life .. or something like it

Being able to watch movies at the cinema is rare these days since S was born. Today, I had a movie date with E to watch Toy Story 3. They had an advance screening for the movie for visa cardholders and with Ichi on baby duty, E & I were off to the movies. I really loved the movie and so did E. When asked which of the three Toy Story movie he liked the most, his answer was ALL! haha!

Here is a link to slashfilm’s article (http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/18/toy-story-3-easter-eggs/)on easter eggs in the movie, if you haven’t watched it then some of the stills might be considered spoilers but the site says that most of the photos pictured are already on the internet or those that were used in the movies promos.

Last Sunday we went to the kindy BBQ over at E’s school. It was organised by the school parents for all the kindy and new families this school year. In an effort to make the families at least be “familiar” with each other, after all we will be going through the same journey for the next7 years. The RSVP was due a little more than a week before the BBQ with the class parents also organising an order for the BBQ lunch. A few days before the event though, we got a note back saying that with the number of RSVPs that was received it would now be a BYO picnic and they returned the monies for the BBQ order. As it turns out only 11 out of the 80 kindy families expressed interest in coming to the get together. I mean, how low a turn out is that?! Most of the families that went were those of E’s class (KR) and KP (kindy purple). There were a few from the other class too. It was good though, we got to meet some of the other parents of E’s classmates and got to chat. It is just sad that not a lot really took the time for it. Granted that it was a Sunday but still. Anyways, it was a good afternoon.

One thing that is really lovely to see is the love between the kiddies. I know Sab is just a few months old but it is pretty evident. She just adores her ahia and I think as early as now she’s pretty attached to him. He is the only one that can make her really laugh out loud, without even trying hard and with just all sorts of silly things. These are pictures taken about a couple weeks after Sab was born.

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Just one more day and E will start term 2. It will be a bit of a challenge as we try to nail down a routine with me having to bring sab along whenever I drop or pick up E from school. The entire first term, I didn’t have to do that as my parents-in-law were visiting so it was just easy to leave sab at home with them. Now though, I wonder how I’ll fare with the whole thing, well it is just an adjustment and I’m sure (and I hope real quick) it will feel and be a normal thing to do as the days pass.

While waiting for baby girl to come out, I decided to make a layout for these set of pictures. Took some time to come up with one though, between being busy with preparations for baby girl and being really tired and lazy most of the time (haha!) during this pregnancy.

These pics were taken one August afternoon. E was in a good mood that Ichi got him to pose for the pics real easy.

Credits: Based on Mushy’s My Boy Template. Papers from Hootfest by Heidi Larsen, Doodly Halloween by Lori Barnhurst, Daybreak by Jennifer Schmitt, A Lovely Afternoon by Leora Sanford, and Summer Time Collab Kit by Jackie Eckles. Cloud from A Lovely Afternoon by Leora Sanford. Arrow from Zoom Zoom Mega Kit by Gina Cabrera. Journal Tab by Traci Reed from Shabby Daddy. Label by Lauren Reid from Summer Time Collab Kit. Owl from Hootfest by Heidi Larsen. Silly Badge by Jan Crowley from Bloom & Grow. Crayon from Back To School by Loloden. Dates by Loloden. Alpha by Sara Carling from Beep Chugga Zoom. Happy Stamp from Lovey Dovey Mega Kit by Gina Cabrera.

Fonts: CK Buddies & CK Nitelite.

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

I mentioned in a previous post about my mum’s birthday that even though it was her birthday it was E that received a present. Actually he got two, one was a space police lego that he has been wanting for a long time (leave it to mamita to buy it for him haha .. lucky for him that it was one of the cheap ones and that it was on sale) and this … a BEN 10 bike. Early Christmas and birthday gift for E. We asked him if he wanted the cars one (which was cheaper) but he really insisted on getting the Ben 10 bike. It’s timely too that it’s nearing summer when we can bring him to the park so he can get lots of practice riding the bike.

Mum flew in a week before her birthday, I specifically scheduled it that way because her birthday would already mark my 37th week which means that I could give birth anytime. Anyways, on her birthday we celebrated it with a yum cha lunch at hilltop phoenix at castle towers.  We initially intended to have the yum cha at eastwood but then we learned that they had a granny smith festival parade that day and preggy me didn’t want to walk a lot that day. After lunch we walked a bit around the mall and even though it was my mum’s birthday it was E who got presents haha. Talk about spoiling the grandson :p I’ll post what E got (a super early Christmas and birthday present) in another post.

At the resto ..
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Helping mamita blow the cake …
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What is happening ?

Last Wednesday in Sydney,  this was what greeted us in the morning ..

Dust storm at 6am
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and at 9am
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And then just this Saturday in Manila ..

this was the view from our relatives house in Quezon City, this photo was taken from the second floor balcony .. thank God everyone was ok.

from facebook:

from facebook (by miggy unabia, Sept 27, 2009, 7am) .. this is very near my mom’s place

from facebook: at my former university

We’re just glad that all our families back home are safe, though there may be material losses but still they are all safe. I wish and pray that all those who are still stranded are rescued and there are campaigns for donations and relief goods that have been setup. You can check out Bianca Gonzales’ blog for a list.