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Posted on Jun 21, 2009 under Edil, Family |
*This is a repost of what I wrote a year ago – with revisions 
Today is Father’s Day.
Here’s to the four fathers I know who have shown the world what fatherhood is about:
Papa: my father-in-law.
He has been the provider for everybody and has always been ready to help in everyway he can. He continues to teach me, by example, that nothing is impossible with hardwork and perseverance.
Daddy: my father.
He is the best father and I say that without bias 
He is imperfect, but when it comes to his children – he is really one of a kind. He continues to teach me, by example, that nothing is impossible with faith.
Dad: Edil, my husband.
He does everything for his kids. We may not see eye to eye on so many different things. He may not be the ideal husband, but my kids are blooming and making progress because he balances my straight boring ways He continues to teach me, by example, that nothing is impossible with love.
My God, Our Father.
When all else has failed me, when I have failed everything and everyone else, it is only He and He alone who has been there. all the time. If only we people can love others the way He loves us, there would be none of the never ending problems we face today.
Happy Father’s Day, Ama.
And I leave you with a quote that best describes the fathers I have known:
"My father didn’t tell me how to live; He lived and let me watch him do it."
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And the much awaited part: swimming of the kids
Gosh, there were so many pictures here – mostly of Martha though. Matthew was always nowhere to be found (hay naku, more on that later) and well, Edil and I talked, and we really should adjust to our big boy – he is turning 9 this year and is clearly asserting his independence.
Anyway, let the pictures do the talking:
1. Martha was drinking water from the pool like an elephant. Yes, spitting it out like an elephant too. It was a good thing that she wasn’t acting out like a lion or a dog that day, her two other favorite animals or else she will be so loud . She has taken to liking dogs though and if not for dog-training and expensive dog supplies, I would have given in and brought myself my third kid, a puppy
2. Her first swimming partner was Austin, Apple’s son. We had them near the pool that is just directly in front of where we sat (tamad mag-tingin ang mga mommies eh). And even if they were not talking, they seem to be enjoying each other’s company. Pareho silang liliphant eh
3. Edil knew he was the one who will go swimming with the kids. But I guess the lure of beer with kwento sessions with fellow daddies was better. He stayed in the pool for maybe a total of 30 minutes. I’m super glad though the my kids are very independent and do not need close supervision (and that the kids’ pool was really very mababaw). Martha was even running from one pool to another. Matthew was always with the other kids with other dads Making kulit.
**I really like the last two pictures of her – para syang sirena na umaahon sa tubig LOL
4. I was looking for pictures of Matthew and found almost none (even at other’s pictures at Flickr)
Eto lang, a shot I took when I panicked because he was nowhere to be seen that I walked around under the heat! Hahaha (I never do that unless I absolutely have to). Un pala, nasa bridge! Nagiimagine!
He enjoyed thoroughly though, kaso super bitin sya. He wanted to go fishing but we were dead tired already (Martha was even sleeping na) and go ride the cable cars. Good thing he was able to join other families in the cable car. Sayang dapat pala sumama ako.
In fact, on the way home, I asked him, “Are you happy?”, “Not really”, he said. Why? Kasi madami pa ako gusto gawin eh. Hehehe.
5. What were we doing? Taking pictures of course!
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We went to the Country ClubHouse for lunch and swimming and I was pleasantly surprised that they arranged a surprise birthday cake for Martha and Peachy. Martha and Peachy had their birthdays a week before, May 9 and 10, respectively. There were balloons even 
(And lootbags, stickers and pencils – thank you! Enjoy ang mga kids! Too bad there weren’t anything for the moms – vinyl bustiers anyone?! ) Akala ko talaga part lang ng arte flair un ni Jacqui para talagang party
Thank you again MBAPs for remembering.
You can read about what we ate here.
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(Notice Martha was in her swimsuit already – atat na sya magswimming nyan!)
