Weekend in Batangas!

Its my last session in gymboree last saturday, it should have been real fun except that I'm still coughing. (Dra. Dumlao says that I'll be taking my Ventolin Expectorant first and we will come back again after 3-5 days to see if there is a development. ) The lesson is about building a house. I now know how to "hammer the nails, saw the wood, lay the bricks" if I build my house. I will miss my classes here but I still got my play coupons so I can still pay a visit over my friend gymbo.

In that same afternoon, it was finally decided that we push-thru our plans in going to Batangas. It was my Tita Kathleen's 18th birthday debut party and everybody is there. Too bad its raining so I was not able to watch. However, I learned to call myself "Daka Cos" (short version of Duncan Marcos). All my lola's were delighted seeing me again. Of course, I'm still the star of the show. They started to come over to our house once they realized I'm already home.

We came back again to Manila the morning after. Everybody is there to bid us goodbye.

What I nice weekend it definitely is!

School Matters: Week 2

After knowing the "sirkoh", we now moved to knowing the parts of my body. This, I know by heart. Guess what my favorite part of the body is... it is no other than..."kilikili"....hehehe. I like it when I raise my arms and daddy will kiss me in the "kilikili" (perhaps its his favorite part of my body too!). I will definitely give a very loud giggling, laughing sound everytime mommy puts a ball in my "kilikili". And we usually play a game called... touch that "kilikili"! It really is fun.

We also moved to other shapes: heart, oblong, rectangle and diamond. I took home our art project and showed it to mommy. Mommy commented, "What a nice fan!". I said, "No! Its a fly". Then I made some flying motions and showed her a picture of a butterfly. I made it myself!

and we also stuffed a rectangle.

BTW, here is the reply of teacher Kat regarding my appetite in school:

"Duncan sometimes can't finish all his food but he eats what is required of him. He finished his beef macaroni and ham sandwich. "

I started coughing yesterday afternoon. Mom notes to my communication notebook that I can still play but that my back should always be dry. We will visit my pedia again. Oh boy, another round of medicines for me.

Dada's Shoes!

Hey, its my 35th-month birthday! We have a class today so me and yaya went to "schoo" as usual. Snack for today is beef macaroni and Mom wondered whether I'am eating right in school because she knows I haven't eaten macaroni in my lifetime. Mom wrote to teacher Kat last night how am I in terms of my eating in school. Perhaps, teacher Kat has something to say because when Mom checked my communication notebook, its not in my bag.

Well, something happened today. At the end of our class, we went out of our room and went to our rack where we "hide" our shoes. You see, every morning, teacher Kat goes out in the school's waiting area where we are basically "waiting", to fetch all of Nursery 1 students (that's us). We fall in line and as we enter we take off our shoes and place it nicely in the shoe rack. We enter our room with just our socks. So there! When I am about to put on my pair of shoes, I found the other piece of my shoe in CJ's hand. He's telling teacher Kat and his mom that its his shoes, while I am sure it is mine! I asked yaya's help so she can get my shoe from CJ's. Teacher Kat asked me again if that's my shoes and I said, "Dada's shoes!" So teacher Kat recovered my shoe from CJ's grip which made him cry. CJ's mom wasn't exactly sure if it was or wasn't CJ's because she was not the one who bought his shoes. Yaya told mommy about this because apparently yaya was not sure either if it really is mine. You know what, when I came home, I made sure my shoe won't be taken from me again, I put it beside me in my sleep. Daddy confirmed that it really is my shoe and Mom put already my name in it. See, it really is Dada's shoes!

Presenting my 1st pair of school shoes:

Note: Its name is Edmund (model name) and it is size 10! See at age 35months I'm already a 10! We bought this from Market!Market!.

Tweet-tweet's Gone!

First bad news was that I cannot go to my "schoo" today because it was declared by DECS that all classes were suspended. 2nd is that Daddy and Mommy were off to their office again leaving me with yaya, atchi and mama. Even if I did take Mommy outside, I still feel sad that I cannot go with her in the office. Then, the owner of Tweet-tweet came over to our house to get him. I was pulling Atchi's hand so he can get Tweet-tweet from that man's hand but... they just can't because it was not ours. I really am so sad. Anyway, our neighbor promised to give me a bird once his other bird's eggs were hatched. Sigh*, Oh well... I might as well be contended with my turtle!

