E-mail from Grandma :

Yesterday we went to vivit ojiichan.
When we arrived, Ojiichan was in themiddle of his Yoga exercise.
Rq looked hard and intently at him. Then walked around and he started to take off his own shirt...ready to jump in the pool.
Ojiichan had again put hot solar water to warm the water. How lucky Rq is!

E-mail from Grandma :

Kemarin sempat ketemuan sama Ling dan kayla. Tapi sayangnya Kayla lagi panas karena radang kuping. Jadi pas Rq juga mau imunisasi, Kayla sekalian diperiksa oleh dokter. Panasnya sampai 39.7...lumayan tinggi. Sesdh nunggu lama karena dokter terlambat, Kayla masih harus periksa darah karena sdh 3 hari panas.

Ternyata ok semuanya. Cuma saja mereka tidak bisa naik pesawat sampai radangnya mereda.

Dengan anggota T lainnya ndak sempat ketemu. Cuma Net yg sdh nunggu di Senayan, kemudian pindah ke FX Kuishinboo. Andy joined up later.

Julie (penagntin baru) dan suaminya kemudian pisah dan jalan sendiri.

Ternyata Rq juga panas, dan malam2 rewel sekali. Tapi sekarang sdh turun panasnya dan lagi makan bubur dgn ikan salmon asap.

Ini sedikit kenangan, juga ada di FB kiriman Net:

Sayang Sayang Murti

Loved

Oma Tien is Grandma's sister. She takes hours to come visit me, and than go back every week.

She is now old and week.

See you next week Oma Tien!

With Grandpa in the Pool

Helping Hand

The 70's

Naomi said....

He is gorgeous! What a handsome little boy!! Now I know what you mean!!

Obachan said....

He's not only handsome...he's intelligent and funny!

Emi and I realized Rq is good at "manipulating" people to his end use. Reminds me of Naomi when she was small...She could and would really manipulate people, so she could get what she wanted, also could get away with her mischiefs! Haha... so cute!

You remember saying, even in adult years....ii mon...kawaii dakara!

Rikki Talks

E-mail from Grandma :

Rikki is back and well, entertaining the whole house with his cheerful voice. Really, not exaggerating!

Just now daichan was leaving for work.
Rikki followed from behind and laughing loudly.
This morning he used one complete Japanese sentence to me: Obaachan no ocha to papa no ocha! Then he pointed to the jar of BG< saying Mau goreng! Mau bawang goreng rupanya.

Emi takes day off from work as she is also slightly feverish...same flu that Rikki, Ojiichan and myself have. I hope Naomi doesnt get any flu. If you have, dont take any medication without docter's prescription. or even better, heal it naturally without obat. Just take a lot of fluid.

Language & Character

E-mail from Grandma..
Rq is now 19 months +...
So far he has been trying to express himself, the way he thinks is right.
He always asks Apa itu?, even though he means also Siapa itu? But yesterday, for the first time, he asked me "dare?"

Also yesterday evening, he was playing with his model cars...making them run on the floor, climbing up a comodo rack, and above shelves. Then he accidentally dropped one. He immediately said "Ochichatta!"

For few days I have been telling him not to just cry when he wanted his milk. Meaning, when he is sleeping or half awake, he just cries...meaning he wants his bottle. He does'nt care to look for it. So I told him, naku ko wa iya daneh..obaachan wa nakanai ko ga suki desu. Miruku hoshikattara, "miruku hoshii" to ieba...ii ko desu ne.
The next day, he wanted milk, but he didnt cry...he asked me "nangisyyy''...and looked at me.
This evening he was trying to sleep, and had his milk as usual. When he had finished one bottle, he gave me the empty bottle and said nicely "syusyu lagi"Ofcourse I praised him and gave him another bottle. But again he finished without falling asleep, and again "syusyu lagi".I said, Okay kore de miruku nikai desu ne...Kore agetara, mo oshimai ne! He took the milk and finished again. Now he dared not asked, but neatly put his bottle on the shelf.
But then Rq couldn't sleep, turning up and around, banging his feet, not in anger but half playing. He talked something to me, like...minna nenne...
Finally he could stand anymore and asked: syusyu ada? I gave him a fuller bottle and he went straight to sleep!
This boy understands instruction well, and obeys it too!
I love him for it, and I love him sooo much!
Don't you?

Midori Playgroup