When my daughters were toddlers and before they reach age seven, playing kiddie games with them was pretty regular for us. We have kiddie parties at home, lots of singing, dancing and laughing when we are together. Even when we are with our in-laws, we all spend time listening to our little kids’ babbles and giggles. Oh how time flies so fast, and so we all say. Now, my two girls are grown up and some things have changed. Aside from the physical changes, they of course, do not want to play the same games as before. They also do not...
It’s not about who we sleep at night but who we wake up with in the morning. Yes, I agree to that. I remember that I only actually started sleeping in bed with my husband when my youngest child turned 5, actually when she turned 10, because in the years in between, I alternately sleep in my daughter’s bedroom and the master’s bedroom. And when she turned 10, my daughter had already advanced to a more matured stage when all she wants in her room are her K-POP posters. Hayyy. But you know what, my husband’s relationship...
If I can turn back time, when I was pregnant with my first child, I wish I had just been pregnant in this decade. My pregnancy with my eldest was like groping in the dark, and my husband and I had just relied on my ob-gyne and pediatrician. We made sure we listen carefully with what they say and their words are like words of God for us. We had to follow all the diet, drinks and vitamins prescribed to me and my baby. In short, we were dependent and if not with regular check ups, we wouldn’t have a successful pregnancy. I am not...
Chopsuey is the quickest dish I can cook at home when I feel like serving lots of veggies for lunch or dinner. I usually buy a pack of pre-cut assorted vegetables from the grocery, wash them, and sautee them with spring onions and garlic, and meat (either lean ground pork or shredded, left-over chicken meat). But recently, I found a way to make my chopsuey much more creamy and lovely to eat. I say lovely because we love to top it over rice because of the creaminess. The secret? A can of Jolly Cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup. Easy right?...
I know you’ll agree that as years pass by, providing healthy food on the family table is getting more difficult. Why? Vegetables are getting more limited as the weather becomes unfriendly to our crops, thus making our favorite veggies very expensive. Sometimes, the “sayote” I buy, are cheap but sometimes they become steep. Don’t mention potatoes, oh my, they are so expensive these days. Gone are the days when you say vegetables are affordable. I can hardly make salads these days. Then, consider the number of new...
Pesto pasta, I just found out, is one of many’s favorite alternative pasta dish from the usual red sauce and white sauce pasta. But most of us only eat pesto pasta from Italian restaurants or spaghetti houses. Luckily, Contadina makes it easy for us moms now to make our own pesto pasta dishes. I was just craving for that pesto taste when I saw my Contadina Pesto sitting comfortably on my pantry. And since I also have a stock of Jolly mushrooms, and a brick of Eden cheese, but all my meat were frozen, I thought why not make a no-meat...
It’s the start of the year once again and it’s an exciting time to freshen our wardrobes with comfortable clothes, and for me and my 2 daughters, some pretty dresses we can use for Sunday mass, birthday parties and school events. Last December, I’ve sorted out the girls’ clothes and gave the small-sized tees and dresses to their cousin, my niece and step-sister. That’s why when I buy clothes for my daughters, I make sure that they can be passed on to other kids when my kids outgrow them already. There’s...
Another year is over and a whole new one had just started. It’s a happy thing not only because we’ve survived another year, but also because all the family occasions were reset and we got to celebrate again all those happy milestones together. To make sure that my kids are protected from getting mosquito-born diseases from all those family occasions, my husband and I are very stringent when it comes to applying OFF! Insect Repellent Lotion at home and before going to any gathering, may it be with our relatives or with friends. You...
