I don’t know about your family/clan, but in mine, September is the birthday season. We have at least 7 family members who are celebrating birthdays this month. But this is just based on Facebook, so the count could be more.
Statistically, September has the highest rate of births per day in Philippine hospitals compared to the [...]
When Nate was younger (and a lot smaller), he used to love listening to classical music while sleeping. I’d play a Mozart CD or that free classical baby CD I got from a milk company rep when I was working for the pharma industry. The soothing piano music lulled him to sleep, and he’d snooze [...]
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Back in April, my family took a 10-day break in Baguio. But somehow the trip took a wrong turn when, one by one, my family (my kids, nephew, nieces, sister, dad) began getting sick with what appeared to be gastroenteritis. I believe it was food- or water-borne.
I had so many plans, so many places in [...]
While I was writing this article for WMN.ph, I suddenly missed having a small baby! My three kids are, well, still kids, but far from the little babies they once were.
My youngest little boy is not so little anymore. Looking at this photo, where he looked so angelic and cuddly, I find myself wishing I [...]
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Having an allergic child in the home is not easy. But we have somehow gotten used to it and we are all coping well.
I use “we” because the management of skin asthma is a family effort.
We don’t eat the food that Nate is allergic to. (At least not in front of him, anyway, hehe.) Food [...]
Yesterday, I suddenly missed home and craved for igado – a comfort food for me. So I decided to whip it up for dinner.
Igado is a classic Ilocano dish that’s a staple during our family gatherings. For me, the best igado is done by my Mama. Hers is always a hit.
The pork, liver and heart, along [...]
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My kids (and hub) have a dream pet…
Though my kids have been asking for a pet dog, I know it is really not their “dream” pet. Fish? Definitely not, because it seems like the excitement over the aquarium has faded. The aquarium was hub’s idea, but guess who ended up taking care of it?? (So yeah, [...]
And checking it twice…
thrice…
four times…
One afternoon, as soon as we arrived at home from school, V got one of her old notebooks and began scribbling some stuff. I really wasn’t paying attention.
All through the evening, she kept going back to her scribbles. I got curious, of course. So nosy iMom decided to check it out…
This [...]
Everytime I tell my children stories of my high school days - how fun it was, while, at the same time, unusual – they can’t help asking if they could study in that school too.
It was fun because we had so much activities – camping, cultural plays, Christmas Cantatas, the grandest and most unique (at [...]
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VGood’s and MagNate’s birthdays are only a week apart. In the past two years, we’ve been celebrating the double birthdays with out-of-town trips. Incidentally, both were at Subic (well yes, it’s one of our fave places).
This year, due to time and budget constraints, their birthdays were celebrated simply with the ceremonial birthday candle blowing and [...]
Continue reading about Two Birthdays In A Row and A Granted Wish
