100% Kelly

At the end of each week, the school sends out a newsletter that offers parents a sneak peek on the major classroom activities of their kids.  I always look forward to reading these weekly bulletins but this one below got me especially excited:

It’s my little boy’s first ever project!

Me and the husband immediately brainstormed (hahaha) on what the design theme will be. It was a no brainer actually.  The design will all be about dinosaurs

The binoculars which came from school were just two pieces of empty tissue paper rolls that were glued together.  Just imagine how it looked like since I didn’t any more took a picture of it.  Now, a picture of it “semi-bare”, i.e., after the dad finished putting extra cardboard rolls at both ends of the rolls and gluing several cut-out pieces of tissue paper on the “very bare” binoculars:

And here’s the finished project!

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tagged by Gracie

I know this is ridiculously late because my time already reads 1:52am, Monday, March 15, but WTH.  :D  We didn’t go through our normal weekend routine as we went to Canyon Woods to celebrate relatives’ birthdays.  I was looking forward to this gathering since we were told by my MIL, as Manu will get to meet and play with cousins he doesn’t see often.  We already expected that Manu will be having loads of fun (not to mention loads of pawis from running around open spaces within the village ) from the party, and he did.  Take a look at some of the photos I took from my new Powershot, which I painstakingly chose among several digital cameras:

:::with an improvised cap :::

:::”yaya, hot!”; he kept on playing though:::

:::1st one to the finish line wins! (obviously!):::

:::refuses to go down this slide without his yaya:::

:::buti na lang sangkatututak ang dala kong damit.  see how he sweats!:::

:::suko na ang lolo sa kanya:::

Rather than going to our usual weekend hangout (which is either Timezone or Fun Ranch ), we decided to let Manu experience something more educational. Thus, a trip to Manila Ocean Park.  Above is a photo taken minutes before Manu got all overwhelmed (and scared) of the underwater tunnel experience

My little boy is obsessed with dinosaurs! From the time he goes to bed until the time he wakes up, all he talks about are dinosaurs! There are times I think he even dreams about them (we once heard him talking in his sleep — he was asking mommy for dinosaurs! ). At school, he carries the dinosaur toys all around the classroom. At home, his favorite shows to watch are The Land Before Time, Dinosaur Movie, and Jurassic Park 1, 2, and 3 (yes, he likes them would you believe?). Here’s a picture of him watching The Land Before Time (for the nth time!) while holding one of his dinosaur books:

He has dinosaur toys of all shapes and sized, and his collection is increasing (by a piece! ) by the week!

He is also fond of reading dino books.

And most of all, he likes to play dinosaur pretend! RAAARRRRR!!!!

Two weeks ago, we were invited by Manu’s School for the Pre-Nursery Open House. I was excited, of course, as this was going to be my very first as a mom

The Open House aimed to discuss the pre-nursery curriculum and show how a typical day of school goes via a video presentation. The presentation was very detailed as it showed:

• how the kids entered the class (standing on colorful paper cut-outs while lining up before the classroom door)

• how they washed their little hands before the class and before snack time (i like this very much — teaching the kids proper hygiene)

• how they sang the “Hello! Hello!” song during circle time

• how Manu doesn’t want to hold hands with a classmate (he kept on removing his hands every time his classmate grabs them for the song )

• how they proceeded to the different learning centers (block area, dramatic play area, library, art center)

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Just had to buy those for Manu when I saw a little boy wearing them. But I never thought buying them would require so much effort as I almost went to Trinoma all the way from Parañaque just to see if there’s one available in the little boy’s size. I didn’t do that of course. Just called every branch of Nike and checked the availability. Unfortunately, Manu’s size wasn’t available in any of their branches. I almost gave up until I remembered that Rustan’s was carrying the brand and they had Manu’s size. Such luck!

And now I am in the hunt for this

I believe this is available only in Hong Kong. I actually saw them first at Ocean Terminal but didn’t buy it (I was stripped of cash; spent everything already ). When we came home, I absolutely regretted not buying it so I immediately asked a friend to buy a pair for me. Unfortunately, the largest size available was a 7c, which is just too small now for the little boy. Kainezzz. I should have bought them the first time I saw them.

Thanks for this tag, Eds. It’s a bit late but like they say, better late than never

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This picture was taken at The Picture Company Studio when Manu was still two months old, and remains to be one my all time favorites.

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:::Would you believe I just transferred this picture from my mobile phone to our computer a few minutes ago inspite of it being taken two years ago? Blame it on our previous’ computer’s capacity to hold gigabytes of pictures. Good thing we were recently able to upgrade and buy memory large enough to store the tons of photos that we have :::

I’m tagging Maver, Pat, and Mich

Gats: Anak, okey dito noh?

Manu: Oo, dad! Ayos!

Manu: Yikes! My virgin eyes!

Gats: Kaya pala ang laki ng ngiti ni Chubbers eh! (oy, chubbers, kamay mo! )

Kelly: Hoy, Gats, sino kaya mas malaki ngiti sa inyo ni Chubbers?

Our little boy is just so crazy about his dinosaurs. My husband recently gave him a dinosaur book from back he himself was just a grade schooler (circa 1980’s) – and still he loved it! His collection is so varied that I can’t pin down a specific author (or Book Publishing Company) that we prefer. We literally just end up buying him books as long as we feel that there are enough knowledge content and kid-friendly drawings/pictures for him to enjoy. This gets me thinking, what will his next subject of interest be after this dinosaur craze is done?

slippery fish, slippery fish

swimming in the water

slippery fish, slippery fish

gulp! gulp! gulp!

OH NO!!!

it’s been eaten by a —-

tuna fish, tuna fish

swimming in the water

tuna fish, tuna fish

gulp! gulp! gulp!

OH NO!!!

it’s been eaten by an —

octopus, octopus

swimming in the water

octopus, octopus

gulp! gulp! gulp!

OH NO!!!

it’s been eaten by a —

great white shark, great white shark

gulp! gulp! gulp!

OH NO!!!

it’s been eaten by a —

humongous whale, homongous whale

swimming in the water

humongous whale, humongous whale

gulp! gulp! gulp!

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*manu’s favorite poem to recite during circle time