Our Saturday QT (Quality Time)

I've mentioned here before in my previous blog post how we usually spend our weekend. So last weekend, after I went home from my halfday of work (yeah,yeah i'm not that workaholic,nagkataon lang na may Saturday office talaga kami!) So,instead of malling or going somewhere we just stayed in our house and do the usual movie marathon mode (kinda laidback) with my 2 boys. as usual,we watched Xian's fave cartoons. Then after that he showed to us his latest dance moves, which made me and hubby laugh at the same time proud of our Xian's new antics.

Being in our kulitan and lazy mode,we just ham it up for the camera :)

Xian eating chicharon - hinay hinay anak,macholesterol yan!

Xian with Mommy and Daddy sa background

Xian's uber pouty lips.lol.

 dance,dance baby!

 MULTITASKING:while watching "Chicken Little" at the same time naglilinis ng paa nya.

:)

 feeling mag bf-gf mode.

 Xian's mouth oh so chocolatey! kaamos ng bata :)

kiss daddy,kiss! 

bunch of three :)

 in the mood for playtime

haha,pinagtripan ang tatay nya.

 the love of my life

Then after that,we had this for merienda:

 Black Forest Cake,yummy!

my hubby is a superb cook.he actually cooked this,sumptuous sopas! 

How about you,how did your weekend go? :)

 

Xian's Antics

Dear Habibi,

Few years from now you might stumble upon mommy’s blog and you’ll be able to read this na.I want to share some of your antics with the oddest (but cutest) behavior because when you grow up you may not be able to recall all of them anymore. So let me share some of them while still fresh from mommy’s memory,ayt?

Xian's not crying here,he's just covering his face for "i don't want to have my picture taken" pose :)

~ As early as 14 months old you can already identify different fruits in your wall chart like the basic fruit group of apple,orange,grapes and banana and also know how to count 1,2,3!

~ Your favorite color is LELLOW (yellow) which is later on upgraded to LELLOW BLUE.Ok di ba,astig sa color combination! Kaya lang when we try to ask the color of another thing,your answer is always LELLOW BLUE kahit kulay pula na. In short anak, di ka maka-move on sa fave mong kulay! Hehe.

~ Everytime we ask you about the different animals, you can cite the name of the one we’re asking even we put a twist and rumble the flash cards.

~ You love watching cartoons even though you have already watched it for the nth time yet you still have the same reactions over and over and over again. (You giggle,jump,squeal,amaze and even say “mommy,palit!” when it’s too boring for you)

~ Everytime you want to watch cartoon, you just say “mommy,wa-watch _____________

* fish stands for “Finding Nemo”

* cah stands for “Cars”

* manok stands for “Chicken Little”

* daga stands for “Stuart Little”

* lion/bra (zebra) stands for “Madagascar”

* tei-ger stands for “Kung Fu Panda”(weird no Kung Fu Panda pero si Tigress (Furious 5   member) narecall nya!

* wa-le (parang waley lang! hehe) stands for “Wall-E”

*That’s your keyword and automatic gets na yun ni mommy at daddy what cartoon you like to watch.

~ you super love cookies and bread, whatever it is. You can even finish a pack similar to the appetite of a regular person. You love munching cookies when you’re watching your fave cartoon (anak,eto ang version mo ng popcorn!)

~ you first ever apple of the eye is Morgan, the little girl from the movie “Enchanted” your eyes just twinkle and you try to suppress a smile everytime her cute face appear on the screen.

~ i always say " i love you" to you  then kiss you before i bid goodbye everyday before i go to work. then most of the time as a response,you'll say "love lu mommy" in a very sweet voice.the best!

~ Your two most favorite all time characters are MICKEY MOUSE and of course, LIGHTNING MC QUEEN (Ka-chow!).You’re not fond of Barney.hehe!

Time flies so fast talaga. You're a big boy na. Hay!  Don't rush baby ha? Hindi pa kami sawa ni daddy mo sa pagkabata mo :)

We love you so much!

