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What my kids are like, and how to raise your child/children in this day and age.

What Kind Of Parent Are You? Crunchy or Silky?

In my blog hopping activity, I encountered these two words: crunchy and silky. Well, these two words are the big thing when it comes to parenting styles. There are 4 styles of parenting; Authoritarian Parenting, Authoritative Parenting, Permissive Parenting, Uninvolved Parenting and you can read more about it HERE. And based on that link, I would like to believe that my parenting style is Authoritative Parenting:

Like authoritarian parents, those with an authoritative parenting style establish rules and guidelines that their children are expected to follow. However, this parenting style is much more democratic. Authoritative parents are responsive to their children and willing to listen to questions. When children fail to meet the expectations, these parents are more nurturing and forgiving rather than punishing. Baumrind suggests that these parents “monitor and impart clear standards for their children’s conduct. They are assertive, but not intrusive and restrictive. Their disciplinary methods are supportive, rather than punitive. They want their children to be assertive as well as socially responsible, and self-regulated as well as cooperative” (1991).

So where does being a crunchy or silky parent falls? Er, honestly, I have no idea! Well, based on this QUIZ, I am 70% silky, does it make make me a better mom? or a bad mom?

And still based on that quiz and this one, here’s my conclusion on what crunchy and silky parenting are:

I am a little crunchy because I breastfed my kids, actually still breastfeeding my youngest. We co-sleep and I baby wear. I think the result is very accurate, yes, I am more of a silky mom. I can’t leave the house without makeup! hahaha and I can’t live without disposable diapers. Another thing, I can’t live without contraceptives, because if I don’t use one, I’ll end having more kids than I can handle. We’re too compatible that even a touch from husband will make me pregnant! wahaha In all honesty, I do have high respect for people who were able to maintain being crunchy, that takes a lot time! And I have high respect for people who are silky mom like me. At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter at all, crunchy and silky are just labels. In the end, it’s all about you and how happy and contented you are as a mom, of course happiness and contentment of your kids follows.

But I know, it’s fun to see what kind of mom you are no? So go ahead take the quiz but never let that label define you 🙂 Crunchy or Silky, I am sure, for your kids, you’re the BEST MOM in the world. Cheers to us all moms!

American Plastic Toys Girls Cookin’ Kitchen And Deluxe Work Bench

I bought these two lovelies from Walmart a few months ago and last Saturday, 2 boxes of LBC was delivered to us. You wouldn’t believe how my friend (Sati’s godmother) placed all the items in the box. She really is the queen of all packing! Here are the parts of the said toys:

And here’s the finished product after an hour of assembling:

American Plastic Toys Girls Cookin’ Kitchen $40.00

American Plastic Toys Deluxe Work Bench $49.99

I am really glad that these two toys looked exactly the same as it is on Walmart (photos from Walmart):

This is not our first American Plastic Toys, our first was a small kitchen (you can read about it here). Obviously, I love these brand, why? Because it is really cheap and very easy to assemble, not to mention durable! Soon, I will buy the American Plastic Toys My Very Own Shop N’ Pay Market ($19.87) and American Plastic Toys My Very Own Grill ($19.99). Yes, I am a fan! haha

Yes, the toy is really durable, our first one is turning 2 this year and it looks as if I just bought it last week.

As you have seen from the first two photos, there are so many parts. You might be wondering how on earth I managed to set it up just like that. Oh well, Black&Decker helped me a lot (every mom’s must have! haha). And as I have mentioned, American Plastic Toys are easy to assemble. It comes with a very detailed instruction sheet and the parts are labelled neatly:

I am really amazed how American Plastic Toys were able to come up with their toys, I mean, it is really unbelievable how they came up with the parts and how it will look like when assembled. You have to own one American Plastic Toys to really appreciate the craftsmanship behind these toys.

My kids loved the toys, specially, because both has drawers where they can put their smaller toys. American Plastic Toys Deluxe Work Bench also come with some tools such as hammer, automatic screw driver (which they now call decker, an ode to my B&D automatic screw driver haha), some screws, a cellphone (toy cellphone) and a lot more (which I do not know what it’s called). American Plastic Toys Girls Cookin’ Kitchen comes with kitchen accessories (pots and the liked) and also comes with a plastic phone! COOL!

Super Mario for McDonald’s Happy Meal

I grew up with Super Mario.. the very first video game I played (and Pacman too!) Good old days with our Family Computer!

And when hubby considered buying game consoles for the kids, my choice was DS, why? So I can play Super Mario once again..oh boy I am so in love with Super Mario!

Good news for Super Mario fans! McDonal’s Happy Meal is Super Mario!!!! Ayayay!

The photo is from McDonald’s Philippine Facebook Page. Thank you Mommy Levy for the heads up 🙂

McDonald’s Happy Meal Super Mario has 8 designs:

Boomerang Mario
Yoshi
Fire Mario
Mario with ? block
Peach
Mario with Goal Pole
Mario with Pipe
Penguin Mario

Of course, I want to collect all and while writing about this, the kids saw the photo and the princess wants the Peach! Funny because we call her Peach sometimes 🙂

McDonald’s Happy Meal has 6 offerings too!

Chicken Mcdo (Php 108.00, with fries Php 123.00)
Chicken McNuggets (Php 100.00, with fries Php 116.00)
Burger Mcdo (Php 74.00, with fries Php 85.00)
Mc Spaghetti (Php 85.00, with fries Php 100.00)
4pc Mini Hotcakes (Php 84.00, with fries Php 99.00)
Hamdesal (Php 77.00, with fries Php 92.00)

Ahh so in order to complete the McDonald’s Happy Meal Super Mario Set, I need to spend PhP 592.00 (granted that I only buy the cheapest McDonald’s Happy Meal which is Burger Mcdo).

You know now where will be heading for lunch today! haha

——————— 2 hours after posting this and we got a complete set ———————

So I thought I would only be spending 592 PhP..oh boy I was wrong! They want chicken, chicken nuggets and spaghetti! I spend 700+ PhP for the whole set! hahaha

Happy Meal Overload!!

And here’s our McDonald’s Happy Meal Super Mario toys:

As with any Super Mario games, it starts with Mario hitting a mystery box..which makes him bigger, right?

And then Mario fights with Boomerang (Super Mario 3D Land)

Then Mario goes inside the pipe and in another world he becomes:

A penguin Mario! (New Super Mario Bros.)

Aside from freezing his enemy, he can also beat them with Fire (Super Mario Bros.)

And of course, after beating all the enemies and completing a world, a flag is waiting! Tell me, what’s the highest score you got for bringing down the flag?