For their literary program in school this year, Sophia is to recite and sing “The Nightingale” with her friend Eliza. Of course I was one excited mommy and made sure she memorized her lines weeks before the program. She was very cooperative and would even be the one to remind me to go through her lines all the time. She knew her lines by heart so I wasn’t bothered a bit when she walked up on stage. Really. And knowing my daughter, stage fright doesn’t actually exist.

Let me share some photos.

My Nightingale.

Here are the kids inside the classroom waiting for the program to start.

And it was finally her turn.

The class performance after.

Daddies and mommies were all so proud seeing our kids perform their piece.  We all went home with a smile on our faces.

Doesn’t she look like an 8 year old here? Goodness! How has she grown that big and that fast?!?!?!

They were asked to bring a DIY lantern with a small flashlight inside to school by the way and here’s what we came up with. (the daddy made this the night before, talk about cramming!)

As another treat to the kids, aside from the usual trick or treating around the school premises, last stop was at this dark room to look for goodies hidden under the newspapers. They did this per section and it was a lot of fun!

Here’s how the room looked like with the lights on.

The daddy didn’t make it with us as he was meeting a cousin of his who is a San Jose motorcycle accident attorney. He recently came home for a short visit. I heard he hasn’t been in the Philippines since he was 15! Wow. I bet he missed Filipino food so much which is why Jon took him to Dampa! I’m sure he’ll enjoy it there. I would! LOL.

With her bestfriend.

During the parade. Notice how uncomfortable she looks? Its because her boy classmate (who is very cute I must say, haha) is holding her hand. LOL! She kept looking at me the whole time!

Their class – JK-B with Teacher N and Teacher Y.

Her costume was a size 8 by the way which means its made for an 8 year old’s built. That’s how big my daughter is nowadays. Even if we have been cutting down her food intake lately, she has been putting on the pounds. Bad. The daddy is not happy at all and told me to do something. Well, I am clueless on what to do. I know for sure though that she can’t take diet pills yet. Haha. Should I cut down her milk intake then? What do you think?

The event was nothing fancy.  The Nursery Class performed a dance number and a song number and that was it.  I don’t have a decent pic of the little girl’s dance number so will just share this one where the kids were singing their happiness song.

By next year, the little girl will be in Junior Kinder already. I can’t believe it has been a year since she entered a big school setting. Time really flies.  Before I know it, she’ll be in grade 1!  Oh my! Good thing I have little Mateo now who I can’t wait to turn six months so I can enroll him to Gymboree and Little Gym classes just like his ate.

Okay, enough of this. I have got a ton on my to do list. On top of the list is to look for rv parks. Later!

This year’s theme was Dad’s Camp and the kids were divided into three teams. Jon and Sophia were part of the Red Team.

There were daddy and kid games.

And here’s the little girl in her explorer costume for the Red Team performance.

During their Cheer Dance number – Nursery, Junior Kinder and Senior Kinder students.

And here, look at our family photo – my recent photo which just proves that I’ve had too much of Royce Chocolates! I badly need new diet pills that work don’t you think?

Photo was taken yesterday at Sophia’s school party. (Never mind my excess weight, I badly need Leptorexin I know) I went with the little girl as I miss spending time with her – just her.  I guess I’m still in the adjustment stage of having to attend to two kids but I know, for sure, I’ll get used to it.  Anyway, here are more photos of the little girl.

So how did it go? It went GREAT. My daughter was GREAT. This is my blog and I can say what I want, LOL. Seriously, Sophia was really good. She went up on stage, with no trace of shyness at all, said her piece in a loud voice with actions and all. Jon and I were ultra proud parents! Hay, ang sarap ng feeling! Before they started, I was perspiring non stop! Hahaha.

Here are some photos.

Dress rehearsal at home.

In school, on stage.

The Nursery Students – A, B, C and D dancing for the finale.

Here’s her piece by the way entitled

PIGGIES.

Its time for my piggies to get to bed.
The Big Mommy Piggy said.
Now I must count them up to see,
If all my piggies came back to me.
One little piggy, two little piggies, three little piggies dear, four little piggies, five little piggies.
Yes! They all are here.
They are the dearest little piggies alive.
1,2,3,4,5.

No, I still haven’t given birth yet. The lack of updates is just a result of my laziness, as usual. I’d rather stay in bed and do nothing lately, just stare at the ceiling and try to picture how my labor will go, haha. Crazy and pathetic I know.

Although I have been doing some walking in the mornings while waiting for the little girl from school, no major contractions yet as of this day. I’m getting impatient and so does the husband. In fact, the husband can’t actually take the waiting game any longer that he will have me induced already on Monday or Tuesday – by hook or by crook. We already had it scheduled with my OB. Actually, if only my mom is here, I would have been scheduled for induction tomorrow. But you see, she’s in Iloilo to attend to my brothers’ basketball event so we have no choice but to wait for her before I go to the hospital and have forced labor. She’s arriving on Monday, hence we have to prolong the husband’s (sige na nga mine na rin ) anticipation until then. I just hope I won’t naturally go into labor this weekend. *crossfingers*

Or, if nature would really take its course and will have it the other way, I just hope not until tomorrow afternoon as I badly need to attend this.

My little girl will recite a poem (with actions and all) entitled PIGGIES all on her own on stage. And I just CAN’T miss it. If I do, I’d probably be hysterical and regret it for the rest of my life, seriously. She has been practicing for days now and I am one pressured mommy. I hope she does well. Modesty aside though, I know she will. LOL. By the way, we just came from a Tutorial Chat with our daughter’s School Director and she has nothing but nice words to say about our little princess. She also had perfect scores again on both her exams – Math and Reading. Proud proud mommy here.

Before I forget, I need to send a shout out to Jody for lending me the piggy head-dress her daughter Margaux wore for Halloween. I actually called Bumblebee for the exact same costume but they said its out of stock already and if I will have one custom made, it won’t be done before Friday so I really had no choice. Thats why Jody is my savior, thanks girl!!!

Will let you all know how it goes tomorrow. Wish us luck!

On the way to school.

***It was her yaya’s day off the day of the parade so it was me and Jon who prepared and took the little girl to school. Toxic! We were late as usual so I don’t have a lot of pics to share. I was catching my breath in between shots!

She’ll be Little Miss Korea after so much thought and consideration.

First, I wanted a costume that is easy to figure out, haha. I was thinking if I made her wear those from Holland, Switzerland, Italy and the like (which actually all look the same to me), even if really nice, its quite hard to know just by looking at it what country the costume really is from without having to wear a sash.

Second, I needed a costume that is easy to make as we only have less than a week to prepare.

Lastly, the daddy wanted Korea so no questions asked. LOL!

****photo from imagekingdom.com