May 12th

Matthew learns how to ride a bike overnight. He has been training how to balance on and off for three weeks now, usually once a week, when the Dad is home.

When we stayed with my parents for a week because Caren went on vacation, Edil told me to make sure Matthew trains on his bike for the week. He practiced all night on a Wednesday and by Thursday, he told me he was able to ride his bike up to the entrance gate 500meters away. Go Matthew! It’s a great exercise for him – he has great bone structure like his Dad (and I think his fat genes too) so he won’t need any hydroxycut max advanced pills when he tries weight training.

Go Tuya!

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(Sorry emotional post ahead)

Today was a proud Mama moment. Matthew was the fifth among his batch and got two awards – Best in English and Best in Math.

But it actually wasn’t about that.
Today I realized the my son, as different as he is from other boys, is one of a kind. He is not really into sports, reads the dictionary like a pocketbook, loves talking to adults instead of his age-group and likes Josh Groban instead of Justin Bieber (Ugh I dunno why kids go gaga over him).

But he has a sensitive soul. He gives way, even if he doesn’t like to, to his sister every time. He is always the first one to notice when I am sad or have a problem and each and every time he has hugged me tight and asks me what he can do to make me feel better.

My son has a kind heart. That is what the school directress told me. My son had a kind heart.

And for someone to tell that to me, makes me wonder what have I done to deserve such child.

Proud Mama Moment.
Love you Mato.

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These were taken after Martha’s entrance exam in Matthew’s school. Matthew, for merienda, ate 1 pc of chicken + rice, a Twister Toasted and mashed potatoes. Martha ate one bucket of fries and finished her potatoes as well. While she was eating she mustve been really hungry as she told me, “Ma, ang sarap talaga!” I could have laughed so loud!

And chicken trivia for you: Matthew loves chicken skin while Martha only eats the chicken white meat. She doesnt like how the skin tastes in her mouth.

My kids are really easy to please, really. They don’t have the notion on what are nice restaurants and rarely demand toys they want (They are more of I see it I want it, but if I dont see it, I forget about it). So whenever they request things, we try to give it to them. Take note my gauge of giving is them asking for it non stop for 6 months or more That’s my way of knowing if they realllllllly want it. Case in point: Matthew’s PSP and the kids’ new puppy.

Back to how they eat, whenever we go out, we only go to tried and tested restaurants: Jollibee, McDo, Pizza Hut or KFC. Matthew loves rice (like his Dad) that you wont make him happy if I take him to Pancake House or Cafe Breton (which I always want to go to). I see him getting the same risks his Dad and my father-in-law will have, too much cholesterol. This boy can eat two packs of Lapids chicharon in one sitting, same as the princess. They will need medicines to reduce cholesterol when they get older. (At least they are young now).

Oh well, I just hope my kids don’t have diabetic tendencies like me. Judging from their body structure and their eating preferences, I think they go more after their father’s.

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Matthew with his Hawaiian outfit for their Field Demonstration last February (yes, I am that late with my updates, bear with me):

He is turning 10 this year and in two to three years, his male hormones will be in full force. I would love to hope that he gets my skin or else I would be on the lookout for the best acne treatment there is. It’s a good thing that his godmother would be a practicing dermatologist by then. It would not get THAT expensive.

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Finally, Matthew got his PSP last New Year’s:

It was reward for him for being such a god boy at school and for bearing with Martha all these times. Heehee.

So he basically does nothing but play with it, inside or outside the house.

(At home | At Starbucks)

No he doesnt play with it 24/7. He needs to charge it, you know . We just have one rule: Do not let grades suffer and be a good boy and it continues to stay with him even on weekdays. Meanwhile, the husband, as crazy as he is about getting a PSP of his own, just spends time in the gym working out (naks!). He told me to check out some supplements at http://www.proteinpowder.net and see if they are legit.

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So my first baby is nine. Time flies.

The holidays always never officially starts AFTER Matthew’s birthday. I never wrap presents before his birthday, simply because I want to get excited for his birthday first.

For his birthday, he wanted two things: a trip to Enchanted Kingdom and a PSP. Unfortunately, he didn’t get neither (But he got the PSP as a Christmas gift!) but he was able to get his other wish: PIZZA ALL DAY.

December 20th after my retreat we went to Yellow Cab at 10 in the evening to eat pizza (which we finished – us four, thank you very much. With side dishes!). On his birthday we had Pizza Hut for lunch, and thankfully, he let me buy him chocolate cake so I can take pictures . He also was able to offer his singing voice as part of the choir during Simbang Gabi – perfect thanksgiving!

Some pictures (notice Edil lost weight, as of the moment he is back to gym to make muscle again, this time no bodybuilding supplements!)

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I never knew how much love my heart could hold, until someone called me “Mommy” – I became a Mommy today, nine years ago! Happy Birthday Matthew!

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“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT’S relativity.” ~ Albert Einstein

My son and I had a discussion on time and relativity last week. He is the type who asks what time is it every 15 minutes, especially when we are travelling. He asks what time  he got up, how long is cooking time for his favorite dinner and would often keep the timer of a movie on so he can see how long the movie was. He wants to measure everything by minutes and admittedly, that’s one of his obsessive-compulsions: He needs to stick around a rigid schedule or else he would feel like the day is a complete waste of time.

So we told him we would give him a watch so he would stop pestering us each time asking what time it is – which then brought us to the question, how does one measure time? And when fazed with a question like that, how do YOU answer that?

Frequency Control Devices are what would have done the trick. Being the nerd that I am, I actually researched about it and found out that timepieces, like radios, need crystal oscillators which look like this:

These actually stabilize everything, making sure timepieces clock away every second without losing any beat.

And you might also be amazed to discover that these devices are used in computer peripherals, industrial instrumentation, oil drilling, geothermal, commercial space, LAN/WAN, optical networks, process controls, telecommunications and wireless products!

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