I am starting to memorize most of the TV programs in Nick Jr because Andre loves it. He enjoys watching several programs like Team Umizoomi, Dora The Explorer, Backyardigans, Ni Hao Kailan, and his current favorite, Go Diego Go, before he goes to school. He loves Diego and tries to imitate all his actions and clothes. He even asked me to buy him a rescue pack like Diego’s. He also loves watching Artzooka every Saturday and told me that he wanted to do the same.:D How I wish I am as artistic and as creative as the host. I envy people like them who can recycle and create new items from used things like empty bottles, buttons, and even recycled Christmas cards.

I consider Nick Jr. my new friend because it helps me to entertain my son everytime I am busy with my work and household chores. How about you? Do you also love Nick Jr.?

A few days ago, I was able to chat with a childhood friend via Facebook and learned that she is now in Canada with her children. She is a single mom of two beautiful kids. I was so surprised to know that she, who used to be afraid of bloods, is now in medical assisting school. She told me that she has to change career for her children’s future and because it is one of the most in-demand careers in Canada. I asked her how it feels to be in a career that she really hated before, and told me that she got used to it and starting to love it. She is not afraid of bloods anymore and I’m glad that she was able to overcome her fear. I’m proud of her. Parents will always do everything and are always willing to sacrifice for the sake of their children. I just hope and pray that they’ll always be okay.

Wohooo! We are going to Puerto Princesa for free!!! Yes! It is free! Thanks to Philippine Airlines’ Great Miles Getaway 2010 promo. We were able to book a two-way trip for 6 people, which include my dad, mom, sister, Abeth and Andre, to Puerto Princesa via PAL’s Mabuhay Class this coming November. We only have to pay for the taxes and fuel surcharges, which amounted to a total of not more than Php5,500. Isn’t that great! We used my parents’ Mabuhay Miles to avail the promo and redeemed some of their miles for free airfare tickets. I’m excited to travel with them because I haven’t experienced having a longer out-of-town travel for 4 days with them. I think I need to take apidexin now for me to be able to lose weight by November and be able to wear my beach dresses. I haven’t made any reservations for the accommodations yet because I still have to read some information about the place and ask some people who have been there about their recommended hotels and tourist spots.

Meanwhile, we have to pray very hard that no typhoon would hit the country in the first week of September because I will be going to Coron with my officemates.

We love taking photos. We had our first digital camera before Andre was born in 2006. We made sure that we have a digital camera before Andre is born for us to be able to capture the significant moments in his life. We had photos and videos of me when I was giving birth. When he was born, we took pictures of him almost every day to document his growth. Up to this moment, we still take pictures of him once in a while. As a result, we have tons of photos stored in our hard disk. If we are going to print all of them, it will cost too much. I’m glad I found a site where you can create and design your own photobook and offers online printing services at a reasonable cost. I tried it and created a photobook of Andre’s growing up years and have it shipped to our home address. After almost a month of waiting, I have received the photobook and was very happy about the result. It was nice. So I made few more photobooks to document our travels, celebrations, and occasions and it never failed me. They were all beautiful.

We’ve been hearing news that several residences in our area have been robbed. The robbers sneak-in in the middle of the night while everyone is fast asleep. One of our neighbors here in the 7-door apartment we are renting lost their laptop when they forgot to close their window one night. One of our neighbors was also robbed last year and lost their television and desktop computer. The robbers cut the screen door to make a hole to be able to get their hands into the door knob and were able to unlock the door knob easily and silently. It is really frightening because we know that these robbers are everywhere. It really frightens me because our area is robbers’ favorite. If you can remember, I was also robbed in front of our house a few months back. Haaay.. It is very important to lock your house safely by using trusted brands of door locks like Schlage so that robbers won’t be able to get inside your house easily and won’t have any point of entry. Be safe everyone!

Andre is very excited to see his XBOXes from my two sisters. Yes, XBOXes! Because both my sisters abroad are giving away their children’s old XBOXs, and they decided to give them to Andre. We are not really expecting to receive two XBOXs from them because it was my sister in NY who first told us that she is sending Andre their XBOX. Since my brother-in- law bought them a new one, they decided to give it to Andre. It was already sent to my parent’s house in Cavite together with some other stuff and we are going to get them today.

The other XBOX is from my sister in Canada. My brother-in-law decided to give their XBOX to Andre because they also bought a new PS3, without knowing that my sister in the US have already sent us theirs. Who are we to refuse their offers anyway? Hehehe! They are not yet sending it because they are yet to fill-up the Balikbayan Box for some other stuff that they are going to send here in the Philippines. Thank you my sisters and BILs! To give them something in return, I am thinking of giving my BIL in Canada oliva cigars and my BIL in US a polo shirt with embroidered Philippine map.

Andre is very delighted. When the 2nd XBOX arrives, we are going to leave the first one in Cavite so that we won’t have to bring the XBOX everytime we go to my parent’s house.