September is Grandparents month and a simple way to make the grannies happy are times with their grandchildren...they get younger when with their silly apos.
Here are photos of Leon and Maia with my mom...we live with her so Leon is more close to her than to my MIL.
taken on New Year's day of this year
before going to church
Maia with Lola in when we attended the
birthday party of Aretha, a family friend
(Taken in June 2010)
Here's are photos of Leon and Maia with my husband's parents. Sunday is our get-together on the Ponce's side, we usually do it at my SIL's residence.
Leon with Lola Moms (my MIL)
during her visit to our home
when Leon was just 4 months old
with my in-laws during Maia's baptism
on May of this year.
Seated are Louis, Justin (nephews),
sis-in-law Yeye, Lolo Alan, Christian (another nephew),
Lola Moms & Lucia (niece)
My dad passed away in 2008, Leon was barely a year old, really didn't have the time together. We have a framed photo of him and we make it a point to have a picture taken with my dad's photo on it.
my dad's photo behind us...
we're kinda complete with him in the background.
(Taken also on New Year's day 2010)Happy Grandparents month to all the grannies.
Thank you for bringing us up to become good parents to our children!
Just when September came, I can't help but be excited of the coming Christmas season!
For one, this is the first Christmas with our dear Maia around. Fourth Christmas of Leon which means an additional Santa figure to add up to our yearly collection. Fifth for me & my husband as a married couple and 8th since we started dating ;)
Christmas a time for sharing and giving which means...a valid time and reason to go shopping! Hahaha, I guess my husband will just give a sigh on this.
November 21 is still two months away and to be really fit for the event we are joining, the Million Hectare Challenge, I encouraged my husband that every Sunday afternoon we go walk, jog or run, to which he immediately agreed upon. Thus starting last Sunday afternoon, we headed to the University of the Philippines and jog our way around the acad-oval.I did a 2.2k jog which I would say a good start for me, while my husband run 2 rounds of the acad-oval. Since we're joining as a team, a family team, Leon our 3-year old son, jogged along with us. The first 500 meters, which he managed to run, was more than enough for our little boy. He called in enough and decided to just play around with his nanny while we do our jog. While little Maia, after a little walk with her nanny, slept her way until it was time to go.
After an hour or so, we called it a day and headed home.
Looking forward to next Sunday's run which I hope will be an improvement for me ;)
Trust, Faith & Loyalty - these we have for each other the moment both of us decided to get married and was solemnized during our wedding.
Do we trust each other? I do, and I believe he trust me as well. The moment we started dating, I've given my full trust on him, that he'll keep me safe, he'll be good to me and that he won't hurt me - emotionally, intellectually and physically. I trust him that he'll be able to fulfill his promises not just to me but to our kids as well, the family as a whole. I trust him that he'll be a good provider. The same way that he trust me to be able give care to the family, to manage the finances especially the money he hands me every payday.
Faith and Loyalty goes hand in hand. Most often than not, it is the male spouse who abuse this values but this also hold true with the female spouse. If we demand this from them, we too must be able to offer the same to them.
There are times though that I feel that these three values are being tested on our relationship. Not that my husband is a chickboy, my fear lies on the female species. My husband though handsome isn't really that drop-dead gorgeous guy. He is though a very kind person in and out. It is the kindness and goodness in him that gets some other ladies attention. Yes, this has happened to us, and in a situation like this, I immediately talk to my husband regarding the matter. He, being a dense person (as he admits it) doesn't really pay attention to these kinds of situation, as he often says. And to pacify me, he'll often remind me of the life that he had when his father left them. He keeps on telling me that he doesn't want our children to experience the life that he had.
There are situations also that doesn't involve people, instead its about circumstances that arises from previous actions or situations. Just like dealing with incidents involving a person or people, we immediately try to resolve issues to avoid the worsening of the situation.
Besides, I'm the person who doesn't check his wallet or question his expenses. Although I do want to know where his whereabouts not for some selfish reasons but for more practical reasons - I want to know his whereabouts for emergency purposes, we can't really say when accidents happen. I give him his freedom to prove that there's no reason for me to be jealous.
Often times we remind each other of the promises and vows me made to and for each other with our family, friends and the Almighty as our witnesses.
With all that in mind, I give my full confidence to the person I accepted to be with for the rest of my life.
I'm just so proud as a mom whenever people admire my son Leon for his positive disposition despite his young age. When I was still carrying him in me, I was generally a jolly person, was very successful in warding off negative forces that comes my way.
Thus when Leon came to this world and even up to now, he acquired the jolliness I had. Now that he's 3 years old, he's more playful and in whatever he does, he's always having fun.
I hope our little Maia will be as wacky as we are.
Let's hit the road to race and raise funds for our forest. Join Haribon Foundation's annual event on its 4th year now - the Million Hectare Challenge 2010. This is on November 21, 2010 at the McKinley Hills in Taguig.
The Million Hectare Challenge is in support of Haribon's ROAD to 2020 campaign. Rainforest Organization and Advocates to 2020 or ROAD to 2020 aims to restore 1 million hectares of the Philippines natural forest. It promotes the planting of native tree species to restore and conserve biodiversity, optimize supply of forest benefits and ecosystem service. It likewise reduce the risk of natural disasters such as landslide, floods, water crisis and climate change.
This event is open to all, we can participate in so many ways, we can join as participants to the walk, fun run and race run (3K, 5K & 10K challenge), volunteer to help the organizing team, sponsor a team or pledge for a participant/team. Team can be composed of a family, schoolmates, officemates, batchmates or barkadas.
Help us raise at least a million pesos. The funds generated from this event will be used in supporting tree planting activities, promotion of environment-friendly and sustainable livelihood options for local communities, establishment and maintenance of indigenous tree nurseries, awareness raising and capacity building - to name a few.
Registration Fee is at Php 400 for non-members and Php 350 for members and children below 12 years old. Pledges are optional but will be of great help in reaching our goal. Registration is now open, check out www.haribon.org.ph or visit or call us at Haribon Foundation, 2nd Floor Santos & Sons Bldg., 973 Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City. with telephone nos. 434-4642; 911-6089; 911-6088; 421-1213 and 421-1209 for more details.
My husband M and I accepted the challenge, together with our son Leon and daughter Maia, we're walking as a team - a family team to help restore our forest. Join now!
Every Sunday, my family together with the nannies normally attend mass at midday, then we proceed to my in-laws for lunch, at 3 in the afternoon, we go off either strolling in malls or in parks. Most often than not we dine out before going home to avoid the hassle of preparing dinner. Last Sunday after all the activities and instead of dining in the restaurants or fast food which is quite tiring in the palate already, we decided to buy from RODIC's a local diner, a carinderia in Filipino tongue.
Rodic's prepares authentic Pinoy dishes such as tapsilog, tocilog, longsilog to name a few and some Pinoy viands as well. This time, my husband decided to buy the tapsilog, which I can really vouch to be yummy. Tapsilog by the way is coined from 3 Filipino words - Tapa, Sinangag and Itlog. English translation for tapsilog is fried rice topped with beef jerky and fried egg.
Never heard of Rodic's? It's located at the shopping center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman with branches at the nearby U.P. Village and at Fairview, both in Quezon City.
Supporting small businesses here...glad that they're branching out :)
taken on New Year's day of this year
Maia with Lola in when we attended the
Leon with Lola Moms (my MIL)
with my in-laws during Maia's baptism
my dad's photo behind us...
