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Family Bonding and Gratitude

November 10, 2013 / Filed Under: family, gratitude list, peach moment, positive vibes, restaurants

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy,and change ordinary opportunities into blessings” – William Arthur Ward

It’s been a hell of a ride of a life the last five months. Like what I’ve always been telling in this blog, I’ve been busy. Life has yet again taken over my life. Working at home seemed to drain me of a lot of energy. There was a time when I thought I should just do away with this blog and maintain the other three. It’s a good thing that there is something here that I always want to look back at: My gratitude list. I want to keep this every week, but days slip by and I didn’t even notice that I haven’t been writing it.

Here I am, after five whole months, writing what feels like my first list. There has been a lot of things that I am thankful for and I’ll start with those that I can remember:

It’s already November and since December the past year, I’m proud to say that I’ve been making it as a Work at Home Mom (WAHM). Sure, the pay isn’t that big but I’m glad to say that there has been money flowing in on a monthly basis. I’d like to think I was able to make IT work the way I want it to– Thank God, of course.
I’m thankful I was able to bond with my aunts. The photo above was while we were waiting in line at Vikings in SM North EDSA. My Tita Becky treated us for a late lunch that day and it was as good as any.
I’m very thankful to God that when I asked Him for a juicer, He also made sure I get a multi chef cooker to go with it.

I’m thankful for my new hobby: Gardening. It’s been keeping me in a zen mood lately and I don’t want to disturb my good karma. It’s letting me breathe and release my stress. Ykaie even asked me to get her a plant as well. I got her a Cactus which she named EBAI (after her favorite lola Eva).
I’m thankful I’m getting inspired to try out new things everyday. Even if not musically inclined, I think I’ll have the guts to try out learning how to play a musical instrument.

That’s it for now. I have more but I’m reserving that for my next post. I want to be able to make a gratitude list every week.

Dinner at Marina After a Tiring Day

October 3, 2013 / Filed Under: family, food, restaurants

This is where we ended up for dinner after playing and strolling along SM By The Bay. peanutbutter♥ was craving for some seafood and the first restaurant in sight that we know has some seafood on the menu is Marina.

I think this is Sizzling Tuna or Sizzling Tuna Sisig? I already forgot since this happened last April and it is October now and this is peanutbutter♥‘s order. …..Yikes for über late post.

Tips To Enjoy Eating With Kids in a Restaurant

October 1, 2013 / Filed Under: parenting, restaurants, tips

We love eating out and when we eat out it’s usually always in a pack of five people- that’s me, sis, my daughter Ykaie, Cyra, and Cyvrine. These kids love running around and being nosey, just like all kids.Sometimes choosing a place to eat can be tricky because not all restaurants are child-friendly.

Kids are kids and there’s nothing we can do to change that but there are some things you can do to make sure they behave well.

Before going to a restaurant, make sure there is something on the menu that they will like. That’s fried chicken, pizza, or fried pork chops in our case, if we go to a restaurant that doesn’t have the food they want, they would refuse to eat and get bored while waiting for us to finish our meal. The tendency is for them to play around.
Opt to be seated in a booth whenever possible. Yes, this is to keep your child contained and keep them from running around.
Bring “restaurant-only-toys”. Most of the time, kids finish their meals first. Keep them busy by bringing coloring books, small toys, or tablets (which is common nowadays) which they can play either while waiting for food to be served or after meals. This is to keep them from running around and disrupting other diners.
Visit the restaurant during off-peak times.
Make sure you catch your kids behaving well. Point out how great they’re doing staying seated, being polite to the waiter, and trying new foods. This will encourage them to be on their best behavior.

Those are just some of the things I learned over the years and time and time again eating out with these three girls. Cyvrine is the hardest to contain but she’s getting there. These photos are take one time I was craving for Kare-Kare and we passed by Cabalen. I saw a photo of Kare-kare and we just had to stop and eat there.