It’s been a little over an hour since our little guy has been waiting for his grandfolks to go on line and see them while they chat. I can really say our son really misses them a lot. He would often associate a cup to coffee to “lolo”, mainly because his grandfather is a frequent coffee drinker. Maybe when they come back we should go get him one of those coffee grinders.
From among the varieties of coffee grinders I found quite a list of the best from this wize.com. From amongst the batch, the KitchenAid KPCG100ER Pro Line Burr Empire Red tops the list. A lot of good reviews. This baby is said to be heavy duty, easy to use and does a perfect job. Its adjustment control makes it stand out from the rest. Another plus is its top and lower glass canisters, most other coffee grinders use plastic ones.
It was a few months before my wife and I got married that I learned how to drive. My father went home one day gave us all a surprise when he said that we are going to shop for a car. I remember that we took public transportation to Sta. Lucia mall and my father showed us the car that he wanted. He got us a 1993 Toyota Corolla XE. At that time I didn’t have a driver’s license yet so it took a few weeks before I was able to drive around without someone with a professional driver’s license sitting beside me. I remember back then, my father and I would go out together to look for car accessories for the car he got for the family.
If we were in areas like Alexandria VA, Arlington VA, Fairfax VA, Falls Church VA, Springfield VA, or Tysons Corner VA we would have easily gotten extras for our car. Koons Toyota is synonymous to Toyota Corolla Virginia because they have the best Toyota Corolla selection in the areas mentioned.
I can’t help but look forward to the time when I would teach my son how to drive and maybe shop around together for car accessories, like what me and my dad did.
Right from when our son was in utero, the hubby and I were convinced that we are going to raise up not just a child we can live with, but a child who will be a blessing to others. Despite the many controversies Baby Wise has with a lot of attachment parenting groups, we held on and we have since seen the benefits it reaps our family, especially our little one. He is more social, bright and confident than children his age.
It is just logical that parents set the rules because children do not have the slightest clue on what’s right and what’s not. One basic foundational thing we have as an anchor in child rearing is, “freedom comes with responsibility.” The child has to know his restrictions primarily because he doesn’t know any better.
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Even now that he is just past three years old, he knows and understands why he is not allowed to play with things that are not toys. He has also learned a certain level of discipline that even if we eat outside the house, he remains seated on his chair until he is done. All of us have seen enough adults chasing kids to eat their meals. Discipline and self-control is taught from childhood. It parallels with how the Lord wants his children to stay under the umbrella of His protection, because once we step out, we subject ourselves to heartaches and pains that sin brings.
When our son grows up, we will allow him to decide for himself what he wants to be or if he wants to go to a school just like the Nouveau Riche College. Continue Reading »
Our sister taught our son this dance step to the commercial jingle which is making waves in the local television. This commercial is currently gaining a number of kid followers. The first few times I had him dance, he would be kind of shy and he would dance with his back facing me. Now he is on it and is having fun dancing away. I’m sure my folks would love to watch this video. They were the ones who taught our boy to do the “bow” whenever he performs and he has been doing it since then.
This past week has been a busy one for me. Turning a 49sqm. fully loaded house around can be such a task. Aside from the fact that we need to do this to welcome in our little guy’s study nook, a house clean up should be done on a regular basis. Over time we take up stuff that we barely have a need for. That’s what I found out as I dug into several white elephants with dusts galore.
Yesterday as I cleaned up our son’s closet from my stuff and got his clothes in, I realized that after barely three months since the last time I sorted his clothes, he again has outgrown quite a handful of shirts, pants and even underclothes. Sigh! This got me to this great toddler clothes site that showcased variety of clothes that my son needs. What I love about this shopping site is the access it gives to details about different brands, which allows me to compare prices. I am such a cheapskate when it comes to shopping, I only go for the best deals!
I love Mondays. Aside from it’s the hubby’s day off and the family gets to spend the whole day together, we also get to do things around the house. This photo was actually taken last Monday, when the hubby first worked on our little guy’s study table. I’m glad he’s working on that instead of a wine rack, which we don’t have a need for. Today he finished applying the second layer of putty and he will soon get it painted. As for me, I got busy the whole morning trying to turn the house around by getting rid of white elephants.
