WEDNESDAY re-WIND:Fishing for the first time
Jakob, Beata and Jethro with their first fishing experience with daddy. (Jakob's taken in 2004, Beata and Jethro's this year on my 31st birthday)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
WEEKEND WOWs
Wow, Piiiizzzzzaaaaaa!!!! No party for Jakob's friends this year but we agreed on a pizza lunch for his birthday. So I made some phonecalls to about 3 pizza places looking for the one who can make me the earliest pizza (Jakob and his classmates are counting on it; it's pizza or no lunch for them). And I was getting anxious coz all of them opens at 11:00 am and 11:15 is the earliest pizza pick-up, and Jakob's lunch is at 11:30. Uh-oh! I think I got a problem here :(. So I took my chances, ordered from the nearest pizza place from school and hoped (and prayed) that it'll be ready in time. Went in the pizza place even before 11 am and there's my pizza, ready for the oven so to my relief, I ordered 2 more, making my order a total of 6, 10-slice pizzas. And at 11:15 am I am on my way to school, arrived there even before their lunch time. And it was a blast. They all love it! Not just Jakob's Grades 1,1,3 class but we even get to share them to the teachers and the Kinder and Grades 4,5,6 classes. And I think they were hungry :D; here's why (the other box is still awaiting to be finished by the Kinder kids who are still finishing their lunches from their mommies!)
Wow, Chuck E. Cheese! After school, we took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese's for some fun and games for Jakob's birthday. Jethro was overwhelmed at first, not so sure if he wanted to play but it took him less tahn 5 minutes to convince himself that this is his place to run and play and jump all he wants! We spent about 2 hours and more than 50 tokens in games. They had fun. I was relaxed this time, knowing that my kids are big enought o jump and play and run without me having to run after them all the time. I know it will get better from here (though deep inside I am wishing they would stay as little kids).
Wow, it's a celebration! Our families in Canada joined us on Saturday for Jakob's 8th birthday celebration. Lots of food, lots of laugh! We had a "Give me" game -- anyone who can bring the item asked first, gets to pick a prize from the treat/prize box. Everybody joined the game; this is a nice alternative to "just kids" games in every party. We all had full stomach from all the food (thanks to my in-laws for helping with the food!) and we had enough food to take home...now that's perfect! hehehe.
note: this is a repost. The images in the original post does not show on my blogger edit page and I cannot reorder them so I only placed a few pics here. You can view them all at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80197&id=656876124&ref=mf
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Jakob is 8!!!!
Happy birthday, Jakob! Our firstborn is now a big 8.
He can now officially be out of his booster seat (he was looking forward to that!).
It seems like his first 8 years went by so fast. We love you, son. Our prayer is that you will grow up loving and serving God.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
You've Got Mail!
Jakob gave me a question that I couldn't answer yesterday -- "How come I don't get any mail?". Okay, I can answer it but to answer it in a simple way for an 8 year old (7, turning 8 in 2 days) at an instant seem impossible for me that time. I just told him he's not old enough to get mails, then we never talked about it again for the remainder of the day.And today, when we got home after I picked up Jakob from school, there was something waiting that would bring a smile to Jakob's face. Guess what? You've got mail! I told him, "There's your mail that you were asking for yesterday." He wore that big grin as he read and opened the envelop. It was a birthday card from FaithWay Baptist Church signed by Pastor Baker. To his joy, he asked me when is Pastor Baker's birthday coz he wanted to make a card for him too on his birthday. What a spirit! Hope and pray he stays the way he is :D
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
An afternoon at the Emerg
Beata has been on antibiotics for about 6 days now for her sore throat/ear infection. But she has been going very frequently to the washroom for the past few days and she started complaining Monday night that it hurts when she goes potty. So I called my doctor's office and was advised to see a doctor since it is now associated with pain. Since we were at the emerg, I decided to register myself too for the back pain that I have for about 2 weeks now. And boy, it was a loooonnnggg wait. We waited for almost 5 hours before we were seen by the doctor. Thankfully, Beata's specimen sample all have negative results. And mine was just prescribed with...Advil. :D Thanks to Raymond who took half the day off so Beata and I can go.
