Happy mothers day!!!

Actually I'm a day late to greet here, but still I wanted to ...

Happy Mother's Day to every woman who shares the maternal energies that help to shape the lives of those she loves.

Mothers should be honored not only today but every day, believing that she is the ultimate symbol of family harmony and unity. Pray for all mothers that she will be bless more with health, healing, virtue, happiness and power to carry on all difficulties of life.

And being a mother I want to share this to you, that I know all mothers prayed too:

My Children
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As my children were born,

I wanted them to be perfect.

(See my Mycah @ 1 wk.old she knows how to smile and focus on camera already)

When they were babies,

I wanted them to smile

and be content playing with their toys.


I wanted them to be happy

and to laugh continually instead of crying

and being demanding.


I wanted them to see the beautiful side of life.


As they grew older,

I wanted them to be giving instead of selfish.


I wanted them to skip the terrible twos.

I wanted them to stay innocent forever.


As they became teenagers,

I wanted them to be obedient

and not rebellious, mannerly and not mouthy.


I wanted them to be full of love,

gentle and kind-hearted.


"Oh, God, give me a children like this"
was often my prayer.

And He did.

Attending Palm Sunday Mass

April 17, 2011-- just yesterday, me and my children of course attended the Sunday mass. It's not just an ordinary mass but it's a Domingo de Ramos or Palm Sunday or in our own language-- Palaspas.

Palm symbolizes of welcoming our Lord Jesus Christ to Jerusalem.

Others call it a Passion Sunday - because of the Love of Jesus to His people, He entered Jerusalem though He knows He gonna suffer and die.

First we bought our Palaspas outside the church, there were lots of vendors selling.

On time we hear the Mass and our Palms were blessed.

Lots of people, so crowded.

I left my babies in one place after the mass because I want to buy something somewhere. When I came back they look so tried than me, he he.

Ehemmmm, just posing with my Mycah , kkkk....

Our Palaspas

The Palms well be displayed outside the gate and doors or entrance of the house, it symbolize that your welcoming Jesus Christ in your home, just like the people of Jerusalem welcomed Jesus.

Brain Exercise

Schooling keeps my children so busy with their assignments, projects and lots of school activities.But during vacation or summertime, what to do?

Well, it's time to catch up on special family bonding moments by going or having a trip or doing something together. And one of the best thing I thought we can do is to play some board games.

It's not just fun to play board games but is also a good form of mental workout or a memory booster and bonding activity.

It actively uses the mind to think. Study shows that regularly performing mental activities improves longevity and brain function.

Scrabble game board is our fav.

Answering or solving crossword puzzles and Sudoku too are known to relax you and stimulate the mind.

Though I took Accountancy and like numbers, my Mycah always finish first to answer the Sudoku quiz than I ( but she hates Mathematics, huh)

Text Twist is nice too.

Just savoring the joy...

Just wanna share to you my joy.
One of my joys in my life is when my children made me proud.

Before the school year ended, the administration send me an invitation again to
attend recognition day for the honor students.

First for the College level last March 28, 2011.
My Stephannie got the 2nd rank or top 2 or 2nd honor in Academic Excellence in all 3yr. BSHM College level. She also got the "Best in Banquet and Catering Management" and the "Artistry and Creativity Award" .

Steph with other awardees

And last March 31, 2011, for my youngest -- Mycah. She got medals for the "Academic Excellence Award" and like her Ate Stephannie she got the "Most Creative Award" for the 3rd yr. High Sch. level too.

She's in Purple

The latest fashion for my baby.

She's attending one of their school activity wearing a purple spaghetti strap cocktail dress, but she's so conservative that she don't want to show her shoulder so I made an additional short pop sleeves bolero to terno the dress.

I just accessorized it with some beads and sequins.
I thought of putting some swarovski sew on crystals but I have no time to travel to Manila to buy.

How do you like it?

As a Single Parent

Sometime, I'm reflecting with some bitterness about how my life was being eroded away by endless minor tasks. The daily routine and housework. Sometimes doing the job of a carpenter, doctor, interior decorator, tutor, manager, payments collector, accountant, dressmaker

gardener
electronic technician

choreographer

and etc....etc...etc. Sounds like "a jack of all trade" ..^_^..

I felt so completely beaten and demotivated. I can’t seem to find enough energy inside and can't find longer time for my hobbies and passion anymore. Sigh....

But then at the end of the day, after receiving hugs and kisses from my children and seeing them lying and soundly sleeping each on their own bed and healthy I was filled and refreshed. All my exhaustion and tiredness was vanished.

As a single parent, (I keep on saying this) the only treasure I have are my children.

And this is my prayer:

Dear Lord
Thank You for giving me more strength and courage
When I'm tired and ready to give up
You always remind me that You're always with me
and
possesses me with Your love
that my daily actions will not be in vain.

God hears me again

Last day I received a message from "My Space" acct. Somebody's offering me a job abroad with good payments, food allowance and accommodation, day offs and vacation every 3 months and with other benefits.

I thought of accepting it and my children agreed. But my heart is already breaking to think that I'm leaving them. I'm so confused.

I pray to to our dearest God that if it's really meant for me to accept the job, then "Please sent me sign..."

You know what, the next day when I opened the site to send a reply (of accepting the offer), the message was lost. I tried several times to find it but it's really gone.

I cried.... yes I cried not because it was lost and I regret but because God hears me.

