My new shift gives me time to spend quality time with my daughter. I love this shift! My shift starts at 5AM and ends at 2PM. I usually arrive at home by 2:45PM. If Nonet is not sleeping yet, we eat snacks together and will take a nap. Late in the afternoon, after doing her assignments, I let her play on the computer. Sometimes, we let her play outside or watch over our kittens.
In the evening after we finish eating dinner, we go to shower together. After putting on our sleep clothes, we will settle on bed and I will read to her. I love to read. I love books! I have bought her number of books as well. She loves to looking at pictures and asking what is it about. Her latest craze is about astronomy. My sister Patty introduced her the moon, the planets and even Laika, the first living thing in space. She even told me about the black hole and supernova. Sometimes she forget about it though but when she is reminded, she remembers.
She also loves the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. She always asked my mother or me to tell her that story. She never gets tired of hearing it.
We also sing and dance together. I hope I’ll remain in this shift. I really love it.
In celebration of Linggo ng Wika, my daughter’s school had a program about it. I was so thankful to my area manager, Ma’am Richee for allowing me to be on half day last Friday. It was my daughter’s first performance and I wanted to see it. It was raining hard last Friday that the school officials decided to hold the program inside one of the school’s classrooms.
My aunt Evelyn is a dressmaker and she has some extra cloths that she can make Antoinette’s costume. I helped my mother look for a printed cloth that can be made into Nonet’s skirt or saya, and a lace to for her kimona. We found pink printed cloth, which was made into her skirt and a nice lace for her tops. Mama bought her pair of native slippers to go with her costume.
I bought puto or rice cake for the feast after the program. The kinder students declaimed, “Ang Batang Munti” and they danced to the tune of “Sampung Mga Daliri”. They kids were all well applauded.
I am so proud of my little girl! The performance was not as perfect as the teachers would have wanted it to be. However, the very cute children made the performance a pleasing one!
I know that the said show would only be the first of many more. Antoinette is only at kinder, and I know that she will be doing more performances as she step on elementary. Well that’s going to be 2 years from now!
This week is my daughter’s first examination week. She will take her first test in English, Science and Mathematics. We had our review last weekends. We read her text books and for the excercise, we used her Logico. Logico is very useful to us. I am glad I made a good decision i getting it. The topics they have for Logico Primo do fit in the lessons of my daughter in pre-school.
She took English exam today. The school have scheduled the test for Science and Math tomorrow and on Friday, respectively. She’s a little bit confused with different food groups, Go, Grow and Glow. That’s why I told my mother to run her Science lessons again. Well, mama will be the one to review Antoinette’s Science lessons today. While they review, I will be on my beauty rest. Bad mommy! Hehehe!
I pray that the good Lord will bless my daughter as she take another step in her “studies years.”
On her second day at school, she brought home 3 stars on her palm. We asked her how she got the stars and she told us that when the teacher asked something, she raised her hand to answer. She said that she was able to answer the teacher’s question.
We told her that we are so proud of her. We called her daddy and she told him about her school and the stars she got. Ney was happy to hear that his baby is doing good and enjoying school. Ney told me to do some ab workouts so I would be able to get my own stars from him. Hehehe!
Since Antoinette has three names in her first name, we asked the school teacher that she would be using Antoinette only. When she steps on to preparatory level, then she would add her second name, Ylea. When she enrolls in grade one, then she would be able to write her first full name.
My mother hated me so much for giving her such a long name. I told my mother that it was my dream to have my baby a long name. Oh she really hates me about it!
Well, I believe that my daughter will learn to write her full name. I know that we should be patient as well, as we guide her through her first school year.
Last Wednesday was my daughter’s first day of school. We were all excited about this. My sister Patty filed a leave from her work so she can take video and pictures of Antoinette’s first day in school. Sending a child to school is a milestone for me as a parent. Stepping her feet on the school ground for the first time is a milestone for my daughter.
I left work earlier than usual because I wanted to send Nonet to school on her first day. I was joined by my mother and my sister. She left the house in Sunday dress because she doesn’t have any school uniform yet. When we arrived in her school, there were already students and parents. We saw the shock in her face but we told her that it is going to be fine. Most of the students are wearing school uniforms already. I went ahead to the school office and asked if a uniform is available already. Her uniform size is available so I got one for her. We changed her clothes from Sunday dress to school uniform and I know that she felt more confident this time.
Since it is not regular classes yet, the school time is shortened. We decided to wait for her in the school’s waiting area. I chose, Our Lady of the Rosary Learning Center because the tuition fee is reasonable and most of all, I personally know the teachers and the owner of the school. Since this is Antoinette’s first school experience, I wanted to make sure that it will be a good experience.
