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Mommy Adventures: The Christmas Wish List

While I, more or less, know everything that my children need, I do not always know what they want. So, I make them list down (or tell me) the things they want to have for Christmas. I usually give their lists to family members, godparents and, honorary aunts and uncles, and Um and I would [...]

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Mommy Adventures: A Glimpse of the Chaos

I’ve always been the Aunt. Well, actually, I’m the godmother, but out of all my godchildren, only one calls me Ninang. So, I’m mostly the Aunt. Auntie B, and I like it. I adore these kids who call me Auntie, and they adore me too, more because I am one of them. I still think that [...]

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Mommy Adventures: Field Trips

Captain Awesome went to his first field trip here in the US yesterday. They had an option to tag along a chaperone or go alone, and though he has been going alone for the past two years to his field trips with Ateneo, I thought I would not pass up an opportunity to document another [...]

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Mommy Adventures: Parent Material

With all my heart and mind, I am very certain that Chef and I are not yet in the position to become parents. Sure, Captain Awesome seems to think we’re ready, but that’s because I bought him everything he asked for when we went to the store. But really, what makes a woman mommy-material? When [...]

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Blinks: Red

Last year, September 25, 2009, was a day of red. It was the color assigned for Captain Awesome’s class for the Salu-Salo, which was some sort of family day in Ateneo. A mini-program was held in the classroom along with some games before and after lunch/snack. After the classroom shindig, families went off their way to [...]

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Blinks: Doors to the Future

Education is a fundamental human right. We send our children to school because we believe that this is the first step towards a bright future. We encourage them to have fun, we tutor them with their lessons, we do everything we can to help them realize their dreams. We tell them that they can be [...]

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Mommy Adventures: Lunches

It is just the second week and I am already running out of ideas! I have been crawling through the blogs of my mommy friends to grab recipes and all, but they are such pros. I am greatly intimidated. How can a kitchen newbie like me pull off dimsums and such? Anyway, I have created [...]

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Mommy Adventures: The First Day of School

It came in the nick of time. This is exactly what he needed: to get out of the house. The parents and students were greeted by a very warm reception by the principal, the teachers and the rest of the staff. There was food everywhere! Being used to Ateneo, the big school that Captain Awesome [...]

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Mommy Adventures: Encouraging the Formulation of a Thought

Ta da!! This Mommy Adventures edition is brought to you by the great Auntie B!! Woohoo! Today, as I asked Captain Awesome to give me a hug-slash-wrestle, bombarding Ms C’s peace and quiet in the process, we, the three of us, came up with the idea of Captain Awesome writing stuff down that we will [...]

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11th

So, our 11th year begins. The dawn of a new decade. We both pledged to start it right even if we’re not together. Today, after our chat, I got up (not after answering a couple of messages from Ms B) and worked out. My routine was temporarily disturbed last week as Captain Awesome and I [...]

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Missing Noisy Halls

And this week came and went. I have been absent this week because the preparations for our house blessing amidst work and having an 8-year old boy in the house actually takes time, which I first thought I could just wing it. This week, we finally completely unpacked from our move 3 months ago; we’ve [...]