Tomorrow, Sunday, we will be celebrating my dad's birthday. we plan to have a simple get together. we have been telling bea that she should greet her lolo a happy birthday on Sunday. She resisted the idea! she kept on shouting "Di! Bea lang!". when her vocal cords grew tired, i thought she finally conceded, that was until i heard her whispering "Bea lang".
hmmm. she probably thinks she is the only one entitled to a birthday just because we try to celebrate her birthdays the most elaborate way that we can. just because for adults, birthdays are celebrated simply by sharing a meal. it probably doesn't fit her definition of a birthday.
we'll see tomorrow.
Now i know my BDR...
Last Saturday I bought an educational VCD for my daughter, a VCD teaching the alphabet. When I got home, I gave it to her and she got all excited! BDR! BDR! She kept on shouting. I was puzzled. What was she saying? She kept on pointing at the VCD… that’s when in dawned upon me, for some weird reason, she meant ABC. Hehehe… I don’t really know why. Hmmm….
Anyway, I played it and she was attentive for about 2 minutes ( a vast improvement for her!), she got up to the letter E before she started fidgeting with her other toys.
I wonder why she calls the alphabet BDR. Does it sound that way to her? I remember asking her where does daddy work? Dinda (Honda). Where does mommy work? Bimbank (Metrobank) Where does ninang work? BDR (ADB)… oh well… and here comes the clincher… where does Bea work? House! Hehehe =)
project 365 :: 1-5
i know i am a little late in joining the bandwagon, but i am really excited to join. here's my first batch.
#1
for my first picture, our family pic on new year's eve. the little one is now big enough to appreciate celebrations like these.
#2
a typical Filipino New Year's eve. found on our table was a collection of round fruits and tooting horns to welcome the new year and to ward of evil spirits and bad luck.
#3
this is a pic of my daughter showing off her new dora the explorer backpack an
d tin can. this year we are planning to send her to school. she is very excited about the idea.
d tin can. this year we are planning to send her to school. she is very excited about the idea. #4
on our office's new year's toast, our boss treated us to a night out at a nearby videoke. i wanted to go home early but no one was allowed to go home unless he/she sang... i surprised myself by actually volunteering! here's a picture of me onstage!
#5
like every new year, i am decided to lose weight, or at least to live a little healthier. i even bought a book to support this resolution of mine...here's a page out of that book
gifffts...
well, the holiday season is over and we are now reeling at its after-effects. I am feeling slightly guilty because we seemed to have opened our daughter’s eyes to materialism. Being parents, I think it is only natural to want to give everything you can possibly can to your child, but now bea’s eyes really glows whenever she gets a glimpse of gift wrapper. She says:”gifffft!” (she simply loves pronouncing the letter F)
Before the holidays, I had a PLAN. I planned on giving her only one gift, one that is useful and that will surely last. This was how our parents raised us, no cutie toys for Christmas, only clothes or shoes that will surely be used the whole year through. This taught us never to expect so much, to appreciate what you have and to be practical. That was the plan…but I just couldn’t resist. I bought her many “cheapy” stuff! I got her squeaky toys, shoes, t-shirts etc., nothing expensive though, I just wanted her to experience the joy of unwrapping her many presents. Just watching her open her gifts made me just as excited. I wanted her to have what I didn’t have as a child… in short, THE PLAN failed! Argh!
Ok, next year I will try to resist, and stick to the plan… *fingers crossed* =)
Welcome 2009!
Here's our pic while enjoying the little one's first sparkler. we definitely had a grand time! it's great now that the little one can appreciate and celebrate the holidays with the whole family! here's to better times ahead! Happy New Year everyone!
Christmas Party
Last Saturday, our whole family trooped to college barkada apple’s place for our annual Christmas party. Bea was of course, very excited. She met with her usual playmates. She was also extra happy because this year she got to play ate Bea to little Gaby. =) Since she is still difficult to feed, we just gave her milk and her yaya got her share of jollibee chicken joy.
When it was gift-giving time, Bea could barely contain her joy. Gift! Gift! She kept on saying. She was so happy to receive many gifts for titas and titos. I allowed her to open only one gift, so that she won’t feel left out with the other kids, the rest I put under the tree at home to be opened on Christmas day. To my surprise, she’s ok with it. =)
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