Up to speed 3 years , 7months old...we are going places!!!

So here we are once again....going places...growing well and giving life its best short!!!living our best life now...we couldn't have had it any better....we are here for such a time as this...things are great and God is good all the time.

My precious little gem is mile-stoning excellently...all pieces are falling in place....he has started writing his alphabet and drawing smiley faces and angry faces. H e loves to go to the library to play his club penguin, sonic, motor bike games and lately he is surprising me with cooking games...ooh...i cant wait to get that help in cooking :-) and dish washing and general cleaning up!!!

This is also the month, September, whereby he has joined a new  club in church called "Rainbows" .He is having lots of fun especially with the theme statement "Rainbows are helpers".So every time he would like to do something like play with the water, he will tell me that rainbows are helpers and he would like to help me with the dishes....aha...my little man is smart!!

So the Rainbows meet once a week on Wednesday at church.He loves his new club.We thank God for that too as this is introducing him to Bible verses!!So i go "the memory verse is....The Lord has chosen....?"then he says "you".its great!

Lately he has also been doing lots of gymnastics....yes on my couch...one day he went upside down,i said.."tata...you are up side down and 2 seconds later he went..."mummy is this up -side up?i just smiled!!so thoughtful and smart!!his though process amazes me already!!he also knows how to identify similar things especially cars...he says ..."this car looks like your car mummy" and more often than not its usually true!:-)

Tata...you fill my days especially the dull ones because you create so much fun,laughter and humor!!i love you and thank God for you!!

Nintendo dsi

So now my bay boy has grown so much...my Johari is 3 years 6 months old and i finally got him a Nintendo DS considering "he has no one to play with"except mummy of course! So he is finally enjoying his Mario and Luigi, Diego, Poke Mon, and now he really wants the Club Penguin chip/game.
So i told him that if he is gonna be a nice boy...listen to grandma and Aunty Penny during the day and also especially listen to Mummy...then i may consider getting him the club penguin.
The only other interesting bit is that he wants to play the game till he drops "dead" asleep so sometimes i have to literally snatch it from hi hands in order for him to get to eat,brush his teeth,use the bathroom , pray and finally sleep.But pretty much he is getting used to it.
Oh and i forgot the other part where when the D S gets out of charge ...sometimes he gets upset and throws it on the floor...am like you cannot do that because if it "dies"am not going to spend more money buying him another one...then he goes:Sorry mummy" at least he has learnt to apologize and also to share ...by having the Nintendo DS...let's see how long it lasts...but so far so good!!so probably tomorrow i may have to get him the club penguin chip because he has been nice!

Why mummy why?

Oh well...its been quite a while since i touched base with my baby's electronic journal...that tell you how busy i have been.So today i get a minute and i have to do an update on his developmental highlights....Apart from of course growing taller and more handsome, he is now at a stage where he wants to know the reason for everything!!Mummy why...why....why....??
So i have been patiently explaining all the whys...although not satisfactorily...i have been trying hard!!
The other interesting thing he is doing is like i ask him what he would like to eat...i give him two choices...say spaghetti and rice...then he says pop corn or something else like candy!!very interesting indeed.
when i tell him to pray...he stops in the middle and asks me a couple of questions...so the prayer ends up being a prayer cum conversation.very sweet!!
Those are the major highlights of his development and so far so good...apart from wanting to be all independent at 3!!!!everything is working out great.am like...let me help you "tata".he is like ..."mummy...i can do it".wow!!!talk of time flying!!now i know what that means when i watch and listen to my baby boy Johari....my son...i love you so so much...God bless you as always!!

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"