there was jade and jakei…
it was a sunny day…
then they were walking…
on the green grass…
…then they were taking a nap.”
Tottering Through Life and Parenthood
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Waking up from naptime one afternoon and seeing Jakei sleeping on Mama’s tummy, Jade pats her brother on the back and exclaims, “Jakei is sleeping.” But then continues patting her brother’s back oblivious to my reprimand. Naturally, Jakei wakes up and sits drowsily. Jade cups his sleepy face in her hands, places her face an inch away from his, and exclaims, “Jakei are you awake?! Are you awake Jakei? YES! You’re awake Jakei.”
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At breakfast one weekday morning, Jade watches Mama prepare her choco drink.
Jade: Mama, what’s that?
Mama: It’s Milo. It’s Mama’s hot chocolate. (hands an empty sachet of Milo to Jade)
Jade: (after scrutinizing the sachet for a few seconds) Mama, look it’s Milo! Can you say that – Milo? MIIII – LO!
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One Tuesday afternoon, after a long weekend bonding with Papa, Jakei wakes from his nap and realizes that Papa is not in the room.
Jakei: Papa…Papa…Papa…
Jade: Papa’s in the office.
Jakei: Papa…Papa…
Jade: Papa’s not here.
Jakei: Papa…Papa…(on the verge of tears)
Jade: Jakei, don’t cry. Papa’s in the office. He’ll be home later.
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As Mama was scrubbing the ink stains from Jade’s hands during bathtime:
Mama: Your hands are so dirty, anak. Look at that. What ‘re on your hands?
Jade: Colors.
Mama: Hay, they’re so DIRty.
Jade: But I’m just working, Mama.
(Note to Mama: Painting, drawing, scribbling, and all other fun messy activities are part of a toddlers’ day. So, credit dirty hands to work-related accidents.)
***05.19.2010 ***
At bedtime tonight, Jade, who was still trying her very best NOT to fall asleep, took a peek inside Jakei’s playpen. When she saw Jakei sleeping, she turned to me and said, “Jakei sleeping”. Then she promptly turned around again and yelled at Jakei, “Jakei! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up, Jakei!”
***04.11.2010***
Jade watched the Good Friday procession from or second floor window. She kept saying “Jesus” throughout the procession. Two days after, she would still ask to be carried so she could look at Jesus outside the window. I finally told her, “Jade, Jesus is not outside. Jesus is in your heart.” Upon hearing this, Jade sat on the floor, lifted her shirt, frantically looking for Jesus, while saying, “Jesus, Jesus, heart. lubdup, lubdup. Jesus
With devastating earthquakes occuring one after another in various parts of the world, we are in constant fear of the said “big one” here in our country. Our house lies a few meters away from an active faultline, so we take earthquake preparedness seriously.
As a family, we have discussed where we are to meet in case we are separated during any calamity. For those of us who are always at home, we have set a location in the house where we are to congregate when an earthquake strikes. We have also prepared emergency boxes for each family. Our calamity kit includes:
I’ve just recently read “Preparing for Disasters”, an article on survival written by Erika Sauler, and have now found out that we lack a few more essentials. We need a quick trip to the mall to purchase these items:
From the same article, I also learned that Betadine can be used to purify water for drinking. You’d only need 4 drops of the iodine solution for every liter of water. You then have to wait for 30 minutes for the organisms to be killed before the water is safe enough for drinking. They have stated though that this is not advisable for pregnant women.
There are a lot more survival tips in the article and I recommend you go over it. It just might save your life when disaster strikes.
Laptop computers are not part of our family essentials so getting a new one was out of the question when my current one started breaking down. My laptop’s space bar has been covered with scotch tape to keep it in its place for as long as I can remember. Then one of my toddlers accidentally yanked off the space bar while she was “helping” Mama with her work. A tiny part of the space bar key broke off and couldn’t be repaired. In that same week, my other toddler intentionally pounded on the keyboard causing the spacebar to completely break off from the keyboard. This all happened barely a month after my husband bought the laptop and since then, my laptop has been adorned with scotch tape.
I don’t really mind buying a secondhand laptop but as I was my toddlers’ 24/7-momslave-yaya-cook-nurse-teacher-playmate-etcetera, trips to the mall to canvass for one were out of the question. I considered buying from an online marketplace, especially since you can use something like eBay coupons to get second-hand or refurbished laptops at a further discount. But I didn’t have much luck finding a functional yet affordable pre-loved laptop that caught my eye. So months passed and the keyboard remained as it was – scotch-tape decorated and hanging by a thread.
This morning though, while searching for a learning toy for my toddlers, I chanced upon a buy & sell online site that had the perfect laptop for me. I checked the site to search for educational toys for my little ones but found a lot more than that. It tends to offer everything and anything you might ever need such as books, TV, κινητά τηλέφωνα, Samsung ηλεκτρικές σ&upsi… For that and for saving me through all the trouble of having to endure traffic and big crowds, websites like AyosDito and eshop.gr could soon become my new favorite marketplace. Plus, if the kids don’t like what I get them, I can just send them straight back to the shop for a refund, without ever having to leave my house since there are so many courier options available on sites like Fast Courier Australia!
After going over the many laptops that were for sale, I finally found one that was to my liking and that fit our budget. This Dell Inspiron Dual Core seems fine with me and the price is well within our range. There were other options on there – a friend got shown a link to a Macbook that, other than a broken screen, was working fine. Thankfully they live near a place that can fix up a Cracked Macbook Screen with no problems, so they snapped it up. Me, I’m sticking to the Dell. Considering the specifications and the price, I really wouldn’t mind buying this even if it has been previously owned, as it will more than do what I need it to do. Although my husband gave me tips to buy cheap laptops, I shall still leave the final decision to him. He is, after all, the techie guy in the family and would know best if it is truly a good buy. For now, I shall continue to shop for my toddlers’ toys, clothes and other stuff in my new online shopping haven. This is, after all, my forte.
The theme for Mommy Moments this week is WHITE. Unlike last week’s theme which was not a favorite in the family, white is something we have in abundance. I think all of us do!
I chose four of the cutest pictures of my toddlers in white.
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