Up to speed 3years-2 months old!!

December 2010-Mummy.Johari, Santa & Grandma-New Jersey USA

My baby boy is growing well in stature and knowledge.
Yesterday as we were going to church,i decided to put on my shades to shield me from the bright sunshine as i drove to church. When my son Johari noticed what i was doing, he said"Mummy, please give me my glasses, the sun is looking at me" I thought that was hilarious...to think that the glasses will block him from the sun's eyes...it made me smile at God's precious creation. Its in the same thought that he tells me that when the sun wakes up to mean when it shine-he would like to have some ice cream!!Wow...don't you love how they reason...simply and sensibly...no wonder we are commanded to have child-like faith...so sincere,so clean hear ted ,so innocent.
Well a part from that, he has been saying there's a monster in his tummy just because his Aunt y is expecting a baby...so when my sister tells him that there's a baby in her stomach and asks him what is in his stomach,he goes "a monster" so so funny!!
Apart form very hilarious statements, he is doing great,he wants to shower himself, dress himself,oil himself and generally be independent.Well that's a great virtue my precious little one but not at 3 years old, maybe at 15 or 16.Am just hoping and praying that you my precious boy will exhibit the same virtue 13 or 15 years from now.
He still feels half of our lives should be spent at Chuck e Cheese's but am trying hard to explain why that cannot happen:-)
He knows much about church,i go like,"where are we going tom morrow?" he says "church"
i ask him "to do what?" he says..." to sing,clap,listen to the pastor and play drums & guitar"
i go "good job Tata, am so so proud of you,are you gonna make me a proud mummy?"
he hoes "yes, mummy are you happy now?"
i say "yes of course-i love you"
OK that's my journal entry on this 25th day of April 2011 6.09pm

Motivation for my precious lad!!

Equipment
By Edgar A. Guest
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say, "I can."
Look them over, the wise and great
They take their food from a common plate,
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes.
The world considers them brave and smart,
But you've all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if you only will.
You're well equipped for what fight you choose,
You have legs and arms and a brain to use,
And the man who has risen great deeds to do
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go,
How much you will study the truth to know.
God has equipped you for life, but He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself, my lad.
You were born with all that the great have had,
With your equipment they all began,
Get hold of yourself and say: "I can."

Thus far the Lord has brought us!

Its the 13th day of March 2011; and i can not take the love of God for us for granted.Considering the tsunami,earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan,i can say that we are very blessed.

His grace has been sufficient for us; My Johari is now officially three years and has started mastering the alphabet letters...he knows double u "W" and "Q".those are letters he learn't first. Am so so impressed because he is getting ready for school now.He knows he is three and shows it with his fingers-3 fingers...Thank you God for your sufficient grace!!

He is particularly into race cars now and sometimes he wants"the bad guy games" which is an influence from his older cousin Brandon,but am trying my best to give him the age appropriate games...and so far he is co-operating...

He has learn't a lot of stuff and in his prayer list he always prays for the police; maybe its because i told him that the police look and take the children who don't listen to their mummies and the children who are bad.So he is always praying for them which is a good thing considering how challenging their job is.

He loves to play motorbike games and basket ball!!
He has mastered quite a number of letters-thanks to grandma who home-schools him...from A,W,Q,Z,X,V,M he is getting better everyday!!
Thank you God for my precious gift Johari Tata Ongweny!!

Up to speed!!3 years 1 month!!

Journal entry-31/03/2011
Today i happened to be off work and so i took my little prince to the Library for story time-that's one of his most favourite places to be at as he listens to teacher Patt narrating the stories in one and half hours.So after the story the kids get to do a craft to develop their artistic skills.Today they made a Ming Ming duckling all yellow and beautiful.
At least by now my baby boy has started going number two in the main bathroom which is a big relief,
 He knows i go to work at Bank of America to get money and take him to chuck e cheese and also buy him candy with the money i earn.wow!!!
My baby boy is particularly very keen on computer games now-ranging from motor bike games to sponge bob to spider man to basketball to the penguins and occasionally Dora and Caillou and also Adventure time.So he is getting to use the
computer quite often and navigate the mouse and all.Excellent progress.
Oh!did i mention that he wants to operate my i pod too?oh yes he wants to watch his cartoons and listen to his music-majorly Justin Bieber and Dora songs on my i pod!!
Pretty much we are having a great time of our lives-when am free from work i like to take him to different places and watch his behaviour...its beautiful and very interesting...Thank you God for my baby boy for he fills my days!!!I love you my "Tata"

My Johari turns 3 years in 2 days time!!!

