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Martha’s Favorite Toy: ELMO
I think I have featured the little red furry friend more than once here - it is definitely ELMO! It has lasted longer than all dolls. Though she hasnt been playing with Elmo lately as she has discovered the joys of writing and watching Disney movies, ELMO will go down in history as her favorite toy 
I even made a layout with it!
Care to share what’s your Kathy, Toni and Alpha?
Glo couldnt have said it any better. She had the bird’s eyeview of what my life is like for just five minutes. This week has been tougher than the rest of the weeks ever since I stayed at home. I am having trouble with boy regarding discipline issues, claiming he is always bored and always roughing the little girl. I am having trouble keeping the little girl clothed (as you can see in the picture), and making her understand that she doesnt need to change clothes everytime she goes potty. She is also having crazy tantrums when she gets irritated when I dont get what she says immediately. I kept texting and making drama to the Daddy that this week was really BAD. And Im not known for making exagg (yeah right! LOL). Pero yes, this week was really bad….and I feel a scrap page coming.
Martha is becoming such a big girl lately. I noticed that most of her pants seem shorter and she is in dire need for shoes. We have been using size 3 clothes on her even if she just turned two. Most of what she wears are either hand me downs from her cousins abroad or gifts from relatives and godmothers. Im blessed to have such a generous family. What I just buy for her are the little things - socks, sandals, the occasional accessory (like bags which are what she is totally into lately) and a few clothing items Id want her to have.
I just added underwear to her list. She is out of the diaper almost 90% of the time, and she refuses to wear one right up until she wants to sleep. The problem with her is she doesnt want to be clothed so much ever since she started toilet training - maybe because she wants to easily ‘get down to business’.
Anyhow, I would need new pajamas, hats and socks for her as well. I might as well get some size information for her to give away to asking relatives!
One thing I overheard today:
“Sino kamukha mo? Si Lola!”
My mom (Lola Mayette) gets such a kick whenever people tell her Martha looks like her. This is always after people gush how pwetty her apo is.
One of our family friends from the US upon arriving here for the first time cant stop telling me that I have a pretty daughter.
Ang ganda ganda ng anak mo.
She should model at SM! (cheap no? LOL)
Ang beautiful.
Mayette na Mayette, even the hair!
So after I say, “Wow, thank you po!“
Babawi sya,
Ang ganda talaga ni Martha.
Kumukhang kamukha ni Mayette.
And you…you look exactly like your Dad!
So parang sinabi nyang di ako pwetty no? 
Comments like that no longer offend me. Kasi Im obese like my Dad so people really tell me I look like him (we have the same eyes din kasi). His sister is a splitting image of me (lalo na ngaun).
Pero ako nakakainis, when I was about a 100lbs lighter, people will tell my Mom,
“Mayette! Ang gaganda ng mga anak mo, kamukhang kamukha mo!” (I have to say though that at least I got my skin from my Mom - I have very low maintenance, NICE skin which doesnt need the best acne treatment at all)
Dati ako si Mayette.
Ngayun ako na si Kuya Bodgie.
Hehehe!
WW: Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Rain
Posted on Jul 02, 2008 under Martha, Wordless Wednesday | 25 Comments
It’s officially rainy season where I am at and swimsuits are packed into the closets until next year. Umbrellas are bought and played with. But my little girl’s smile is worth a ray of sunshine in a dark cloudy gloomy day.
Martha, as with all other toddlers, has a penchant for big slippers. Slippers and shoes that go click click click when she goes around. In fact, it is known that Martha NEEDS to try on your slippers if you visit the house. That was why I knew that buying her slippers would make her very happy.
When we went to Manila, I was supposed to buy her slippers but somehow during the checkout process, I got the small one. Martha might have switched it since she was the one holding her slippers.
She insisted to use it even if she gets irritated. (She needs new shoes. Her feet grew bigger again, *sigh*).
I dont even know her size because what I thought was big was just snuggling fitting her.
I got the blue slippers, because there were no pink ones 
Imbes naman orange diba?
Agnes calls her Boo these days especially when her hair is in pigtails. I call her my little Koreana, because I really want her bangs to be cutely uneven (if ever there was a term).
Yes, I cut her bangs. (Last June 26, 2008 - for scrapping purposes).
And she didnt even budge. I told her, “Marts, let’s get pretty ha!” And she stayed still
She looks happy naman with her look diba?
And ngaun ko lang napatunayan (mahirap aminin, hahah) na cute pala si Alpha.
Hindi ba?
Martha
Hi: Coming home from the grocery with two slippers (buy one take one for 120bucks) for her and seeing her face light up and her mouth saying “WOW!” when she saw it. She didnt take it off all night. (Martha likes big shoes and big slippers - not the toddler kind anymore with straps at the back - she got her wish - picture coming soon. She looks so Aling Martha!)
Lo: Martha wanting to sleep on her own. Yes. You read it right. She doesnt want to be cuddled for the past week to sleep. She just wants her dede and when you lay down beside her, she will say, “Alis.” She sleeps on her own now, on her own time as well. It’s driving me crazy. Since Monday, she sleeps at 12MN (she watches movies herself) and then wakes up at 10AM. She doesnt nap ALL day until 5PM when she just asks for dede and boink - tulog. At night, when I put off the lights and go to bed with the hopes of cajoling her to bed - she screams and says, “Mommy, puter lang, puter” — because the TV is near the puter.
Matthew
Hi: Matthew gaining neighbor friends! We found out his classmate lives at the house in front of us and for three straight days, they have been playing after studying. A friend of theirs remarked, “Si Mato maputi at di kalbo, tyong lahat kalbo at maitim!” He tells me that and I tell him, “It’s OK to be different. Pogi ka naman eh.” Hehehe.
