A dinosaur themed hotwheels car set will make a perfect gift for our dino loving son.

This is how my son describes Santa Claus:
“Santa Claus is real, but he’s already dead a long time ago”

This is Kulay, my six year old son slash keyword advisor:
Three of the keywords my son hinted to me are included in the top 10 most viewed contents in this site from August to November 2009.  The first keyword is about a toy he asked me to buy him last Christmas; the second keyword is [...]

I bought my son Kulay another dinosaur themed toy yesterday: Jurassic starter set from hot wheels.

Kulay took this photo. Smaller dinosaurs in this picture are not included in the Jurassic starter set, they are part of my son’s dino collection
Kulay is not the kind who appreciates car toys but my son is a [...]

“This is a good day!” -My son Kulay when we asked him how he felt about his birthday
Kulay’s 6th birthday celebration is one of his most enjoyable so far. A big thanks and hugs from me, Jenkins and Kulay to everyone who made the day special.
Our birthday boy
Kulay wore a frankenstein monster costume for his [...]

One week more to go and my son will be celebrating his 6th birthday. I guess the time makes me remember an amusing anecdote on Kulay’s 4th birthday two years ago:
Hosts: Sino ang pumili ng costume mo? (Who chose your costume?)
Kulay: Si mama ko (my mama)
Hosts: Bakit devil ang costume na pinili ng mama mo? [...]

It is quite an understatement to say that my son Kulay is interested in animals. His first words included the “pig” (ouch!) and he used to love to mimic the sounds of the chicken, the dog and even that of a whale. Sabi nga nila, support your child’s passion so when Kulay turned three in [...]

Every year, the junior and senior pupils of St. Peter’s College of Toril present their “talents” on kinder day. My son Kulay participated in a musical play where he played the role of the kryptonite allergic superhero—-Superman. See photos here:

and here are some photos from the pupils’ first presentation:

My senior kinder pupil

It was [...]

One of the things that hubby and I enjoy doing when we do preparations for our son’s birthday is conceptualizing and making the invitation card. So far, we have been receiving positive comments on our DIY invitations. We always opt to printing the cards ourselves because the cards made by many commercial printers here are [...]

I don’t know what got into my head when I decided to have a photo taken with this snake carrying man. Maybe, I liked the props so much or maybe I just wanted to have a photo op with the “hari ng mga ahas” hehehhe…
I had a wonderful time with my family and my camera [...]

This will be the second time that we will host a halloween birthday party and as early as September, I was already planning and preparing some of the goods that we will use for Kulay’s Frankenstein halloween party.

Two weeks ago, my son Kulay’s teachers asked me if it is okay with me if my son joins a play the kinder pupils will present on Kinder Day. Always the all supporting mother who wants to see her son perform onstage, my answer was an absolute yes. Ms. Sime and Ms. Beth told me [...]

Mr Snake: This photo was taken during my son’s 3rd birthday celebration at the Davao Crocodile Park in 2006. Our son Kulay’s interest in zoology is already evident before he celebrated his first birthday. Kulay’s first words included “pig” (which he would say as “pee”). For Kulay’s third birthday, husband and I decided to have [...]

I can no longer remember when and how exactly my son’s love affair with dinosaurs started. All I know is that relatives have been calling him T- rex for quite a long time now because he talks a lot about these extinct reptiles.
Having a son who loves dinosaur can be annoying  at times. We would [...]

Believe it or not, my son Kulay brings one or two newly sharpened and oftentimes brand new pencils to school EVERYDAY and he still always goes home without those pencils. Worse, he seems to always end up borrowing pencil from his teacher whenever he loses his pencils so he can copy the things written [...]

Sharing here some pics on Jenkins’ 27th birthday:

It’s okay to complain: Jenkins was not quite comfortable when I took this picture. He says he is always caught shirtless by the camera on his birthday every year… Magdamit ka kasi lagi dad hehehhe…

With Papa Macky and Mama Au, hubby’s parents
Birthday boy with lola Minda

with me…

Birthday cake: [...]

When Jenkins and I moved in to live in this house in 2003, I was excited because the place looked promising. The house is spacious with balcony, living room, big adjoining kitchen and dining area. toilet/bath and two rooms. The house was unpainted and needs lots of finishing but who cares? The house is being [...]

Today, the whole of Davao City is celebrating Kadayawan with street dancings and floral parade; our family is celebrating a more important event– my husband Jenkins’ birthday
I thank God that 27 years ago, my bestfriend and my emotion stabilizer; the father of the most wonderful child in the world and the man who [...]

I am grateful to be one of the eight bloggers who met with US Ambassador Kristie Kenney last Saturday morning  at the Ateneo de Davao University library and no, we didn’t talk about the the peace situation in Mindanao nor about the position of the United States on the proposed constitutional change. We just talked [...]

Fellow Nanay in SPCT: Ano na nga ang course mo?
Rhodilee: Err, Political Science
Fellow Nanay: E di mahilig ka mag debate debate?
Rhodilee: (Remembering how she was responsible for the loss of the College of Arts and Sciences debating team in a 2000 university debate) NO!!!
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Many years ago…
Friend: San ka mag wo-work after graduation?
Rhodilee (who has no [...]