Archives for “The Hezzies”
One cool and sunny Sunday morning, I decided to teach my kids a thing or two on organic gardening. My plants were in serious need of some pampering so I pulled out several bags of used up coffee grinds from Starbucks and had them help me scatter the grinds in the garden. For them it [...]
I’ve always believed in the reward system. Call it the capitalist in me but why would you want to do anything without getting some form of remuneration at the end of a successful job. Right? Even kids are prey to this system. Although in their case, not all jobs are rewarded. Say for instance cleaning [...]
I love going to the wet market. I love the variety of fresh produce that the market can offer. I especially love the fact that I can haggle. And I’m a good haggler, btw. I have become such a suki at the market that some tindera’s have resorted to calling me anak. Lately, I’ve been [...]
When Gaby entered Big School, one of our first projects was to create a study area. First in the agenda was to find a suitable study table for her. We were lucky to find one at a nearby garage sale….an antique “narrra” table that we got for a song. Then there was the chair that [...]
On the way home last Saturday….. Me : “Honey, just drop me off in front of the President’s (homeowner’s association) house. We have an emergency meeting tonight.” Gaby : “WHAT?!? Meeting again? How come you have so many meetings na? The other day meeting…yesterday, meeting….tonight, meeting again!” Me : “Naman, I don’t go na nga [...]
Before the Christmas holiday rush, I managed to snag a good deal on “slimming treatments” at my fave beautpy hideaway. This was supposed to be in preparation for our Subic trip a few days after Christmas. Unfortunately, things got so busy that I only was able to go for 1 treatment. This being the case, [...]
When I was a kid, my father passed the “Double or Nothing” bill that was designed to teach us how to save. The rule was if we had anything saved from our allowance at the end of week, he would double it and we would deposit it in the bank every Friday. It was an [...]
As a Mom to 2 precocious and overly-active little girls, it can sometimes be a task to keep them occupied when there is not much to do. Others would so the usual route and probably just haul their asses to the nearest mall and park the kiddos in Timezone or one of those pay-and-play-rubberized-and-foamed-play-areas but [...]
My husband isn’t the best driver in the world. And he is the last person in the world to admit that he can be the penultimate asshole on the road. Anyway, it started with a bumper sticker. My husband saw our neighbor’s bumper sticker saying “I’m not speeding…I’m qualifying.” He found it absolutely cute. I [...]
A week before Christmas, I decided to beat the holiday rush by bringing my kids for their requisite “Christmas pasyal” way before everyone else. They really wanted to go to an amusement park but I dreaded the weekend crowd….and the added threat of catching some sort of virus given that everyone seemed to be getting [...]
I never realized that my 7-year old was already this concerned about what is going on in the present. I always thought she was living her life quietly between school and the house. In my mind, 7-year olds don’t concern themselves with the news….except maybe if it involved some people from the Disney Channel. Boy [...]
It is now safe to say that the torture is over. The second trimester exam period is FINITO!! To say that it was a grueling week is way understated. It was tough both for me and my daughter, Gaby. I haven’t seen her cry this much during reviews. Sure she has had the occasional bouts [...]
Everyone knows that eating junk food is bad. But everyone also knows that eating junk food is one of those pleasures in life that is so hard to give up despite it being really bad for us. And I will be the first to admit that I have not given up junk food. Not yet, [...]
Leave it to my kids to find ways to amuse themselves on what would otherwise be a boring day. They found an empty can of Diet Coke on top of Manang’s “kalakal” heap and decided to play Tumbang Preso. Never mind that they didn’t understand the intricacies of the game. All they knew was that [...]
On a the ride to school this morning, as is the usual practice, I threw drill questions at my kids to practice them for the day ahead. Today we were practicing homonyms or words that are pronounced the same but are spelled differently. For those of you who have forgotten what you studied in grammar [...]
On the way to school today, I was tuned in to one of the local news radio stations to hear updates on the coming super typhoon. The Deped had just issued a directive cancelling classes for preschool due to Metro Manila being placed under Signal No. 1. Reporter : “Kinansela na po ang klase sa [...]
Overheard…. Gaby : “Papa, you know that utot in English is called, gas.” Papa : “That’s right, very good Gabs.” Me : “And did you know that making utot is called passing gas?” Gaby : “Yah!! And Adi when you make utot you can also say, I’m passing fuel.” *********** Note : Gaby is currently [...]
I’ve been known to drive a mean bargain whenever faced with something I really really want to have. I learned from an expert. My Lola. Now there was a lady who could drive any tindera to tears with her bargaining skills. Truth be told, I have seen her earn the ire of her suki’s in [...]
In this day and age of everything being available at the push of a button, one of my biggest fears is that my kids will grow up not knowing the joys of getting dirty and sweaty by playing outdoors. I know its my job to teach them to go back to basics and I am [...]
As adults, we are usually so busy with the day to day activities that we forget about the more important things in life. And sometimes, it takes a little kid to remind us of what we should value more. While saying their prayers this evening, Gaby gave Adi a little lesson in values. And without [...]
The much awaited fieldtrip finally pushed through. After getting the scare of her life and the possibility of being left behind, Adi finally got the go signal to join her fieldtrip. Just like Gaby’s Prep fieldtrip last year, this year’s trip included a visit to a donut shop, a zoo, and then finally a theatre [...]
We spent a good 4 hours in the ER before finally getting a room. Actually, the hospital was popping at the seams with the number of patients being brought in for Dengue. I heard one of the residents say that they should open up a Dengue ward for all the patients. Yep, there were that [...]
Because my youngest is in the thick of her Phonics, Reading, Language, and Spelling lessons, she is very eager to learn learn and learn some more. Lately her lessons in phonics has been focusing on consonant blends. Specifically, H blends. CH, SH, and TH was done with ease. We ran into some trouble with PH [...]
What a week! Actually, count in last week’s events makes for enough excitement and stress for a good 3 months. Last last week was hellish. It started 2 Saturday’s ago when my youngest daughter suddenly developed a fever late in the afternoon. It was a low grade fever so we weren’t all that worried but [...]
A few years ago, my eldest daughter was commissioned by her preschool directress to be their school’s “image model” for their official school poster. There was no photoshoot involved. They just happened to find a photo of her during one of their fieldtrips that they thought was perfect for their banner. So their, her face [...]
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