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Personalized card from me and my son

December 23rd, 2011 Anna Comments off

It will be the Christening of the niece of one of my closest friends! Oh, if you would see the invitation, you would definitely fall in love with it. Actually, they purchased blank invitation card stock invitations and they added personal touch into it. Their baby is so cute and you would not like to [...]

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Parents and Teachers Orientation Meeting: to attend or not to attend?

July 2nd, 2011 Anna Comments off

Parents and Teachers Orientation Meeting: to attend or not to attend? It is not a lecture topic or an essay about the above sentence. That is just my thought as I feel lazy going to my son’s school. Well, you know, today is a Saturday and usually, I sleep all day or go to the [...]

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Birthday requests

December 3rd, 2010 Anna Comments off

Money is in the bank! Excited to buy the new desktop computer with Samsung LED monitor. This will be our gift for our son’s seventh birthday. Yes, no big party. His Dad was able to explain to him the value of money. Weee!!! They were the ones who talked about it. There will be just [...]

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Studying again

July 27th, 2010 Anna Comments off

My husband and my child are studying for my kid’s class today. I wonder how difficult the subjects will be in the future. Maybe they will be tackling Louisiana Jones Act in the future. Oh, if his grandfather, my Dad is still alive, I am sure that he would gladly help. My Dad was a [...]

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As sweet as her cake

June 29th, 2010 Anna Comments off

It was almost ten PM. People were just about to go home like this mother in front of me. She was talking to I suppose her child. She was saying, ” Do not sleep yet baby. wait for Mommy, okay. I have a ckae for you. Do you want cake? It is your favorite. Okay, [...]

Son is bored

May 27th, 2010 Anna Comments off

You could tell when my son is already bored. He is with his megasketcher and he is drawing anything. Mostly, his subjects are the cartoon characters that he watches or the monsters in his computer games. He somehow recreates the scenes in his drawings. Right now, the TV is actually tuned in to NickJr. There [...]

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Mom and child talk: the Kite

March 26th, 2010 Anna Comments off

My morning starts with my son asking for the gate key. He is an exercise buff, you know. He makes sure that he jogs everyday! That is what we parents should learn from our kids! Hahahaha! Hey, my son is only six years old , I am not kidding! Nah… he likes to play outside. [...]

Talk to him

March 6th, 2010 Anna Comments off

My son? He loves toys! He always wants to buy one every time we visit the mall. Well, as a loving parent, I would like to see him smile and not cry around or even throw any tantrums if we could not give in to his request. I am just glad that as he grows [...]

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The vegetable trick

February 4th, 2010 Anna Comments off

I am into cooking this day. That is why I am glad that I am always at the 12 to 9 shift. Anyways, my son’s favorite is red rice. It is actually red sauce. His favorite is Del Monte Afritada sauce. do we just heat it? Nah! Of course, we have to cook afritada. Simple, [...]

Do you resort to bribing your child?

January 22nd, 2010 Anna 1 comment

Rewards and punishment is one of the most popular and widely used method knowingly or unknowingly by parents in diciplining their children. Child psychology is really challenging, is it not? I just came across this thought because my son was crying a while ago and to appease him and make him totally stop, I gave [...]

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Claps your hands in the air

November 20th, 2009 Anna Comments off

Alright now, clamps your hands in the air! What? Maybe you mean, clap? I was talking to my son. Sometimes, he pronounces words in a very different manner. He still has this difficulty in saying some letters especially if already combined with the other characters in the alphabet. But, I am proud of my son [...]

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Wake up, wake up, wake up

July 9th, 2009 Anna Comments off

Wake up, wake up, wake up! You would hear that every morning inside our house! It is 6Am and we all have to wake up! When I was in elementary, I did not have to wake up this early or had I? That was a long time ago, I could not recall anymore, ha,ha,ha! My [...]

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