This month is the last month for me teaching in my work. For one and other reasons, they wouldn't want to continue my class. Though it's made me sad and down, at least I wouldn't need to be afraid about Fritz's meal time that I always on my mind everytime the day of teaching arrived. So, it's time for me to move on and make some schedule for Fritz...meal time and school time...Bye-bye, class...I missed y'all but I miss my time with my b...

The Summary:This week didn't go smoothly because of one and other reasons that made me feeling so blue.So, this week, we focused on socialization. We went to the park every morning and played swing there. We met some Grams and Gramps were sunbathing and having chit chat each others. Then we met some little girls too.Fritz loves to play swing. I also asked him to sit down by himself. He held the chains hard and enjoys his time.He learned some vocabularies from media. If there's a fish on...

24th April 2010SMESCO Building7 - 10 PMWe were attending Ali's best friends' wedding. Both of them are my hubby's friends since they were in the university, Anto and Jeanne. Actually, my hubby have met Anto on their high school at Canisius College in Menteng. Then, both of them studied together in the same faculty at Atma Jaya University. Time flies and Anto had to move to Singapore to continue his study as a pilot. Now, he is a pilot for Singapore Airlines.His wife, Jeanne, is one of...

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Another idea for Fritz's menu:Ingredient:50 gr of spaghetti50 gr of minced meatan onion, choppeda tomato, peeled the skin and threw out the seed2 spoon of tomato sauce200 cc wateroilsaltpeppercheeseHow to make:1. Boil the spaghetti with a little oil and salt until cooked then drain and pour the cold water. Put in a small bowl.2. Prepare the pan and put the coconut oil.3. Put the chopped onion.4. Put the minced meat.5. Add some water and put the salt, pepper and tomato sauce inside. Stir...

The summary:His 3rd week wasn't going smoothly. My Dad had been in the hospital for the 4th times and he just went home on Wednesday.Tuesday, we spent our day on the hospital. We waited on the child's playroom in the child clinic downstairs. There were few children playing and Fritz was the smallest boy among them. He just played with the house plastic there as it was the only one he could play safely while the rest of children were busy taking over each other with the toys there. I decided...

Objectives:- practice his gross motor skill through painting- recognize the shape and the color of sheepPreparation:- green asturo- white paint- palette- black marker- origami paper (if needed)- glue (if needed)How to do:1. Prepare the green asturo and cut it 15x15 cm.2. Put the white paint a little bit on the palette3. Dip the thumb on the palette and apply it on the green asturo.4. Wait till the paint dry.5. Draw the head border, body border and feet using black marker.6. You can paste...

The summary:In his 2nd week, he shows lots of progress.He knows the concept of open and close now. I played this concept during his meal time. We opened and closed his water bottle. He liked it and replied well.His vocabularies improves fast. He knows some animals now, such as fish, crab, duck, lizard, cat and dog of course. When he saw the picture of crab in the TV, he pointed the crab that he has on his little pillow. He also can point the right object when I asked which one the fish...

Objectives:- practice his gross motor skill through pasting- learn more concept of shape by making a robotPreparation:- a blank of paper- glue- origami paper- scissorsHow to do:1. Cut the origami into a few basic shape. Such as a circle, a square, two rectangles and two triangles. (let adult do it)2. Prepare the blank paper and the cut out.3. Paste the shape into a robot using glue. Circle for head, square for body, rectangle for feet and triangle for handsResult:It was the first time...

Objectives:- develop his gross motor skill- learn more colour through crayonPreparation:- few blank paper- crayon (12 colors)- used newspaperHow to do:1. put the used newspaper on the floor, so the floor will not dirty of the crayons later2. Put the blank paper and crayons on it.3. Ask him to get any kinds of colour and guide him to do on the paper not everywhere.Result:Because it was the 1st time for Fritz using crayon, he did't know how to do with his crayon and no wonder he became so...

Ingredient:500 gr flour high protein50 gr milk powder11 gr instant yeast200 gr potatoes, steamed and puree100 gr sugar75 gr butter1/2 tsp salt4 yolk100 cold waterHow to make:1. In container, combine the flour, sugar, milk powder, instant yeast, mix well, put the potatoes finely, pour the egg and cold water, knead until smooth and semi smooth.2. Give butter and salt, continue to knead until smooth elastic. Rest 15 minutes.3. For the dough, 50 ounces each, round it off. Let stand 20 minutes,...

