Trip nina Kuting at Buting

Happy sunday! Free day today at dahil puyat si bibi, supermama ang peg. Eto ang achievements of the day:

- maghugas ng sandamukal na hugasin
- no TV the whole am for buting
- prepared lunch by frying catfish and cooking rice - with my little helper

As a reward, lumabas kami ni buting. Nalimutan kong halloween pa rin pala so nanood lang kami ng Intergalactic Story Telling sa Boni High Street, bumili ng fish food, then kumain sa Din Tai Fung. Panalo ang xiao long bao kay buting. Sa kanya lang yung buong order. Hehe. Saya saya!

Testing

Happy Mommy Moment

I work at nights so I only get to do bedtime with my daughter on weekends. But this Saturday night was extra special. This is the first time she cuddled me and fell asleep. Before, I usually just lie beside her and she would be like a flopping fish out of the water and bam, she's asleep. I am still not moving, savoring this moment, and trying to immortalize this moment with a blog entry and a picture.

Our bedtime routine is puff (what we call her maintenance asthma med), brush teeth, no 1 and no 2 (she has taken to like eating carrots from the ampalayang atsara Ate Emily made), change pajamas, pray and read a book. For tonight, I have started asking her to read with me instead of reading to her. I initially chose a book but she said she will chose one. She chose Where is my Mother? . It was one of the first books I read to her when she was younger. Her grades in Reading triggered the read with me routine (we got her card during the PTC today). It was her lowest subject - 91. Next is Math at 92 then Language and Science at 93. This brings to me to another topic.

I am happy with how we have structured her studying habits at home. Since we have decided to let go of her bantay/tutor due to many reasons (but she was very nice), bibi and I have taken turns to guide her in her assignments and lessons. Once she gets home from school, we do her assignments. In the evening, bibi will review. Bibi said he asked buting if she enjoys doing her assignments with mommy and daddy and she said yes. She also tells that to her teacher (per Teacher Lea during the PTC).

She is growing up to be a well behaved and smart kid. I am happy her teacher calls her pakunswelo due to the 5 rowdy boys in her class. The teacher also mentioned that buting has a group of friends - Kate and Nervy. They are girls taller than her and it seems that they are treating buting as their doll. Buting talks about Nervy a lot and she always tella us that she is her friend. Buting even gave her a gift because she told us that we need to buy her a gift since it's Nervy's birthday tomorrow. It was always tomorrow.

Anyway, these are random thoughts as I stay still with my little girl's arms around my arms and her legs on my thigh. Happy mommy moment.

Moving Up Ceremony 2017

Muntik na kami ma late. As in late na hindi na makakaakyat ng stage. Dirediretso kami sa unahan sabay akyat sa stage. Buti na lang, may school photographer at nakunan ang aming stage presence hehe



Ang cute ng dress ni buting. Sa Rustans ko nabili at 50% off. Php700 na lang sya. Kala ko nga wala kaming mabibili kasi ayaw talaga nyang magsukat at lahat ng ituro ko, ayaw! Umiyak pa nga sya ng pinilit kong magsukat ng dress sa Barbie sa SM Makati. Pero buti na lang, naalala ko na may Rustans at ang bait ni ate na nag assist. Dinala nya kami sa play area para doon magsukat habang naaliw ang bulinggit. Success! Gusto kong ako naman ang maiyak sa tuwa, lalo na nung nalaman kong naka sale hehe.

So eto na ang ibang pics during the big day:

Trip to DFA

40th and 5th birthday - yan ang isa sa mga milestones namin this year. Kaya ang balak namin, mag HK!

Nagrenew kami ni bibi ng passport at si buting naman new application sa DFA sa SM Megamall. January ako nag online apply para sa appointment, March na ang nearest available date! Pinili namin yung 10am, opening time ng DFA. Dapat 30mins before, nandun na.

Ang akala ko mala late kami kasi traffic at as usual, imbes na 8am ang alis, 830 na kami nakaalis ng bahay. Na realize ko na hindi pala applicable yung 30mins sa amin dahil kahit maaga ka, 10am pa rin ang bukas ng DFA. Ok rin yung sched namin kasi aside from priority kami dahil may bata, maaga talaga kami (2nd in line!).

Pick up ang preferred ni bibi pero kung ipapa courier, parang P180 ang fee. Ang hindi ako sigurado ay kung per passport yun or per address. Hindi express ang kinuha namin dahil di naman kami nagmamadali. Kung matuloy man, sa end of May or first week of June! Sana matuloy!

Life Begins...

Celebrated my 40th birthday in a very low kew manner. Due to super hectic work sched (just given an additional team to handle), had little sleep for the last 4 weeks. I even welcomed by birthday in the office as I went home at 5am (I was in the office at 3pm the other day).

I slept until 11am on my birthday. Then, my nanay and ate visited me! After that, just lounged in the sala with my buting and bibi. Finally, I dragged myself to prepare to go out at around 6pm. Dinner at Niu since bday celebrants eat for free!

Low key but it was still fun ☺

Short Hair

Mula ng pinanganak si buting, ako pa lang ang gumugupit sa buhok nya. Una, noong bago sya mag 1 yr old. Bangs lang ang ginupitan ko, habang tulog. Pangalawa naman ay noong 2016, tinabasan ko ng kaunti yung sa likod habang sya naliligo. Tinago ko pareho pero yung una, di ko na matandaan kung saab ko nilagay. Yung pangalawa, naitapon ni yaya. 2016 din yung pangatlong gupit pero trim lang. Noong Jan 21, Sabado ng hapon, ginupitan ko ulit sya. Big deal ito dahil mula sa lagpas kili kili nya, naging hanggang balikat na lang ang buhok nya! Natakot ako! Buti na lang kulot sya dahil hindi halata na hindi pantay gupit sa kanya. Style ba. Hay, buti na lang at humahaba ang hair. Hehe

Before


After

Dreaming

Nagsimula na si Yowyn magkwento tungkol sa panaginip nya. Sayang at di ko talaga matandaan yung unang kwento niya. Pero nung sumunod na araw, nagkwento ulit sya at ang panaginip daw nya ay isa syang astronaut. Riding a rocketship, seeing the plantets and holding a flag for the planet. Ganyan yung kwento nya, english pa rin. Nakaaliw lang kasi nakikita ko yung mga milestones na ganito, kasi magkasama kami sa umaga dahil hapon pa naman ang pasok ko. Kahit minsan napupuyat ng todo, sulit ☺