More words for Duncan

Daddy enters the room and sees Duncan in the corner. Looks like he's thinking again on how to climb on top on the boxes.

Daddy : "Hi Duncan."
Duncan : in his deep thoughts blurted out, "hi daddy!" and then back to his deep thoughts again.

In the bed,

Mommy : "Duncan, it's Sunday tomorrow. Where are we going?"
Duncan: "Church!"
Mommy : "Who is in the church?"
Duncan: "Dunca and Jesus Christ!
Mommy : amazed. can't remember if she even told him that. "What are we doing in the
church?"
Duncan : "Pray!"
Mommy : more amazed. but then agrees with Daddy that what he really meant was "play" because basically he sees this as his opportunity to meet/play with other kids roaming around the church.

I'm 3 years old!

A very serious birthday boy

"My hands are praying, praying, praying! My hands are praying just like this. Thank you Lord for the food we're about to eat. Amen!"

Happy Birthday, Duncan!

Duncan's 3rd Birthday Cake

My 3rd birthday celebration is quite simple but enjoyable. In the morning, I woke up and was greeted with hugs and kisses by Daddy and Mommy. I also went down the laundry area to greet yaya because it also is her birthday.

At 12pm, Dad and Mom arrived at the school for my party. I got so excited to see them! Mom cooked all my favorite food : kiddie spaghetti, hotdogs and nuggets. For the drinks, it was my favorite tetra packed juice. I choose Thomas and friends to be my theme but it was really hard looking for favors and cake to suit my theme. I think it worked out just fine, with my cake having Thomas at the center and everything else was a DIY. My friend, Nicco, lend us his Thomas banner (so sweet!).

I lead the prayer and then my classmates sang a birthday song for me under the parachute and then I blew the candle in my birthday cake. And then we eat. Unfortunately for me, I was so excited, I was not able to eat well. After eating, I went to give them their lootbags while receiving my gifts! Thank you to my classmates: Ayra, Julienne, Manu, Ria, Nicco, CJ and Iggy who were all present to celebrate my birthday.

We went to Trinoma that night to have dinner and to eat my favorite "chicke" at Bacolod Chicken Inasal. I usually eat half a cup of rice everytime I eat in this place and tonight is no exception.

Checking on the menu...

"Kinilig kay Juday!"

Tasting the soup

Duncan and Daddy

Mommy!

Dad and mom actually allow me to go wherever I want in the mall and so I went to my favorite part of all... the play area! I got to climb like spiderman! and to slide and to do anything I want! I really have fun!

How 'bout that?

In the evening, Ninang Julie was there to see me. Its been a year since I last see her.

Random facts about me as I turned 3:

- I'm the sweetest guy in the world.

I love kisses and hugs and when mom gets hurt, (most of the time because I am so hyper) I see to it that I touch her and blow the part where she is hurt. There is also a kiss and a hug ready when Dad and Mom arrive home from office. I love it when mommy rocks me in a rocker until I fall asleep. For sure she will terribly miss this when I grow older (by then she cannot hold me any longer ...)

- I usually like to be on my Daddy's side during weekends.

When he is doing something other than play with me, i'll see to it that I get the attention I needed. I climb on his back...press the keyboard of this laptop as fast as i can...seat on his lap...grab his screwdrivers and hammer or whatever it is in his hands while he is reparing something. Well, sometimes he just laughs at it but sometimes.... I ran to mommy when his face turned red. I like to follow him everywhere because I know every weekend is a get-away-from-the-house-day where we went to the mall, or grocery... I always wanted to be sure they will not leave me behind.

- I sleep beside Mommy.

We co-sleep. We have combined Daddy's bed when he was still young (which I now use) and a king sized bed so we have a huge sleeping space. But mom or dad carries me back to my pillow every twice or more times in the middle of the night because I always end up at the wrong side of the bed. The solution that mom did was to sleep at the bottom part so I am spared of ending up at the floor.

- I am diaper free.

Although sometimes... there were accidental leaks... it happens to everyone... right? I just cannot keep it a secret when I poop because it helps when I say o - oooooooooooooohhhh until I shout "finish now!"

