Nap Time Rocks!

when the sun did come out [ws]

the sun almost never comes out lately as harsh as did last weekend. that’s because of major climate changes, our summer has been reduced to one month. one month!

for beach and summer people like us, it’s unthinkable. it’s almost  a crime.

so last saturday (and fortunately since the past couple of days) the sun finally did come out.

and it was time to bring out the pool!

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my Weekend Snapshot entry, after a looong hiatus from the meme.

Canon EOS 400D, P.

Mia’s Floating Friend

This isn’t an early Halloween entry, don’t worry. And besides, I’m not about to spook myself and involve Mia.

I found that the floating pet balloons (the shiny doggy) that once used to sell about P500 apiece at Hobbes and Landes in Bonifacio High Street is now selling at only P150 at Toy Kingdom! When I chanced on this last weekend at a 3-day sale in Megamall, I immediately made up my mind to buy it. (Forgive the bad photo, she just wouldn’t stop moving!)

It’s an adorable toy that floats just enough above the ground and has wobbly plastic accordions for legs so when you pull on it, it actually walks! It was so nice that when they sold it initially at Hobbes and all the (rich) little kids were toting at least one, I wanted Mia to be part of the “in crowd” of toddlers.

Now I’m actually thankful I resisted that urge.

Fun Ranch Weekend

This is my [very] late Weekend Snapshot entry. Had a bout of migraine and bad tummy last Monday, that’s why. But anyway, Mia and I spent last Saturday at the Fun Ranch at Tiendesitas. If it wasn’t hot, it would have been lots of fun for Mommy.

For her though, it was as if all the UV rays of the sun could’ve shone and she couldn’t care less.

Mia loved the bumper boats the most. In the pond they actually have live fish (that you can also fish out), to which Mia happily responded, “peece!”

As for me, as long as she enjoyed it, I’m happy.

And since I thought it would be fun with more kids around that Mia can play with, we invited her 2 (second) cousins this coming Saturday. Yey!

Nerdness to the next level [ws]

Nothing beats holing up in your room, settling with a good book on your bed by the window on a weekend, and watching Mia over the pages of your Grisham novel.

2 weekends ago I bought 4 books (Septimus Heap Book 4 not included in the photo) and it was only last Saturday that I got time to read one. And it was such a joy ripping off the plastic coverings, flipping the pages and smelling its ‘newness’.

How was your weekend?

Toys for the boys… and the girls too

It’s one of those lazy weekends again, after one long, crazy work week. And crazy is such an understatement. So I just didn’t have the heart to bring out my laptop on a nice Saturday morning and borrowed my brothers’ Sony PSP instead.

Since I couldn’t win over this German girl on a clay court (even if I was Sharapova) on Virtual Tennis 3, and the other games were too violent for me, I discovered that I could still surf the net with the PSP. Grabe, junkie talaga. I just had to configure the thing to browse the Internet.

So this replaces my Asus laptop, which by the way has been adopted by my youngest brother, on my computer table. It looks kinda lonely…

How was your weekend?

Sing! [ws]

I’m veering away a little bit from the ’snapshot’ theme, and sharing a video of one of our usual weekends.

Mommy’s just a bit of a stage mom isn’t she?

My music girl {ws}

Guess what Mia can do now?

Make lots of noise with the drum set at home, that’s what But she’s really good at it because it’s not so disorganized like how babies usually do it.

I guess weekends like these will be spend exploring more of Mia’s (and mommy’s) musical skills. Why not?

How was yours? Learned anything new lately?

What’s cooking? [WS]

Since Mia had been sick since Thursday, I’ve tried every imaginable thing to make her feel better because I know she was so bored just hanging on to Mommy the ENTIRE time.

I got out my old cooking play set and let her play with it. Yup, that was mine when I was about 4 or 5 years old. You can imagine how old that toy set is. I can still remember how it worked. The stove would actually make bubbles when you put the pot on it with water. Don’t you just love old toys back in the days and you didn’t have to worry if it came from some toxic wasteland?

Ahh, fond memories.

Tags: Weekend Snapshot

Sunday Playtime [ws]

Sundays once or twice a month usually mean playtime for me and Mia with my cousins and their kids.

