Bagyong Ondoy

It was an unfortunate weekend for residents of Pasig and Cainta and other nearby towns as typhoon Ondoy left hundreds of families homeless and about a significant number losing lives.

We thank God our families are safe and we pray for those afflicted.

Mommy Moments: That's my favorite

This is late from the Friday schedule of Mommy Moments but I'm filing this contribution nevertheless.

Neo is just barely two years old but he had shown particular inclinations/ likings to some animated characters. Among them are Bob the Builder, Thomas the Train, Lightning Mcqueen and Jollibee.

His earliest favorite was Bob. Even before he turned one and way before he was able to call me Mommy, he can already call out "Bob".

And then, he was introduced to Thomas. For a time, he had forgotten about Bob and had careered on alternately playing four CDs of the animation. He refers to Thomas as "Mat".

Lately, he came to like Lightning Mcqueen of Cars. From constant loading, the DVD of the movie has been corrupted! He would still ask for it to be played that is why I will get another set soon.

For this week's theme, I share pictures of Neo and Jollibee. I just got this doll last Friday. Since the toy is not anymore available in the stores, I have directly called the company to see if I can be able to get a unit. And, here it is! A Jollination USA version doll!

I cannot forget the smile he gave me when he saw the toy.

Oh well, we have a long way to go and many other Neo's favorites to handle.

Holiday

The holiday gave me time to buy some things and do some projects.

1. In the morning, I ran some bedsheets in the washing machine.
2. I went to Megamall and got -
= diapers - Huggies pull-ups
= a green cup for Neo to replace his old one that was already damaged.

= a Cars t-shirt

= a curtain rod
= a Sesame Street and Cars activity book and a roll of double adhesive tape

3. I got curtains installed in our bathroom. I was also able to wash clean the wall organizer

4. I made this wall for the little boy so that we'll have some learning activity to do in our mornings and weekends.

Well, I say, this was a productive holiday for me.

Cavite

Ritzie, me and Neo went home to Cavite this Saturday. Mommy, Daddy and Rodneil are happy seeing the little boy again. Neo will always be grouchy at first to the lola and lolo but he will eventually be at ease sometime after. Neo presented his newest skills much to the enjoyment of the tito, lolo and lola (and the Rowie, the masahista)

I wish I could get to bring Neo in Cavite more often.

On Sunday morning, we strolled around some stores and got these from the local bookstore.

Thomas and Neo

Neo has a new Thomas bag given by Tat Ritzie. He also has a new set of Thomas tumbler and mug bought from ebay.

He likes carrying the bag around, feel na feel!

Neo's first Kumon workbook

Today, we (officemates) had lunch at the Shangri-la mall. But, before lunch, I sidelined to National bookstore to get Neo these ...

Tackling the workbook with Neo will be fun, and I'm excited!

The Sorting Game

A game participated by Neo and the yaya and played Tuesday. This process aids the yaya on one of her tasks around the house thus making her life a little less stressful ;-)

The mechanics:
1. Yaya collects clothes from the sampayan
2. Yaya dumps the clothes in the sofa
3. Yaya folds each item of clothing
4. Yaya presents each folded piece to Neo
5. Neo identifies the owner of the clothing (i.e. Mommy! Pap! Tat! Baby! - with conviction!)
6. Yaya piles each clothing according to owner as dictated by Neo
7. Yaya brings up the sorted clothes to each of our rooms

Yaya's work is done!

One time, Ner brought in a pile of my sister's clothes to our room by mistake. When Neo noticed, he gave out a sort of angry face, pointed at the clothes and shouted out "Tat!" (interpreted as "What are those doing in this room, those are Tat's!). Heheheh. Patay si yaya!