17 Jun

The Sweetest Night of My Life

My little boy has been very affectionate these past few weeks, especially to me! I was actually surprised by this behavior as he usually favors his dad over me (kakaiba noh?).
Sunday night, was one of the sweetest nights of my life as he said, for the first time, the three sweetest words [...]

13 Jun

On Being A Mom

Fellow mom and online shopping guru (i just have to say that pa talaga ) Peachy and pretty mom Jane tagged me with this question:
What do I love most about being a mom?
The baby gifts!
Kidding aside, I sometimes hear about married women wishing to go back to being single because of reasons [...]

06 May

EXPO MOM

Found out about this exciting event while I was doing my morning read at ShopCrazy:

And then I saw it is scheduled on May 17 — the day we depart for Hongkong. A bit upsetting as I am looking forward to attending the one-day expo and listen to talks about the following topics:

Caring for Baby’s [...]

29 Apr

MY LITTLE BugOY

One morning while we were preparing the little boy for school:
Me: “Manu, it’s time to brush your teeth.”
Manu: {not saying anything and hiding under the bed cover and pillows}
Me: “Yaya, paki toothbrush-an si Manu.” {as I was in a hurry — which is like, every morning!}
Yaya: “Manu, brush teeth na.” {holding the [...]

28 Apr

Missing the Big Screen

Ever since we had our little boy we’ve seen quite a few of the big event movies of the last 3 years. Previously we’d never miss those highly anticipated films that sure to be top-grossers or modern trilogies where people would be forming two long lines: one for buying the tickets and one for [...]

18 Apr

TV-Deprived

I am an American Idol fan, and have watched every episode of each season since Season 2 – until now. In fact, it is not only this show that I’m not able to watch, but all of my other favorite shows as well. The reason? MANU. He insists on watching his [...]

22 Mar

How Fast Does a Toddler Grow?

I can’t believe that the GAP pants I bought for Manu last December looks a a size smaller on him three months later. I got a size 2T just so the pants wouldn’t be too big nor too exact. I was expecting that he’d outgrow them in half a year’s time but in [...]

21 Mar

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

First it was Britney, then Lindsay, now who’s next? Looking at this disturbing trend I’m really glad that I’m raising my kid here in the Philippines surrounded by family and our unique set of values. Sure there are good addiction treatment procedures and center abroad but those are after-the-fact solutions. What we [...]

21 Mar

Unique Party Invitations

I’ve been looking around for some party invitation ideas as early as now for our next big party. Ever since we made Manu’s 1st birthday party invite, I’ve wanted to top it with a better format and theme. I don’t want to end up copying another invite since I want our invited [...]

20 Mar

My To Do List This Week

It has been a long week of vacation for me (as I was already on leave since Monday) but I still haven’t gone through half of my “to-do’s” before the week ends.  I better start ticking off some of these before the little boy’s yaya goes on her vacation on Tuesday:

Enroll Manu at The Bridge’s [...]