Beat That

Denden and I have been busy the past few nights.  Playing with the Logos Quiz on the iPad   It was just him playing and I was just watching.  Because I know he's good at these.  He knows everything.  We call him our Mr. Google.  We turn to him if we didn't know the meaning of a word.

Some of the logos that I know, of course he knew.  But most logos, I didn't know and of course, he knew.  I admit, I'm pretty amazed.  He didn't want to cheat and he took his time looking at each picture, skipping if didn't know right away. He won't use hints and even if I tell him to search it already, he wouldn't give up.

Then he came across this one picture.  He didn't know what was it and he asked if I knew.  I was surprised that he didn't.  I took the Ipad from him and typed the answer.  (Look on the lower part of the picture.)  Haha!  This time, it was him who was amazed.  Beat that! 

Folding Plastic

I had been told that I am an O.C. a couple of times: obssessive-compulsive in some ways.   The way our room is cleaned, how our stove top should be washed after dinner, how clothes are folded before being kept in the closet.  One classic example is folding plastic bags into small triangles before storing them.  I like to do these especially after grocery shopping.  That way, it doesn't look cluttered and it saves space.

I just like to think that I am just organized and I like things in order.  I want my surroundings clean.  Well, not just clean, it has to be cleaned in my own-systematic way.  That will assure me that it is indeed clean. Haha.

With a baby soon to dominate the floors of our house,  there's no harm being a little O.C., right?

Planner for 2012

Every December, I look forward for the annual Starbucks planner. Since 2006, I have been collecting and using their planner. I didn't mind drinking lots of coffee almost everyday. It's not only for the planner, if I may say so. With every drink comes a story, maybe a serious bonding, a personal talk or a light conversation, with smiles and laughter, with whomever you're with: loved ones, special friends and family.

This year is different. I have prohibited myself from drinking coffee for seven months now. And I cannot take in, too much sweets because I'm pregnant (and diabetic.).

Luckily, I have the bestest baby sister who volunteered to get the planner for me. She said she'll do it not only for me but also because of her first niece, Euen. And after nine Christmas drinks and eight regular drinks, I got my planner the other day.

I may have missed the stories from every drink. But there will definitely be an additional character to my 2012 Starbucks Planner. Thanks MamaCherub. We love you.

Ikoy's Drawing of our Family

My sister got her Starbucks organizer early. She had too because she promised she'll be the one to collect stickers for me since I am avoiding caffeine and sweets this year.

She asked Ikoy to draw a picture of our family on the first page of the Starbucks Planner. Here is his masterpiece.


- Papa's frowning.
- His drawing of himself is sooo cute.
- Shashing is a princess with a crown and a nice stripped stockings. He said because she's thin and pretty.
- KS is just the way we imagine KS.
- Denden just had his usual-bald-haircut then, thus the dots on his hair.
- Bamba is carrying Mama Cherub. We told him we were jealous of how he drew Shashing and our faces just looked like the faces of the Angry Birds.
- Can you imagine what I look like? He said, it wasn't only me, I had a big tummy that's why he drew me like that and because Baby Euen is inside my tummy.

This is how he imagined our family. And I love that he considers Euen a part of our family already. That's is why I so love this little boy.

Happy Tummy

To due insistent sister's bright idea and to cheer up baby sister who's been sad the past few days, they made this to my tummy and we all had a good laugh. This is how my tummy looks like at 17 weeks. Denden was afraid of how my belly button looked like so I wanted to show my sisters during our chat conversation, there was no webcam so we just took a picture and sent to it her.

My happy baby inside my smiley tummy also wanted to greet my hubby a happy four years today.

Mission Accomplished

Since we decided the Singapore trip was just us, sisters, I left Denden with some tasks to do at home. After all, it was a two-day Holiday, thus, the four day long weekend.

I thought that it would be the best time to change the laminate flooring in our bedroom, into tiles. I knew I wouldn’t be too good in handling laminate flooring because of the water spills, the unwaterproofed firewall during the first few months, and windows that I always forget to close during rainy season. So the solution was to change them into tiles. I knew this will be hardwork that I wouldn’t mind missing. The “walk-in closet system” had to be removed, our bed had to be disassembled, baseboards removed, then the laminate flooring. We chose the wood-looking rectangular tiles from Mariwasa with a darker color. After the installation, everything should be brought back to its old place.

