Sa litratong ito makikita ninyo ang aking anak na abala sa paglalaro. Ito ang madalas na nangyayari, ako ay hindi pinapansin at hindi tumitingin sa camera kahit na siya ay aking tinatawag. Ayaw niya na kuhanan ko siya ng litrato. Minsan pa kapag nakita akong may dalang camera papunta sa kanya ay tatakbo palayo habang sinasabing “No No No.” Hay ang mga bata talaga.

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If you are in our house you will here a little voice calling for Mommy very often. The little girl seem to need me for something all the time, hehehe I don’t mind though. Last night we were watching the finals of Rhythmic Gymnastics and she was playing with her magnets, it is flat so she couldn’t take if off…she knew I was sitting behind her so she looked at me and said “Mommy! Mommy!” with her ever so cute voice. Repeat that around six times and you’ll get the picture. Yes it can be tiring to do the same thing over and over but it just makes me feel happy when she calls for me, or she wants my help with something. She plays on her own these days but when there is something she can’t do she will call me to help her. Sometimes I really hope she would just stay little and call for mommy everytime she needs help. I love being Mommy.

Having a child makes me think about school, how will both of us cope and all the other things related to education. I know I won’t have to worry about this anytime soon since she will only be joining a playgroup in months to come but still it makes me wonder. I remember by days as a student, I have a lot of fond and happy memories. My college years was one of the best years of my life, I had such great friends whom I’m still friends with and we were all really close. Yes we spent Fridays catching a movie at the theatre or bar hopping til early morning but we also spent a lot of sleepless nights doing our projects.  All the research papers we had to do as a group and on our own, all the Compare And Contrast Essay we had to prepare for and submit on time. There was so much pressure and it was stressful at times. If only we knew about buy essay at that time, it would have been a great help to me and my classmates. Since Masterpapers completes a huge number of essays per year I would say they’re very reliable when it comes to custom writing and I wouldn’t have any doubt getting their services. It would have spared me a lot of stress back then.

Thanks Kathy for this one

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Do you read books to your child?
Does your child like to read books?
Do you like to buy new books or is second-hand ok?
Post a picture of your child’s bookshelf if you have one.
Drop a line in this blog if you receive this tag and do it.

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Yes, I bought our first set of children’s book when I was pregnant. I would read to the little girl in my tummy when I could.

Well she can’t read yet but she likes flipping her books from page to page. If you look at her you’d think she can read. She can recognize pictures from her books and would tell me what it is. I read to her as long as I got her attention. Reading for me is a fun activity I don’t force her to sit beside me to finish a whole story if she doesn’t want to. I want it to be interactive too, sometimes she’s the one telling the story

Here she is enjoying one of her LeapPad books. We got her this for Christmas and she loves it. She also has boardbooks on all sorts of topics like colors, animals, abc and numbers. We also have storybooks and activity books for her. All the books we got for her are new.

I’m taggina Aggie, Litzie, Mai and Caryl.

Try cooking pinakbet for lunch. Lots of vegetables to peel, chop, dice, etc isn’t?

Now try cooking pinakbet for lunch…with a toddler pulling your leg and saying “come come” with matching pout and almost going to cry look.

That was the scene at our kitchen this morning. I wanted to cook a decent meal for the two of us and the little girl wants my attention, and she won’t take no for an answer.

“Come” mean carry by the way, she wanted to be carried then taken to the living room where we should play.

Most of the time she lets me do my business in the kitchen and play peacefully by herself until I’m done.

Not this morning.

Ito po ang aking anak na kumakain ng kanyang meryenda. Isang simpleng larawan na pang karaniwan na makikita sa aming tahanan sa araw araw. Ako ay palaging kumukuha ng mga litratong kagaya nito.
Marami akong mithiin sa buhay, para sa aming pamilya at sa aking sarili. Ngunit kung ako ay magbibigay ng isa ito ay para sa aking anak. Sa aking palagay walang magulang na hindi nagmimithi ng magandang kinabukasan para sa kanyang anak. Ako at ang aking asawa ay nagsusumikap para matupad ang mithiing ito.

I really don’t need to be shopping for the little girl right now because she’ll be turning two in two short months and she’ll be receiving lots of gifts then. I also haven’t sorted her closet which is no overflowing with clothes. I need to organize it and keep those that are now too small for her. But then last week I spent a day browsing Etsy and found some cute dresses.

I’m hooked to Etsy now. There’s a lot of cute handmade items there. I’ve added a lot of sellers on my favorite list and I think I will place more orders next week. II got the two dresses above. The seller was so nice and she was having a promotion when I ordered so I got matching hair clips for the dresses. I also got other items at Etsy which I will share in my other blog. My sister asked me why I order online when I buy clothes for Iyah whenever we go the mall anyway, well because it’s fun (lol). More Etsy shopping in this blog post of mine here.

If you know me then you know that I do enjoy shopping especially for baby products. Having a daughter gives me a lot of options when it comes to clothes and accessories, one of the perks of having a girl. And let’s face it shopping for babies and toddlers is really fun whethere it is at the mall or online. And like shopping at the mall, when shopping online I always try to find a good bargain. Toddler clothing is not cheap especially for someone who shops a lot like me so I try to get good deals for  my purchases. The more bang for my buck the better it is.

This is why I like shopping online, it is very convenient for me and I can browse for coupons and sales without having very tired feet several hours later. Of course you have to know your child’s size and exact measurements so that you won’t end up buying something too small for him or her. I’ve place several orders online and every single item arrived at my mailbox without a problem. I’ve never returned anything too, I guess you just have to know where to shop. I like finding every sale and bargain in one useful website, it makes it even easier to find what I want at the price that I would be willing to pay for. So when it your next shopping trip?

Thanks to Nice for this tag.

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The Rules:

The aim of these questions is to share opinions and experiences among moms (or dads) in the blogosphere.

Each week a new question will be posted and I’m inviting mom and dads to answer and share their thoughts about it.

If you are participating, leave your links in the comments section.
Link back to this site inviting other parents to join the fun.
Try to visit the other participants…you will love their answers, that’s for sure.

This week’s question is :  What are your kid’s favorite food?

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Here are our little girl’s favorite…

1. Nilaga. She likes the soup and the pork, the veggies not so much but I’m able to feed her a little.

2. Fried chicken. Whether it is the fried chicken I cook at home or at KFC, basta fried chicken (lol).

3. Fish. Surprisingly she likes fish, fried or with clear soup and veggies.

4. Pancakes. She likes Mcdonald’s pancakes, we have it for breakfast from time to time.

5. Beef wanton noodles.

6. Cakes and ice cream for dessert. This girl has a sweet tooth.

That’s all I can think of right now. She doesn’t eat a lot but I’m so glad she we’re not at the phase where she won’t eat anything.

How about your kids?  Please share.