Princess Sophia @ 1

My 2 kids just missed a magical birthday party of Princess Sophia last October 17 at Diamond Hotel’s Diamond Ballroom. Something came out and it saddens me not able to come to attend the party and see old friends too. Princess Sophia who just celebrated her 1st birthday is the daughter of a college friend Shiela. Anyways, here’s a slide for you Princess Sophia and you may consider it as a gift from your far away Tita Crissy.

1st Placer in a Declamation Contest

Just want to share my happiness with my son's winning. My son Justin had a program at school last September 9. Interested students can wear a costume from fairy tale characters, superheroes, etc. Also, there will be talent search for singing, dancing and declamation contest. Aside from the costume, Justin was one of the contestants in the declamation contest. His teacher picked him and gave “The Choo-Choo Train” as their declamation piece.

It’s gonna be his first time to join such a contest and I am not really so sure if he will do it on stage. Anyway I taught him the piece and the actions. After all the hard work it paid off when he won the 1st Place for the Declamation Contest.

Next time, it will be a bit easier for me to train him because he had experience already and the award gave him inspiration and boost his morale to do more.

MyUnjumble.com: A jumble word solver

My daughter had this take home activity sheet in her Language subject. It consists of 10 items and you need to deal with different approaches to make it a sentence. Items 1 – 9 are kind of easy but we got troubled with item no. 10.

Given:               10.   Nbur eth plan persap dan trepors fo eth spat.

Answer:                    Burn the plan papers and reports of the past.

We are puzzled with the jumbled words “persap” and “spat” to make everything with sense. Glad I met this website, http://www.myunjumble.com/default.asp. It is a jumble solver wherein when you type a jumbled word it will give you list of possible words it may represents.

Proficiency Enhancement Program (PEP)

My daughter is part of her school’s Proficiency Enhancement Program (PEP) for Grade 4. In her level, there are 3 subjects for this program namely Math, English and Science. I am proud of her because she was included in all those 3 PEPs. I understand that it would mean a much advance topics and she really needs to give more time and deeper understanding.

Every Math, English and Science time, students that are members of the PEP will go in a different room to spend their advance learning. They are being required to have a clear book where they will place all the activities and materials that will be given.

So far my daughter is still adjusting to her schedule from half-day to whole day school time. It’s a bit hard considering the additions of the 3 programs. But like what I’ve always telling her study is just a matter of spending quality time. For students, there are little sacrifices they need to do like taking off from watching TV and playing if necessary to give more time in their studies. It is not always like that especially if a student will establish and practice a good study habit.

Kids @ Enchanted Kingdom

Last May 16, my kids together with their cousins went to Enchanted Kingdom. It was actually a treat for their recently ended school year 2009-2010. All of them got high grades and 2 of them had medals. That was the first part of the treat because I promised them also that we will have a day of fun too at Splash Island before the new school year starts.

We arrived before noontime so that they can repeat the rides and enjoy the amusement park completely. At first the park is not crowded. The line is manageable and kids really able to ride and ride and ride. Not until people started to get in and the short line becomes long. But in general, kids were able to ride almost all the rides available to them.

We ended up our visit by past 6pm so we can all return home early. Everybody was tired and the kids fell asleep on our way home. After Enchanted Kingdom, they are excited and can’t wait for our Splash Island Day.

Happy birthday Nicole!

My girl just turned 10 today. Time flies so fast that my little girl now starts aging and sees those physical developments in her. Is mommy afraid? Actually it is a mix of emotions. I am happy for her because at her young age she achieved awards for herself at school. Since Nursery up to Grade 3, she maintained to be Top 1 on those levels except Grade 2 where she ended up at Top 3. But like what I’ve always told her, those medals are bonus for her hard work. What matters most is that she understands well what she is studying. I am a bit afraid though because kids at young age nowadays already have early crushes. Do I like that? I find it a bit normal but I always tell my daughter to focus first on her studies. It is normal to have crushes but not too serious for now. LOL.

Happy birthday Nicole! Papa and Mama just want you to study hard, be a good girl and learn the good things for your own advantage. Together with Justin, we are always here to support and love you. God bless and guide you always.

Chinese General Hospital

I gave births to my Nicole and Justin on the same hospital, Chinese General Hospital. Yes we do live at Montalban, Rizal but my family is in Tondo so days before my due dates I came back home together with my things. With Nicole I find it hard because I am not used to be in a hospital. But I fought my fear and replaced it with excitement to see our first born.

I gave births to Nicole past 12nn of Friday on May 12, 2000 and past 5pm, Sunday on April 18, 2004 for Justin. Both deliveries are normal. Ohhh! It was really tough but thanks to my OB-GYNE for doing a great job.

Meet my boy, Justin Michael

When our girl turns 3, hubby and I planed to have a baby boy. We sought the net for some help on ways where I can conceive a boy. We wanted to have 2 kids, a boy and a girl. God is so good to us that he granted our wish. Past 5:00 in the afternoon of April 18, 2004, I gave birth to my second angel Justin Michael. He weighs 8.1 pounds and I really almost got caesarian delivery. He just turned 6 last April 18.

I am not working anymore when I got pregnant the second time. My daughter started her schooling that time and I am dealing with my pregnancy. I could say that I am more at ease and relax with my second pregnancy and everything went well to just like my first one. With the same ob-gyne, Dr. Valen Co of Chinese General Hospital, I gave birth on a Sunday afternoon. The labor is still painful but this time it is for a short span.

Justin is of Latin origin meaning “just, upright, righteous” while Michael is a Hebrew origin name meaning “who resembles God?” He started schooling at Virgen del Pilar School and an incoming Preparatory student this 2010-2011 school year. He may not be like her Ate for now who is a consistent honor student but his grades are great. He only got 1 line of 8 and the rest are 90 above.

Justin is kind of sweet and charming but has short temper.

Meet my daughter, Ysabel Nicole

She was born May 12, 2000, a Friday, at 12:11 noontime. My first born is a baby girl. Hubby and I are both excited upon knowing my pregnancy nine months after our wedding. It’s a mixed emotion of happiness and fear. Happiness on the fact that the much awaited pregnancy is here and soon we will have our first angel in the house. A feeling of fear on how the pregnancy will be and the baby.

The pregnancy went well. I was working that time in a radio network company. On the first 3 months, it’s kind of hard to wake up in the morning but I do not vomit. I love eating nuts, fish and veggies but not so much of chicken, pork and meat. On the fourth month and onwards everything went manageable. With my ob-gyne, Dr. Valen Co, I gave birth at Chinese General Hospital that Friday noon. The labor time is quite long since it is my first pregnancy and the pain was really excruciating. But the pain and the hardships were gone after seeing my baby girl.

Her name is Ysabel Nicole. Ysabel (from Isabel) is a Spanish origin name which means “consecrated to God” while Nicole is a Greek origin name meaning “people of victory.” She is turning 10 this May 12 and an incoming Grade 4 student at St. Matthew College. She started her schooling at Virgen del Pilar School from Nursery to Preparatory where she is a consistent TOP 1 student from the said three levels. We transferred her to St. Matthew College as incoming Grade 1 on 2007. In this school, she was able to maintain her honors and continue doing well on her studies.

This is our Nicole, Ysabel to some friends and teachers.