An hour passed so fast and their teacher guided their way out of the room. She played with her new found friends and enjoyed the slide in the school ground. I see the happiness in her face and I know that she will be enjoying school.
Last Friday, while my sisters and cousins were busy singing through our midi player, Nonet and I stayed in the room and I read her some of her Grolier books. I must admit that the books I got from Grolier are costly, but then I believe that the set worth its price. Antoinette was only 2 years old when she learned about different animals. She was only two when she was able to distinguish a cheetah from a leopard. Well, honestly, I get confused with those big felines.
She also loved playing Logico. I received a comment from my one of my posts about Logico that the company had a sale last May. Too bad I wasn’t able to go there. I hated my collector for not telling me about the sale. Well, in any case, I got my Logicos brand new. I am so happy because, Antoinette was able to answer the different slides in the different categories that Logico has. There are some categories that I need to explain to her and give her example but most of the categories, she was able to answer on her own.
I remember the day I decided to get Logico for Antoinette, her daddy was so against about the idea. Of course I know what I am investing on and I told him that I will be the one to pay for it :). When the set was delivered to the house, he checked on how it works and tried some of the slides. You bet he was convinced that, the price I am paying for Logico is worth it.
I know that when Antoinette started going to school, she would be spending more time reading her text books. But I would see to it, that we still find time for Logico to enhance her logical thinking and reasoning skills; and also read I Wonder Why to improve her knowledge about things, places and many more.
I hope and I pray that Antoinette will not only do good in school but will also enjoy being at school and take pleasure in studying.
I am checking on the different photo folders we have on my the computer. I’m looking for something that I can use for my profile pic in fb. The pictures are all scattered in different folders! Wew! I may need a day to arrange all those pictures. As I check one folder then another, I stumbled on these cute pictures of Nonet with some of her Spongebob stuff. She loves Spongebob and Winnie the Pooh. When she was a baby, most of the things I bought for her were from Winnie the pooh collections.
I have posted these pictures here, not only because of the cute poses with Spongebob but because she’s wearing a dress here. Oh, she hates wearing one! That’s why I love these pictures. We’re able to have her wear a sleep dress.
I am so excited about the thought that my daughter will finally go to school this June! She is 4 1/2 years old and she will be in kindergarden. We have inqured to a nearby pre-schools and the tuition is a bit high. Well, I guess the reason behind it is because pre-school is the most challenging level in the education ladder. A pre-school teacher may need a long string of patience and should be child friendly. I have dreamt of becoming a pre-school before, but I guess I do not possess enough patience needed to become one.
I went to Galleria last Friday to buy Antoinette a pair of black shoes. It seems early to buy her shoes but since she’s going to use it yesterday for the May Flower devotion, I decided to get her one. There are different varieties and brands that offer kid’s black shoes. I checked on the style and the quality and ofcourse the price of each pair. I found a few pairs that are on sale but the available sizes will not fit her. I went to those “branded” ones and ended up getting a Gibi shoes worth Php 800! We’re not a well to do family but we are not also the poorest of the poor. Getting a pair of shoes for a pre-schooler that cost around a thousand doesn’t seem to be practical. But then, since she will be using it and I thought it will fit her okay, I bought the shoes.
She is fast asleep when I arrived home. I showed my mother what I bought. She tried to convince herself that the one I got is worth buying. Hehehe! When Tonet woke up, she tried the shoes on and it was too big for her! Tonet put on socks and wear the shoes again but it was really big. I told my mother that we’ll just have it exchange with a pair that will fit her okay.
The following day (yesterday), we went back to the mall and got an exchange. I went to Customer Service first and reported the incident. Then we went to Children’s Shoes area and let my daughter tried on several pairs until we got the right one for her. It is a Barbie shoes which is currently on Sale! It’s original price is around Php 899 but we got it only for Php 399! Wow! What a savings! Since we can no longer refund the other amout, I decided to get her a Disney Princess school bag which is on Sale as well! I was very happy because, we were able to buy her a pair of shoes and a school bag.
I will visit those schools probably this week and decide which school she will go to. We are all excited about her going to school. My sister Patty said that she will take a leave on Tonet’s first day of school. :)
I hope that my she will do good in school. I hope that God will bless her and me and her father so that we will be able to support her education until she finish college.
My daughter learned how to use the computer and control it when she was only two years old. At first, she just used the computer for watching videos and movies. As she grows older, she learned how to use the mouse and navigate the computer until she discovered the mini-games folder that I have on the desktop. She enjoyed playing the memory games! I am really amazed when she play that game!