- I am still in my infant formula

What can I do I am loyal to my formula? From NAN-HA 1 & 2 , I am now in NAN 3. Still drinking from my ever favorite Avent Feeding Bottle (I hate the smell of milk).

- I love singing and dancing

Mom and I sings "I love you song" of Barney every night. I sang to the rain to stop when its raining. My favorite song includes: twinkle twinkle little star, you'll be in my heart, Sesame st songs, Fun song factory songs. I dance to the rhythm of the song either slow and fast beat... hotdog, hotdog! (from mickey mouse clubhouse)

- I know how to ride my bike

But still with balancer. At least I know how to pedal the right way.

- I loved going to school

I'm very attentive... according to teacher.

- I have my own laptop (courtesy of Dad)

Where I usually plays "Jumpstart"

- I am so fascinated about all the things that Daddy do

Which sometimes puts me in trouble...

- I like going inside the cabinets

Entry to the left door and exit to the right door. This causes mom's insanity to kick in because then she will redo the folds of all the shirts inside.

- Eating is my less favorite thing to do

I'm a terrible eater as I don't usually eat by myself.... there were glorious times however, when I went to "Atchi" to request her to cook my chicken nuggets with fun shapes and eat the whole thing up without having to wash my hands in between.

- I hate dirt

My clothes should be always dry and clean, otherwise i will end up being naked. I hate it when my hands become dirty or sticky.

- I love to play

From stuffed toys to cars to trains to the things under the mattress to the things inside the ref to the things inside the helper's room, to the playstation of Ninong Ian, to Mama's make-up (they were nice crayons!), to the small fragile pigs under the living room table to the wooden cows standing at the porch, to the smallest garbage blown by the wind in the garage, to yaya's used water in the laundry area, to the soap in the bathroom, to the neighbor's cats and dogs, basically anything except cockroaches, living lizards and ugly little bugs.

- I love arts

I love to cut paper and then stick it in the wall using a tape. Our wall now was well decorated with all the stuff I wanted. Most of them were usually pictures of Jollibee, mickey mouse, cars, even my favorite "moonmilk mascot".

- I love bubbles

I love it specially when mommy blows bubbles when I'm taking a bath. Bubble in my tummy, bubble in my hands... bubbles... bubbles!

And Daddy and Mommy loves me so much.

Incident Report!

The text from Teacher Kat goes like this... " Hi mommy Cherry, I would just like to inform you about an incident in school. Duncan was pushed by a classmate today while packing away which caused him to bump his head on the toy shelf. Teacher Joy attended to him and she put an ice on his head for 10 mins. If you like you can call me in school." Mommy's heart almost skipped a beat but reminded herself not to panic. First, she called up the house to see if I'm already there and to check with yaya if I'm ok and what was my head looked like. Then she called-up the school.

Apparently, I'am really pushed from behind in a flash! Teacher Kat told Mommy, that we were just packing away ready for the rest time / story telling when all of the sudden somebody pushed me from the back. She told Mommy, I didn't do anything to cause it from happening. I didnt cry immediately but I was inconsolable when it came to me that I was being pushed. (late reaction you may say). Teacher Kat told Mom, that I am always this pleasant boy and it surprised her to see me so angry! She also told Mom that I am this kind of person who keeps bad feelings inside. Teacher Joy put an ice to my injured forehead but after 10 mins, I wanted to join my classmates again to listen to the story telling. It doesnt stopped there because when we were about to leave the school and we were putting on our shoes, I happened to see the boy who pushed me and wanting my revenge, I went to push him but then I stopped when Teacher Kat told me that there will be no more pushing. (side note: Mom thinks I'm such a brave boy and believes that I will never allow someone to bully me the next time)

This little boy happens to be my buddy in school the same boy who wants my shoe. Oh my! His mom was so apologetic.

Now, mom wishes I will not put her in my buddy's mom's shoes. She was just not ready for that yet.

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.

