..At The End Of June

Time is flying and here we are at the end of June, and tomorrow July 1st, my daughter, Grace will turn to 34 months, it's hard to believe that she will be three years old in just two months, with ups and down as a mom, with more and more challenging....
And yesterday was tough for me, she melted down, crying, screaming tried to create her own rule, I put her in her bed so that she can have 'time out' but then she peed on her pants,...(she already well potty trained during day time)....the previous moment was, she refused 'rice' that I already prepared, which was happend in the ceramic bowl..(my fault)...then she slapped the bowl, the bowl broken and rice spreaded out every where on our hardwood floor....aaaaarghhhh!!...
And communication is challenging with our children because we do not often speak in the same language, I applied the lesson I learned from my daughter to my relationship.

Dream House

June for me is mark of 'one year blogging', I don't know if someday I decide not to continue it, because of some reasons, but it's okay to not put this in stress situation, infact it's a place where I can coordinate my fingers and my brain and just say something and not worry if someone out there will read this or not....'right?

We haven't visit swimming pool at our apartment complex, the weather sometimes not warm enough to do sun bathing. So Grace an I haven't worn our bathing suit since the beginning of summer...(funny thing,..my sweetie pie said 'bathing soup' instead of bathing suit..)

Starting this mid June, we are officially house hunting, after we have Grace, things change, we are looking a house with backyard or backyard and front yard, so that Grace can running arround, planting apple tree or cherry tree, or hiding some rocks....LoL...Thank you for my husband for this 'idea' and May God Bless Us, finding the right house. Ameen.

Today am 'officially' sleep deprive again, after last night my little miss muffet went to bed at 10:15 and woke up at 1:40's and woke up early at 5:03....fhhhh...aaarrrh....and with my hormonal situation.....created light headache....whooo whooo!...I wish I could be in Legian Beach, Bali right now, enjoying the hot sands and not worry become tan!...

Summer Cleaning

Bersih bersih rumah rasanya ga abis abis dech!!..adaa aja!, dari kamar tidur, bathrooms, dapur, waah..penginnya import satu 'Inem' dari kampung halaman-ku, apa daya...si Inem ga bisa di pack,...makanya aku pake akal nich, dalam sehari aku tentuin, bagian mana yang harus dibersihin, kalo ga gitu ya, bisa gempor tangan ama kaki..apalagi kalo lagi bersihin satu ruangan atau tempat, musti nunggu dulu anakku tidur siang, kalo ngga pas dia nonton tivi, jadi ga ada gangguan gitu....
Tapi puas juga kalo liat kamar atau ruangan bersih, ga ada clutter,.rasanya tuch kayak abis bikin PR sekolah dulu...lega ...ga...!...
Spring atau Summer Cleaning emang kayak udah tradisi di Amrik, mungkin karena temperature hangat ya, jadi enak aja, keluar masuk rumah, trus buangin barang barang yang udah ga kepake. Yang namanya Garage Sale bertebaran dech di neighborhood-ku, tinggal telaten apa nggak gitu, nyari barang murah meriah tapi bener bener kepake. Jangan beli yang ga penting dan perlu, ntar bikin clutter baru lagi...nach loe!...
Jadwal ke park juga makin sering aja nich, ...seringnya aku ajak anakku sebelum lunch dan sebelum nap time, kalo nggak ya aku sengaja bawa bekal lunch jadi bisa makan siang di park, ntar tinggal pulang dan nap aja...

visit Library

Udah aku rancang juga some activities yang bisa buat anakku enggak nonton tivi mlulu,...yang nempel nempel stickers di cardboard lhah, nggambar, melukis, main bola, nanam bunga, pergi ke library tiap hari Jumat....and so on. Kita udah punya jadwal Summer Holiday, tapi nanti masih sekitar akhir Agustus, karena anakku blom masuk pre-school jadi kita ga terbentur jadwal masuk sekolah, yang disini nich biasanya pada balik lagi ke sekolah biasanya setelah libur Labor Day awal September yang tahun ini jatuh tanggal 5 September.