When she turned 4 years old, she learned how to browse the Internet and discovered the different websites that offer games. I let her play the online games because she really enjoyed it.
After being online for quite sometime, I see to it that I run a scanning software to make sure that our computer is protected from any malicious files. I cannot afford to perform OSRI in my computer to get rid any malicious files because I have a lot of important files, videos and pictures save in the hard drive.
I will let her explore the world wide web but I’ll make sure to monitor the sites she visits. I would want her to take advantage of the Internet to gain knowledge and be aware of the things happening around the world.
Two weeks ago, the eldest daughter of my cousin in my father’s side, arrive to spend a vacation with us. She is the first niece we have in the clan, for she is the first born child of my eldest paternal cousin. Antoinette have known her ate Ikay since she has been going to Quezon for a visit. Ikay is now 7 years old while my daughter is 4. This was Ikay’s second visit in our home. First was when we celebrated my father’s first year death anniversary. My daughter and her ate Ikay got along very well. I remember when I was her age, I spent a vacation in Quezon and stayed at my ate Yaga’s house. Her mother and I were very close then. There had been a lot of family issues that happened, and I hope that the bond that ate Yaga and I had will be back again.
Tonet and Ikay played a lot. Ikay is now more like an ate to my daughter. Well, she has 4 other siblings! She is very patient to my daughter’s mood swings! Hehehe!
In one of our talks, I asked her what gift she wanted to have on her birthday. She said that she wanted to have an IPhone! Whoa!!! Well, I told her that tita Anet could not afford to buy her an IPhone yet. In fact, I don’t even have an IPhone on my own! I told her that I’ll give her iphone accessories instead! I told her that she can ask her mom to buy her one.
This picture was taken in Quezon. Ikay and Tonet!
She already went back to Quezon. I told her that she can always come back anytime she wanted. She asked me to bring Tonet in Quezon so they can enjoy the beach. I told her that I will. We’ll be going to Quezon to celebrate my grandmother’s first year death anniversary.
I hope that Ikay and Tonet will have the same bond and closeness that I and her mother had.
My daughter has been diagnose with asthma when she was a baby. Her asthma’s trigger is weather and temperature changes. Animal fur and dust are not much of a trigger for we have cats at home and she doesn’t seem affected by it. But, if the weather is too cold or too hot that when she got a very bad asthma attack. I also notice that sudden change of weather caused asthma attack.
Last Friday, when Manila was hit by a temperature of around 36 degrees celcius, she was rushed at the Medical City due to acute Bronchial Asthma with difficulty in breathing. :( Before going to work, that night, I instructed my mother what to do in case she will be rushed to the hospital. We do have nebulizer at home, and we nebulized her every 3 hours. But that didn’t do it. My shift starts at 9PM but we had a team meeting. I left my phone in my bag. After our one-hour meeting, I checked my phone and I had 8 missed calls from my sister and 10 new messages. I knew then that something happened. I called my sister right away and learned that they were in the hospital already and my daughter was advised to be confined due to difficulty in breathing. I informed my manager about it and he asked me to live the office. When I called my sister again, I learned that they were in the private room already.
I decided not to leave the office for my daughter was in good hands already. I decided to finish the shift and prayed that she will be alright.
I went to the hospital directly coming from the office. When I arrived in the hospital, she had oxygen mask. This view was not new to me. She has been confined in the hospital more than thrice already. But then, it really hurts me seeing my daughter suffers. If only I can take her asthma away.
We were discharged after about 3 days. I was very tired. I wasn’t able to report for work yesterday because I was really not feeling well. My sister’s recommendation is for us to get an ac unit. It has been a plan since Antoinette was still a baby. But because, the apartment we’re renting is an old unit already, installing an aircon will not be possible to do.
The only option we have is to move into a more ventilated and better place. Well, I am already looking into that. I just pray that while we’re here, Antoinette will be okay. God bless her. Amen.
While I am working on my online journal, my daughter asked if she can watch DVD. Ofcourse, I told her. I didn’t ask what DVD she would like to watch for I already what it would be, Spongebob Square Pants! Her tita Patty already bought her 2 sets of Spongbob DVDs. I don’t understand why she never gets tired of watching the same episodes everday.
Well, what is important to me is that when she’s watching Spongebob she is behave and her friends are unable to invite her to play outside. I found a video clip of Tonet’s favorite’s Spongebob song.
My shift starts at 5AM and ends at 2PM. I usually arrive at home by 2:45PM. If Nonet is not sleeping yet, we eat snacks together and will take a nap. Late in the afternoon, after doing her assignments, I let her play on the computer. Sometimes, we let her play outside or watch over our kittens. 
I hated my collector for not telling me about the sale. 
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