… yesterday, June 25.

It was the very first time I didn’t take Sophia to school. You see, since she started toddler classes at a play-based toddler school when she was almost 2 years old, I made it a point to take her to class. All other activities or classes too like The Little Gym and Gymboree, I was with her. Never missed a class. And so, yesterday was a first for me and I didn’t take it well.

I HAD SEPARATION ANXIETY.

I was literally holding my tears back while I was taking her inside the car with her yaya and the driver. She, on the other hand, didn’t have any hint of sadness at all which made me want to cry all the more. SUSME, ano ba ito? Could it be the pregnancy hormones or what?

When she shouted “Goodbye, Mommy!” with hands waving while the car was about to go, I couldn’t hold it any longer. I ran inside the house and wept. I called the husband and continued to cry over the phone. Crazy, isn’t it? OA, ano?

But things are better now. I have managed to accept the fact that I cannot be with her all the time and besides she needs to be on her own every once in a while.   It’s both for our own good.  After all, Ill be having another baby soon so we both need this so we can adjust.  I’ll still take her to school maybe twice or thrice a week though but everyday is not feasible anymore  because three hours in Starbucks every morning each day will do me no good.  Malls are still closed by the time she’s in school so I have nowhere to go.

Hay, another mommy moment for the books.

As I have already posted, we recently had some renovations and painting jobs in the house in preparation for our coming second blessing. We have long been waiting for this new bundle of joy and we are just really glad the Big Man up there heard our prayers. So you could just imagine, we - the daddy, the mommy and our little girl who will soon be a big sister, are all giddy excited.

To date, we already have fixed the nursery room. We had it colored, and are now trying to look for baby furnitures to complete it. We are hoping for a boy this time so I have been looking at nice boy themed cribs, changing tables and rugs. There is just so much to choose from over the net that it becomes overwhelming. How I wish I have all the extra funds to spare. My days are now occupied surfing and shopping for baby stuff and I am so thrilled. I can’t wait to have a new baby!

Here’s me and Jon getting our dose of laughter therapy from the little girl, worth more than any massage therapy there is in the entire universe, I must say.

Both taken inside the car, mine - on our way to Pampanga last Saturday after attending a Baptism Party while Jon’s - on our way home from Pampanga last Sunday. This was all to the little girl’s prodding … “let’s take a picture mommy!!!” Who am I to resist? What joy mommyhood brings, eh?

I woke up early today preparing Sophia’s stuff for school. They were asked to bring a couple of things though this morning aside from the usual - 1X1 pic for school ID, 2 passport pictures, 2 empty yakult bottles, 2 empty medicine boxes and 1 empty half a gallon ice cream container. I got so harassed looking for the pictures she needed to bring as I forgot where I placed them. Silly me. I now promise to not cram when it comes to Sophia’s school assignments - never again. I almost turned our house upside down looking for the pics you know - at 6AM!

Anyway, let me leave you a pic of the little girl in her PE uniform last Friday - their PE day.

Ang lusog niya noh?

Thanks to typhoon Frank, all the outdoor planters I have managed to collect all these years are now broken. Same goes with the few window planters I have. They are no high-end planters but I value them so much as I personally chose them and have come to grow with me with the three years we have been staying here in this house.

Oh well, nothing much I can do as I should even be thankful that nothing worst happened during the typhoon who hit us really bad. So for me not to feel bad, I am now looking for some decorative planters over the net to replace my old planters. I saw some really nice ones and I am now starting to feel happy. I love decorating our garden so seeing it with nice garden planters is a must. I also saw one window box planter that will perfectly fit our window so I might get it too. I hope they don’t cost a fortune though. On a second thought, even if they will, I will have to ask the husband to pay for them! I want my nice garden back, badly.

