maeve n niall @ declan's pirate birthday party

Walking down Memory Lane and Reminiscin'

Ahhhh...the good ol' days.The laughters and the tears.The silliness and the madness.BUt i am thankful for all of it.It had made me who i am and what i had become of myself.Best of all,i am grateful for what God had laid out for me from the beginning of my existence..even though i thought that my life wasnt cut out to be something great and interesting but as i journey along...i'm realizing that every pitfalls and blunders,discouragements,defeats along the way gave me valuable life's lessons which somehow gave me the courage,strength,encouragement and wisdom.
I remember those times when i thought that mommy was just so cruel to let a 7 year old kid do home chores.I do the laundry and iron clothes.I babysit my younger siblings and took them to bath,make milk,etc.I felt i miss out so much in my childhood.I was miserable when i was in high school,i had one pair of uniform,and mostly hand me downs from our well-off cousins...mommy would more likely modify it.I never had liked my high school life..because i was timid,got low self-esteem,i felt i was ugly.So much so that my pen name in my diary was "ugly duckling".The most embarrasing thing that happened in my high school life was when mommy insisted on perming my hair..and it turned out like michael jackson's hairdo!i turned up one morning with the hairdo and saw everyone laughing..so i ran out from the class..so embarassed that i dont want to go to school anymore.But i just cant stop schooling isnt it?So i went back,tried to be brave and moved on.
Hayyy..those days...i like to remember happier times with mommy and daddy...when its summer and we would be hearing mommy and daddy's steps as they would wake up in the wee hours at 4am and heads to the market...as soon as they get back from the market,mommy would would tell us to pack our beach bags...and everyone of course get moving and were generally excited.Daddy would hire or borrow a minica(mini car)from his mate and we would chuck ourselves like sardines (hahaha!Figure out how we manage to do that when we are a dozen!)

my lil boy is now in kindergarten..

yep...niall is going to a 3 year old kindergarten program.The very first day in kinder,i was a bit worried that niall may cry or wants to go...that separation anxiety and all that kind of stuff.BUt as soon as he got hold of a toy...he was so engrossed playing that he didnt even knew i'd left.I was relieved.I'm happy that he had liked staying in kindy.He is actually looking forward to it each week.He had found a friend named corey...and they would often play together.This week,niall showed me his artwork...i'm just so proud of him.here's some of his work:

weekend day trip at Queenscliff

If maeve was over the moon to get into "the Fairies"concert...niall was stoked to seeing steam trains posing as friends of Thomas the Tank engine.We all had a ball riding the steam trains.So obvious...one can very well see the light up faces of maeve and niall.

additional photos of holiday '08

It was a very nice christmas morning to have Santa knocking at our door and gave us the christmas presies!Even willy had sat on Santa's lap!

long over due photos (Christmas '08)

these photos were in two separate occasions,the first was the CFC christmas party in melbourne,the second was during maeve's kinder christmas party.She had stood out from the rest her class because she was the only one who had dressed up as an angel.She was gorgeous ,said most of the mothers to me...and of course my ears was kinda grown big...daw lapad man dulunggan ko eh.
P.S.
i forgot one thing,we also had a surprise for maeve...we treated her for "fairies christmas concert"we didnt told her up until we were actually at the concert...of course she was stoked and over the moon!