Xian loves chocolate :)

Eversince chocolate is one of my comfort food, even when I was pregnant with Xian there are times nagke-crave pa din ako (although in moderation naman.pasaway!) No wonder Xian loves chocolate too! Although we allow him to eat every once in a while so that he won’t feel na deprive sya,we make sure na di sya masyado masanay at his age. Once in a blue moon lang dapat. Last weekend I bought him a mickey chocolate character from Goldilocks. After I gave him my pasalubong, he immediately blurted out “wowwwww,mickey!” (in his distinguished cute tone na tipong matagal sila di nagkita ni mickey) then started to indulge in his sweet treat.

We asked him to act and do his pa-cute pose and upon knowing we’re taking pictures of him, he gamely do this:

Oha,game na game bulilit namin ano? Parang ako lang nung bata.chos! 

 

Xian's Photo Entry Won in Reader's Digest Asia's Facebook Page!

"Victory tastes so sweet when it's unexpected"

Being a self-confessed proud momma,can't help not to blog this one :) I'm so happy! It's my younger sister Sol who's the culprit for my current happiness (sweet culprit.hehe) The story is, she send Xian's Christmas photo pala sa Reader's Digest Asia which by the way, as we all know it is a global multi-brand media and marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world and publish 94 magazines, including 50 editions of Reader’s Digest, the world’s largest-circulation magazine and sells approximately 40 million books, music and video products across the world each year ( I got the info in their website,hehe!)

So back to my story,she send the photo few weeks ago (and I'm not aware of it ha,pero ok lang maganda naman ang result) to Reader's Digest Facebook page because that time they have an announcement to everyone to upload picture that depicts Christmas spirit, and so my sister did.After all,the photo was just captured with the usual digital camera not with an SLR.so no big deal,trip trip lang!

Xian's winning entry with the caption "i love Christmas because it reminds me of being a kid, who easily believes in everything, like Santa Claus & miracles” medyo blurry lang sya dito sa blog post ko because I picture the actual photo with my cellphone :)

Then yesterday,my sister posted this in her wall so comment naman ako.

turned out- picture pala ng anak ko yun! so happiness talaga,something unexpected and besides, its Reader's Digest Asia so di ba sinong di maloloka,big deal talaga! :) So we shared the same excitement pero pinigilan ko sarili ko na ibroadcast sa wall ko even kay hubby di ko muna share kagad,baka kase spam eh di mapahiya pa ko di ba? hehe! So after few hours, Reader's Digest Asia finally confirmed and even announce in their wall the winners (makailang ulit ko chineck pangalan ng kapatid ko,hehe! ) CONFIRMED TALAGA,WAGI! very nice ang prize ha,it's Troika Travel watch na nasa courier pa,I'll give the watch na lang to my sis and for me the wonderful experience and recognition with regards to my son's photo entry is enough :) 

   

I googled the Troika watch and more or less,it’s similar to this.kinda nice no?  :)

My plan is ipa-frame winning entry (oo,seryoso!) so that we have something to reminisce when he's a little bit older and this is something he'll surely be proud of. Thank you Reader's Digest Asia for this wonderful experience and Thank you big time Tita Ninang Sol for sending his photo,next time ulit! hehe.I love you! Cheers! :)

 

Funny Hubby Story Part 2

Here's another notable conversations between me and hubby.

Aahhh married life, truly funny sometimes! =)

While we’re at our kitchen and hubby is busy cooking our dinner and I’m in-charge of washing the dishes,all of a sudden he sang JB’s song out of nowhere.

Hubby: “and I was like Baby.Baby,Baby oooh like Baby,Baby, Baby nooo” (while he's still busy in front of our stove lowering the fire)

Me: "like baby, baby,baby ooh I thought you’d always be mine,mine.." (so nakisabay na din ako sa pagkanta nya)

Hubby: meh naman,di na ko naka-solo sa pagkanta eh.

haha,it means wag ko sya sabayan kase moment nya yun!:P


Here's another one.during our email conversation one afternoon.

Me: Daddy, kamusta ka naman dyan sa work? dami ba workloads? don't forget to rest ha.
Hubby: oo mommy, kaya eto coffee break muna. Kakasawa na latte, kaya eto try ko mocca naman.

