Archives for February 2012

Choral Recitation

call me a cry baby, but I really can’t help it…

when he was called as one of the students who will receive a recognition last 2010, I had a hard time keeping my tears back.. the same happened in 2011.. and every time they will have a performance I would fight my tears back.. and even when he blow his birthday cake during his birthday party on their school, I swallowed my tears..

And it’s true what they say about first born child.. they hold a special place in a mother’s heart. It’s not that my first born is my favorite among my kids.. I love them all just the same.. but you know, I can’t help but be sentimental when it comes to him. It must be because he is my first born, it was my first time to be a mother.. you know romanticizing all the firsts 🙂

Last Tuesday was no different.. it was their elimination round for their Choral Recitation (English Month Celebration) and yes I was there and is almost about to cry. I did not watch him perform, I watched him through my camera, because if I had an eye contact with him, I’d lose my mind and I know I will cry.. it was hard trying to fight back my tears.. hehe (I don’t show emotions as much as possible teehee)

So here’s the video: (first born is the one with eyeglasses)

Next week, they’re on for the finals and he will wear a native costume (read: bahag) good thing we had a Lapu Lapu costume before 🙂

A Day Of Pampering

After all the things that happened to me since December 27 (which I don’t have the strenght yet to blog about)… today was the last straw.. and since I felt like it’s judgement day today, I just thought of pampering myself..(no worries guys it’s not the end of me hehe)

So here’s what I had today.. I did it all by myself and enjoy it that much. Times like this, I prefer pampering myself by myself, you know what I mean? no salons, no spa, just me.. it’s like being closer to myself.. OK I am not making any sense, so here we go:

I had Hot Oil first for my hair (of course) then body scrub… went to my doctor (for the check up.. yeah the feels like judgement day kind of appointment LOL) then had a foot spa and pedicure after.

For Hot Oil, I used Beauty Formula Avocado Oil that I bought from Hortaleza and of course for body scrub, I used Skin Cravings Scrub Me Pretty (which makes me feel pretty afterwards hehe)

For my foot spa, I used the Caronia foot products (that I also purchased from Hortaleza, I spend more than 2k PhP for vanity! LOL). There Caronia Revitalizing soak and wash, Caronia Renweing Scrub and Caronia Nourishing Creme.. makes my feet smoother and softer 🙂

I feel renewed with so much hope, oh well the visit to my doctor turns out good, not as scary as I though it would be.. but there’s another “big” day that’s about to come (all these big, judgement day talk involves my health).. so I am still a little nervous here and scared..makes me wonder what I can do tomorrow to make feel better..

oh I remember! my nails aren’t done yet! So I guess tomorrow would be mani-pedi day (will have to use a high power led for this one).. I haven’t used the Orly nail polish I bought from Baby Company Grand Baby Fair last week 🙂

Cabinet For The Kids

Remember I was planning to give away my precious Mega Bloks collection? I am trying to clean the other room and make more space so we can use it as the boys’ bedroom. My sister object on the idea and said that the bloks got so much memories on it. I have to admit that she is right. It’s one of the first toy we got for our first born. From there our collection grew and the kids had so much fun building castles or robots or anything they fancy. Indeed those colorful bloks holds a lot of memories.

A great idea crossed my mind, why don’t I build a small cabinet using their mega bloks? I can use it to house their other Mega Bloks toys and some of their stuff too. Of course I will have to buy cabinet for their books and other personal belongings. As of now, they are sharing closets but that will have to change as soon as they have their own room. I will have to give them a cabinet of their own as well as a bed of their own too.

I realized that giving them their own cabinet (as well as their own bed) will teach them a lot about independence. It will also teach them how to respect the privacy of each other and respect our privacy too. It will also help them in being more responsible with their belongings.