Tita Sarah: Seriously Mia, did you think your mom is gonna let you have that piece of chocolate?

Mia: (very confused now)

Mia: What? The chocolate has a thousand calories in it!?? Mom!!!

Me: I told you so!

Clarice: Well that’s how it is. Whatever tastes good is always, always unhealthy.

Mia: I see…

Tita Baby (background): Tingnan mo tong dalawang to, ke-bata-bata pa, diet na ang pinag-uusapan!

Clarice: Well, don’t forget what I told you about chocolates! They’re good for you while you’re a kid and you still have all your teeth!

Mia: I won’t! See you soon!

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And that was my weekend. How was yours?

Time flies [WS]

… they say, when you’re having fun. Days are going by so fast but I’m not exactly having a blast. Except when it’s spent with Mia,

or in a warm bath with no one to bother you but the alarm clock that says it’s dinner time.

I got lucky to get a room to myself during a 1 1/2 day convention at the Renaissance Hotel. It was lonely at first but after a looong day, the bath was such a welcome distraction to my then-depressed state.

What do you do, when something like a permanent fixture in your life gets yanked out? For me It’s like pulling the plug in the drain. The water quickly disappears into the hole and you wish you went down with it. Crushed. Alone, again.

I wish it was Monday again.

Mia Loves Nature [ws]

Tito Jerome’s (Mia’s uncle, and my cousin) 13th birthday party at their Bulacan home.

Guess what Mia’s doing in the second photo:

Was your weekend as green as mine?

Window Display [weekend snapshot]

It’s malling time again for me and Mia during the weekend. I had to buy her new shoes and sandals because her old ones are too small already. Hay, bilis! And this time around, I couldn’t keep her from playing with the displays, touching the mannequins, bouncing up and down on the Disney rocking chairs, and grabbing things from the shelf (especially when they’re bags). I guess it’s a sign that Mia’s getting bigger now. Pretty soon I might have to buy that toddler string to attach to her and myself when we go out.

Even my mom can’t keep her from jumping into the inflatable pool display at Rustan’s anymore. Uh-oh.

How was your weekend?

Windy Weekend [weekend snapshot]

Love, love, love the weather! It’s windy, just the right kind of cloudiness, and best of all it’s not hot. It would’ve been the perfect time to go out but it pours sometimes. The weather’s a bit hormonal, don’t you think?

So Mia and I just stayed indoors which meant she gets to indulge in her recent fascination with the big window in our room (which you have and will be seeing more of as I’m recycling photos now for memes, hehe), looking at the world outside. (We don’t go out much kasi, I was a bit holed up growing up in our neighborhood, so I guess the practice isn’t passed on. That’s something I regret however, since I want Mia to be able to interact with kids her age too. I noticed she’s beginning to get curious about kids she sees. She’s a bit shy sometimes, but more often than not, she’s really friendly.)

Mia’s also discovered another talent, aside from making pa-cute. Haha. She sings! But Mia’s singing is not the coherent, melodious type but more of a babble in a softer voice. It’s so cute, I wish I could record it properly because her voice is too soft sometimes. This is her face when she sings, though:

Babble or not, it’s always, always a beautiful sound to me. So, how was your weekend?

Attack of the Pink Foaming Baby [WS]

Since I wasn’t able to post for Weekend Snapshot last Monday (because Mia and I had to take a vacation at the hospital), I’m still going to post what we did over the last 2 weekends More »

Doors and Windows

When God closes the door, He opens a window.

He opens a window so I can see,

That He’s working it out,

The very best for me.

He opens a window just for me.

These are familiar lines for most of us, but do you know where it came from? As far as my memory is concerned, it was a song from the Joseph the Dreamer soundtrack that my dad has. It’s been with us ever since I can remember and growing up in a family where Sunday School is part of your childhood and Psalty the song book is as famous as Mickey himself, it’s an embedded song lyric in my mind already.

Anyway, you might be thinking what this has got to do with my weekend. I did almost nothing over the weekend, just played around with Mia and finally got to catch up on my reading. I guess I decided to give myself a break after what I’ve emotionally gone through over the week. The photo of the window is just a reminder for me to take things easy, and that even if some things aren’t meant to be, it’s only because God has opened a window so I could see.