Its the 15th of February 2011 and my precious little jewel turns 3 in two days time as we also get to remember and celebrate my late dad's 4th memorial since his demise -the same date and month-Interesting uh?
So lately my baby boy has been asking a myriad of questions, especially directed to Auntie Penny and Uncle Abu; Mummy questions are obvious, constant and un-ending-" Mummy who bought this?""Auntie Penny whats this?" "Uncle Abu where are you going?"He asks the questions boldly and expects quick answers!!Signs of leadership or management?Only God knows-
Lately my Johari is well acquainted with Chuck E Cheese and he well knows that his birthday party is gonna be at the same venue.Some days he wakes up and even before he brushes his teeth or does anything ; he just wants to go to Chuck E Cheese.Now, anybody who "wrongs" him or any object that makes him fall or hurts him is not coming to his birthday party at Chuck e Cheese; so we really have to be nice before we are shortlisted from the guests attending his 3rd birthday party!Wish us luck!
He has also discovered the ipod touch, kine-ct games etc and his list of cartoons has expanded from Barney to Elmo, Sponge bob, Caillou, Bob the builder, Sesame street etc.
That is the update on my baby boy who turns 3 in just 2 days!!!Happy birthday sweet jewel!!!God bless you as always; am so proud to be your mommy, thanks for giving me that rare privilege!!I love you now and always!!!!!!!!!

My oh my Happy New Year!!

Happy new year my Johari,
Its been a while since i blogged, all owed to the festivities and the change of season where am tempted to keep warm in my blankets than out of them unless its very necessary to step out of them.
So this year my Johari turns 3 years old and he is showing all the signs of growth because he now knows how a birthday party is celebrated-the venue, the cake story and the candle blowing!! So occasionally when we cook ugali-he will pretend to be blowing his birthday candles as i cook and then get a knife and cut the ugali,then he goes "Mummy, sing happy birthday to me" so then am ambushed to sing for him if i would like to enjoy some peace.So it looks like he is all set for his birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's on the 19th of Feb 2011 and all his friends and age mates are invited!
Another statement my Johari has acquired is "Mummy, say sorry to me!"any thing slight going out of the way he expected, he will demand a sorry from me and i have to do all the explaining why he does not deserve a sorry and when he deserves it i tell it to him very very fast so that he can learn to do the same to other people!
Generally since it is winter time,outdoor moves are limited and i always promise that immediately the sun "wakes" up we will be out briefly!
Otherwise so far so good and he already knows his numbers from 1 to 12 and letters W and Q.Wow!!
He has to start orienting for school so i have bought him a little school bag and thrown in there some few stickers, books, paint work and reading books.My Johari you are doing so so fine and we are so very proud of you!!Keep it up, we look forward to your upcoming birthday party!!Cant wait!!

You mean a lot to me Johari!!

My Johari,
Sometimes, i can hardly believe that the big boy i see when i look at you, used to be my tiny little baby, where did the time go? How did the moments turn into years that disappeared behind us at such great speed?
I am in awe at the changes that have taken place in you and sometimes it saddens me because that part of my life is over!
Yet i also feel the happiness and pride in having a son who is growing up well and nothing can dull or dampen the wonderful memories i have of you as my little boy.
The pride i have in you and the love i feel for you have continued to grow much like you have.
If you could look inside my heart and see the love there, if you could feel its strength and depth then you would know that you have fulfilled my life in ways no other person ever could!!
Thank you for coming into my life and just know now and always that you my Johari mean a lot to me!!