We really have no choice but to rearrange the house. I emptied the little guy’s main closet of all of my files and stuff, got it sanitized and got his own clothes in. His clothes used to be in his baby closet. It’s now goodbye to his baby closet to welcome in his very own study table. It’s very symbolic if you ask me. My son has practically moved from babyhood to boyhood in the blink of an eye! But I am nevertheless thrilled to anticipate and get him ready for homeschool. For now, I and the hubby are inclined towards that. Pre-school homeschool that is, then he will be good to go to attend the big school.
A picture of the hubby and the little guy chewing nachos and posing in the same manner as I clicked our trusty camera’s button. It’s funny how they are so alike in more ways than one. Our son recently calls himself, “Nemo” and his papa, “Papa Nemo” (or papa of Nemo). He coined this after watching the movie by Pixar.
In previous posts about the “Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman, I have mentioned two languages, which are Words of Affirmation and Quality Time. The third love language is Receiving Gifts. If this is your love language, it just means that you feel loved when you receive gifts. There are people who have this as their primary love language. But for others, this is their secondary love language - as in my wife’s case. My wife’s primary language is Quality Time. But she also likes receiving gifts, especially on special occasions. What I have always done was always surprise her with a gift. Continue Reading »
My folks are leaving for America in two days. Our son is really going to miss the both of them. As soon as they got their visas to America and Canada, they have been telling our little guy, that they will soon ride the airplane to go to America and he will not see them for a very long time. The first few times, he would go square in the face, on the verge to cry any second. But now that it has been weeks since he has first heard of his grandparents going to a far away place, he would just respond with a quick riposte, as if assuring himself that it’s never going to happen.
These past weeks have been busy with all the things that mom has to leave me with. We call it “bilin” in the vernacular. She even left me a pricey set like an Apples of Gold Jewelry that my Aunt have her bought for her daughter’s wedding, but never got to wear them. So this same jewelry set goes back to Pakistan where they live because it never got sold here, as planned.
My sister and her husband have relocated to our folks’ place. We live in different houses, similar compound. These pictures were taken last week during the family’s last weekend together. It’s going to be a long while until we get together again for barbeques and weekends out.
Here are some photos of our last weekend together in a long time. We first went to Manila, where my mom and her siblings’ property is located. They are having this place rented so we are tasked to take care of the logistics, so to say. Then after which we went Ababu, our favorite Persian diner place in Xavierville.
Lately, my son and I have been watching lots of animated movies such as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Cars which is his favorite. My wife recently downloaded some extra videos of Jed’s favorite movie and it is about Mater, Lightning McQueen’s companion, and the ghost light. The beginning of that short movie contains a background music of some country music which sounds really nice and kind of relaxing and laid back.
A good source of music in this genre is HDRadio.com. Country music lovers can listen to new country music stations all around US or particular Florida High Definition Radio stations. HD Radio is not like satellite radio. It is a ground antenna based radio or simply a digital version of FM and AM. If you listen with a Polk Audio I-sonic ES2 you can even “tag” the songs that you like in your iPod and then download and buy the songs from the iTunes music store at a later time when you sync your iPod to your laptop or PC.
Our little guy first surprised us as he quoted away the whole verse of Ephesians 6:1 on our way home from a holiday getaway with friends from Subic last year, a couple of days after he turned two years old. Last week the hubby introduced Psalm 37:4 to our son and quoted the verse as our little guy followed after him. He did this twice and on the third, we were surprised to hear him breezing through the verse, complete with hand actions.
We are praying that even as he remembers these words from his heart and as we reinforce the things that we teach him through these verses, he will grow up not just a person that we could live with, but a person who will understand why we choose to train him the way we do and eventually will rise up to fulfill what God has purposed for him to be.
Whenever he tries to do things his way, we remind him of the verses and we see that as we allow him to digest the things that we explain to him, he does understand. Truth is, by nature, man will go his own way, this is one reason we are proactive in teaching our child the things he has to value in his formative years.