Me: deh, be careful sa spelling. it’s MOCHA not MOCCA.

Hubby: meh,alam ko naman po.nagmamadali lang kase kaya yun na lagay ko spelling.hehe. love you!

okaaayyy... hmmmm… si hubby ko talaga.No wonder I love him so much! :)

 

Funny Hubby Story Part 1

Allan is one of those people who has really a great sense of humor even when we're still in college.dun nya ata ako nakuha sa mga pacute-cute nya! :) there are times I'm in my most grumpy state of mind and he'll says something out of the blue that will make me laugh and ayun,ok na ulit ako.Here's one super bilis kwento I want to share while we're watching television one lazy afternoon.

Hubby: Alam mo meh, di naman daw dahil sa rayuma kaya ganun maglakad si erap sabi dati sa seminar namin.

Me: oh talaga? pano mo naman nalaman.

Hubby: eh sa seminar nga,naikwento nung facilitator pang-alis boredom ng mga participants.

Me: ahhhh...(my eyes still glued on the tv)

Hubby:alam mo ga kaya daw ganun eh sobra laki daw talaga (tuloy pa din si asawa ko sa trivia nya) 

Me: ng alin?

Hubby: alam mo na,yung ano nya.may NERNIA ata yun.

Me:  deh,bakit naman napasok ang Chronicles of Narnia kay Erap?

Hubby: eh hindi naman yun sinasabi ko,NERNIA nga! luslos sa tagalog! (ayan,in-emphasize na kase feeling nya di magets ng kausap nya)

Me: ahhhh,HERNIA naman yun deh.

Hubby: oo yun na nga yun!

hahaha! Kalowka tong asawa ko talaga! 

 

My New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year everyone!

It's been two weeks since my last blog post.blame it on the holiday season that I'm so busy that I don't have time to visit my blog site.hehe! I have a lot of things I have in mind that I want to write but I don't know where to start.hmmmm... Well,maybe I should start it with my New Year's Resolution since it's the start of another year, the start of making new promises. So, as a tradition, here's my New Year's resolution for 2011.

• Upgrade my cooking skills. I know how to cook the simpler ones like sinigang,adobo,nilaga and other recipes even without the help of a cook book (well,sometimes!)  but having a husband who's a superb cook,nachallenge naman lalo ako.
• Learn how to drive. I want to learn how to drive,seriously.well,Allan taught me before but after that, I wasn't able to put it into practice since I need to have my eyeglasses muna since I'm farsighted at baka makaaksidente ng hindi oras.lagot!,  I remember way back in my first job in 2004 as medical representative, I was required to take up driving, I was so happy to have my student's driver license (yun pa lang ha! what more kaya kung prof na? ) I even took up 1 week driving lesson in one of the driving schools in Lipa. so this time 2011, I hope serious na talaga.
• Spend some quality time with the hubby. 2010 is all about our Xian that hubby and I forgot to take care of our relationship and missed the spontaneous dates we have way back in our bf-gf days.  Everything is tagged as Family Day although it's really a good family bonding for us.but you know,a date every two weeks na kami lang talaga won't hurt.(Xian anak,ok lang naman di ba?) I want 2011 to have more dates for me and hubby.
• Family Vacation. Hopefully kahit every 2 months we'll try to go to places we've never been and explore other locations that Xian will enjoy especially now that he's not a baby anymore. So kelangan magtipid para ma-achieve! :)
• Never sweat the small stuff. I'm such a worrywart and sometimes OC even in the simplest things that I sometimes go overboard with my worrying so to rid myself of more stress I'm making 2011 worry-free for me. Good luck to myself.
• Study again. It's been 6 years after I graduated from college and it's really my plan to continue my studies to Professional Education then eventually have my Master's Degree. For this year, hopefully kahit ilang units lang muna.
• Save more,splurge less. This is all about managing the finances wisely inorder to achieve our plans. 
• Stick to my plans for 2011. 'nuff said.Goodluck naman saken! :)