More presents

Gifts still trickled for Neo even after Christmas.

From Tita Leddie, a King Kong stuffed doll
From Tita Rhaindie and daughters Kim and Tintin, a squeaky hammer and colored floor mats
From Tita Gladys, my best friend from the US, shirts, denim pants and Shrek projector book
From Tata Ritzie, fisher price giraffe toy, leap frog alphabet tray, blues clues hardbound book
From Tata Ruthie, six printed pajamas

It was a fun, fun Christmas for us. We are looking forward to a healthy, happy and peaceful year!

Our Christmas 2008

We have planned to hear our Christmas midnight mass in Pandacan. But when we got there there were no more good parking and it was raining. I didn't want to get Neo out in the rain so we decided hear mass in Cavite the next day, Christmas day. We then proceed to Mama and Papa's house where we spent a few hours of Christmas eve, playing with the dog, chatting and eating pizza!

At 7:15 AM, Christmas day, we picked Ruthie up from work and on we went to Cavite. We catched the 9AM schedule at St. Peter's. The little boy has been so giggly during the mass with Tata Ruthie carrying him. And it was so funny when during the "Ama Namin" prayer song, a lady beside us extended her hand just like we all do when we sing the prayer, Neo, thinking that it was a play, gestured his saw-saw suka skills! Nakakahiya man during the mass but I can't help laughing at this.

An here is our only Christmas picture together. Ruthie can not maneuver Val's camera well so we have to make do with this one shot. Tada! All smiles si Mommy and Papa, si Neo busy sa kisame ng simbahan.

On arriving home, we called some carollers in front of our house. In our hometown, we call this mascot "bangenge". Made of cardboard or big boxes, bangenges come in different characters, sizes and colors and they would accompany the carolers with their dancing. Neo was amused with this one. I'm just not sure what character it is.

When we went inside the house, there was a table full of gifts for the little boy. He can't still understand the meaning of all this boxes and what interested him was this pack of cookies from the Mommy's bunch.

Oh look! He learned to sip from a straw today!

The rest of Christmas day was spent sleeping.

Loot from the Tektite tiangge

I passed by the tiangge to accomplish Val's list of "somethings" for their office exchange gift. And I was successful. For the "long and hard", I got a fancy ball pen (50 pesos). "Pink and smelly", I bought a small shower pink gel (50 pesos). "Soft and sticky", a pack of 7D dried mango rind (35 pesos) and 3 yema (5 pesos each) . And for the "technicolor" a leSportSac imitation purse (50 pesos).

And then I thought of getting a get-up for Neo. I saw this checkered red polo with matching maong shorts. I kinda liked it kaya I got the size for 18 months, confident that it will fit the little boy just fine. Kaya lang when I got home and tried it on, ayan, ang sikip! Val said, open nalang tapos naka sando sa loob. E ano pa nga ba, sayang naman kasi. Heheh. He'll wear it either on Sunday during his cousin's baptism or on Tuesday, during our office Xmas party. Ipag pipilitan! hahhaah. And then maybe, I'll pass it on to his cousin.

Mommy, sikip eh!

Remember I mentioned that the party favours we gave away to the kids on Neo's birthday was bought from the Tektite tiangge? While I was browsing around yesterday, I heard somebody call out "Ma'am!". When I turned around, it was the lady I whom I bought the bears from. She was handing me a cow stuffed toy, christmas gift daw ng shop nila. Sabi ko, "Naku, thank you. Nakakahiya naman!" And here it is! Cute noh? I'll give it to Aya.

Christmas gift

Neo got his first gift for christmas this year

(syempre in-open na agad ng mommy hehhe).

An OshKosh shirt from Beng. Thanks a lot tita Beng!