My little girl joining the morning assembly for the Nursery, Junior Kinder and Senior Kinder Classes …

Here she is before going home, playing in the nursery playground near the digital signage strategically placed just right outside her school

So far, the little girl is loving her new school. She is so excited every morning. I hope the excitement won’t wither. In the whole week she has spent in big school too, I fairly noticed the independence she had gained. You see, being the only child and the first apo on both sides, she is babied - all throughout. Never has to lift a finger. But now, she insists on carrying her own bags, doing all sort of stuff by herself. I really hope big school has positive effects on her. I guess, with her kind of personality, she really is fit to be in a big school setting. *crossfingers*

Or else, back to school hunting again.

Okay, the little girl is hooked on Nintendo Wii. (She used to love my sister’s PSP but not anymore obviously.) Nope, we haven’t gotten her one yet even if she has been bugging us for the last two weeks now but whenever we visit my brothers in Pampanga, the little girl gets the Wii all to herself which is the reason why she is more hooked. She even wants to take it home! Silly girl. She plays all sorts of games. My brothers even has the classic controller which lets you play the classics with convenience and comfort thats why the little girl can play with it on her own. If I were to buy though, I would love to get the Wii Fit but I doubt if the little girl will enjoy it.

As of writing this, I have asked my sister in law to order one for us - finally. I have been contemplating if I’ll get one but I am finally giving in. I guess the little girl deserves it anyway as she has been so good in school lately even if she has to wake up really early. I am not telling her yet though. I want it to be a surprise. I hope the husband won’t spoil my plan.

ang buntis ay nag-iisip what to have for snacks. Let me re-phrase that, what food to order for delivery. Pizza, pasta, dumplings or what?!?!!

Gutom na ang buntis obviously.

Finally, I am getting back to my old self again - matakaw!

Don’t you just hate it when the moment you need a flashlight, which is once in a blue moon I must say, it suddenly runs out of batteries? Ugh! Such thing happen to me all the time. With a little girl who loves to play with anything at home, batteries don’t last long in our household. It’s either she had been playing with the flashlight or took out its batteries to put in her other toys. What can a mother do? Flashlights are a staple in every home as we’ll never know when we will need them.

I found a better alternative though - shake flashlight. This amazing Shake LED Flashlight requires no batteries or wires, just shake to power! Shake for one minute and you’ll get 30 minutes of continuous bright light from this LED flashlight. Isn’t that great? I bet it is so I am grabbing one so I won’t have to worry of empty or lost batteries anymore.

Drama Kwento:

When we were on the way to school, I was teary eyed. OA diba? But seriously, seeing this picture (nevermind yung closed eyes niya) makes me realize how eager, ready and how big a girl my Sophia already is.  Grabe, cliche as it may sound, time really flies talaga.  She’s a baby no more.

She never let go of her lunch bag the whole duration of the trip to school by the way.

On her first day to school, our day started early.  Since she needs to be in school by 8am, we had to be leaving the house at exactly 7:20am. So you could just imagine, everything was timed - by the dot. Wake up at 6:10am, have breakfast until 6:45am and then take a bath. Good thing Sophia really wakes up early so no big adjustment on that.

Both Jon and I took the little girl to school. Here she is before leaving the house.

Although it’s still orientation week and they were not asked to bring snacks yet, I made her bring her lunch bag. She also was bringing her backpack with spare clothes and grooming kit.

Five minutes before 8am, we reached Rosemont.  Here’s the little girl greeting and getting her nametag from her teacher.

As I previously said in my other post, she didn’t cry nor hesitated to go inside her classroom.  She needed no convincing too, none at all.  She went straight inside and ayun na, the rest is history. As if we never existed. She didn’t even look for me.  She was having fun inside, checking what her classmates are doing.  Parang supervisor, paikot ikot LOL. She’s sometimes playing blocks with a classmate and then the next minute, playing dough with others. Look.

She gladly participated in all the activities too and she has the loudest voice by the way. When the kids answer to the teacher’s questions, nangingibabaw her voice. Walang kawala, HAHAHA.

More photos during their class activities next.