The Stage Mother

Hubby asked me to tag along on his last school visit. I know, I am such a stage mom. Here am I chaperoning a fully grown man as he goes about his business. He likes me to be there because he doesn't want to run amiss on anything, so he has someone to double check and watch for him. Or I could be wrong, it could be he loves me so much he can't stand being apart. Hahaha.

This is the University of the Philippines Open University Diliman Campus. Their main campus is at UPLB. Classic government building look. 

Excuse the bilbil hahaha

They also had some interesting display at the lobby. Some ancient artifacts from Egypt personal computers, storage devices, mainframes, servers, etc. unearthed. Fascinating considering we have paper-thin LED and LCD displays now. And Ipods and MacBooks :D

My kids are in love with...

 

Magnolia Chocolait. Kiddie happiness at P19.50. 

While their Daddy and Mommy loves.... 

The cycle of life.

The Sleeping Child(ren)

 

 Matt fell asleep on top of his Daddy after a bout of wailing and crying. 

Cute, and poignant. :) I can stare at them all day.

Yellow Cab

 Yellow Cab is always LOVE.

Happy bunnies. 

New, Bigger Toy Kingdom in SM Megamall

Here's a video of youngest son, Matt, 1 yr old, enjoying a day at SM Megamall's Play Area at the new, bigger 2,000sq/m Toy Store Making Kids Cry Kingdom in Mega A (yes, they have two gigantuar toy stores one floor on top of the other). As a child, I can only count with my fingers the number of times me and my parents made a trip to a toy store. So my husband and I are determined to bring them to toy stores for good deeds each week.

Video and photos taken with a Panasonic Lumix LX5

Absolute toy heaven. Sooo much toys I find it almost pornographic. Over the top crazy overload of what would be a bajillion amount of toys that the only way I can possibly get half of the stash is if my grand daddy was Henry Sy. When I was 7, I used to wish we lived in a mall. Cos I didn't know about concessionaires and franchises and all that retail mumbo jumbo. All I knew was one person owned everything inside a mall. Hahaha.

I'm just glad that my boys, young as they are, know how to stick to a budget--- well, except for their father.

AND DOESN'T MY BUNSO LOOK SO MUCH LIKE ME?

More photos after the jump

A VERY extravagant gift

Giving simple gifts, be it flowers, sweets, trinkets, greeting cards, are examples of ways to touch the heart of your beloved. Now that Valentines Day is fast approaching, and love is in the air, I took a look back at what sweet little things my husband did or gave me over the past few months. And I thought hard.

The answer: NONE. No roses, no greeting cards, no jewelry, no gadget, no love letters. Nothing of the sort. You see, my husband is always on the go-- a direct opposite of the kind of pace my life has been living the past year. He is always busy, especially with work, on his toes, always in the moment. While I, at home with the kids, live a more sedentary, quiet and almost monk-like existence. Whatever free time he has, the default bonding place would be THE MALL. Most of the time we pack all the wardrobe shopping / groceries / checkups / kiddie day out / nomnom sessions / family visits, on the never enough time called WEEKEND. So he really had no time to make any of the lovey-dovey things wives usually recieve from their husbands / boyfriends / lovers. If he goes the extra mile of doing such, I bet I will be over the moon. On top of the mountain. Up in the stars. In heaven. :)) So far, I haven't received any cutesy things. 

But he gave me this...