Baby Basics: New Toys for Babies
In the spirit of the season of sale, particularly Christmas and Halloween sales, I know how all you new mommies out there are rarin’ to just buy toys and more toys for your little ones.In fact, I know of one new mommy who would buy anything with “educational” written on the box.
Here’s my own short [...]
Holiday Gift Shopping: Never Too Early
So we go to the malls again and tomorrow, we are canvassing for toy prices at Divisoria (the Philippines’ top bargain center). Bearing in mind the admonitions against buying cheap toys, my agenda for this Christmas is to give out books and educational stuff to my godchildren. In the past, this has always been a [...]
Read more »My Old TV and The Boy Who Cried Ouch
When I was a single girl of 22, I bought my very first television set. It wasnt flat screen (but in my heart, it was), and it was 21 inches wide. During the years that I lived alone, I had it with me. Comforting me when I was alone (which was often) and waiting for [...]
Read more »Dollhouses and Other Princess Things
We all know about princesses and little girls, don’t we? Now that I am a mom, I am convinced that ALL little girls dream of becoming a princess someday, or even now believe that they are princesses who deserve all pink and fluffy things.
There is a section in any mall that spells P.R.I.N.C.E.S.S. out loud [...]
A Work At Home Mom’s Sentimental Prayer
When I first decided to leave my job and be a work at home mom for real, I was very scared. There’s a part of me that’s doubting everything I was doing. Until I opened one of my pregnancy books and started a prayer written there. Here’s a part of that prayer:
God, please do not [...]
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