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After the animal farm, by 9:45AM, we moved to the Sports Center for the daddies’ basketball game. Jacqui reserved the basketball court for an hour of basketball and Edil was pretty excited to play. He loves to play basketball – his problem is where to play and whom to play it with. That is why he joined the the basketball league in Matthew’s school for daddies and even organized a league in a hospital he covers in.
Anyways, while the Daddies were playing basketball (pasahan bola lang ata eh, hahaha, joke), we Mommies did what we do best – multitask! Random chikahan, picture-taking, and looking after the kids. I was just not chatty because I was preoccupied with the heat (pag mainit talaga nawawala ako sa wisyo – mataba eh!)
A great view captured by Thea:
Ganyan na ganyan kami talaga – patayo tayo, pawalk-walk lang ever
While the Daddies were playing basketball:
* Edil was the one in yellow.
It was a good workout for the daddies really. On second thought, for mommies too, since we were left to run after the kids while they were playing. The best diet pills are truly no match for activity and real good sweating and huffing and puffing
Martha cried twice – because she bumped her head in the railing and then she fell down the bleachers and hit her eye (barely). Good thing she was a trooper as she was playing a good ten minutes right after. Thank you to Olin for sharing her food with Kuya Mato and Martha. Hahaha.
Here are the daddies (super close up no – para di nyo kita ung hingal nila!)
L-R: Jon (Jane); Ico (son of Jacqui); Mike (Thea); Marlon (Mich); Edil; Howell (Abie); Gelo (Peachy); Jojo (Alpha); Mike (Jacqui); Dicky (Jody); Sherwin (Joy); Adrian (Apple); Amiel (Kathy).
We mostly made tambay at the Wii Room, thanks to Mato, because it was cooler there Matthew was so hungry he kept on asking what time is it yet. I don’t remember which Mom told me their conversation:
”Ilang minutes pa ung basketball?”
”Five minutes na lang.”
”Five minutes, and 24 hours” o “Five minutes, and 3 hours and 5 minutes?” (to think he had spaghetti, cheeseburger and fries as breakfast!!)
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OK. I promised myself that I will write about our weekend getaway before it gets too old to even blog about. I looked around fellow mommy blogs and there were a few who blogged about it already. I might actually be the last one who will but I will try to make kwento because we had over 500++ pictures from the weekend! If I will get extremely lucky, I might be able to make a photobook out of this one!
This outing was planned months ago by Jacqui, MBAP’s designated party and event planner. The rates were pretty high, for a day trip, but thankfully, we can pay for it little by little it was not really noticeable.
We also were blessed by good weather that day, even if it was hot (at least no rain!).
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It was going to be a long day. For one thing, Matthew would not sleep because he was either so excited about going swimming or he was scared I wont wake up in time so I had to lie with him on bed to make him sleep. Wrong move! He was still awake by 3AM – the time Martha woke up (she slept at 8:30PM). AND I haven’t even packed yet. So I ended up packing our stuff and some of the things I’m selling at 5AM. Good thing Edil was not a grouch when I woke him at 6:30AM since we were supposed to meet Kathy and Alpha and their families at Jollibee Rotonda (Tagaytay) by 7AM. Kathy was late late late that they were not able to have breakfast anymore (hehehe).
We were on convoy with Alpha’s and Kathy’s cars on the way to the Highlands. Since we knew that our vehicle will not be allowed to enter the premises, we hitched a ride on Kathy’s. It was a good move too because there were a lot of deep and blind curves that our “hummer” would have definitely stopped. The roads are perfect for risk-takers and daredevils who love to ride on their motorcycles too. It’s a good thing the management has motorcycle accident attorneys just in case!
We headed straight to the Animal Farm.
The entrance was only Php110/person, not bad since the animals were clean and the kids can touch and feed them.
Look at her face!
