Christophes and Lumpi

Christophe had a favourite soft toy when he was little. It's a dog named Lumpi. We left it behind in Singapore when we moved to Malaysia a few years ago. From our last trip to Singapore, we finally brought Lumpi and the rest of the boys' soft toys home with us to Malaysia.

The boys were thrilled to rediscover their toys, each toy brought with them a story that the boys were so eager to share with their daddy and I - "this monkey is from McDonald's", "the red dinosaur is mine, Dayi (eldest aunt) made it for us", "Honker is still not working, but I can make it honk again by blowing into its nose".

Obviously, none of these belonged to Johann since he arrived much later. Nevertheless, he joined in the fun by digging into the basket and picked for himself an old yellowish dog with brown patches amidst all the brighter and more colourful ones, then proudly declared, "this dog is mine."

Big and small Christophes

You should see the look on Christophe's face. Johann and Christophe share many similarities and thus a very special father-and-son bond. Johann, of the 4 boys, most resembles his daddy. His hair colour is light, only a tone darker than Christophe's. Both enjoy beer (for Johann, only alcohol-free allowed), attracted to all things electronic (Johann knows how to use a digital camera to take and view pictures just by observation), love blueberry yoghurt and fruits for breakfast and get a kick out of eating sour citrus fruits. Johann's middle name is Christophe and these 2 Christophes like rubbing their noses with each other.

I love papa. Papa loves me.

Lumpi now follows Johann wherever he goes. Breakfast, playing and sleeping.