Days are so flat... My Dad is still in hospital since Tuesday. So the rest of family (Ali, Mom and my bro) takes turn to stay in the hospital taking care of him. Then, I & Fritz with maid stay at home.Today, I supposed to be went to one of my Dwarfz' marriage, Doya Sianturi. Ali has just gone home a little bit late and he should take a rest for a moment. When he woke up, he got fever. We decided not going to Doya's wedding considering of Ali and Fritz too. Fritz also is not in good...

Objectives:- develop his gross motor skill on painting- recognize the basic colors (red, blue, yellow)Preparation:- few blank paper- paints (red, blue, yellow)- palette or 3 small places for the paints- brush- water- used newspaperHow to do:1. put all the paint in 3 different place and add some water2. prepare the used newspaper on the floor3. put the blank paper and the paint on the used newspaper4. dip the hand on the paint and stick it on the blank paper5. one paper contain one colorResult:Firstly,...

I made it for my hubby who should be staying a night at hospital to take care of my Dad. Hope you like it, hon...Ingredients:10 bread, cut the edges and cut it half10 sausages, cut it horizontally into 2 parts2 eggs, mix itmargarineHow to make:1. Spread the margarine on the both side of the bread2. Put the sausage inside the bread3. Roll the bread4. Dip in the eggs5. Fry it in the pan with oil for 5 minutesFor 20 ser...

The summary:As Fritz was not in good condition and the materials weren't complete yet, we just learned what we can. We learned about the basic colors (red, blue, yellow) through painting. We did hand printing as the art project. Then as usual, we like to sing some songs in a day and Fritz can show some gestures related to the songs. We did the oral counting too from 1 to 10 through song and fingers. For his gross motor, I asked Fritz to walk around in the morning (related to the weather...

I decided to choose today as the first day of Fritz's Homeschooling day. Though all the preparation is not yet ready, I think I'm ready to go with the simple stuff around.This morning when Fritz has just waken up, I saw the sun shines brightly and it's a good start to face his first day of his homeschooling. I put on his shoes then we went out to have a walk under the brightly sun. He loves to see cats around, so we found the cat. Luckily, when we just went out the cat was in front of...

Finally the day comes..Start with a little busy in the morning. Daddy and Oma were going to Kupo's House at Graha Raya to get the birthday cake. They went at 6 o'clock!Then another messy thing happened when Popo from Ali's mom side had bought a horse toy for Fritz and no one had able to deliver her to the venue. So Ali decided to pick her and went straight to venue.All of us arrived at 2.30 PM and prepared all the things for the party. The cake, the goody bags, the coupons for the food...

Another recipe for adults.....Ingredients:150 gr elbow macaroni50 gr minced meat2 sausages, cut it into small pieces1 carrot, cut it small1 broccoli, cut it small200 cc plain milk2 eggs1 onionunsalted butter, meltedmargarinesalt, pepper, oilcheeseHow to make:1. Boil the macaroni with oil and salt until cooked then drain and pour with cold water. Put it in a bowl2. Steam the carrot and broccoli for 10 minutes, to make it tender3. Prepare the pan, put the oil. When it's hot already, put...

This is a simple recipe as an alternative if Fritz has already bored with his breakfast. Though he sometimes refused to eat it, I still made it for him.Ingredients:a slice of bread50 cc of plain milkan egg (a yolk of egg for under 1 year)unsalted butter, meltedadditional:cheese and chocolate sprinklesHow to make:1. Cut the edge of bread then cut it into small pieces. Put it in a small bowl2. Put the cheese and chocolate sprinkles on the pieces of bread3. Mix the milk, egg and unsalted...

We had attended an Open House at Apple Tree Sunter Branch, my previous job on 20th March. I and my hubby got an opportunity to sell our krupuk there as one of my friends allowed me to put those to be sold.After I had my private tutor, three of us went in hurry to Sunter. We arrived there almost noon, around 11.30 AM. Then I met some my oldies friends and we had a little chit chat with them.The exciting things happened when Fritz was having all his shirt wet because of water in the pool....