I had to give Denden three-stars because it was a mission accomplished for him. Thus our bedroom looks brand new.

Bagong Gupit

We got jealous of Yoquito's new haircut that's why we decided to go with the heat wave of summer. It is indeed starting to get hot nowadays.

Denden's growing his hair for a few months now and I must admit, I missed his "no-hair" look. So when he said it was hot and wanted to shave his head, I "seconded" the motion and got the electric shaver.

As for me, after more than a year, and the free haircut coupon I got, I went to the salon and got my usual, short, a little below the ears, haircut.

With this summer welcome, heads up to higher electric bills!

Plants vs Zombies

Just documenting the longest I've been to Plants vs Zombies Survival:Endless. Yes, I've been addicted to this game for some time.
Note1: I did not play this in one sitting. I've been saving the game for a few months and just played when I had nothing else to do.
Note2: I did not cheat. I did not have unlimted sun.

The Cars Party

1. Cars Cake
2. Balloons
3. Banner
4. Pabitin
5. Pinata
6. Games
7. Lootbags
8. The Cars costumes
9. Playmates
10. Friends
11. Family
12. Jollibee chicken and spaghetti
13. More food
14. Ice cream and fondue

All for the love of Iko, the happiest Lightning McQueen, still and always our baby.

Lightning McQueen’s request

IKO: Pwede ba ako magbirthday party sa bahay ganda nuni?
NUNI: Anong bang gusto mo sa birthday mo?
IKO: Cars na cake.

For his fourth birthday, we wanted to give him more than the Cars cake. A birthday party with our very own CARS costume. Made from cardboard and poster paint, each us of had our own character. Of course, Iko is Lightning McQueen, Papa is Doc Hudson, MamaCherub is Sally while Bamba is The King. Denden and Kuya Shosh are the front and back of Mack. Shashing is Mater and I was Guido.

We spent the last three weekends designing, cutting and taping. And the painting. And here is our finished product. Iko had his share of making the Cars. And we were all excited for his birthday.

Container-addict

One of my favorite kitchen things is a gift that we received from our wedding, a set of Pyrex Rectangle Dish. Among my many addictions, this one I’ll admit, I am a container-addict. I like to buy jars, air-tight containers in all sizes and shapes. Primary uses for me: for keeping food in the refrigerator, or frozen meat in the freezer, or for packed lunches. I especially liked the Pyrex Sets because aside from being used for storage, I use it as a serving dish as well. And so last week, when we were in Eastwood, we got two smaller sets for a fair price. yey!

Grass-head

Once a month, when his hair starts to look like a grass-head, that is the time that I get to cut his hair. Well, shave his hair is the more suitable term. Thinking that this saves money and time to go the barbershop, we retired the old electric shaver and purchased a new one lately. Complete with all the “gadgets,” I play Dennis’ personal stylist, or plainly, his barber, for thirty minutes to an hour until he becomes bald again. Not sure if we really get to save electricity but this is one of things I enjoy doing.

The last time, Lij and Josh were there and they took pictures as they watched Dennis turn into his normal-no-hair -look from being a grass-head.

Saturday Night Club

Everytime we pick up Ikoy on Saturday mornings, he would always ask the same question. “Tutulog ba tayo sa bahay ganda nuni?” In an excited, yet, "please-fully" manner, you couldn’t say no. So my sisters and their better halves are all in for the sleepover. Thus, the birth of the Saturday Night Club.






Ikoy has a different set of toys for every house and so he looks forward to playing with Woody and the 101 Dalmatians. He wouldn’t stop playing with Casper, Cotton and Ginger to the point that the dogs themselves, will hide from him. He also likes taking a bath on the shower and would make each of us smell him afterwards claiming, “Lilo ako sa ulan.”

We? We just look forward to every weekend with him. Aside from the coffee, dessert, home cooked brunches, I look forward to a house with more than two people on weekends. And spending quality time with my sisters.