Her Birthday Party Outfit

I am so excited when I opened my email this morning as I saw an email from Prim of Baby Fashionista. I asked her to make a sketch of the ballerina costume that Bela will be wearing for her Little Einsteins themed party. Bela said that she wants to be June, the ballerina, on her party so I immediately thought of asking Prim to design a Ballerina costume for her.

Look at what Prim was able to came up with:

I like the second design as it is so girlie. I asked Prim to color combine it with darker shade of pink for highlights. I am so excited to see the finish product of Prim’s creations. Now my problem is the ballet shoes that should go with this beautiful creation of Prim. Bela has a ballet shoes already which she used when she was having her Ballet Class. She was only able to use it for like 2 months but it looks so old now. If only I have use disposable shoe covers, I might have been able to preserve it and I don’t have to worry now in looking for a shoe that she can wear for the party.

By the way, in order to maximize this dress, I am thinking of having Bela wear it for her Halloween party at school too. Hope her teacher will let us choose the costume that they can wear for the party so at least, Bela can wear this beautiful dress twice.

By the way this is the lion costume that Prim made for Bela last year.

Isn’t it so cute? I asked her to do a sexy costume for Bela because all the costumes I saw are so boyish and Prim was able to execute all my request. I received a lot of compliments at how cute Bela’s costume is and they really got curious as to where I had the costume made. So I am really excited now and I can’t wait to see the final product of her ballerina costume.

A few of her favorite things

These are her current favorite at the moment.

She has a lot of animal toys – from the Puppy in my pocket to the jungle in my pocket, and even just the plastic animal toys that you can buy in SM. She always have a favorite for a particular time and this means that whoever is her favorite will be so lucky because she will take it with her every she goes.

But it also works for us as we really need a diversion for Bela every time we are dining out. We need to bring out any of her favorite toys so she can play while we feed her and we can eat too. This is the only way that we can think of to make her sit down otherwise we will be running around in the restaurant.

And did you know that she has names for each of her animals. And we should know the names by heart also as she always test us and ask for the name that she has given her animals, otherwise she won’t stop asking until we got the correct name.

Here are some of the names that she has given her animals:

Red – for her lady bug
Slow – for her snail
Bolt – her dog that looks like Bolt (from the movie bolt)
Octy – her Octopus
Blue – her blue bird
Racing Stripes – for her zebra

Bela, MSS, Dev Pedia, OT

We had our first Parent-Teacher’s Conference at Bela’s school last Monday. So far, Teacher Sarah said that Bela is really doing well in class. I posted the whole story here.

Since we have been consulting a Developmental Pedia and Occupational Therapist for Bela, I asked Teacher Sarah about Bela’s hyperactivity. Teacher Sarah said that she and her co-teachers noticed that Bela is only hyper when she is at the romp. Inside the class, she really follows the routines and actively participates in classroom discussions so I was really relieved upon hearing that from Teacher Sarah.

This is their Romp Area at school:


The toys inside the romp are really Bela’s favorites like the slide, and the small toy train which she calls her truck. She would even pretend that she is shopping for truck accessories for her truck every time we are at the mall.

She also loves playing in the slide, with their Kitchen Play set and she love shooting balls too in their small indoor basketball court. I guess Bela is just one playful child who really loves playing and having fun with her classmates.

Teacher's Day Gift Suggestion

Bela will have no class on September 28 as her teachers will have an outing to celebrate Teacher’s day. My mom reminded me that I need to buy gifts for Bela’s teachers.

I am running out of ideas actually on what presents to give for her teacher. Would you believe as early as now I am already looking online for nice gift items that I can give her teachers for Christmas. Luckily, there is a Spa just beside Bela’s school which gives me an idea to just give Spa Gift Certificate for her teachers for Teacher’ Day.

It was a perfect timing that I took a leave from work last Monday to attend Bela’s PTC so I was able to check out the spa beside Bela’s school. The name of the Spa is Quezon City Holiday Spa. They let me check their facilities and it looks well maintained. They have a separate spa area for the men and women. The women’s area is located at the first floor. They have locker rooms, lounge area, private massage room, spa filter, Jacuzzi, sauna and a gym.

The price for an hour of massage is reasonable and they sell GCs so I think this is the best gift that I can give for Bela’s teachers. I will try to look around first but if I can’t find anything, this will be my best option.

Bela's Wish List

To Bela’s mommy for the Kris Kringle, Bela will love any animal toys. But if you want more specific details, here is her wish list (LOL):

1. Littlest Petshop toys – this is her current favorite toy and we really bring it with us wherever we go. I will try to list those animals that she have already
- Horse, dog, giraffe, zebra, ladybug, snail, cat, bird, squirrel, armadillo, cat, iguana, fish, octopus, armadillo, lion, bunny.
- Or you can get the Littlest Petshop with the post card of the animal. For this, she already have the Giraffe and the Zebra
2. Jungle in My Pocket – she likes the Kangaroo family or Koala Bear family.
3. Schleich – I saw this at Hobbes & Landes. For this she already have the horse, giraffe, zebra, baby jaguar. You can get the dinosaur or penguin or panda bear.