And Beata did great! Yes, it was a long wait, and yes, she starts to become impatient to go home at times but she did great most of the time we were there waiting. She amused herself with a ballerina book and a box of smarties. Girls!
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WEDNESDAY re-WIND: Jakob on his 7th birthday
Jakob posing with his Lego -- to be used for his birthday t-shirt for his Lego party. I used another shot though, but thought this was cute. He will be 8 years old on Friday!Sunday, October 19, 2008
PIC OF THE WEEK: Eating With Your Hands
Jakob ate rice and chicken teriyaki (he finished 2 orders of it plus a couple of tempura) for dinner last night. This picture is showing him eating rice the "Filipino way" -- no utensils, just your hands/fingers. Yum!Saturday, October 18, 2008
Happy Birthday, Lolo!
Today is my father-in-law's birthday (Lolo, as my kids call them --- Tagalog version of Grandpa). We went to downtown last night to celebrate his birthday with family. We enjoyed a nice dinner (buffet). The kids especially enjoyed each other's company (and the loot bags!). The guys enjoyed watching the Leafs game together (I heard it was a great game even if they lost!).
Today, my in-laws came to visit and as a treat, my sister took all of us to Sushi Mountain for some all-you-can-eat sushi...and we are stuffed! It was a lovely time spent. So to you, Lolo, happy 62nd!
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Pancakes...Bouncy slide...Elliptical Trainer...Triscuit
No, this is not my wishlist for Christmas :)...it's the summary of this past 2 weeks where I was not able to update my blog decently.
Pancakes and Bouncy slide for Thanksgiving. We were planning to eat at Cora's for a nice Thanksgiving breakfast but I decided that I will just cook a nice big breakfast to save some time... and money. Then since it was a beautiful day, Raymond and I decided to try our newest garage sale purchase...the H2O slide. It's actually a waterslide but you can still use it as a regular slide without the water. And it was a big hit for the kids (okay, and adults too! We tried it a few times too!). Jethro was hesitant for the first five minutes and after that, he never wanted to leave. We'll have to see how much more fun it is with the water next Summer!
Elliptical Trainer is our new exercise equipment. I wanted a treadmill, but for $50 more we can get an ellitical so Raymond voted for the elliptical. I agreed coz he always brag about how nice it is to workout on an elliptical when he used to go to his office gym. I want him to enjoy it so I agreed (wow, submissive eh!). Well, I have to say that I love it too...if only I can be consistent enough to use it every morning! hehe.
Triscuit. We have a friendly squirrel in our tree who seems to always want some food... from us. We used to give him some old cereal all the time (and this squirrel is particularly picky on the cereal; he turns down some kinds). But today, I gave him a triscuit and he loves it. I got to take a picture so here it is. (And it looks like this squirrel is a she with babies or she's just plain fat! haha)
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Hhaarrrr!
Jakob and Beata came out of their Wednesday class with a balloon sword each-- which made my little Jethro very upset coz he does not have one. Thanks to our little girl, she decided to give up the sword and gave it to Jethro, coz swords are "for boys". So right after we got home, here is the scene.
Boys will be boys! :)
Sunday, October 5, 2008
PIC OF THE WEEK: Cousins...Second Cousins
Jakob, Beata and Jethro with (from left to right) Phil, a kid from the party, Tracy, another kid from the party, Geena, Mary Anne, Rhianna - the birthday girl, and Richie.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
In bed already????
Ha! I am still in shock to know that my kids are already in bed even before 8:30 pm; all clean, they showered, in PJs, already prayed and now tucked in bed! (We even played Crocodile Dentist for a few minutes!) Wow! We are making progress! We always try to put them to bed around the 8:30 margin but we always end up half an hour late. Maybe the very busy day 
helped -- we were with family this afternoon for Rhianna's (Raymond's cousin) 5th birthday. They were running around playing with other kids for about 2 hours. They enjoyed it so much especially the dress-up part where Beata dressed up as Mulan and Jethro as Buzz Lightyear, of course! We got home at 4:30 pm, and it gave me enough time to still go out with my sister to do a little shopping. A great big thanks to my hubby. So helpful...all the time!
Well, I have tons of time left before the day ends so I'll end this blog now and start making some math exercises for Jakob. Good night, everyone!
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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