late afternoon walk with the kids

carving pumpkin

 

our first jack-o-lantern

daddy came home with a pumpkin. :D

steaming hot sup!

it has been raining since late morning. well, these past few days were rainy days. we were down with cold (only kay is well now, recovered from cough last week and managed to stay healthy).

today is the first day of hubby's holiday. he will be at home with us till next wednesday! yeah! we stayed at home all day. cycling through the housing area in the morning, then welcoming old friends (with their 10 mo son) in the late afternoon.

now hubby is playing with the kids on the bed (jumping, swinging on the hammock, etc) and i am writing this while waiting for the bubbling pork soup on the stove ready for dinner. yum.

thank you lord. for everything. :)

sweet brother

the kids were playing jump-from-headboard-to-bed game last night. they took turn climbing the headboard then jumping onto the bed. sometimes they hugged each other or hold hands and jumped together.

at one jump, their heads bumped together. while still hugging his sister, laying on the bed, jove cringed and asked, "are you okay, sis?"

the sister, who was okay, was not paying attention. she stood up and continued to climb the bed's headboard again. but mommy (who stood there watching) was so touched. that boy felt hurt yet he cared more about the sister!

i really need to learn a loooot from that boy.

parenting

parenting is a path of maturation and growth if we dare to learn more and teach less.
-naomi aldort in her book, raising our children, raising ourselves

the only thing you can change

wonderfully put here.

grandpa baptized!

oh wow. another surprise.

my grandpa was baptized yesterday in the hospital. he will turn 90 this july. we just visited him the saturday before last. i want to write more... but no time at the moment. so leaving this note here first... ^_^

oh wow!