August 2010

Good morning!

This morning, we were in my sister’s room and I showed my son the ABCs at Starfall. He loved it (thanks Melissa!) and was fascinated with the helicopter at Letter H. He kept on telling me “helicopter again.” So our ABC activity early this morning was like moving one letter forward and […]

Shoes

Monster Moment

Screaming. I read somewhere that kids would adjust and adapt to it and you end up having kids that is so used to your usual shouting and they won’t budge unless they hear you raising your voice octaves higher. Or worse, they get too used to your habitual shouting that they develop deaf ears to […]

Corn, Popcorn, Corn beef

After buying some corn from a peddler, Nanay (my mother) showed them to Matt.
Matt: Popcorn, Nanay?
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We had gathered around the table to partake our share of corn. After seating himself, Matt turned to me, “Corn beef, Mama?”

Celebrate 2!

So at home in Barney’s arms…

…that for awhile there, the host was worried Matt would request to bring Barney at home.
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Sunday was boxing day!

Opening his gifts….

Thanks to everyone who came and who sent lovely gifts - they may not be able to read this, but thanks all the same.

The last three pics were pictures […]

If It’s Good For Babies…

It was still dreary this morning but we were in the airport to send my hub off to his work base. We had decided to wait awhile until we hear that flights would push through as scheduled (yesterday’s flight was canceled due to visibility problem). So it was while waiting in the parking lot that […]

Screamless Parenting

Do you believe in that? I do. But as much as I believe in that; I must admit that I have a doubly hard time doing that. I also have a hard time believing in parents who say they have never screamed at their kid(s) –not once, not ever. My apologies, but I need more […]