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As much as I love Martha, there is a reason why her Kuya or her Dad are the ones in charge in reviewing her for her exams. She can be real stubborn and lazy when it comes to memorizing things.
You need proof?
March 8th
Martha while reviewing for her exams,
Martha spell dog.
DOG. QRST. DOG.
Mato was the one reviewing her, and she cant answer the letter.
She goes, “Gosh, T pala yan Kuya?”
March 10th
Edil: Marts what’ s the baby of a duck?
Duckling
Very good.
How about a dog?
DOGLING.
I can’t say this enough – I love having a girl 
(I just don’t know if I can say the same thing once the teenage years start!)
Last weekend, after dinner Martha had the greatest idea. She said, “Mommy, parloring tayo! Gaganda kita!”
So I gave in (oh yeah, I was more excited too!), she draped me in towels, got a hairbrush and started brushing my hair way too hard. I took pictures using the Photobooth from my iMac (I was able to work while simultaneously saying “Martha, gently lang, sakit! – she was brushing too hard!)
Nikon binoculars wont do the trick here!
Martha was dead serious:
She then had the GREAT idea of putting on my make-up too. The pictures are way embarrassing to post but Martha was so happy with her masterpiece that I felt beautiful (na din) even if I knew I felt like a Baby Dam (Baby Damulag):
F na F nya right?
Martha and her Espasol Face, she did this all by herself:
The culminating activity for the kids’ Foundation Day Activities was the Field Demonstration. It was a bit new to us, having two kids to watch perform. I took care of Martha and Edil went to Matthew to fix his hair. I made sure that our digital video cables were complete and the batteries fully charged so we can document it and show to the stage grandparents and ninangs.
It goes without saying, we were so proud of the kids!
Martha was in her element – she loves to dance and I was near tears because she wasn’t even shy during her performance. I would love to post more but the pictures had some of her classmates in it so I am not sure that would be appropriate.
She would even wave at us after her performance! (I also realized how much of a giant she is, she was towering over everybody).
Matthew, on the other hand, was a revelation! They danced to some ballroom tunes and he rocked it! This little man has rhythm in his body, he was into the beat, and he was enjoying himself. And how handsome is my son?!
We can’t wait for next year!
My kids are geniuses (love your own – hahaha!). I didn’t take any prenatal vitamins when I was pregnant with them but they are doing well in school. They haven’t given me any headache when it comes to doing assignments, studying for tests and making projects. They LOVE to study, I hope it doesn’t change. They are diligent and often have the initiative to do their homework on their own.
When Martha was about to go to school, I was feeling guilty. I had been home with her for two years and she still hasn’t learned her colors nor the alphabet. But thankfully, she was able to adjust beautifully. One of her hobbies is to complete puzzles and play with clay lately. She completes puzzles fast and now has progressed with the digital version, Doodle Fit on my iPhone. So when I saw they had puzzle making activities in school, I enlisted her.
And they won first place! (She has that exact puzzle at home LOL)
During leg building they were told to make something they use and love. I asked what was this and she told it was a “fouremly” – whatever that means.
It was the kids’ Foundation Week over the weekend at school and it was Martha’s first time. Since she is still a pre-schooler, she still needed a guardian all throughout so we were there the whole three days there were activities. We would often go home after lunch (and don’t come back, hehehe) but Matthew needed to stay because it’s extra points for his extra curricular activities in school.
It was a fun, albeit hot and tiring weekend. It was nice to see our kids interact with their classmates and I had come to a few realizations of my own. Whereas before I was scared Martha would have a hard time interacting with others, I was surprised and happy to learn that she is friendly to everybody and goes out of her way to greet them. Of course, it’s a different thing altogether when we are talking about adults telling her she is cute and all, but this girl can run for Ms. Congeniality all the time. I am pressed to say that she might be a little bully too. Not only is her height an advantage (she towers over everybody by a head!), she is such a brave girl. She isn’t scared to venture in the playground alone, with 2nd graders competing their way in turns for the slide. She blends in. She still whines when she sees me, and acts like a baby, but when left alone, she can cope. And shine.
Matthew, on the other hand, is really a loner by nature. He has always been unique, maybe even a little odd. He converses easily with people older than him and loves to sit in and listen to adult conversations. He has a habit of not greeting people he knows (even if they greet him first) and is just content standing by himself. And the thing is, he doesn’t mind. (I think he doesn’t mind) It reminds me of someone I know who always felt like she was an outcast back in her elementary days and would often be labelled masungit. In fact, I think the only thing that kept her from being an outcast was because she was very intelligent and was a teacher’s pet. (And yes I am talking about me). It is bothering me a bit because I want my son to have friends and a normal social life and yet I know that we shouldn’t pressure him into doing things because it’s the NORM. I want him to be comfortable enough in his own skin. Raising kids doesn’t get any easier. That’s for sure. I am raising a socially-challenged tween and a daredevil preschooler!