Mader Goose Birthday

We went to Batangas last Saturday after attending my playclass in gymboree and strolling in Megamall with Dad. With us are Ninang Sistah and Tita Angie who went to Manila from Batangas to go shopping. Mom met us in Megamall as she had to do an overtime in her office.

On Sunday, we attended Mommy's Tito Dindo and Ate Jasmin's church wedding. It was raining all day but I had a chance to be a photographer for the event. I went to the altar to take their pix together with their photographer. Totally cool! Some of my photos:

The newly wed with tataylolo & mommylola

My Tita Tet

My tito Tebobs & his Girlfriend

and this is me.... "The little photographer":

And then.... its "A"s (short for grandma) 60th birthday! We were up early to get the birthday cake and to go to Mc Donalds since I haven't been eating since Saturday. It was fun playing and eating is a total waste of time.... and so I thought. Dad and Mom and me almost melt under the sun! Its too hot and the traffic is worst! Our supposed-to-be 15min travel to Bauan became 45mins! huh, that's 3x! And so I was able to eat 3/4 of mc do spaghetti + the fries + the iced tead and got to enjoy my new toy from kiddie meal.

The celebration was well attended by so many relatives, teachers and friends. I can say that "A" was so happy. Although mom was not a "pro" but she opted to be videographer while dad was the professional photographer. And me... I'm the total entertainer.

Mommylola & her cake

Daddy & Mommy

Mommy's friend Elaine "Labski" & Mommylola

Mommylola's sister and relatives

D' Entertainer

We went home at exactly 3pm (mom will be in trouble if we didnt make it in time). And strolled in the megamall so we can drink Wendy's Iced Tea. Huh, I've never been this thirsty before. I keep bugging mom for the juice since I woke up in Magallanes area.

Happy Birthday "A", we love you. I'm wishing you more years to come so you can get to play with me more. And thank you for taking good care of mom all through out the years.

Ninang Sistah is Home Again

She arrived on my 39th month @ 3:20pm. Her plane landed @ 2:30 but her luggage was the last in line. It was fun seeing her again after a year. We went straight to duty free hoping we can see something worth buying. Unfortunately, we went out with no plastic bags. On our way looking for a resto, we saw the SM Bicutan and decided to drop by since I was never been there.

First stop of course - is what we came here for - children's section. Ninang Sistah promised to buy me a bag since I will be going to school in one week. I decided I like Spidey better than Mickey (too bad I can't have both... hehehe). Its like a backpack and a trolley at the same time and even has a water bottle at the side.

Ninang Sistah was really hungry so we decided to eat early dinner at Chicken Inasal. Oh boy, I never realized I was this hungry... I ate almost 3/4 cup of rice! I knew I needed a visit in the restroom after this.

At 7 pm, we're on our way to Batangas. We're kinda lost, well not really - we just end up on a bumpy service road rather than the smooth SLEX and finally at 10:00 we're major rock stars! Everybody is waiting for us. Not even the dogs were sleeping. One thing I realized, however, is that I'm more popular than my ninang Sistah because even she was amazed on how chinese I speak! (hehehe)

I really wasn't in the mood to sleep but mom forced me to sleep... because she already is too sleepy. Dad was also snoring so its best that I rest also for tomorrow's great day.

The next morning is all about play. Mom looked too depressed on how I reject to swallow any food she offers. Its just fun playing with Tita's Maureen, Lelen and Nene inside the big camping tent.

On sunday after mass, we went back to Manila.

Now I'm already counting 6 more days and I'll be back again for my Grandma's 60th birthday celebration!

