They're Growing Up!

We were strolling in a mall one Sunday afternoon when I noticed my sons as they walked ahead of me. They have grown up and I didn't even noticed it.



My eldest son's already responsible to take care of his siblings.

There are times when they wanted to go out with their friends. (without me tagging along). At first I have hesitations, because for me, they will always be my babies. And babies need their mothers. But, in the end, I still gave them my permission.


I know there are a lot of things they should learn especially now that they're growing up. But, as their mother, I still want to hold-on to them. I wanted to be with them in every step of the way. I wanted to know what they're doing in every minute, second of their lives. Reality is...... I can't be!

Experience is still the best teacher. I only pray and hope that the values they've learned and continue learning from us, as parents and as friends, will guide them through.

Hope and pray that they'll grow up to be GOOD men.

Mommy Moments - Nutrition Tips

I am glad that my kids loves to eat fish and white chicken meat. My problem is that they are not so fond in eating fruits and vegetables. They only eat banana, apple and mango and watermelon (for my youngest son). I let them drink fruit juices to compensate for their lack of fruit intake. For vegetables, I make soup out of different kinds of vegetables. If they wont eat the veggies, I compromise with just taking a sip of it.



Since they are bringing pack lunches is school, they mostly like to bring nuggets (fish, chichen, or pork). Instead of giving them nuggets which are readily available, I try to make our own nuggets. We buy ground chicken or lean pork and make our own nuggets. I let them watch me do it and taste if its okay with them. Now, there's this new trend wherein nuggets have bacon and/or cheese. I'll try to make those variety as well.



My youngest always puts egg in his rice. So, his lunchbox always consists of rice mix with egg and a choice of either chicken, fish, or lean meat. He loves tuna so much, especially if its tuna omelet!

Water, I let them drink plenty of water. You'll know if they're short of water when their skin starts to dry up.

We will have a long weekend and I'll try making a menu while they're here at home.

Mommy Moments - Filipino Ako

Hello there, mommies! I hope I'm not sooooo late in posting my entry for our MM: Filipino Ako.

Here's the photo of my youngest son when he was still in pre-school. Celebrating the "Linggo ng Wika" week. He is dancing the "Maglalatik" (if I still remember right).



They also danced the "Tinikling"



Now, he's in Grade 2, their celebration include that they memorize the song "Ang Bawat Bata" sung originally by Apo Hiking Society but revived by Aikee.



I still have to look for its lyrics...

My two "tweens", on the otherhand, says they were asked to composed a tagalog poem which they've done already but won't show it to me. (I'll post it when they've allowed me to get hold of it.)

We're all proud to be pinoy! FILIPINO KAMI!!!

My Choices

I got hooked up with my new-found site, Family Friend Poems, where I can showcase my hidden desire to write poems.

I cannot resist sharing with you a poem of a 17-year old girl which hit me straight in my heart. It goes this way...

I am

Let me make a few things absolutely, perfectly, crystal clear.
I am not a writer.
I am not a poet.
I am not a singer.
I am not a musician.
I am not a sister.
I am not a daughter.
I am not a friend.
I am not an outsider.
I am not a stranger.
I am not a reader.
I am not a sinner.
I am not a teacher.
I am not a student.

I am not all of these things either collectively, or separately.
But what I am, what I know for sure I am, is alive
I am human, and I am alive.
I am wrong at times
I am failure itself
I am determination itself
I am the apple that fell from the tree
I am the drop that fell from the cloud
I am the thought you let slip away.
I am human, and I am alive.
I am everything I need to be, but not everything I want

I am a woman.
I am a girl.
And I am, and will be, whatever I choose.

This poem made me think back of the choices I made with my life and why I made those choices ... Why did I choose to be a wife? Why did I choose to be a mother? Why did I choose to quit my job and be a full-time mom? Why? Because I am human and a woman who choose to be alive. And all these choices keeps me alive! With God's grace, I'm alive! And happy!

I thank the author of this poem, Nicole, for lending me her poem. For making me understand that I made the right choice - "I am everything I need to be, but not everything I want"!

God bless our choices.

Mommy and Me Monday # 7

It's monday once again.

Here's a photo of me with my youngest son when we attended a birthday party at Jollibee. He is showing off one of his toy car collection, a red nissan x-trail.



Our mommy and me monday entry.

Hosted by Krystyn

Harvest Time

We have a garden at the side of our house and we decide to plant some vegetables and herbs and fruit-bearing plants.

Here are some of our harvests:


tomatoes (we already harvested around 20kilos)


eggplants (harvested more than 10pcs already!)

My husband takes care of our plant saying he's talking to them while watering them every morning before he goes to work.



My husband and my kids are now enjoying our garden so much.





There's a lot more to do with our garden but as for now, we are so happy with what it's given us!

Mommy Moments - I am a Daddy

My husband and I planned to have a baby as soon as we're married so our firstborn is a "honeymoon-baby"!


My husband, as he looks on our first child at the nursery
My husband was supportive during my pregnancies. I have three. Excited on what food I would crave on and won't buy anything with dark color! He was so funny! I remember when I ask for "dinugan" he wouldn't let me eat any but when I asked for a "turnip", he buys it at once!

After my pregnancies, he was even more supportive. From naming our babies up to having the registered! He made sure that our babies were registered before I left the hospital!


my husband,carrying our second child
He was just too scary holding our newborn babies. We would place our baby on a pillow before he could carry them. He said they're too fragile.


my husband, on our youngest's baptism
After that phase and our babies started growing, he would make a chant on our babies name (all three of them) when he calls them. Like, "shua-migul" for our eldest, "binbirinbin" for our second, and "phoebo-bo-bo-bo" for our youngest. You will hear him do these chant when he comes home from the office. Even now that our eldest 12yo., he still do these chants.

And I think he will never get tired singing those chants to our kids as long as we're here...