Anyway, I will be listing some highlights of the foundation day activities and will blog about it in detail along the way:
1. Lego/Puzzle Making Contest (Preschool)
2. Photojournalism Contest
3. Palarong Pinoy (Pinoy Games)
4. Field Demonstration
I knew things were going to be better today. I knew it as soon as she saw Teacher Karen and teacher waved at her. SHE WAVED BACK! The Miss Masungit never waves back. She even said Good Morning when I told her to.
Plus – she was sitting with her fellow nursery girls as well.
We didn’t go inside the classroom today and Martha super duper liked it. There was some panicking involved when we were told to leave the lobby. I didn’t say bye I just told the sister nun to hold her hand and turned my back and walked away. The Daddy had to look back and take a peek if she was crying – because the moment the lobby doors closed – OMG, there was so MUCH crying! The kids cried! Surprisingly it was the boys who cried more. We just took pictures around the school while waiting for her and after an hour, she came out with a green balloon (I can bet the teacher asked her what color she liked and she automatically said GREEN).
If I can just zoom in you can see how proud she is of her balloon. She was so hungry and thirsty though that we went to McDonalds after. Her Tuya was there to give moral support – and he knew since the car was fixed we will go somewhere after 
(It was a good thing he didn’t bring his DS Lite or PSP (playstation 3 is on his wishlist – errr the Dad’s) because we were able to take some very silly pictures of us together. It was a good time to focus only on him while Martha was in class.
She was telling me all sorts of stories in the car. She played Choo Choo train again, and Teacher told a story about an Orange Dog.And then she was great daw at Catch the Ball. I told her, Did you miss me? She answered, “Ahhhh di naman eh, sabi ko sayo pagsabi ko Goodbye Teacher, takbo ako sa outside there you are!” (That’s what I told her every night while I was prepping her for school).
The cincher of the convo was this:
Martha: “Ano gawa mo Ma?”
Mom: “Saan?”
“While wait for me?”
”I take pictures”
”What?”
”I take pictures of the trees in the forest”
”Ahhh….Ganda naman pala eh. Ako dami ko gawa today eh.”
Hehehehe.
She even drew a map of our house towards the school which involves a forest and a bridge. It really was too cute. She drew it last night.
You can see a forest with a bridge (there really is a bridge and a lot of trees going to the school). You see our house with Mommy and Martha holding hands Galing ni Marts. Hehehehe.
Our little girl turned four last May 9,2010, the same day it was Mother’s Day! We had a simple get-together with my family and my siblings’ special someones (S/Os) and my Mom cooked the usual deal. She received little presents as gifts and I had it wrapped in small packages so it would look like she had many presents – kids just want the joy of opening up presents, really. She didn’t receive corsets but a lot of little nothings – sticker books, stamps, pencils, and a bag from her Ninang Glow.
We don’t have a toddler anymore – kinda bittersweet. I remember when she was 2 and I just quit working so I can take care of her. I used to think that I cant wait for her to grow up so I can go back and run after my dreams. And now she is four and I feel like two years are just too short for me to soak her all in. Next year I am sure I won’t be the best person in the world for her, her hero and the No.1 Mom. But for now and until that happens, I’m going to spoil myself with her endless “I want my Mommy” and “Mommy lang” whinings (Yes, I promise, even if I am so busy and she shouts at her Ate Caren when does the no.2 and tells her, “Ayaw ko sayo, si Mom lang!")
Martha, doing her angel pose
May 2, 2010
This is our princess, miraculously donning an angel costume complete with wings and a halo. Her dress was made two days before the event (my mom opted for a long and simple dress with no bow ties), because I was not sure she would be cooperative and walk. I tried to orient her weeks before the event (Lola insisted her grandchild walk!) but she would sometimes say yes but oftentimes answered no. So I wasn’t optimistic that I will be able to practice being a stage mommy. But she did! She was throwing a tantrum while I was dressing her but she completely turned around and got excited when she saw she was in the presence of other “angels”. It was still too hot, but I was so proud because she walked all throughout the procession, complete with her angel pose (In other words, “feel na feel nya!”. She didn’t finish up until the official picture-taking because she wanted her dede but I can’t help but realize that my little girl is really no longer a baby – I am just baby-ing her to death.
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