Martha was in heaven – heaven I tell you. Edil got to capture in video her shrieks of joy everytime she sees an animal, “WOW! Mom, look – a tiger!” and the way she runs from one cage to another. She even refers to some of the animals by their Disney character, like, “Mommy, look, si Bambi!”, and “Oh wow Dad, si Pumba!”. Or she will act out their sounds, “WOW Mom, ish a sneyk..SSSSSSSSSSSSS” It was really such a joy to watch I wasn’t minding the heat (and the smell) at all. She got scared by the huge ape though – the “Mommy ni Tarzan” – because it threw a tantrum at us and banged the cage really loudly.
Matthew was reading all the labels on the cages of course. In a few years, Im sure he will find the zoo boring. This used to be his favorite place! He loved looking at the animals but absolutely got scared with the birds. He told me the white one pecked his neck
It was also a good thing that we were with Kathy and Alpha because we had time for picture-taking I remember I didn’t want to walk to where the ostrich was anymore (it had to go through a little bridge and I was tired and sweaty from walking) – but Martha and the rest went in and voila – we discovered the perfect place for taking our family pictures!
And we now have another Jojo-Alpha family picture (Thanks Jojo!) Maybe I’ll get lucky again and have this picture in a cover a magazine (this time sana totoong paper magazine!)
My most favorite picture, from the Animal Zoo, was taken by Kathy
Our personalites, specifically Martha, were captured so well. We were trying to get a decent family picture and Martha was more interested in running around with Estong and Olin.
Look at her face, sinasabi nya siguro: “Neknek nyo, di ako lalapit sa inyo!”
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There are more pictures and anecdotes in the farm but I will share them in a separate post.
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Posted on May 13, 2009 under Blog Friends, Events, Family |
With the sun finally making its appearance more often these days, I am hopeful that we will be having good weather this weekend. Because it will be our family’s first outing trip for the summer (I know – we are already midway into summer vacation and we haven’t had any outings yet, my poor kids!).
We will be going to Tagaytay Highlands this Saturday with fellow mommy bloggers and our families. I really can’t wait to see them again and I am sure my kids will have fun with all the activities available at the place. So far, we have penciled in a trip to the feeding zoo and pony rides with the kids in the morning and a basketball game of the daddies right after. Then we will be eating lunch and afterwards, the kids can swim already!
I just don’t know if my kids, particularly Matthew, can wait that long. It is a good thing we are near the place, knowing our penchant for sleeping late. We plan to eat a heavy breakfast together Kathy and Alpha (and their families) at McDonald’s in Tagaytay around 8AM so we can go there together.
I need to prepare the kids’ things. I’m sure I’d need a big bag for my two kids PLUS the big kid – their daddy. I will not be swimming but I’d need to bring a set of clothes just in case I get wet from looking after the kids. As much as I’d love to be wearing a dress (because I’m sure we would be taking a lot of pictures) like this Guess dress at StyleHive.com, I need to be ready to run after the kids So pants and a loose top is on the agenda to buy on the next coming days.
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Posted on Apr 01, 2009 under Family, Shopping |
Is it April 1st already?!?!?! W-O-W!
Time really moves so fast when you are busy. Yet I have never felt bored in my entire life. Go figure what that means.
Anyway, I do not plan on pulling any pranks nor jokes today lest I start a fight in our tiny household. I do intend to start on some things this month which hopefully, once and for all, I can accomplish and finish!
Now, even if we don’t have spring here as a season, I know there are a lot of families who are doing a bit of spring cleaning in their households. Ours included! With the kids in summer break and all of us the house are almost always at home, we need to keep ourselves busy so that boredom cannot get to us otherwise the kids will bicker non-stop.
So I’m busy making a list in my head of things we need to clean, organize or get rid of with the one week left we have with our cleaning lady. I want to transfer the towels and rugs in the dirty kitchen area cabinet and throw out more toys. We have a lot of toys. Books too – activity books which are filled with doodles and done with.
Of course, every summer I get new sets of undergarments for ourselves. We do this yearly – mine would be simple cotton ones, not the Occhi Verdi culotte I saw over at StyleHive.com, I choose comfort over style
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