Welcome 2011

Before Christmas came, my Steph and Denmark got sick due of changing climate every day. Came next my youngest Mycah. But thanks God they’re all well now. And still we attended several parties these past Holidays.

(See my Mycah got new T. bears again from her friends during their Christmas

Party at school. We’ve got an avalanche of T.bears already in the boxes)

Got time too to prepare our own Christmas celebration. Went shopping gifts and foods for our festive Noche Buena.

My sisters and Brothers came with their own families starting Dec.24.Reunion time. The house again was so messy. So many scattered shoes and slippers down stairs and at the door step. So many dishes to be washed on the sink. Toilet was so smelly and always wet 'coz children played even there.

So noisy and crowded that in one corner some were singing with loud Karaoke, in one corner men drinking alcohol and have fun of their own. The women were chatting in one corner too including me. While children were so busy too playing with their new received toys likeBarbie, remote control cars and music playing toys or toys with loud sounds.

My son who doesn't like noise, patiently played with his cousins, shared his collection of transformer robots and other toys and PSP and play station 3.


Some of my nieces that got new Barbie dolls, still asked for my collection too, so again my collection was deducted about 9 dolls now. :(


Looking at them, I found so many changes. Some come thinner; some come stouter and grows bigger. The children came "tween or tweens" (in between 9 to 12 yrs of age), the “tweens” come teenagers. Voices changed too.

Signs of aging can be seen to my brothers and sisters too, like the appearance of silver hairs and slowly balding.wearing of Eye and reading glasses. The invading of melasma on the skin and wrinkles of course. Boys got bigger bellies and girls got bigger hips too ha ha ha,but I thank God that still we're all healthy.

And other members of the Family were added. My youngest brother got married just this last Dec. 6 at the age of 29. And came new babies from my nephews and sister in law. One of my sister got pregnant again (her 4th, but sad to say her eldest died after birth).

We have almost 50 nephews and nieces and 3 grand child already :)

Others stayed in my house for 3 days while others that lived nearby went home but the following day came back to continue our chatting and fun, he he he

At night during sleeping time everybody spread their mats and comforters and slept everywhere. Every room was occupied, in the living room, dining room and even in the kitchen under the table, and in the terrace. My brothers in law slept inside their cars, worrying that their cars might be stolen too.

After the 3rd day they're all gone home. My house again was so quiet.

I was so tired and exhausted but I was so happy too that once again we're all reunited and have a big, big fun celebrating the birth of Christ.

I rested for while but again did general cleaning of the house and prepared for the coming of New Year. Went shopping again for our “Media Noche" (New Year midnight meal).

Bought lots of fruits. It's a tradition to have lots of fruits on the table during New Year celebration ( at least 12 kinds of fruits).And I really enjoyed buying fresh fruits you know.

Before New Year came, outside (our house was just along the busy street) it's so traffic. Everybody was so busy shopping. All malls, super market and wet market were so crowded. Even along the road, you can see vendors selling different foods, fruits, fire crackers and trumpets of different styles and sizes, and even lucky charms for the houses and accessories.

New Year came, of course early morning we went to church to thank God for all the blessings.

Epiphany time came too. To other countries, I learned that it's their second Christmas celebration and it's their time of gift giving, following the “Three Kings” that gave gifts to Christ.

After the 3 kings day ( Jan. 6), it's my time again to change my home decor. My Christmas decor and my Santas will sleep again for another 10 months in their boxes. Again it will take me several days to finish cleaning and packing them safely.

Ooooopps.... I missed my blog; I’ve written so long already, I have to stop here. He he he he.

Bye....

Sept. of my babies

7 - As usual with spaghetti, ice cream and small mango cake, we just simply celebrate the 15th b-day of my youngest.


8 – Again my youngest was recognized as one of the top 10 in Third yr. high school level for the first quarter.


16 – Stephannie’s Educational Field Trip in
- UP Los Banos – to IRRI (International Rice and Research Institute) and in Dairy Training And Research Institute – to view in actual how to pasteurized milk and the production of cheese.


-Letty’s Buko Pie – observed how to make a buko (young coconut) pie.
- Coca Cola Bottlers – where they learned how the coca cola started and where it came from and seen the production of different kinds of cola.
- Enchanted Kingdom– an amusement park where they enjoyed a lot experiencing the adventure inside.



17 - Every year, since my son started going to school, I always joined with their field trips, but it’s been 2 years now that I was always left behind coz their big now and I want them to be confident

Mycah’s field trip:

In - Bantayog ng mga Bayani
- Gardenia - Gardenia – the company that produces the tasty bread that you can see in every breakfast table of Filipinos.
- and she took these photos from Bio Research

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- Enchanted Kingdom- And lastly in Enchanted Kingdom – same as her Ate Steph she really enjoyed all the adventures inside with no fear she experienced all the rides.


Hmmmnnn My Mycah said , her admirers exchange seats with the others just to be seated besides her.




21 – my Stephannie’s volleyball team competed for the Bulprisa but sad to say they
got only the 4th place.



My Stephannie is always busy, from Monday to Friday school days, Saturday –practicing volley and then even Sundays she‘s practicing drumming (they form a band group now). Her complexion now is so dark but she never reduce weight though she‘s always tired. It’s good that she didn’t join this year in presidential election for the whole college level. She was the president when she was in 1st year and in 2nd year, now she’s in her 3rd yr, she quit the presidential (no more headaches). She said her study now is harder and harder so she wants to concentrate.

23 – Stephannie won the 1st place in poster making. On Oct. 14th she gonna compete again for the Provincial competition.