My Friend Tweet-tweet

There was a typhoon today but that never made my mood bad at all because of Tweet-tweet. Tweet-tweet was a bird who happens to fly over to our place. It has an orange and green feathers and a curved beak. I should have taken a picture but there was no electric current and my camera had no charge. tsktsk. Temporarily, it was resting on our old hamper.... and I know he calls me when he shouts tweet-tweet! Oh I love my Tweet-tweet!

Eating Time!

Mom and I had a fight again. This time, its because I didnt take my nap and I feel grumpy already.... But I need to have my dinner. Since I still wanted to stay awake, well, I look for some ways to do it. The TV was already turned on as an added distraction... But I still ran in circle until mommy catches me and holds me tight. This is not good. I didn't want to be trapped so I did "again" that thing she hates me doing. Of course I cried afterwards and Mama is already there to "rescue me". Poor mommy did not know what else to do but to call yaya. Good thing Yaya came to our life because she is just so patient with me.... specially feeding me. Mommy ends up carrying me while yaya feeds me. Some other times, I will run onto the top of the bed... sometimes I climb at the bed's headboard and when she catches me... my mouth is already ready for another spoon, that is if I already swallowed my food. But everytime I realized that Daddy and Mommy were already here... it even gets tougher. I will run outside and will no longer eat wanting to play with them already. And I noticed that it is with this eating that Mommy was so frustrated at me. She wanted that I eat by myself while seating on my nice chair and as an added bonus I can eat while I'm watching my favorite show. Well I'm doing this sometimes when we were out on the mall. I was just seating on the high chair. My spoon on my right hand, I will eat until I'm full. Mom still cuts the fish though but at least I eat on my own. I know how to eat, its just that, it seems like a real fun running away from mommy or yaya while they are holding the spoon and running after me, chasing me and catching me before the food finally reaches my mouth. What a spoiled brat!

Btw, I have an "accidental leak" today at the grocery and I ended up wearing my pull-ups diapers while I am in my polo and denim jacket. The people there were all smiling seeing me in my "attire".

Happy Birthday CJ!

My classmate CJ celebrated his birthday @ our "schoo". Mom bought me a gift for him based from his theme "Cars". I so loved to party and I was pretty excited to blow his cake.... errr, to watch him blow his cake I mean. Mom placed my camera inside my bag so I can take pictures but my teachers in Milestone preferred that they took the pictures so that I'am there as well. I was very happy with my lootbag! Ummm, I'm now thinking what my theme will be on July 25th.

Here's some of our pictures:

Looking on while CJ blows the candle of his birthday cake

Hi CJ, Happy Birthday!

School Matters: Week 1

Lesson for the week is about shapes: circle, square and triangle. We have lots of activities and I already know the shapes although I have a hard time saying triangle.... I always end up saying... "gel". For our artwork... I have brought this one home, a "sirkoh!". Teacher Kat says, I have a great time in school.

This is the picture of "sirkoh" I took myself:

It is a "sirkoh" with sponged "sirkoh" I have done myself.

I'm a Pre-schooler!

It was really not planned that I will go to school before I even turned 3, but for some luck, Mom chanced upon a website and was impressed by this school. Since I'm lacking playmates of my age (excuse me yaya, atchi and mama) and I haven't been "communicating orally" clearly and I'm bored being at the house the whole day and I need to be socially active and I need to interact with other people except my family and Mommy thinks it will greatly help me when I go to big school and Daddy agreed.... I'm going to Milestone!

What really caught daddy and mommy was the fact that when we first visited the school, I went with my soon to be Teacher Kat to the blue room where she will assess me without any hesitation at all! Given that I really am shy and don't usually go with a stranger.

And without further adieu, here I am on my first day of school....

Mommy and daddy accompanied me to my very first day and while mom, preferred to stay behind to give way to my dad - he and me attended my first class. (to photograph me of course!).

I think I'm very much liking this new adventure.