okay with me, I don't care about the picture. I got a lollipop.

http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/7/y3iD6gs32Ts

That day was snowing for the first time in December with a significant amount of snow to play with, and a perfect snow condition to make a snowman.

That afternoon, Mommy and I decided to make a firefighter instead of a regular snowman, since we don't have the usual decoration for a snowman. So there it was.. a mini snow-firefighter with a goggle on :) The red circle and the pink chalk were the buttons, with a baby carrot for the nose.





Then I played snow throwing with Daddy and Mommy until I cried 2 times when the snow balls hit my face or get into my back. I don't like the cold feeling of snow/ice landed on my skin.

http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/6/lMi7AHsOxq8

It was a short fun time that afternoon, then I enjoyed some oranges inside while watching food network challenge of christmas tree edible decoration.

In the evening, we had MG at home as usual. Matt and I played in the basement with Daddy. After that we went to Sun Flower restaurant to have dinner and ice cream treat at Jeni's Dublin for dessert. Yumm...

sunday, december 20th

In the morning I went to Xenos as usual with Mommy and Bebe, enjoyed a donut and had a dim-sum at Sun Flower restaurant for lunch. Took a short nap, then in the afternoon we went to Walmart to get some oranges... again. (The clementines are in season now) with Daddy, Mommy and Bebe.

Next, we were heading to downtown to see some christmas lights display at State Auto park. It was very nice. There are some statue figures of Christmas story with pretty lights decoration. The three wise men, the shepherd and the sheep, King Herod, Mary and Gabriel, and the manger with baby Jesus in it.

And then, for dinner, we're going to Dirty Frank's. Daddy and Mommy's favorite hotdogs restaurant. I ordered the Classy Lady, a hotdog topped with cheddar cheese sauce and crushed chips.. with a lot of ketchup ofcourse! I ate half of the dog and tried some of the tatter tots.

With the stomach full, we drove back up to OSU Ice Ring. This was my second time learning to skate. Andrew was there and Matthew came later. I really enjoyed skating with Andrew. I think I was encouraged to skate because of Andrew's courage and persistency. With the help of Weo and om Hendy, I can make a full round. Then Daddy came to join me to skate and made another round.
Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/u/8/bH6Qb7DCgU0
Mommy told me if I really want to skate I have to persistently come and learn. Maybe Weo can be my personal trainer :) Daddy promised me to get the skate if I can skate without assistance :)

There's one more place I went a week after this, to see some beautiful lights at Pickerington. It was pretty far, about 30min drive, but it was so cool! We sat inside the car, listening to 93.9, and saw the beautiful lights blinking with the same rythm with the music. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/user/4870arthurpl#p/a/f/0/26Mz9qMtUJc