My Life

Kids are really amazing. Sometimes, I feel I need to use anti-wrinkle cream to survive being a mom but majority of the times, I just feel so happy and lucky to have Bela. She is our source of joy, our inspiration, the reason why Howell and I are working really hard to give her all the best this world has to offer.

Now that she is to become an ate soon, we can already imagine that she will be the sweetest ate to her sibling. Every night, she will kiss and hug my tummy and she will tell her baby “IT” (that is how she calls the baby inside me) how much she loves him. She will also tell a story to her baby IT before she goes to sleep. She also likes it every time she helps me with my medicines and she reminds me every time I drink it that it will make me and the baby strong.

Every time I visit my OB, she is always with me and will hold my hand if my doctor asked me to lie down to check on me and she will always tell me “That’s ok mom, everything’s going to be ok.”

After a long day at work, my husband and I loves it every time she welcome us home with an excited tone saying “Mom, Dad!!” and then she will hug us and kiss us.

No matter how bad our day is, I am sure that everything will be okay as soon as we see her. I am sure it will be double the fun, double the happiness and double the contentment we will be feeling as parents with the coming of our second child. We are thankful for the precious gifts that God has given me and Howell.

Bela's Application at STC

Bela will be turning 4.5 years old come June so we are now considering enrolling her in big schools. St. Theresa’s College, which is one of the schools that we are considering for Bela, will be opening their kinder program this school year which is open for kids aged 4.5 – 5.5 years old.

My mom inquired last October and filled up application forms for admission. Bela was scheduled for interview and luckily, Howell and I were on a holiday that day so we were able to accompany Bela for the interview. The interview will be conducted by the Guidance counselor. We were asked to wait at the Guidance Counselor Lounge and Bela started reading books while waiting. A few minutes after, she was fetched by the interviewer and she went with her interviewer alone with no problem. I was praying the whole time Bela was inside for her interview. I am confident that she can answer the questions but I am worried that she won’t stop talking. (That is the comment given to her when she had her mock interview at MSS. She won’t stop talking and sometimes will tell stories that are not related to the questions being asked. LOL.) After 15 minutes, the interview was finished and the Guidance Counselor said that she passed the interview. She even commented that Bela knows a lot already for her age. I mentioned that Bela is still having a hard time writing but I was assured by the Guidance Counselor that it will not be a problem.

We were asked to pay the reservation fee of P2,500 to reserve a slot for Bela for Kinder and we we’re informed that there will be a Parent’s Orientation on February 27, 2010

Disney on Ice

Bela had a blast as we watched Disney on Ice at Araneta Coliseum. The last time we watched a show (The Dora the Explorer show at Aliw Theater), Bela got scared and since then, every time we watched a show, she will rather go out than stay inside the theater.

So when I told Howell that there will be a Disney on Ice show, Howell is really not up to watching it as he thought that Bela might just get scared again. I know that Joaqui of Peachy loves Mickey Mouse and so I had the idea of watching the show with them so Bela has a kid companion in watching which might help her overcome her fears. We also asked the other MBAP mommies if they want to watch with us. We ended up watching the show with Peachy and Joaqui and Jacqui and Sam (look at Jacqui. She just gave birth a few months ago and she is already back to her pre-pregnancy weight. I wish I can find a quick weight loss program that combines eating nutritious foods, exercise and weight loss products to help me loose weight after I give birth).

We met up with Peachy and Joaqui at the food court of Gateway Mall as it is still early. We went inside Araneta around 5:30 PM (show starts at 6 PM) and Bela and Joaqui had a chance to buy a souvenir from the souvenir shop. Bela got the Stitch doll and Joaqui got the Incredibles toy figure. Jacqui and Sam arrived a few minutes before the show.

We got the best seats in the house – front seats facing the ice skating rink which is really a dream come true for the kids as they we’re able to watch their favorite Disney characters up close. Bela kept on running to follow the characters everywhere they went. There was even one character that joined the audience and the kids we’re able to have a short interaction with him.

Bela just loved the show and you can really see the excitement in her face while watching it. She even asked me if we can watch it again the next day. Every penny that Howell spent for our tickets was all worth it.

Excited to Go to School Today

Bela was so excited to go to class today. She was even the one who wakes me up to ask me to prepare her for school.

The reason why she is so excited is because she is bringing to school today some of her water transportation toys. Modes of transportation are their topic for this month and for this week, they will discuss different water transportation and so they were asked to bring some of their water transportation toys. Bela brought with her, her Little Einsteins submarine with Leo, Backyardigans Pirate Ship and the new Water raft toy of her dad.

At first she doesn’t know what a raft is so Howell has to show her pictures of water rafts from the Internet so she can picture out what it is for. Since the toy water raft is a bit big, she is asking me if we can go to the beach so she can play with it. I saw the panama city beach condo rentals and thought that Bela will have fun here playing with her water raft, but since I am pregnant, I don’t think any travel would be possible until I give birth. So for now, she just has to enjoy playing with her water raft and her other water toys in her small bath tub. LOL.

She will be arriving from school in a few hours and I am sure she will have a lot of stories to tell me on what happened at school as they play with their water transportation toys.

Shopaholic Bela

When we went to SM Appliance Center to accompany my aunt to buy her refrigerator, I saw this cute Lenovo laptop computer with a Mickey Mouse design. I showed it to Bela and she said:

Mom: “Bela, look. A laptop. It has Mickey Mouse. Do you like it.”
Bela: “Oh, a laptop. For me? I like it.”

And then she tried to open the display cabinet to get the laptop.

Mom: “No, if you want it, you have to pay for it. Do you have money?”
Bela: “Yes, I have.”

And she tried to dig into her pocket to get money and she raised the twenty-five centavos that she got from her pocket. She went to the saleslady and gave her money and she is asking for the laptop. The saleslady just smiled at her.

She loves playing with my laptop and she loves typing letters in MS Word but I think her Clickstart toy will be enough as her first computer for now. LOL.