Luigi’s First Communion

Starapples are in season! Kaimito is the Filipino term for starapples. When the kids were young(-er) and when Miko still had the K-T deficiency (miko=mito, kuya=tuya, koko=toto, etc) we used to have a joke about this… “Ano ito?” … “Kaimito” … “E ano ang kay tuya?” … rofl… I sliced a starapple for Luigi. *…

Luigi asked us a question this evening. Any answer we give will surely taint a child’s rose colored world. “Why do some people want to be bad to me when I’m kind to them?”

“Mommy tomorrow I need to bring P20.00 to school.” “Why?” “Because Ron said that if I want to be his BFFFFFF (that’s Best Friend Forever Forever Forever…. you get the picture) I have to pay him P20.00″ Hmmm… how do I answer that? … Sweetie, friendship is priceless (so you need a mastercard) …. Too…

We watched Nanny McPhee this evening, at SM Fairview, with lolo and lola. For a while, we weren’t sure whether the kids wanted this movie, or Shaggy Dog. I’m glad Nanny McPhee won, though, coz I wasn’t much interested in dog shows. At first, Miko wanted to leave already, because he was getting scared. But…

Miko has fever. I guess he’s going to be absent from school tomorrow. I guess I will be, too. Thankfully, my boss is very understanding about these things. In fact, if I show up, and she finds out that Miko is sick, she might even reprimand me for leaving him at home. Yes, having Miko’s…

Bree gave the boys a new board game – Charades for Kids (thanks Bree). You need to act out simple things, like driving a car, slurping soup, flying, etc. So, ok, Luigi’s turn… he sits down on the sofa, and opens his mouth wide, and… that’s it. Aaah, resting with your mouth open? “No, it’s…