Kids Archive

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

Three Boys and a Princess Show: Aywawani Back

My little girl is so into singing.. she loves anything from Barney to Freddie Mercury! Palakpak pa lang sa umpisa ng kanta ni Freddie, alam na nya! hahaha

Three of her favorite songs are (well aside from Freddie and what not):

Someday
Shobak
Aywawani Back

You already know what Shobak is.. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen..Before you came into my life
I missed you so bad (Shobak)So what is Someday and Aywawani Back?

Someday is Mean by Taylor Swift.. she got the title from the chorus.. Someday I’ll be living in a big old city…

Aywawani Back is The show by Lenka.. I want my money back, I want my money back (Aywawani Back!)

Cute no? hehe

So my dear followers, we only have one winner, which is Joanne 🙂 hmm ano kaya ang pede kong ibigay sayo?

And if Sati is into music, my little boy is into alphabet:

Mommy: What letter is this? and what is the sound? (points to W)

Chico: Letter Double U.. sound.. D..D.. D

Amp! Reminds me of the time when we asked him what is the starting sound of Hotdog.. and he answered atdog.. atdog.. letter A.. oo nga naman! ahaha

My two older boys are busy with Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters that they made their own disk launcher:

very good boys.. creative parang si mommy hehe

Birthday With McCelebrations

She saw the TV ad for McCelebrations (yuppie celebrations) and from then she never stopped talking about and planning about her birthday at McDo.

And she wants violet and pink balloons.. a Hello Kitty cake (on pink and violet too) and she also have a list of people that will be invited.

A party planner in the making! ahahaha

I think the Daddy is about to say yes!

Actually, Chico will be celebrating his 5th at Mcdo, that would be next year, May, but I think we will have an early McCelebrations this November.

And speaking of birthday..we had one last Sunday, my baby brother (who’s not so baby anymore haha) turned 21!! Today there’s another birthday celebration in the house! weeeeh I love birthdays! I love cooking and preparing for parties 🙂

A Mother, A Wife and A Worker

I have four kids, some blogs I maintain and a household with no helper.. How do I managed it all? The answer is easy, time management. I am no super hero and I have my downfalls too 🙂 but yes, the key is time management.

Before, I used to dwell so much on getting everything done on a given time. I have to keep the house clean, wash the clothes, fold the laundry (in a department store kind of fold, in short pantay pantay dapat!), wash the dishes, make sure there is enough food, clean the kids, update my blogs, finish my online task.. argh! it’s endless and I only have two hands and one body! Then I learned to let go.. to let go of the things I cannot do and focus more on things that I can.

Take for example, maintaining my sink clean, I want that but I cannot do that. so what should I do? stress myself on cleaning every plate, every glass and every spoon and fork that lands on the sink? I used to do that.. then I realized there is nothing wrong in having a not so clean kitchen, I can do the dishes once every meal and not every minute!

Another example is the effort I put on folding clothes, I always make sure that the clothes are neatly fold. It will take an hour or more just to fold our clothes, it’s taking up too much of my time and I feel so stressed out if I can’t fold it right. Then I realized, neatly folded clothes is not a requirement to have a happy and stress free life.

I guess in time management, that’s the first thing you need to do, accept the things you cannot and make time on things that you NEED to do. And with that, I was able to manage my time effectively and I live with these simple rules:

Kids and husband first
household second
me time for third
work is last

Having 4 kids is another thing. I also have to manage the time I spent with each of them. And as you know, I always make sure that fun is incorporated in our activity. Bonding with my two younger kids is not that hard. Both are still not going to school and we have the whole morning for ourselves, reading, writing, learning and singing. As with my two older boys, it’s kinda hard to keep up with their life. I feel old already! They have school, friends and games and more.

Haay my boys.. and so to keep up with them, I play some of the games they play.. Dragon City as an example, and what, I was rewarded with You’re the best mom phrase! How cool is that huh? Of course, aside from “playing” with them, I am also the one helping them with their school projects and homework. To make it more fun, I would incorporate play while studying, tickling or changing my voice to a funny one. We have dates too!

As I have mentioned earlier, I am not a super hero so there were times that I feel like I have so much to do but so little time. Blog posts, tasks pending, assignments and not to mention sleep. I just stop and take a rest, helps a lot on clearing my mind and make me realize what are the things that should be done first.

Oh, I forgot to mention, always have a to do list and a schedule, helps a lot in reminding me what I have missed so far 🙂

Most of us tends to over analyze and stress ourselves, learn to let go and be a more fun mom.. head on to Seriously Fun Moms for more tips on time management, parenting and child care tips.