Today's News

Duncan : age 2years 8 months and 25 days

Can already...
- count numbers. ti-fo-fay-six-se-eyt-nay-te
- say the abc. ey-bee-si-Di-E-ef-dyi-h-ay-j-k-h-i-j-k
- identify different kinds of animals. bird, from a-aw to haf-haf and now he can say dog!, cat, duck, phant (short for elephant), horse among so many others.
- say different animal sounds
- easily identidy similar objects
- differentiate between dark and light, cold and hot
- remove his shirt in a flash
- pull-off his shoes and socks (struggling..."malagkit kase..." hehe. His feet is sweaty, thanks to biofresh socks its not smelly!)
- cut sheets of paper on his own without cutting his fingers.
- hold molding clay without shaking (he's so sensitive to dirt)
- ride on a bike with a balancer ... left feet still learning to pedal
- play with a transformer toy (he knows how to transform to car to robot.. kinda!)
- "weewee" on his own
- "poopoo" in the cr with some assistance
- drink 4 ounces in one shot
- drinks lots of juice
- can drink 2 pcs of yakult in one seating
- choose his own attire (you cannot make him wear something he didn't like)
- slide on his back
- arrange his pillows when going to sleep
- sleep on his own.
- hit you in a second when he's on the fighting mood
- make your face red (when he's extra pasaway)
- test you patience (he can make you run when he shout "E!" then he will position himself on the very edge of the bed ready to fall then suddenly run away when you nearly had a heart attack!)
- took a photo shoot using daddy's old Canon Ixus Camera complete with tripod

is already...
- potty trained. No more diapers even at night for almost 4 months
- into books.
- learning fast in gymboree
- going to school in summer starting May 6-30
- not afraid to swim in an adult pool
- a coin bearer and an "abay" on May 17 (his ninang Jo's Wedding)
- helping in cleaning his room (he made the mess anyway)
- ready to shake hands with another kid.
- asking what he wants (bike, cookie, dede, juice, apple among so many others) and didnt want


prefers...
- mickey mouse clubhouse over sesame st.
- backyardigans over tarzan
- chipmunks over bee movie
- his daddy during saturdays and sundays / when strolling at the mall
- his mommy every night - sleeping time
- Buzz over Woody in toy story
- floor puzzle over building blocks
- apple over other fruits

but still...
- drinks on his feeding bottles.
- cannot talk clearly
- is so makulit
- is so sweet
- calls his dad "Didi"
- calls his mom " E"
- calls himself "dada"
- loves going to gymboree
- asks for "dede" before going to sleep
- drinks his "Zaditen" medicine
- cannot jump
- is a tv addict
- hates chocolate, lollipop - anything sweet for the matter
- loves goldilocks choco chip and raisin oatmeal cookie
- loves Jollibee
- loves "Spidey"
- loves to eat gyudon beef and teriyaki sauce in Yoshinoya
- goes out of the room once he awake
- loves eating with knorr's hot and sour soup with hotdogs
- loves his balls and cars and all his toys

Note: the writer may have skipped few information regarding the subject, but she will try to update again once possible.

Tito Lok and Tita Jacq's Wedding

The "Siga"

crossing the Bonifacio High Streets... All by himself! (mommy outside the picture)

Disney on Ice

Adventure you dont want to forget - and that's what it is, an unforgettable adventure in Araneta Coliseum when Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Goofy were on ICE!

The show was awesome! As in totally amazing (considering also that its the first time - for all of us!). Duncan's applause was suddenly new... his arms was now raised up above in the air. He was so excited... he won't eat - neither took a break to drink his milk. Adventure of "aws" (as in Mickey Mouse and Friends) includes the Lion King: superb skaters - Duncan's eyes were not even blinking... (umm how bout learning to ice skate when you grow older) 101 Dalmatians : (the "haf-hafs", as Duncan calls them) , Little Mermaid: the fish!, Peter Pan: "fly", and Lilo and Stitch: "titch"!

It was indeed a good 2-hour show.

We strolled around Gateway (where Duncan's first mall experience happened) and later went to visit Duncan's pedia.

Flashback to the day before: Duncan was not able to take his bath because he has colds and slight fever which officially becomes a fever that night.

Flashback to the morning that day: Duncan is all right! No fever!

Going back to the pedia - he was given his meds for the cough and we will observe him if ever he will have fever again.

What a Saturday!

Duncan's last day @ Gymboree

It was a nice play class for Duncan. The topic was about a fireman and they were only 3 in the class. He was the only one listening to the story - and when he found out his classmates where doing something else, he will stand-up and call them up. He was very participative all thru out the class although he still can't jump, he can crawl down on a big log sloping at 30 degrees, go down on a ladder correctly, climb like spidey and sing (with actions) the wheels of the truck and follow his teacher's instructions all thru-out the 1 hour class. We are so very proud of you Duncan. Let's just wait until they open a schedule during weekends - and you'll be meeting Gymbo again!