Father's Day

It's lovely day, it's not sunny though, but we spent the day by going to church then, the greate world dad...of Grace watching golf on tivi and me and Grace took a nap peacefully.
Happy Father's Day to all dads, ....God Bless

Joy Of Spring

The Spring actually almost over, June 21st will be the official day starts of Summer Season, but it's happy and enjoy to see all the flowers bloom, these pictures taken from my mother in-law's backyard, it's amazing that couple weeks ago all still dry because of winter...now turned to green and colorful...

We enjoy the sun and got some vitamin D...LoL,..it's true we need that, and Grace enjoyed alot watered all the plants...

But, it has been 'sleepy' day for me, recently, because my little girl, woke up at least 2 times at for three days in a row, leaving  me like a zombie in the morning,..she might 'in growing' season too, like all those pretty flowers....but I thank God everyday because she's such a healthy little girl.

helping grandma unfold

the sun chair

Happy June

It's unofficially Summer,...still cold in Western Washington, even yesterday was a windy day, but the forecast calls for a wonderful weekend, yippy!...it will reach 76F, am a bit jealous to my friend who live in Kentucky, she said, they had triple digits the other day, not that I want triple digits too, but wearing shortpants inside home,..not outside..!! ....it's just made me even more and more remembering 'Bali' and its sunny beaches...
Grace has been sleeping through the night lately, that's so nice, I got extra snooze in the morning. Recently when Grace couldn't find one of her stuff, she would say..'Somebody took it!!..LoL....turned out according to my sister that one of her daughters often say the same thing.....oh dear, cousin...cousin!...Happy June everybody..!

My Sweet Little Grace

It's June, and it's hard to believe that 33 months ago I gave birth to my daughter, Grace. She's as sweet as can be, she's a healthy toddler now, playing, learning, watching TV..(thing that I hope she doesn't do much)..and she talk more and more, and I'm blessed that we can enjoy one-on-one time everyday, there's nothing sweeter!... That's the good thing as a stay at home mom, I think, well at least now, until I don't know if I need to go out and get to work. I thought that if I don't have to get busy in the kitchen and if I could just always buy 'take out' meal, I might have more and more quality time with her...!..but I need to cook healthy food for my family....I felt guilty when she called me from the living room while I was doing some errands, all she wants to do is 'playing together with mommy'...sometimes I jealous with my hubby, because when he gets home, he played alot with Grace and it's so fun....but I am happy watching them play alot. Thank you God and bless us with more and more time to spend with our daughter!.

Grace, 6 months old

happy with her 'baby' doll

Our Fave Place To Eat...

Clamps Strip..hhmm!

This Memorial Day weekend, we decided to have 'staycation'...lazy Saturday, long nap on Sunday and Monday...LoL...when I used to work in my country before I got marriage, I like to have my 'me' vacation on Monday, felt sooo relax...
Hari Senin kemaren tanggal 30 Mei, di Amrik sini adalah 'Memorial Day'..itu lho kayak 'Hari Pahlawan' kalo di Indo, jadinya libur nasional...my hubby penginnya ngajak kemana gitu, but for some reasons kita putusin untuk tidak ke luar kota, istirahat, tidur siang, bermain dengan Grace. ..relaks gitu lho!..
One of our favorite place to eat in Tacoma is 'Steamer', is kinda Seafood fastfood, very close to the Bay, and when we got lucky like we had on Sunday, we can have a seat close to the window looking over the Bay and the famous Tacoma Narrow Bridge...
Salah satu tempat favorite kita buat makan tuch resto deket Bay namanya 'Steamer'...kayak Seafood resto gitu, tempatnya ngga besar tapi selalu rame, kalo pas beruntung kita bisa dapet tempat duduk ngadep jendela kaca, bisa liat Bay and jembatan Narrow yang terkenal itu (terkenal disini dech...LoL)