I am blessed to be able to take care of my son like I have and I feel even more blessed to have the husband that I have to partner with as we share one heart in raising our son.
Ephesians 6:1
“Obey your parents in the Lord for this is right..”
Psalm 37:4
“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
Presenting our lil’ helper. This little guy loves getting things done and helping me out around the house. I call him my little handy boy. He would always ask me, albeit sometimes at annoying level (especially if I’m busy working), if he could help me with anything. He’s a doll. A ken doll to me.
Ever since I came across the Duggar family, I have always been intrigued how it is like, how they do it and how surreal everything seem to be. But the truth of the matter is this is a real family with such commendable values. Although I still can’t imagine running a household with 17 children and an upcoming 18th first thing in 2009. Wow, that says a lot.
At first I thought it was just a variation, one of those reality series adding spice to the bandwagon. I just chanced upon their website again and I found one of their website’s interesting pages.
Having said that, for everyone’s information, I only have one sister. I still call her favorite even though she practically has no competition. I just love saying it. She should have known by then that I am not a very good company when it comes to working out. This was right inside Fitness First in Robinson’s Metro East. She got me another pass. Sweet. And I just wasted it on sitting around eating my heart out. Argh! I wasn’t even able to tolerate the steam bath and sauna. A real waste, I should say.
The problem was we came to the club famished so I had to go grab some pizza burst and were they yummy and instead of thinking to get a decent workout in a plush workout place, I was actually wondering how much would a pizza burst franchise cost . The day before that I shared with the hubby the idea in my head about getting a cotton candy cart. I am nuts about cotton candy and I thought it would just be fun to have a machine available to our liking, plus the fact that we can use it for business. Why not. Starting small isn’t so bad anyway. All of these are just ideas popping up our minds. We never know, we might just get what we ask for. It does happen. I should know.
This shot was taken last week of May. A rather late post, I must say. I just saw this photo as I was browsing through my folders and I just realize how fun it is to be with my sister. I shouldn’t be surprised why she’s got tons of friends. She even got sweeter when she got married. I so love her. She never fails to count us in whenever she is blessed with anything and that’s what I also do. I guess that’s what sisters should do in the first place.
One of the things expected from mums like me is to ingeniously come up with the best destination for that next holiday. Most moms I know jot places down on their lists and dutifully propose to their hubbies and get the majority of votes before heading on.
Families of all sizes should dutifully re-assess how they manage their finances from time to time. One of the things that they have to do is get a hold of the best credit card available. Oftentimes the struggle is sticking it out with an old credit card that obviously does not match your needs.
EzPreApproval.com will better your chances in managing your finances as you are given the widest range of choices and you get to compare company programs from leading card names like Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover. Aside from this they also have credit card applications for bad to excellent credit history allows for individuals to choose from leading companies regardless of your credit history. Continue Reading »
I posted a couple of belly shots yesterday during my prego days, it did leave a tinge of nostalgia to both me and the hubby. Thanks for those who commented in the post. I really hope too that I could sport the same pregnancy charm if ever we will be given another baby in the next few years.
Now, when we get this prayer answered. One of the things I will make sure of is get one of these Mutsy strollers with bassinets and seats. I could not emphasize enough how essential strollers are for those who have babies. It gives mommies like me have our hands free and actually enjoy strolling with our babies without getting our arms all sore.
I wish I could tell you the stroller we used with our little guy was this handy. More often than not it became a burden with all its bulkiness and hard to assemble make. Mutsy currently has two new starring strollers: The Mutsy Slider (image on the right) and The 4Rider “Next” Cargo. If you would want to stay chic with your baby, make sure to check this brand out.
It has been a crazy but fun weekend for the hubby and me. It was definitely fun to be able to finally meet the hubby’s first cousin who he only sees from pictures his late aunt would send from the States. We got treated for a sumptuous lunch with them at Greenbelt’s Rockefeller Resto and got around the city a little. We hope to have had more time but his cousin have to fly to the province to meet other relatives.
We’ll post pictures when we get back from our church family’s day out.
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