Lo: Matthew losing his speech foam in class (within hours of buying it). I swear, my son is vain and maayos when it comes to HIMSELF, but with his stuff, OMG! He makes ayos his clothes and uniform in his room the night before, with his toiletries (cologne, powder and lotion) aside. But he always forgets where he put his pencils or things.
Martha is the opposite — she is very maimis. She puts back her toys, aligns her shoes, pushes back her high chair after eating to the wall - but couldnt care less if she puts on lotion after taking a bath. Baligtad.
..because the princess is now taking her royal nap.
But before she went to La-La Land, I just had to snap her cheery face. Staged poses result to cheeky fake smiles but this one is so her:
She is growing up too fast.
The Kids (as of today)
Posted on Jun 19, 2008 under Martha, Matthew, Thursday Thirteen | 13 CommentsMy contribution to the Thursday Thirteen 150th Edition
13 Updates with the Kids:
1. Matthew has started school (and it deserves a separate post I know - I just want to have nice pictures of him in uniform but how can you get one at 5:45 in the morning?!). He is in second grade and we just found out two days ago that his classmate lives in the house in front of us
2. Martha just recovered from three days of on and off fever. No colds, no cough, no anything. Just fever and some watery stools. We had her checked with a manghihilot (folk healer) and well, after that, she was back to her old hyper self. You can read more about it here.
3. Matthew has been sleeping at 8PM for two straight days now. He really makes it worth my while to really prove I am the one in authority at the house. (Kesehodang magkikisay sya sa inis, papatayan ko pa rin sya ng ilaw at 8PM. Ten minutes later, tulog na din sya. Ibig sabihin - pagod sya talaga, diba?)
4. Martha is really ALING Martha. When we were supposed to go horse-back riding last Sunday and I told her about it, she said:
“No, indi, ‘log Ma-tha.Cay-ful lang ‘orse ‘ha, walk lang walk. ‘Log Ma-tha, ‘got Lolo ha!” (Translated: No, hindi, mahuhulog si Martha. Careful lang and horse ha. Walk lang walk. Pag nahulog si Marta, lagot ka kay Lolo ha!”
She is exactly the same way with driving. Many a times Edil would hear Martha say “Cay-ful Daddy ha, Cay-ful!” When we swam here, she was such a Manang, screaming at first, “Mommy, lamiiiiiiddddd!” (Translated: Mommy, malamig ang water! LOL)
5. Matthew is obsessed with piggy banks and labrador puppies lately. Know why here.
6. Martha just developed a huge love for Barney. It is all because of the songs. And Baby Bop and BJ. It is like Kuya and Ma-tha
7. The kids are acting like cats and dogs these days. When I hear Martha scream, “Mommy o!” you can bet it will be overlapped with Matthew’s “Mommy wala akong ginawa!” Repeat that scene 10 times day.
8. The kids play with each other all the time. They play rough. They run around the house (inside). There is enough for them to get a workout Matthew treats Martha like a boy actually.
9. Martha is now becoming a girly girl. She loves having many clips on her hair, stays put when I fix hers, loves putting on lipstick - and changes shoes each time she goes out.
10. Matthew and Martha have been displaying signs of OC-ness which they got from me. I will explain it in detail soon **.
11. They both love munching on Honey Stars Cereals.
12. They love dancing silly together. Matthew calls it exercise
13. And as you see in the picture, Matthew has a crew cut and Martha has a belly already
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Blame my Mommy. She is awfully scared to cut my bangs because she says Im malikot and makulit. She got it wrong. She is just awful with scissors.
I think it’s OK though, because I love to have MANY ties on my hair. My usual get-up these days
Im sick. So I get to have the right to be extra clingy with my Mommy.
No updates today unless I sleep really really long, ok?
Wish me well.
What I Love Most About Being a Mom.
Posted on Jun 14, 2008 under Martha, Matthew, Mommy Musings, Tag Tag Tag | 2 CommentsThanks Mai!
I get to 1) have cute and adorable kids 2) hear myself called Mommy 3) be the ONE who can chase monsters away and make booboos disappear 4) return to my Maker the gifts He gave me by making my children noble soldiers of God. BUT
Mai could not have said it any better - I have learned the real meaning of unconditional love.
(These things could never compare to the riches of the world, even mansions nor diamonds and luxury watches)
I get to share this too, I think this sums up what I feel about being a mom these days
My Mom never had this chance - to stay at home and really take care of us when we were kids. Though I understand why my mommy wasnt able to be the one to cook for us and tuck us in at night, I have always dreamed somewhere in my unconscious that I wanted my kids to not have the same fate. I guess when I was a kid I was somewhat jealous of all the kids I know who had mommies at home. When I became a mother, times were hard and circumstances left me with no choice but work to support the family.
We went through many maids. There were months that we needed to have the kids hauled off to my parents because there was no one to look after them and we needed to work. It was really tough - knowing there is really nothing you can do because you have no choice. Then we decided family needs to come first and we sacrificed a little -I quit my job, we moved to the province and we had to endure Daddy being gone on weekdays to work in the city. It was a small price to pay for such a huge prize - I get to be with you everyday. I get to be assured that you are well-fed, educated and taken cared of because I am here. It is a thankless "job". It is harder. It is scary to live in a one-income household. I dont know until when we can hold this. But right now, I am so thankful for being able to given the chance to stay home. And Im going to drench this experience as much, and as long, as I can.
You might have seen this in my Flickr.
Words elude me right now. Life has been so very busy, which is actually a good thing, if you think about it - Matthew’s first day of class today and what I thought was an 8AM class was 7AM :(. Poor kid.
Last Day of Summer.
(We will have a last hurrah next week with a trip with my cousin and their kids next week).
