diner dash

addict ako dito. may registered version pa ko from rudney! thanks bey! mwah!

stay-at-home-mom

 

 

 

What Will I Be?
By Cheryl Kremer

After twenty years of working full-time, I found myself with an opportunity to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mom. As I faced this decision, I felt the stirrings of longing to be more of a mother than a career woman. My seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son had grown up in the daycare system since they were both six-weeks old. At the time, I never felt any regret in handing my children over to them each morning. I had a great job that I loved and had worked my way up to being the Assistant to the Vice-President of Sales at an Internet company.

I decided to resign and begin my new job as a full-time mom, but it felt strange to lose this part of my identity. The first time I needed to fill out an application for online banking, I came to the line that asked my occupation. I stared at it, not wanting to write “N/A.” Ultimately, I threw the application away, rather than label myself as a “non-worker.” I continued to struggle with this feeling. However, after a few months of waiting at the bus stop, volunteering in the classroom, and making good dinners, I began to get into the whole idea. My daughter was in school, but my son Cobi was with me all day. For the first time in his life, I was all his. We rollerbladed, took walks, played soccer and made crafts. He thrived on this alone time with me and I began to see what I had missed.

One day as we kicked the ball in the park, Cobi looked up at me and said, “Mommy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?”

“A professional soccer player?” I asked.

“No,” he smiled at me. “I want to be a stay-at-home mom.”

My heart melted. I’ve never looked back since.

mother’s day gift

sarap ng feeling kapag tinatawag ka ng mommy ng baby mo, sa case ni johann “mamammy”. may name na ko sa wakas. gandang mother’s day gift…

barney

i don’t like barney. ewan ko ba. siguro kse nakakatakot itsura nya. mukha syang monster. di ko nga alam bakit daming bata gusto sya. one time we went sa market!market! with cora, ken and cianna. they bought a barney stuff toy for cianna. tapos nasabi ko na mukhang monster c barney aba binitawan agad ni cianna. from then on careful na ako sa pagsabi nun. baka kse katakutan naman sya.

nakakatawa naman ng first time mapanood ni johann si barney, dun yun sa house nila cora, aba di matanggal sa tv ang mata ni johann. kahit harangan ko eh hanap sya ng way para makapanood.

kainis nga eh, di ako naging successful sa pag block kay barney kay johann. nagkaroon ng barney sa local channel kaya ayun pinapanood nila ng mga cousins ko. then may nabili cd si mama na nasa zoo c barney, like nya sobra, isip ko na lang na its because of the animals and hindi si barney. sa ngayon dami nya nang cd ng barney, libre kse sa enfagrow… haay…

friends

with his good friends… though he like jollibee better…

fontana weekend

first time mag-swimming ni johann sa pool nung feb 19 (a week after ng bday party nya). we went sa fontana with rudney’s msf4ever friends and family so daming kids. 4 pretty girls and 1 malikot na boy (c johann yun). it was also my first time to go there. i thought malapit yung house sa pool yun pala di cla nakakuha dun sa compound mismo ng fontana wala na kseng available. oks lang kse laki naman ng house 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and fully furnished pa sya. pero pag tingnan mo sa labas parang di kmi kasya.

anyways, late na kmi nakapunta sa pool kaya malamig na yung tubig. buti na lang bago ko nilubog c johann nilagyan sya ni liezel ng body warming oil. di ko alam na meron pala nun. lumipat kmi dun sa parang river para magamit yung dala naming salbabida. isang ikot lang kami na mabilis kse nangangatog c johann. so after nun binalot namin sya sa towel. rest muna kami. then dun naman kmi sa pool na may wave (pero malayo kmi dun sa wave). upo lang sya dun and nag-splash lang sya ng water. nung gabi nagkantahan sila sa house. may dalang magic sing si corix, kmi ni johann nag-sleep na.

the next day maaga kmi nag-walk dun sa loob ng village. pinuntahan namin yung monument na malapit. we stayed the whole day sa house. tapos ligpit na ng things. before we went home, punta kmi sa office ng fontana to buy souvenir shirt for johann and pasyal dun sa park sa likod ng office. then uwian na.

here’s our pictures

holy week

since half day kmi nung holy wednesday, sundo ako ni ate jhing, mama and johann sa office kse we’re going to tagaytay. borrow nila sasakyan ni papa para di maiinip c johann sa byahe, manood sya ng mga vcd nya. 2pm na kmi nag-meet sa robinsons kse natagalan ako sa bank. we went first sa pink sisters, visit kmi sa church, nag-pray tapos nagpa-picture (of course). lakad takbo c johann dun. bawal maingay dun sigaw sya ng sigaw.

after nun we went sa leslies para mag-dinner. habang wait namin food eh di syempre takbo ng takbo na naman c johann dun stage nila dun sa overlooking, ako naman habol ng habol… hayy… then we had coffee at starbucks

black saturday naman, we went swimming sa club manila east with ate liaa. di kami nakakuha ng cottage kse late na kmi dumating so nag-rent na lang kmi ng tables and chairs.

dun nasunog yung likod ko. eh kse ba naman 1pm ata kmi nag-swimming tapos bina-block ko yung sun para di masyado mangitim c johann. ganda tuloy ng likod ko. sad nga lang kse nung pauwi kmi nadulas si liaa sa cr. ang laki ng bukol nya kya nauna cla umalis para ipa-check up. nga pala she doesn’t want to be reminded of her bukol ha.

view our pictures here and here