Weekend Snapshot # 9 - Christmas Program at TU

Last December 17 was Bela’s Christmas Program at school. I went home early and they fetch me at the office after fetching Howell and we head straight to the Social Hall of Sanctuario de San Antonio.

We are a little late as the students are already lined up outside of the social hall when we arrived. Bela took a nap on the way to the Sanctuario so she was really in the mood when we arrived. As soon as she saw her classmates, she said:

Bela: “Oh my classmates. I want to go there.”

So we lined up right away with her other classmates. But since they are the last one to perform, I decided to go inside the social hall first with Bela to watch the other class’s performance. After each performance, Bela will clap her hands and will shout “Bravo!”

When it is time for them to perform, Teacher Maica didn’t have a hard time convincing the kids to go up the stage. Bela was quiet at first but she starts to strut her stuff and she was like an energizer bunny, jumping up and down, swirling and she even wiggled to the tune of Joy to the World.


I am one proud mommy again. More pictures can be viewed here.

Weekend Snapshot # 8 - Bears, Tigers and Bela

Last year, during the holiday season, there were Polar Bears on display at the Rockwell mall. We went there and Bela had a great time posing with the Polar Bears.

This year, I was informed by my cousin that the polar bears are back and this time some of them are even moving and they were even joined by a group of wolves, white tigers and penguins.

We went there last weekend, and as always, Bela had a grand time posing with them. Here are some pictures.

Weekend Snapshot # 7 - On her Own

We bought our daughter a new bed two Saturdays ago and since last week, she started sleeping on her own on her new bed. But we are still not ready to let her sleep on her own room so we placed the bed beside ours.

On the first night after her dad assembled the bed, she was excited upon seeing it and she asked me to read her book while she lie down on her new bed. But when she got sleepy, she transferred to our bed. I explained to her that the pink bed is her new bed now but still she preferred to sleep beside us.

On the second night, she fell asleep on her new bed but then she woke up around 4:30 AM and she moved beside us again. But on the third night she started sleeping on her new bed and claims that the pink bed is for Bela only. She won’t even let us sleep beside her and she will tell us to sleep on our bed.

I can’t believe that she is sleeping on her own bed now. Time really moves so fast.

Weekend Snapshot # 6 - Halloween 2008 at Toddlers Unlimited

Last Friday was the Halloween Program at Toddlers Unlimited. Bela was a lion and their class danced to the tune of Jungle Adventure. I left work early while Howell took a half day leave just to be with Bela for her program. The lolas and titas are all busy in dressing up Bela and putting her face painting on. While they are at home, Bela was throwing tantrums and would not want to wear her lion costume. Since she was crying, the face painting applied to her was really a mess and so they just decided to remove it.

The lolas got worried but I know that my daughter will warm up as soon she sees all her other classmates wearing their costumes and I was right. As soon as we arrived at the venue, she wore her costume complete with all the accessories and she quickly joined all the other students playing in front while waiting for the program to start.

They are the last one who performed and Bela was already sleepy even before the start their dance number so I got worried that she might throw tantrums again. Good thing she went up in front when it is time for her class to perform and she wiggled and danced and followed her teachers and classmates. I was one happy mommy.

They went trick or treating at the nearby establishments also after the program and Bela went home with a lot of loots too.

Weekend Snapshot # 5 - Her Loots

After the party last Saturday, Bela went home with these loots:


She was so excited when she saw her Backyardigans PJs that she wanted to wear them right away. (Thanks to Kuya Joaqui for this). She also loves playing with her new camera from Ate Sandy. She always sees her dad taking her pictures so she was really excited when she finally got the chance to have her own camera and take our pictures. Thank you also to Asher for the Dora Flash Cards. I’m sure she will love to play with it as Dora is one of her favorite character.

After the party, we also dropped by at Robinsons Place as we promised Bela before we left for the party that we will go to the mall. She was asking about it on our way home and of course the dad couldn’t say no to he dear daughter. And good thing we went too as Howell and Bela were able to buy some nice items on sale.

Weekend Snapshot # 4 - Meet Bela's Dora

Bela never really likes playing with dolls even if it is her favourite cartoon character like Dora the Explorer. She likes playing with balls, cars or her animal toys instead. So we were really surprised when she got all excited when she saw the Dora Explorer doll. And when I asked her if she wants to bring Dora home, she didn’t think twice and she immediately said Yes. And since it is on sale, hubby and I decided to buy it the doll.

And I think she really likes the doll as she always wants Dora beside her every time she goes to bed and she even reads book for Dora and she brought Dora with her when we went to her paediatrician for her check up.

Weekend Snapshot # 3 - Horse Back Riding

Since my daughter just so love animals, one of the first thing in our itinerary for our trip to Baguio was a visit to the Wright Park where my daughter can go horse back riding. She was so excited as soon as she saw the horses that she kept on saying “Go down, go down. Ride Horse” when we reached the parking lot. We asked her to choose which horse she likes and she chooses the pink horse which is similar to her Little Pony toy. She enjoyed the ride with here dad so much. Below are some pictures:

Weekend Snapshot #2 - Mr. Ray

My daughter had her first field trip last Friday at the Manila Ocean Park. She really had fun as she really loves sea creatures. Her favorite was the sting ray because she can recognize it as “Mr. Ray” from the movie Finding Nemo.

She was so amazed by the site of the sting rays that we stayed here for more than 30 minutes while she just stood there in front of the big aquarium just watching the fishes.

Weekend Snapshot #1

A snapshot taken by my husband while my daughter was enjoying the pond at the Café after her swimming class. She was really enjoying playing with the fake frog, that she didn’t mind getting wet while playing with it.