julia is in a bad mood today.  she’s been wimpering eversince i left this morning.  when i called in to check on her, she was crying so hard.  i did not know what’s happening.  was she in pain? i’ve gotta know….
she seemed so sad and desperate.  when finally, i got some words out, asking her [...]

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julia’s birthday

last saturday, julia turned 4.  we did not have a party for her, instead, we decided to celebrate her birthday someplace else.  incidentally, july 11th was also hubby’s family day at his office.  so, we thought it best to join in the fun along with other kids and families.
like the previous year, the hsbc family [...]

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recovering well

i’m back.  sorry for the late posts.  as mentioned before, i was swamped with mommy duties.  would you believe that during the past week both kids got sick?  kobe recovered beatifully after a bout with flu,  julia, on the other hand, had to be hospitalized.
  we spent two days in the hospital.  her diagnosis was [...]

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child’s play

                                               
kobe, my 9 year old is so addicted to this game.  every time he gets a chance to use the computer, i always find him playing. 
of course, julia has also her favorite game too.  i don’t know when or how she’d figure this one out, but she seem to be really enjoying this game.  julia [...]

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keeping julia busy

remember when kobe got sick a few days ago?  well, my cares were not just about helping my son get better but keeping little julia from getting afflicted as well.
the latter proved to be more of a challenge.  little julia adores her brother.  she may have some unorthodox way of showing it, i know she [...]

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julia’s first post

my daughter julia has been bugging me since this morning.  she wants to do everything i do.  early this morning while i was doing the laundry, she, too insisted on washing her clothes.  same thing when i prepared breakfast.  she wanted to mix the eggs.  out of exasperation, i let her do some “helping”.  not [...]

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yummy saturday:)

the heavy and frequent rains during the weekends was a damper on my kids saturday activity.  we haven’t been to our favorite bookstore these past weeks.  boredom was beginning to kick in.  we tried sorts of things to do, but the novelty of it quickly fades away.  no, home movies wasn’t the cure either.  for [...]

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Practice Makes Perfect

My children’s caregiver is such a blessing to us.  Aside from looking after the kids, she also does all around work (laundry, housekeeping, etc).  She is also an excellent cook.  I think I’ve mentioned her natural talent in some of my entries.  Anyways, just recently, she was making kwento about my daughter, Julia.  She told [...]

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Update on Julia

This morning when Julia woke up she was her usual jolly, self.  She even forgot about her “awwie“.  Her fingers still lookterrible and there is still a plastic-like skin covering in her thumb.  The doctor said that we have to cut the skin off, clean the area and apply ointment until it heals.  Other than that [...]

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Mom, Ive got an “awwie”….

Have you ever had moments where suddendly for no reason at all you wanna rush home and check out on the kids?   To miss family all of a sudden is one thing.  But getting the urge to rush to their side is another.  Mother’s instinct, I suppose.  Well, last night was no diffrent.
When I reached [...]

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