Calendar Girl

I am officially a calendar girl now. Haha!

Little Lady

During the pictorial in the school. Pictures will be included in their folio that will be given with their report card and certificate during their moving on ceremony.

Troy

That's the name of their new brother.

Just kidding.

It's the new member of the family, a gray Montero that replaced our beloved Zach, the Honda City. We wanted a car that has enough space for the four of us and the things that we bring when we go out. We wanted a car where there's space for Gabbie when she falls asleep on board. But most importantly, we wanted a car that can survive the usual flood that happens during the rainy season.

So here he is, with his cute and happy (to have him) models.

Practice writing

Tomorrow will be the last day of Gabbie's final exams. But it will just be Writing and Computer so we're not that stressed to review, except for a little practice in writing her name, the alphabet and the numbers.

After she wrote those, I thought I should give her more, something that could also practice her "copying" skills. So I made her copy my breastfeeding calendar message on the pad paper.

She almost did it perfectly, except for some missing letters and the last word that she intentionally did not complete because "there will be no more space" for something else that she thought of writing.

When she showed it to me, instead of feeling disappointed at the misspelled words and crooked strokes, I was touched with what she had written at the end of her piece. She showed it to me proudly, accompanied with a hug. Isn't this the sweetest thing to receive from your five-year old? :)

Daddy's Little Girl

Last night she said she has a song for daddy. I thought its 'the man who cant be moved' but when i asked her to sing it, the lyrics went "i miss you daddy... I love you daddy... Why do you have to go to Germany... I love you forever... Daddy..."

Then earlier, after our bedtime story, I told her to sleep already. She said she didnt want to close her eyes.

Because she's "gonna miss daddy".

Pastime

Since Gabbie was small, she's been exposed to a lot of books of different kinds- picture books, coloring books, story books, drawing and even musical and a few activity or work books. So she grew up "reading" and actually started reading when she just turned four.

Now its the same with Rafa. When she's not hungry, sleepy or wet, I usually find her sitting in corner flipping through the pages of her board books. Sometimes she reads magazines and her Ate's books. Sometimes I find them sitting side by side deeply engrossed with their own reading materials.

I will not be surprised if Rafa too starts to read at a very young age.

That is a habit that would be hard to break.

Look alikes :)

These are Gabbie's pictures taken in a studio a few weeks after she turned one. I intentionally kept this cute shirt that she was wearing (given to her on her birthday by her Ninang) for Rafa.

Yesterday, four years later, we brought Rafa to the same studio wearing the same shirt.

Then put their pictures side by side for us to spot the difference (except for the teeth and hair clip/head band).

Hehe.

Gabbie Moments

One afternoon after Gabbie's school, we stopped at Sally's goto to have meryenda. But there was no more goto (how ironic) so we ended up having mami (for her) and pancit palabok (for me).

While she was having a great time with her chosen food, I was struggling to finish mine. When there was about two spoonfuls left on my plate, I put the fork down and pushed the plate a little away from me.

G: Mommy, you still have more.
Me: I don't like na, Anak.
G: Mommy, if you buy (bought) it, you finish it, Ok?
Me (laughing real hard): Ok!

So I finished my palabok... against my tastebuds' will.


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When I was about to pay for our pamasahe in the jeep, Gabbie grabbed my arm and said, "I'll be the one, Mommy, I'll be the one!"

I asked her if she knew what to tell the manong driver and she said yes.

G: Manong, bayad po, one lang po ha, sa.... Market!

I blushed.

Time to declutter?

This built in cabinet was made in November. I was able to dispose some of the kids' stuff in time for the N@W party. But during Rafa's birthday, Christmas and even Gabbie's 5th, they got another load full of toys, books, and other things they don't necessarily use.

So I' thinking of de-cluttering again, to make space for the art activities that I'm planning to do with Gabbie in summer.

After The Flu

She caught the virus from somewhere a few days before Christmas. She was on medication for a week, due to cough, colds and fever. When the fever was gone, there came rashes. I texted the pedia, she said no need to go back because it was just roseola virus, or tigdas hangin. After three or so days, the rashes were gone.

Then it was Ate Gabbie's turn. She got the virus. And she was given antibiotics. The day before she stopped taking paracetamol, the ball was back to Rafa. For a week she had fever, cough and colds. An eruption of molar tooth contributed to the little girl's agony. The once matakaw baby suddenly lost her appetite. She would only feed on mommy, and giving her medicines was such a struggle. We brought her back to the pedia and she was also given antibiotics. But thank God, after a couple of doses, she started getting up and playing. Then she was back to eating rice and pasta, minus the sauce.

To date, she's still taking antibiotics and something for her cough, but the fever is already gone. She' back to dancing and making kulit already. And picking her own food from the cabinet, and giggling, laughing and even singing.

Thank God.