Get a glimpse of a great ride. This is a journey of a Filipino mom living in Singapore. Sharing my experiences and learnings as I go thru this wonderful and sometimes bumpy ride called motherhood.
I had the luxury of time today and was able to cook something special - baked salmon with cream cheese and mayo topping. Sounds complicated? No, its not. The recipe is very simple and its taken from my favorite pinoy food recipe blog - pinoycook.net. The link will take you directly to this recipe. A must try!
I like salmon but its pricey that's why this dish is just served occasionally. This is a pre-Father's day special dinner so I have a really good reason to make this special dish =)
Happy Father's day to my Papa and of course to my dearest hubby! I love you..
Seeing those first few steps of your baby is one of the first proudest moment you'll have as a parent. I got emotional and teary eyed when I saw my two sons walked their first steps to independence.
It was a day before Lyle's 1st birthday that he took his first steps. Lyle pulled himself up to stand then walked without holding on to anything. Some couple of weeks after that he mastered the art of walking. Then he's off and running leaving babyhood behind.
For my youngest son Lance, he made me wait a bit longer. At 1 year old he was still crawling and didn't show any signs that he's ready to walk. This made hubby and me worried but my mom assured us that there's nothing to worry about because some children are late walkers - so we waited. At around 14months he learned to pull himself up and hold on to furniture to stand. Then at 16months he bravely took his first steps. It just happened its like he just decided to stand up and walk. I couldn't be anymore happier and thankful on that day =)
Each and every child has their own timetable and they'll walk when they are ready. Just keep on encouraging them and continue those activities that will help prepare your child to that much awaited milestone.
And here are my sons running around. This video was taken last 18th May 2010 at Changi Airport Terminal 3.
My husband and I taught (and constantly teaching) Lyle about sharing. "Share your toys with your baby brother", "Sharing is good" that's what we'll always say. This would be a perfect world if he will just do as we say and would always let his brother play with his toys. When Lance wants to play with the toys he is playing he will put it under the chair or table where his brother can't reach it - this is the reason why Lance is so good going under chairs and tables (see this very cute photo below) or sometimes he would give a toy to Lance but it's because it's not he's favorite and doesn't want it.
I remember a funny mommy experience, Lyle was playing with my umbrella and I need to get it from him and when I'm taking it out of his hand he said "Mommy, share". He knows the concept of sharing its just that share means sharing things to him and not him sharing things to others. I did let him play with the umbrella because the moment called to lead by example. Sharing is a skill that develops over some years. Knowing that Lyle is just acting his age helps to keep us sane =) We just need to be patient and keep on teaching him and soon he'll get the knack of it.
When your baby is born, your financial picture changes drastically. Now it's more important than ever to create, maintain and stick to a budget. You now have someone depending on you to keep the family financial matters in order. A well-thought-out budget will be your most valuable tool in managing the family money.
I came across this site and found the above lines in the first paragraph. Well, looking back when we had our first child the way we look and handle our money matters indeed changed drastically. We started creating a spreadsheet to make it easier to see and plan our budget. Making and planning a budget is the easy part. Sticking to our budget is the challenging part. As years goes by I can say we are getting wiser and smarter. At first the money we save is the amount that's left when all bills are paid and all expenses are made. Here is the formula: Savings = Total Income - Total Expenses. At end of each month we usually saved little or most of the times none. If in case, this is what you are still doing in handling your finances I suggest that you make changes as soon as possible. So after some trial and error and taking advises from books and friends the best way (for us) to save is to treat the amount we save as part of our monthly expenses and make it automatic. We opened a special type of savings account - MySavings account at POSB. In this type of savings account you choose the amount and savings date, and the savings will be made automatically each month. So when savings has been made we'll have to live within what's left - for bills, food, house rent, groceries and others.
I saw this video of Rolando Ng III in youtube. This was his performance last Saturday for the 3rd batch of semi-finalist. My youngest son Lance liked Rolando's performance. He sings and dance along during the entire song. But sadly he didn't made it to the finals because he lost to the Velasco brothers (whom are really deserving to get the seat at the finals). Rolando's best talent is his charm and being 'bibong bata' (smart kid). It broke my heart to see him go and his speech made me cry. Saying thank you and that it's okay even if he
had lost his chance to win. He has a big and understanding heart for a seven yr old. I can relate with his mom caught in cam raising her hands with two thumbs up and saying I love you to his son. The love and support of his mom is very much needed at that moment. Every child needs all the support and love from their parents.
But I have a feeling I wouldn't miss Rolando much because I'll be seeing him on TFC soon because FMG and Ms. Kris Aquino told him that he'll have a show in abs-cbn. I'll be looking forward to that =)
