Parenting Archive

My thoughts on parenthood, and what it's like to be a mom in the Philippines.

My Monkeys in Rain Forest

I was really curious about this place near us, a good 5 minute drive, er, 10 minutes including the numerous humps on the way (our village is famous for that). The Pasig Rainforest is located in Pasig, where else? Kidding aside, it is somewhere in floodway or near it. I can’t remember the exact location..

The park was really big but not as forestry as La Mesa Eco Park. You can do a lot inside the park, run, play tennis, animal sight seeing (they have a small zoo), swim, and they have a gym too. The best thing to do here is sit on the grass and watch your kiddos turn from humans to monkeys..

And having fun at the green, green green grass.. even Chico loves to play on it

At first I thought they will not enjoy it that much, but see? they can’t get enough being a monkey.. but watch for the TREX!!!

A Mommy Diary

A week or more ago, I noticed that my followers are nearing a hundred. When saw it, I promised myself that I would I would make a review of my 100th follower.. And who is the lucky one? A fellow Mommy like me. It made reviewing easier and a lot of fun.

I met Melanie through a traffic site, and knowing she is pinay and a mom too I added her on my site and started following her. I actually did not expect that she will follow back. So when I hit my page and saw that my followers reached the 100 mark, I immediately head on the the site of my 1ooth follower which turned out to be her.

I love her site because it feature a lot about mommy hood. She mentions that her blog is dedicated to pregnancy and the stuffs and parenting. Her topics indeed range from her pregnancy and even mentioned a lot of great sites that is very helpful to pregnant women. She is so updated on her pregnancy and well prepared too.

If you are expecting or planning to have a baby, I suggest you head on to her site because she has so much to offer when it comes to pregnancy.

You’re The 1 Goldilocks

When I think about Goldilocks, the first thing that comes into my mind are my kids, their parties and cakes, sumptuous meals on Goldilocks food shop and many pasalubong moments…

I met Goldilocks when I was in college, to us then, a mere mention of Goldilocks would mean a siopao or a mouth watering Black Forrest slice. To us students, Goldilocks is a mere merienda, a mereinda that we could not last a day without a munch.

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My first taste of real Goldilocks happiness was when I had my first son, his first birthday, his first cake. It was a Mickey Mouse themed cake, his favorite cartoon character. The look on his eyes when he saw his cake was just priceless. The beam of happiness shinning through his eyes just melt my heart. It was a moment that I treasure until now. It was a moment so surreal that I almost run to the nearest Goldilocks branch and thank them for bringing such happiness to my baby.

our first Goldilocks experience..

Parties aside, Goldilocks has been our partner in rearing up the kids. A promise of a bag full of Goldilocks goods such as ensaymada, ube bread, monggo bread, mamon or polvoron can make my kids turn from naughty to nice. It has been the constant pasalubong from their dad, from a relative or from me. A promise of Goldilocks siomai can make them stop from crying when Mommy needs to go out.

Kids after kids, Goldilocks continue to be our number 1, our only choice. Any occasion is never complete without a cake from Goldilocks. It should be Goldilocks’ cake, no other way. From first birthday of my kids, to my mother in laws birthday to just about anything. If my files has not been erased, I would have flooded you with mouth watering photos of our cakes from Goldilocks.