open letter to my migs

to my dearest migs,

there will come a time when you get to read my blog and i want you to know how much you affect me with the little things you do. i am really proud of the little things that make you, YOU.

like yesterday, while grocery shopping in sm hypermarket shaw (yes, i will be very detailed because when i am old and grey, i may become forgetful =p), you amazed me with the most simple thing.

as we were paying for our purchases, you saw the candy display on the cashier line. you asked if you could get a pack of gum, i said "no, you can get mentos instead." so you did. you got a stick of mint mentos. but as you saw the cadbury chocolate, you asked if you could get one. i said "ok," thinking that you will get it as an addition to the mentos. but you surprised me, instead of getting both, you put back the mentos and got one small piece of cadbury chocolate. you are amazing! i was so happy with that little gesture, i asked you to take two pieces of chocolate.

today, you are three years old and three months. i look forward to many more years of great surprises from you. i love you forever and always. and, taking a quote from the book i used to read to you, "as long as i'm living, my baby you'll be."

hugs and kisses,

mama

happy father's day

this is migs' father's day gift to his papa. it made vincent's day! i'm glad that migs' teachers thought of this project/ artwork for father's day. and i'm glad that migs was able to hide this and give it to his papa on this day.

after lunch in farmer's market dampa in cubao, migs gave this to vincent upon returning home. the smile on hubby's face said it all. he was surprised and was really happy.

too bad mother's day falls in summer. but hopefully, my migs can start creating his own art masterpieces at home :)

to vincent, happy father's day. you are the best! and as migs recorded on my phone, "happy father's day, i love you. mwah!"

interesting discussion

while preparing to go to sleep last night, i had a pretty interesting and very logical discussion with my migs and it goes something like this:

migs: (pointing to his head) this is my brain

me: you want to see what a brain looks like? it's like a long worm crumpled up.

migs: yes!

me: (used my iphone to search for pictures of a brain) this is what it looks like. see?

migs: mama, my brain is inside my head?

me: yes.

migs: how about my bones?

me: (searched for skeletal system on google images) these are your bones. you see your skull, your arms, your pelvic bone - where your bumbum is, and your legs and toes and fingers.

migs: (pointing to his body parts for each) my bumbum? this is my arms and legs and toes. my stomach have no bones.

me: (seeing how interested he is to see the inside of his body) you want to see your heart? this is your heart, see where it is?

migs: inside my chest.

me: very good! you want to see your lungs? remember, when you go to dr. reloza, she makes you breathe? the lungs are what you use. i'll show you.

me: (found pics of healthy and sick lungs) this is your lungs when it is healthy and not sick (pointing to the healthy lung) and this is the sick lung. when you smoke, your lungs look like this, pointing to the sick lung).
migs: (at this point, he got the phone from my hands and immediately went to his papa's side) papa, your lungs is pangit! you should stop smoking because your lungs is sick!

hubby: (while still playing his computer game) yes baby, i will stop smoking.

migs: (still at his papa's side) papa, your lungs is sick, stop smoking na! look! see, this is my lungs it's healthy!

i was pretty shocked that he absorbed all that in a span of a few minutes. he truly is a sponge when it comes to information and i'm glad we had that discussion. i'm sure he would want to see all of these pictures again tonight. future doctor or scientist? too early to tell, but as long as he'll be happy, i will support him.

summer school

april 13, 2009 marks a new chapter in my migs' life. this is the first time he will go to school. although it is for the summer, the program is fit for kids who will be going to school in june for the first time, sort of a transition period. and since he will be going to the same school in june, i hope the change will be easy for him.

gone are the days of diapers, nightly feedings, and bedtime rockings. here come the days of parent teacher conferences, school activities and quarterly payments!

to my migs, i know you will do well. papa and i are proud of you!