Building a Tower

First Halloween in America

It’s our first halloween in America. I know we won’t experiece the normal Trick-or-Treat tradition here at the campus. But I still dressed up Matthew as Elmo. I was just going to take Matthew to Lori, our only neighbor, for Trick-or-Treat. But the ladies of the Admintration Office were so gracious that they invited Matthew [...]

How to Eat Breakfast

Alabama Weekend with Family

It’s always nice to have family come over to visit. Tom, who has relocated from Hawaii to Florida, and Mom-IL took the 8-hour trip from Florida to Alabama to spend the weekend with us. I’m glad they did ’cause I sure had fun having their company. A little change in our weekend routine and a [...]

Military Boarding School, What Not To Blog

If I have to blog about everything that has been happening around here, then I will be bloggiing a lot more than I am blogging right now. I don’t mean those that Matthew are up to or what we ate every meal. I mean all those happening with the people around us, pertaining hubby’s job and [...]

I Learned to Fish

A few weeks back, I learned how to fish. I thought, there is nothing to it but I was wrong. I have never gone fishing before. Although fishing in the Philippines is taken seriously since it’s a livelihood, I have just never really seriously thought about it before, how it is done or sort. I [...]

Birthday Boy Celebrates

All photos are taken on September 29, 2008. Click the photo to enlarge the photo.
So dear hubby just had his birthday this week.
I sort-of made his birthday cake. I have not really baked a cake before so this is the first. I am kind-a oven-challenged. I made cookies way back. They turned out edible but [...]

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday, Papi! MUAH! I love you!
This photo is taken on Hubby’s birthday in 2003. He’s 3 then. He’s 4 now.

First Babysitting for Matthew

Yesterday I sent Matthew off to a babysitter. Rachel, neighbor’s teenage daugher,  picked him up at noon to take him to her house where Matthew is going to spend the afternoon. As they were walking away, Matthew’s one hand was holding a toy and the other holding Rachel’s hand. It broke my heart that he didn’t even [...]

Boxes and Backaches

So our stuffs are here. They came last Tuesday. After three days of bending over to open and unload the boxes, and bringing stuffs up and down the stairs, my back has been aching. It has been three days but right now, I am on the worst stage of unpacking them, with this backache, when all the boxes are opened, [...]

Toddler’s Travel and Speech

To my knowledge, no toddler before turning 2-years old has ever travelled like Matthew did in a span of 2 months … crossing continents, islands and oceans and going inter-United States. If only, he is old enough to remember.
What’s most amazing is that before we left Japan in early June, he was about 22-months old then but armed with only few words. At 18-months old, his pediatrician had told us [...]

Sweet Home Alabama

Finally, we are in Alabama.
Dear hubby accepted a job as a Tactical Officer at a military academy here Alabama. He started last month. Matthew and I stayed in Florida with my inlaws since our stuffs have not arrive yet. They are still not here but we have decided that the labor day weekend was the best time to drive from Florida to Alabama. Anyway, [...]