Welcome Year 2008!

Its been a looong time since the last blog and tons of exciting adventures have happened.

Adventure 1. Duncan and his gymboree play classes. Dad and Mom enrolled him for a 12 week play class in Gymboree Shangri-la Plaza in Mandaluyong (1 session per week). Last session will be this coming January 8th. From Level 5 (saturday class) he moved to Level 6 (tuesday class) . Mom had to be on leave every tuesday mornings to be with the makulit monkey / train / duck - depending on what he will be based on the theme of the week. He was so attentive! Listening to the storytelling (he was laying down on his tummy on the floor with his hands on his chin) , following teacher's instructions and joining the group. He had a hard time jumping from a high distance though. He was very cautious! Instead of free jumping, he will hold on to someone or something before jumping. (Could it be due to the high jump he made when he escaped his crib when he was still a baby. hehehe. As in, he made his way up, out of the wooden crib then down to the wooden floor). He has full of energy! After the class, he will stay and play. Hanging like a monkey, climbing on everything his feet can reach, playing balls, horsing around, jumping, running and just having fun. We attended art class too, but we feel he was not ready yet. He was super uncomfortable having a dirt on. He will say "ash" (meaning = wash) whenever he saw some tint of color on his hands. Hayyyy! Music class was also ok. He enjoyed the instruments but he best enjoyed Gymbo (which he calls "bobo") over the play class. He knows every song... "welcome, welcome everyone... now were here let's have some fun. First we clap our hands just so... (clapping his hands now) then we reach (already touching his toes) and touch our toes..." His favorite part when he was still in level 5 was the part where his dad will carry him and raise him up, up above!





Adventure 2. Duncan @ Little Gym. They have a trial class which we took. At first Duncan was like a little monkey holding on to Mommy's legs and 10 mins later - he was already by himself, chasing his smaller "beasties" classmates. They are more on gymnastics. Duncan enjoyed their class, too. (as an added bonus, they gave us Freebie/Souvenier from "Ella, the Enchanted Movie"!)



Adventure 3. Duncan in Batangas (Bonifacio Day). Finally, we did have a chance to visit Batangas again even if the Rancho Bridge in Cuenca was not passable to vehicles. We rode on the bus and had a flat tire in Lipa City. Luckily- there was a jeepney waiting for us - they told us that the bridge was still passable to commuters. Duncan had a great time walking / crossing the bridge cutting our trip to at least by an hour. As usual, they were all happy to see the little darling. We went home the very next day... but it was fun seeing tataylolo and mommylola again.



Adventure 4. Duncan @ Trish's birthday party. Trisha Andrea Moriah Pachica's first birthday party was held at Classica Tower in Makati. It was supposed to be a custome party but Duncan dont want any custome at all. We all went there fully dressed-up just to attend a party by the pool! Duncan enjoyed the water, his feet submerged by the pool. The birthday girl slept even before she blow her birthday cake. At the end... Duncan has only his t-shirt and his diapers on! - what a costume.



News 101 : More words for Duncan. He knows how to count... one , to , tee, fo, ayv, six, ven, eight, nine , te.... tennnnnnnn! He also knows how to say the alphabet (kinda) . His "dog" was still "haf haf" . He knows his name, too - "Da" (still working for the can). He can clearly say the words as "kiss , cookie, eat, cook and many more" (mostly 1 syllable words).



News 102: Potty trained. For almost a month now, he no longer wears diaper during the day. He will run to whoever is in the room and say "wishh, wishhhh" his words for the weewee and "oo-oo" for the poop with his hands on his butt. He just needs assistance in the restroom but he can already pull-out his undies. Even with his diapers on, he will remove it and will still go to the restroom when he feels like it. When finished he will say "f-nish"! - That's our Duncan!



News 103: Duncan is already 15.5 kgs - from his 14.0 kgs two months ago.

Way to go Duncan!