Mommy Moments: Girls/Mommys Day Out

Not very often I get the chance to spend time alone. I am always busy taking care of my son and husband's need at home. As a Mom, I also want to contribute with our finances, and so during my spare time, I work on the computer blogging and doing some paid posts to earn some money. On top of that, I also go to church regularly magnifying my calling as a teacher for 7-8 year old children. My life can be boring at times. Good thing I have few friends whom I can spend my 'me' time with. As always, every time we go out eat, shop, or just visit a botanical garden, I always have so much fun! Last week, we went shopping a little at the mall, had lunch and some chatting :-) which was the highlights of our girls day out. Someday, I would like to have a night out, too with them. Anyway, here are few photos taken when we went to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical garden.

Lyn and Me

Just me...

Analyn and Emely

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MM: Nutrition Tips

Health is one of the most important thing I instill in my son's mind. Eating a healthy balanced diet is part of his every meal. But what is a healthy balanced-diet composed of? To me, it is a meal consists of starches, vegetables and meat (white and red). In my house we are used to eating meals with the three major food groups. Fruits serve as desserts. I am glad that at Jacob's young age, he loves to eat veggies, fish, and salads. We also thought him that whatever is on the table, that he will eat...no special meal prepared for him. The only tip I can share with you guys is this: as soon as you baby is ready to eat solid foods....try to give then puree' fruits and veggies. If you do that...you will never have problem feeding them fruits and veggies. As we all know, most of the kids these days don't eat veggies and if they do...they only eat the ones they want to. I also believe in the saying that "you are what you eat." Parents should start teaching their kids the importance of being healthy...and that begins at home where their first teachers are their Mom and Dad. It works for me.

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Salisbury Steak Over Egg Noodles

Fresh Salad

Mashed Sweet Potato

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Mommy Moments: Filipino Ako

The theme for this week on Mommy Moments is " Filipino Ako." Since my son was born here in United States and his Dad is a Caucasian, he doesn't have any picture wearing Filipino costume neither participated on Filipino week activity at school. But not having experienced those things, doesn't mean he can't be called a Filipino. He has a Filipino blood running in his veins and had come to love Filipino foods and little bit of mannerism like trying to eat using his own hands and sitting with one of his feet on the chair (just like some Filipino do particularly the seniors who lives in a province), lol. Yes, I do eat using my hands every once in awhile, but the thing about the foot...that I don't do and I think he got it from my Mom :-). He can say some Tagalog words like: kili-kili (underarm), ilong (nose), mata (eyes) and many more which is kind of funny to hear and makes me laugh. So, my son is a Filipino :-).

With his cousins ( Karla and Ara) during our visit this summer to the Philippines

After our trip to Dinggalan near the Pacific ocean in Aurora Province.

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Mommy Moments: Sports

It's been awhile since I last joined this meme; and I just realized now how I missed it! Now, I decided to join again and hope to not miss it again. Anyway, here is my share for this week. Sport is the theme and I am posting Jacob photos playing his fave sport next to swimming....baseball!

These pictures are taken during one of those weekends with our family friends, the Friers. We went to the park and the boys had so much fun playing baseball.

MM: Here Comes the Baby!

I gave birth to Jacob two months early. Both of us stayed at the hospital for a month. During those times, I tried to give Jacob breast milk while he was at NICU. Unfortunately, I didn't get much milk from me no matter how much I pump milk out of me. So, we decided to give him formula milk.

Our first meeting after three days. I was recuperating from C-Section while he was at NIU and I couldn't go there till I am able to walk.

During one of my visit with him at NICU where he smiled at me when I called his name :-).

He was at the incubator for three weeks because he needs to gain weight.

Now, my preemie is a healthy 6 year old who hadn't have any serious illnesses at all. God has blessed us with a beautiful baby whom we are and will always be proud of!

MM: Valentine's Day 2011

Unfortunately, hubby was sicked on Valentine's Day and so we didn't go anywhere. We just stayed home and enjoyed the dinner I made for us. He requested his fave foods which is Spaghetti with Meatballs (no spaghetti noodles so I used the wagon wheel noodles instead, lol), prepared some salad, too and garlic bread. In fairness, he did buy me gift two days prior to that and I was very pleased.

The 2 cards on the sides were from hubby and Jacob. The one in the middle was from me to hubby :-); they didn't buy me cards this time for they opted to make one for me. I love it when the card is handmaid and the messages are written from the heart! He was really sicked when he wrote the letter that is why he misspelled few words. Who cares! All I know is that he wrote the letter out of love....and was even better than a store bought VD card. Thank you so much, Honey!

It was a very touching letter and my eyes were teary as I read it.

MM: Big Stuffs!

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Taken at Texas State Fair 2010

At Tomato Festival in Virginia

And in front of our house in Richardson, Texas.

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Mommy Moments: Snack Time

It's Mommy Moments once again; time flies so fast for us his week for we have been very busy. Seems to me like it was yesterday when I posted my last entry for MM. Anyway, the theme for this week is "snack time." Here is Jake's fave snack foods after he gets home from school. He is hungry everyday after school and so he eats these foods on snack time, too.

Cake and ice cream....
spaghetti, his most fave foods...be it at snack time or any time of the day.
Cereal is his breakfast food, too but he eats it on snack time as well.

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MM: My Grandparents

Time flies so fast; I was very busy that I didn't even realize that it's almost weekend already. Time for Mommy Moments again. And here is my entry for this week with the theme: My Grandparents.

My father with my youngest niece.....couldn't find a picture of my father and Jake together aside from the one below.
Jake with his Lolo during his first visit to the Philippines. He was two and a half year in this photo..

With his Lola and late great Lola.....

and last but not the least, with his grandma and Grandpa when Jacob was six months old. They spent Christmas with their first grandchild (and us).

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Mommy Moments: Wacky

This week's theme for Mommy Moments is "Wacky." Good thing I didn't erase these wacky photos of my son. He does wacky poses and make faces when he is tired of me taking pictures of him. Time flies so fast; my son used to like pictures and he would even ask me sometimes, but since he is no baby anymore, he wouldn't pose unless he wears something he likes....like the heroes costumes and stuff like that.

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MM: Jake Loves Toys and Gadgets, too!

Here is my entry for this week's Mommy Moments theme, "I Love Toys and Gadgets." Jake loves toys and gadgets so much....and here are few of them.

Jake's latest gadget is the nintendo ds xl which was our present to him for his birthday last month.
Here is one of his old time fave toy, Buzz light year....
his digital camera...a gift from us on Christmas.
And here is the legos; he spent a lot of his time playing with it everyday.

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MM: Park Day

Here is my share for this week's theme of Mommy Moments which is "park day."

This photo was taken at Pirate Cove park here in the new community where we live.

At Heartland park playing on the bouncy house.
and this one was at Lake Ray Hubbard park taken on a Sunday afternoon.

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