Luke Goes to Play School

Our little Luke started going to Play School last Nov 8, 2009. It's the same Play School that Kuya Matt went to two years ago. Luke is excited to go to his class which is MWF at 10:15 to 11:45 am. He's the youngest in his class at 2 and half years old. The Play School is actually for 3 and up. But Luke is very ready for school. Smart kid!

Lolo Bob accompanies his apo. The official tagahatid and sundo.

With Teacher Kim and claassmate Selwyn.

I deliberately let him wear the same shirt that Kuya wore also on his first day, hehe!

The Many Things I Love About Luke

I remember having written something like this for Matthew. He was 2 years old, 8 months then. Buti na lang, I wrote something like that, di ko na actually matandaan lahat ng sinulat ko dun.

Now that Lukee is 2 years and 4 months old, I would like to do the same thing for him. Mahirap na, nagiging makakalimutin na ko, hehe!






Here are the many things I love about Luke:

1. He is a very independent boy. He can sleep on his own. Last week, I brought him and Matthew to my office without Yaya. This was my first attempt to do that. When Luke was finally sleepy, he just asked for his milky then slept on his improvised bed under my desk.





2. I'm sure Luke would grow up to be a very intelligent boy. He amazed us when was able to identify the letters of the alphabet at 1 year and 8 months old. Now he can count and knows the colors and shapes. He is ready for school. When we ask him if he wants to go to school already, he says, "yes!." So we are enrolling him to MSA Playcamp anytime soon. Dada and I sometimes wonder if he is really just two years old, hehe!



3. He likes to read and read a lot. Ako na ang sumusuko as in! I don't have to tell him, "let's read!."

4. Before he was able to talk completely, his favorite phrase was "tsope, tsope, nyome, nyome, epiza..." which we still don't know up to now what he meant by that.

5. At around one year old, he suddenly did not want to wear diapers anymore at home. He only wears diapers at night and when we go out. He tells when he wants to pee. Ang laking tipid sa diapers. (",)


6. We were surrprised that before turning two years old, he was able to talk and express himself both in English and Filipino. Nakakatuwa how he tried his best to talk in complete sentence. Galing!

7. He loves to dance with matching tumbling pa.

8. He loves bowling, the real one and the computer game. Hindi ako makagamit ng laptop madalas kasi gusto niya mag-bowling!



9. He is our prayer leader when we eat. "Lord, thank you for the food, amen!"

10. He attended Sunday School before turning two. Yaya says he is more behaved than Kuya Matt and participates more. Hehe!

11. I'm teaching him phonics now. He always asks, "mimi what's the (beginning) letter of this or that?" He'd say" a-a-a apple or b-b-b ball.

12. When he wants to go out at night, we'd tell him, it's dark na, it's night na. And he would repeat that all over again. "Gabi na, night na." SM is closed, Robinsons is closed.

13. His favorite shows are Barney, Wiggles, High 5, Wonder Pets, Gabba Gabba, Backyardigans, Dora and Diego.

14. Kuya Matt is afraid of the dark. When Kuya wants to go to the CR at night, we will ask Luke to accompany him.

15. Surprisingly, he eats veggies! And is not much into sweets except ice cream.

16. Like Matthew, he is so sweet and malambing. He would kiss me a lot even if I'm wearing lipstick, then he would say, "wala na , mimi." Wala na ang lipstick ko kasi napunta na sa kanya! He would also hold my lips in between his thumb and index fingers (just like how you hold your burger), and kiss me a lot. Oh, how i love that!

17. Repeat no. 1.






His first Starbucks.

Cory, Cory, Cory!

The SunDress

Our first time in Bora. Year 2002. Jay proposed to me.



Last month was our 4th time in Bora together. 7 years later. I brought the same sundress with me. Wondering if it still would fit. Buti na lang...hehe!

Matt Moves Up to 2 Levels Higher

Matthew just had his moving-up ceremony last March 24 at SM Fairview Cinema 10. He received an award as Most Inquisitive Pupil, in other words, Pinakamakulit, he,he!

From Kinder 1, he's skipping Kinder 2. He's going to be in Prep in June. He's just 5, that means he'll be in Grade 1 by 6 years old.

He just has to take the Phonics 2 for 12 sessions this summer. This is to make up for the Phonics he'll be skipping in Kinder 2.



We're so proud of our boy. He's not as studious as other kids. I have to make sure he studies. He won't initiate it by himself. He's like his Dada. Nakakakuha ng good grades kahit di nag-aaral, hehe! The school principal said he was good in math and reasoning! Exactly like Dada.

Matt Turns 5

Kuya Matt turns 5 yesterday.

I first thought that since his birthday would fall on a school day, it was ok to just celebrate this at school. But Matt had a lot of requests. He wanted a costume party. He wanted to wear his Power Ranger outfit. He wanted pabitin and games. Things we could not do at school since birthday celebrations there could only take the recess time.

So we decided to do it either in Mcdo or Jollibee. He was the one who chose Mcdo since he loves the nuggets there.

I guess this is the right age that he has a say in his party. He chose the party theme and who to invite. Oh, he's having a world of his own...

Happy Birthday, dear Kuya Matt!

 

His guests were mostly classmates and churchmates.



The Power Rangers cake was courtesy of my good friend Avic of Edible Ideas.




Super Brother Luke danced the Papaya.







We were very happy!

More photos here.

The Pirates

Matt before.



Luke now.

6 Years After The Wedding

The long holidays gave me the chance to clean the family bedroom.

Dyarrrrrran...I found my wedding gown!

I was curious if it would still fit me, curious if I'm really back to my wedding weight.

VOILA!





The kids just loved to go inside the skirt.

OUR U.S. TRIP

I had a chance to make a collage of our US trip during the long holidays. I framed them and gave them to Jay as my Christmas gift. It's nice to look back in one of God's greatest blessings to us for 2008 even if I was 25 lbs. HEAVIER then, hehe!