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Coleen just turned 6 years old last Oct. 13.

Cocoy will be 2 years old this Dec.19.

Babu will be 8 mos this Oct. 21.

My hands are full.

Need I say more?

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Coleen was excited as ever when I asked her yesterday to “cook” with me.

“I want to help you cook, Mommy.” said Coleen.

“Sure!” I answered.

“So, what do we need?” I asked her, just to check if she still remembered the ingredients we needed in cooking fried chicken.

“Flour, egg and the chicken.” she proudly replied.

“Good! So how do we do it?”

“First, you put the chicken to the flour then put it in the egg then put it in the flour again,” she said while pointing to the flour and beaten egg as she mentioned them.

“Very good! You still remember. OK, so let’s start. But first, we need to wash our hands so the germs will not go to our food,” I explained.

So we took turns washing our hands. Dried them with the paper towel then faced the table. Coleen took a piece of the chicken thigh fillet from the plate. Then, she confidently placed it on the plate of flour she has previously prepared. I was just looking at how she enjoyed “cooking” with me. At first, she did not mind having sticky fingers. She loved it whenever she would cover the chicken with flour. Then, she carefully placed the chicken into the beaten egg.So it was my turn to cover the chicken with egg. Then I asked her to cover the chicken again with flour.

As we were enjoying each other’s company while preparing our dinner, I noticed her getting grossed out with her sticky hands.

“It’s OK to have messy hands while preparing this, Coleen. That’s how cooks are,” I tried to convince her. But she could not help it and said,“Mommy, can I wash my hands?”

“later na lang when we are done,” I answered back.

Then she said, “Mom, can I just put the egg?” meaning can she just put the chicken into the egg bater. “OK. Then I will be the one to put it into the flour,” I replied.

“Oh, so you will be the putter?!”

“Yes, I will be the putter, babe.”

“Yey!”

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Our baby girl has a new name, Babu. Thanks to her brother who could not pronounce ‘baby’ but instead says ‘Babu’ every time he calls her. She is now five months old. How time flies!!!

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I came across this comment on the topic Traditional vs. Progressive Schools at  mom.exchange.ph and boy, it really raised my eyebrows to the top! Click this link to read on.

I could not believe that this happens for real. Kids not behaving properly will be tied to their chairs in school? What kind of school is that?! And is that even called a school?

Schools should be fun not like this. Grrr.

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My daughter confessed to me the other day that she fell asleep in school. Then, the next day she told my sister-in-law that she takes naps in school! (She is in the afternoon session now and she is still coping with the adjustment of longer school hours. Now they stay in school for 3 and a half hours and since she is already in Kinder , they have more worksheets to do. I guess that’s what she meant with “matagal” in our conversation.) So on the way to Club 650 last night, our conversation went on like this:

“You have to promise me, Coleen, that you will not sleep in school.

Why Mommy?

Because you will not learn if you sleep in school.

But Mommy it’s so ‘matagal’ our snack time!

Why? Do you get hungry in school that’s why you sleep there?

Yes.

So that’s the reason why you should eat a lot before going to school.

Yes na nga but it’s so matagal.

It’s really like that, Coleen. It’s because you are getting bigger.

No. It’s because I’m getting Kinder.“

Funny Ate Coleen! She never fails to amaze me with how she constructs her sentences and how she tries to answer my questions in her own language. Whenever we engage in conversations about anything, she would always have innocent bloopers that are just so cute and real funny.

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I came across this article from Bo Sanchez’s website. I got interested in it because it greatly speaks of myself. I am the type of person who is afraid of confrontations and of making mistakes. I tend to say ‘yes’ even if I really really mean ‘no’. I know that sometimes it gets me into trouble but what could I do? I just can’t stand the thought of facing angry people and most especially people who might get angry at my mistakes.

But good thing I read that blog. It kept me thinking that I should really be more decisive and firm with what I really like, what I believe in and most especially with what I want to do with my life. I guess I should not focus so much on trying to please other people because if I keep on doing this, I might just get so frustrated and end up not being happy at all.

Yes, I should learn to say no. I should. I must.

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This is one of Coleen’s art work that was mounted in their art exhibit when she finished her Creative Arts I Summer Program at CSC last May.

Her art teacher told me that Coleen is a real artist. She is so willing to do art works. She even stayed with her teacher after classes and did not stop helping and doing art stuff with her teacher until she is fetched.

Way to go Coleen! Keep it up! We are so proud of you!

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How time flies so fast! My daughter is now in kindergarten and by next year, she will be in first grade. Wow! I could not imagine myself yet having a grade schooler. It kinda makes me feel a little old.

It was her first day of school last Tuesday. So, I brought her to school together with my mother-in-law and my son. I went down the car and accompanied her to the main entrance of CSC which was packed with yayas and mostly mothers. The place was so hot because it was too crowded. There were parents who, like me, were excited to see their child go back to school. So when we reached the main entrance, Coleen got her lunch box and plastic bag from me and said, “Goodbye mommy, I love you!” I replied her with a hug and said,“I love you too, baby!” So I finally let go of her hand and watched her be escorted by the assistants to her teacher. Then, I looked for a space among the sea of heads that surrounded me where I could still watch my daughter from afar. I tried to squeeze in

“Oh, why are you crying?

“Don’t leave me, mommy!” she cried as she was trying to escape from the arms of the lady guard who was trying to block her way towards me. “I’m not leaving you. I’ll just be here. I will wait for you to go inside, baby.” I tried to console her but it didn’t work. She hugged me tightly as if she wanted to squish my legs. So I bent down and said, “Don’t cry baby girl. It’s OK. You said you miss school, right? So now you are going back to school so please stop crying.”

“But I don’t want you to go, Mommy! Just stay here! Don’t leave me!” I hugged her and assured her that I will be there waiting for her until she leaves their waiting area. So, eventually, she stopped crying and went straight to her teacher and new classmates. As I was standing behind the gate, I saw her looking at me with a sad face. I thought to myself, “Why did she cry?What could be the real reason? She should not be crying anymore.” Then, the bell rang and all the kids stood up and started their short exercise before going to the lunchroom. I looked back at her to see if she was following her teacher. She was, hesitantly. Then, they left for the lunchroom.

I am just surprised that lately, my Coleen has been suffering with separation anxiety. I thought all the while, she has already adjusted to her school. Well, maybe since we transferred her to afternoon session, everything seems new again. Good thing she has one classmate from nursery that also transferred to the afternoon session which made her a bit more comfortable.

Haaay. I sometimes feel pressured or feel scared whether I am on the right track when it comes to parenting. Well, I still consider myself a new learner. I learn each day and I try to remember all the things I need to remember in disciplining and making my kids feel safe and secure. Good luck to me!

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I have been breastfeeding my baby girl since we came home from the hospital. Thanks to the miracle vegetable, Malunggay. This really is a miracle vegetable because it does not only help increase milk production for breastfeeding mothers like me, it also has “the calcium of four glasses of milk, the vitamin C of seven oranges and the potassium of three bananas.”
This vegetable is so nutritious that we eat it really often. We put it in almost all of our soup dishes like Tinolang Manok, Sinigang, Ginisang Monggo and even in Nilaga. Good thing we have a Malunggay tree. But aside from fresh Malunggay, I even take Malunggay Capsules 3 times a day.

I’m really a Malunggay fan - forever!

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I have finally uploaded the AVP I made for my Papa for his 60th birthday party last May 9, 2008. Too bad it wasn’t played then. Better late than never! Here is the link, you might want to see my labor of love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BmbZbGwAzs

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