ab crunch and hamstring exercise with Ai'

latihan untuk paha atas dan otot perut bawah bersama Ai' :D

Pray for Indonesia

pray for victims of tsunami in Mentawai
pray for the victims of Mount Merapi's eruptions

I am so speechless.
this makes me cry.
I wish there's some thing I can do more than just to share a little amount of money I have. 

do you think it is okay if I go being a volunteer and leave my children with the nanny at home? 

the smell

I got in to Ar Ir's room this evening, and smell some thing bad. Since Ar and Ir some times bring Nowa, one of our cats, to sleep with them; I thought may be Nowa has peed there because the door was closed.

"How could you guys stand this awful smell? Make sure to let your door open if you bring the cats sleep with you"

And Ir replied, "But, Ibu, it wasn't the cat. It was Ar. He didn't pee before bed last night"

Ir mesti.....!

suatu sore. lagi pada ribut pengen bikin milkshake instant.
Ibit: aku mau rasa melon!
Ar: aku mau rasa jambu!
Ir. aku mau rasa air.

***

jika keluar dari toko ADA, untuk langsung belok ke arah pulang kadang susah karena lalu lintas yang padat. karenanya Dan lebih dulu ikut arus sampai seratus dua ratus meter sampai ke depan Banteng Raider, lalu balik arah pelan-pelan.
suatu hari Minggu sesudah makan bubur ayam di dekat Sarinah (alm) Banyumanik, aku ajak Dan untuk ke simpang lima sebentar. sampai depan Banteng Raider anak-anak mulai bertanya kenapa bukannya pulang, tapi malah jalan ke arah sana.
Ibit: mau ke mana ini Bapak?
Bapak: muter-muter aja..
Ar: oh, muter-muter
Ir: mau muter aja kok jauh amat.


***


suatu hari kami mendapat space parkir yang terlalu sempit. dan Dan memarkir terlalu mepet ke mobil di sebelah kanan.
aku: wah, mepet banget. lewat pintu kiri aja ya anak-anak, yang ngga mepet.
Ir: lewat pintu belakang lebih ngga mepet.


***


suatu sore sepulang kerja
Ar: ibu, tadi kakiku digigit kucing garong item
aku: kok bisa?
Ir: kakinya Ar dikira makanan.

a [late] Eid note

I forgot how long I've paused blogging. Not because I wanted to but more because I had to. I had crazy time during Ramadhan. Ar was sick. And then Eidl Fitri came. I went 'home' visited my parents and was not connected to internet for almost two weeks. The time I go back home, my computer was having an error. Now that it is fixed, I knew I've missed too much to write...


but at least I still have this to remind me about precious moment we had this Eid

there, me and Dan, and the children, and my parents.

it was so wonderful to have all my siblings, all with their families, come together. only a day and a night, but no words can describe the happiness we had.
my sister suddenly came as a surprise. we didn't expect her to come because her husband was sick and just had had a surgery. but there they were!

there, the kids and uncles playing futsal

there, the grandparents with all grand children

there, my parents with me and all my siblings

I hope we can still have the togetherness in the future...

HAPPY [late late late] EID MUBARAK

the sick

alhamdulillah, thank God he's home.
since last tuesday, Ar got a fever. his body is warm to hot, it was 39 Celsius degree. we've seen a doctor, he said Ar might got a laryngitis. but if his temperature didn't go lower in four days, Ar would need a blood test.
Friday afternoon, his temperature was 37. it's low, it's normal. I felt good. but in the evening the temperature rose again. at 20.00 pm it reached 39,4. we bought him to hospital right away.
we hadn't known the blood test results yet, but the doctor suggested Ar to stay for the fever has occurred for four days.we didn't like it, but thought it was the best to do.


I can't stand watching babies in infusions. the lab test results said it was typhus and dengue fever. two weakening illness at the same time must be so hard for a 7 year old boy. he couldn't do nothing but lying on bed. he wouldn't speak. he couldn't even smile.



Ar is a computer boy. Dan brought him a laptop to cheer him up, but he was too weak to sit up in front of it.




day four Ar got better and felt strong enough to take a walk. we went to the balcony and viewed the city. we could see Dan's office which stands next to a mall.
"when I went home, I want to go to that mall next to Bapak's office" Ar said.
so Wednesday afternoon was the time, he was allowed to go home. he could finally smile, he even had his lunch by himself. it feels like going out of jail...
Ar is still weak and need some rest. but thank God he's over with the fever


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baby and daddy

I always hope there is a strong tie between fathers and sons. as strong as the ties I have built between me and my children, years before I go back to working world. it is sad to find that we spend most of our time working then being with our family. but however, I keep trying to optimize the family time we have.

Dan works six days a week, from 08.00 am to whenever he needs to go home. no, it doesn't mean he can go home any time he wants. it means he can only go home when the work is done, and it can be anytime, late, over the working hours.

I, and my children, some times protest his in-existence. spending more time out there than being with family. he goes out every morning, at the same time my children go to school. he come home at night, often when my children are all already go to bed.

I have made some conditions to make Dan 'have to' interact with the children. for example, I used to give some money to my children every Monday. now I make Dan do it. some times he forgot and just goes to work like that. so my children ask me for the money. and I said, "that's Bapak's part. you ask him."

but with baby Ai', I can not do that. baby Ai' still don't know any thing about money :D

I still want my baby to interact with Dan. so some times I pushed Dan to sit down and put Ai' on his arms. not because I have to do something else, or because I'm tired carrying him. I just want him to be with his father.

well I hope it'll work. and as the baby grows up, I need to find more ways for us to keep connected each other...