michelle skipped school today. she woke me up a little before 6 am today and cried, 'mommy, my nose is dripping.' i hurried to her room (we have a baby monitor so she knows to just speak and i'll hear her) and saw that her nose was starting to bleed. this is the 2nd time in a year this happened to her so i was no longer freaking out. well, not too much. i don't like the sight of blood and blood coming from my daughter doesn't help. we went to the bathroom to wash off the blood and keep her nose from bleeding again. after that she said, 'mommy can i stay home with you?' i wanted to say no but i don't know what came over me and i said, ok.
through out the morning, i kept telling her, 'michelle, this can't happen again ok? you're not really sick. you can't skip any more school days ok?' i hope she doesn't get sick. i really don't want her to skip any more school days. tsk tsk tsk. i feel like such an irresponsible parent. =(
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
how about those niners!!!!?!!?!?!?!
die hard fans will accuse me of being a bandwagon fan...but i always root for my home team. ALWAYS!
i never really watch football because i really don't understand it but on saturday, after a long drive from san francisco to los angeles, we sat in our hotel room waiting for the niners game against the popular favorite, new orleans saints to start. it was the first game i watched from beginning to end and boy, did i pick a great game to watch! it was AMAZING, UNBELIEVABLE! made more awesome by the fact that my home team won!!!! if you didn't see the game, and you're a football fan, i'm sure you saw the highlights all over the news...the last 4 minutes of the game was like a tug of war between teams. but in the end, the san francisco giants prevailed!!!! wooo hooo!!! we are 1 win away from the superbowl (beat the ny giants!) and i actually understand football now. ha! i peppered paul with questions throughout the game and i learned a lot. i am no longer clueless about football and can look forward to the super bowl not only for the half time show and the million dollar commercials, but to actually enjoy the game.
the bay area will bleed red and gold this sunday. go niners!
i never really watch football because i really don't understand it but on saturday, after a long drive from san francisco to los angeles, we sat in our hotel room waiting for the niners game against the popular favorite, new orleans saints to start. it was the first game i watched from beginning to end and boy, did i pick a great game to watch! it was AMAZING, UNBELIEVABLE! made more awesome by the fact that my home team won!!!! if you didn't see the game, and you're a football fan, i'm sure you saw the highlights all over the news...the last 4 minutes of the game was like a tug of war between teams. but in the end, the san francisco giants prevailed!!!! wooo hooo!!! we are 1 win away from the superbowl (beat the ny giants!) and i actually understand football now. ha! i peppered paul with questions throughout the game and i learned a lot. i am no longer clueless about football and can look forward to the super bowl not only for the half time show and the million dollar commercials, but to actually enjoy the game.
the bay area will bleed red and gold this sunday. go niners!
Friday, January 13, 2012
patience
well, after my last post...the world has conspired to challenge ME and my patience. =(
this week, i've scolded michelle quite a bit and became quite impatient with her and i feel terrible each time i do it. haaaay!
more patience, Lord! michelle and i both need it!
this week, i've scolded michelle quite a bit and became quite impatient with her and i feel terrible each time i do it. haaaay!
more patience, Lord! michelle and i both need it!
Thursday, January 05, 2012
how to teach kids to wait
i have trouble teaching michelle to wait. she thinks waiting is a matter of seconds. kids do not understand the full concept of time yet and today's technology makes teaching them to wait a little harder.
when i was a kid, cartoons will be on tv only on weekends so i know to wait for the weekend so i can watch cartoons.
traveling from point a to point b used to take longer but now, traveling is much faster and our gadgets seem to make time fly faster.
but michelle's generation have everything at the tip of their fingers. if they need to talk to mommy and daddy, they know someone has a cell phone somewhere and they can make a phone call anytime, anywhere.
while watching tv one time, she needed to use the bathroom and she wanted me to pause the tv (our bedroom tv does not have dvr/tivo). when i said that she can't do that, she gave me a puzzled look like i was crazy or something. i had to explain to her that not all tvs work that way.
in the car on a drive somewhere...similar thing. she heard a song she liked and she said, "mommy, rewind please. i want to hear the song again." i had to explain to her that it was the regular radio and i can't rewind the song. we used to have satellite radio in the car so she thought all radios can be rewinded. when our free trial ended, i didn't bother renewing. i still don't understand the concept of paying for radio because i am not sitting in my car for long periods of time.
power outages are uncommon here in the states. she's 5 and she's only experienced 1 power outage. that was an exciting time for her because it was new to her...but i recall back in the philippines in the early 90s when each and everyday will be rolling blackouts of 4 hours or longer. the heat and the mosquito bites were unbearable!
do you have any tips on how i can teach her to wait?
when i was a kid, cartoons will be on tv only on weekends so i know to wait for the weekend so i can watch cartoons.
traveling from point a to point b used to take longer but now, traveling is much faster and our gadgets seem to make time fly faster.
but michelle's generation have everything at the tip of their fingers. if they need to talk to mommy and daddy, they know someone has a cell phone somewhere and they can make a phone call anytime, anywhere.
while watching tv one time, she needed to use the bathroom and she wanted me to pause the tv (our bedroom tv does not have dvr/tivo). when i said that she can't do that, she gave me a puzzled look like i was crazy or something. i had to explain to her that not all tvs work that way.
in the car on a drive somewhere...similar thing. she heard a song she liked and she said, "mommy, rewind please. i want to hear the song again." i had to explain to her that it was the regular radio and i can't rewind the song. we used to have satellite radio in the car so she thought all radios can be rewinded. when our free trial ended, i didn't bother renewing. i still don't understand the concept of paying for radio because i am not sitting in my car for long periods of time.
power outages are uncommon here in the states. she's 5 and she's only experienced 1 power outage. that was an exciting time for her because it was new to her...but i recall back in the philippines in the early 90s when each and everyday will be rolling blackouts of 4 hours or longer. the heat and the mosquito bites were unbearable!
do you have any tips on how i can teach her to wait?
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
winter sport
i've decided to really make skiing my winter sport.
mukha bang marunong?
i'm going to buy my own gear this year. but first, i gotta lose weight for it. i didn't know that the ski length is based on weight. yikes! me want shorter skis!
mukha bang marunong?
i'm going to buy my own gear this year. but first, i gotta lose weight for it. i didn't know that the ski length is based on weight. yikes! me want shorter skis!
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