posted by Jennie on Jan 12
My son and two of the kids who he played with yesterday in church. On the left is Jennilyn, 7 years old and on the right is Laari, who is also 3 years old, like Jed.
My son gets extra energetic whenever playmates abound and I cannot blame him. Around the house, he only gets to be with adults. Which could also be the reason why he is articulate, he also figure things out quite easily. At three years old, it can already be difficult for us to get around him and play some silly tricks. He will be onto you sooner than you want him to.  Which is also neat because I have no difficulty trying to teach him new things. He is the ever eager boy yearning to learn new tricks.
Still his want for a rather permanent playmate is clear, at least through our observation.  He does not really speak it out and as much as we have some thoughts about it too, there are also a apprehensions given the world’s current situation. If we all come to think of it, this time isn’t really the best time to bring another soul to the world. But then again, we can all but plan and hope but ultimately everything is in God’s hand. May His will be done. He knows best.
Meanwhile, there are play dates we can plan out or even neighboring kids who he can play with. He also has us to spend time with. Fact is, he is a pretty confident boy. So far no issues with self esteem, he easily makes friends with people of all ages, from kids to adults. I even think he is kind of a people person. 
posted by Jennie on Jan 3
I don’t usually post my weekend snapshot until Monday, but this shot cannot wait till then. We have been having a blast with this gang this holiday season. Going places, hiking the highs and lows of Marikina, a couple of weeks back we all went to Pasay (except for Yvonne), we ate out, hang around and just enjoyed the holidays together.
We actually were not too sure if we will still go on with the photo shoot yesterday because we were just too tired walking around the riverbanks to and fro that yummy chicken place. We opted to just walk and go over bridges instead of having to drive to the place. Save on gas and enjoy the cool breeze we don’t get to have so often this side of the earth. It was fun, but I was exhausted! I took the consensus of each one and all of them agreed to give the photo shoot a go. We have had this coupon since last month and we just kept on putting it off. The one time we agreed to have it done, we weren’t able to make it for some reason. So there went our matching blue outfits. But then again, it didn’t turn all that bad when we were more spontaneous. 
posted by Jennie on Dec 2
This was taken after the In Awe of a Great God concert that was held in Eastwood, Libis last night. Our worship team from our church in Makati was given the privilege to do the front act. You can read more on the concert from Ted’s blog. He is the music director and the loving hubs of my sweet sister.
posted by Jennie on Nov 26
Taken a couple of days back when the hubby saw our son making silly faces while he was drinking his milk from the cup. He loves playing pretend (sad, happy, angry, et.al). This time he was experimenting with frowning while raising his right brow and then the left. It helps that I always have our camera within reach. I wasn’t even able to properly set the camera correctly, I just had to click away.
posted by Jennie on Oct 19
Our first photo ever as a brand new family via my former SEs700i camphone (May 2005). The little guy was just a few days old.
These succeeding ones are two of our latest family photos. I have not been photo hunting for a while and when the theme got posted this weekend, I knew I just had to do some rummaging. I swear I could have posted more, If I wasn’t a little slack in taking photographs lately. 
I couldn’t resist this kind of smile the little guy does. It’s his silly face again. We would tease him that when he does this face, if he doesn’t look like he’s doing number two, he looks like a toddler male “Chichay.” I am so tempted to get a picture of him with this face made into one of those personalized funny t-shirts. I’m sure it’s gonna be fun wearing them!
posted by Jennie on Sep 28
This is one of the photos my son loves to look at as he remembers the Subic getaway we had with Gina’s family, October of last year. It will be a year since and my boy still remembers vividly details of that trip. We hope to be with them soon.
posted by Jennie on Sep 3
posted by Jennie on Aug 27
Another shot of the hubby’s – definitely one of my favorites. You see how he played with the curves of the structure on that simple playground? No photoshop needed for this one, thank you. This is one of his first few shots when our now oldie camera was brand new. There probably were a couple of cat trees behind that slide that he managed to hide without having to displace them.
posted by Jennie on Aug 24
These two are definitely unstoppable when they do their thing. They wrestle and go rough like crazy and when they’re at it, there is just no way they would cease, that is until a gentle reminder to the hubby of about five times that it’s almost bed time and the little guy needs to transition to sleep mode – his quiet bunny mode. All mothers know how hard it is for an overly stimulated child to hit the sack when it’s time. My boys and one of their many fun moments together. :D
posted by Jennie on Aug 20
Another shot of the hubby’s many attempts at photography. He took this while they were aboard, in transit to Palawan. I still have got much to learn in grabbing this kind of compositions. I tend to carelessly snap shots of everything I fancy, not thinking much how aperture and shutter speed should be set for a particular shot. I’m learning even as I would have him critic the shots that I take.
posted by Jennie on Jul 23
This is the last plant that remains from amongst the six plants I took home from our trip to Baguio last May. And what is so surprising is that this plant is a lemon pine tree. I never knew a pine tree could ever thrive in such humid and tropical climate. Apparently this lemon pine tree wards off mosquitoes. Perfect to have it stand in the corner of our main door.
posted by Jennie on Jul 17
