Fun Bonding in the Kitchen

 Kitchen is where family always  convene to enjoy every meal.  In our  home, it is not confine on food only, it is also the place for FUN, FUN, and Lotsa FUN!

Wishing you all a great week ahead!

Christening Present

When the kids attended the story time with Mrs. Claus at Hallmark here in our area, my husband and I had the opportunity to look around inside the store. They have pretty neat gift stuff for different occasion. As I have mentioned, I was going to buy these family ornaments but the daughter one wasn't available so I did not.

I also looked for Christening Presents because my friend Raquel will have their daughter's baptism this coming month. I am not sure what the exact date will be but at least I have an idea what to buy already.  All I have to do now is  go t the Hallmark store and purchase what I have in mind (if it's still available lol).

Big Things

The theme at Mommy Moments this week is "Big Things". Let us see what I have gathered in my archives.

First stop is the giant Christmas tree at Pusan Airport.  Can you still see my burritos amazed by the big tree?

A big duck  carrying four  kids.  Imagine if there's a real duck this big hehehe.

A dinosaur that the  male burrito loves to ride at the park.

A big anchor at Weirton Veteran's Memorial Park.

Looking at the different scenario, she think she's big enough to do everything and when Mommy sys no, she puckers up and do this..

How about a big smile and a big head compared to that very small bird?

Lastly, it's nice to have a big and strong husband because he can carry you when you want to play like a big baby lol..

Happy Mommy Moments everyone.  I'll be visiting back tomorrow, thanks for your visits and comments.

Modern Sofa

Our living room set is five years old already so hubby is hinting that we have to buy a new set. He was enticing me the other day that a sectional sofa would look good in our spacious living room. He said that we can put our old one down at the basement. I told him that whatever we get next time, be it contemporary sofa or a modern one, we should save for it first.  Accumulating debts is not really on my list especially that the end of the year is coming.  My goal is to pay at least two of our credit cards before  the end of 2010.

So much Fun for a Dollar

 I asked my husband to buy me some marbles at Dollar Tree for my Christmas project at home and he found this  pack of Christmas decor.  

 He bought it for our daughter who love doing this kind of stuff but we all ended up doing  it.

 Even the  little burrito was so into it.  The kit  was only a dollar.

 The kit had  8  glass/plastic ornaments, a set of four colors of paint, and a paint brush.

 We borrowed three more paint brushes from my SIL so we could all paint.  Thanks Chris!

 We painted it at my FIl's house.  We had so much fun painting the ornaments.

 A dollar worth of  stuff brought us  an enjoyable bonding moment.

 We hanged them at our new Christmas tree today.

Below is a  Parenting Tip of the Day from parents.com.

How do you teach qualities such as responsibility and compassion? Try little games to illustrate honesty and healthy communication as each player finishes the sentence “I was scared (or happy or sad or surprised) when …” Good-Behavior Games for Preschoolers

Thanks for visiting  dear friends and for leaving  your thoughts.

Debt Consolidation

Hubby and I made a big decision a couple of days ago to close a credit card account to which we have a $20 thousand credit limit. We though about keeping it but the temptation of spending more is there if we have it in our wallet. We still have three which we are using for the sake of rewards in purchases. We are making sure that our spending activity is within our capacity to pay so that we won't be buried in debt. I am not saying that we are debt-free because we still have debts that we are trying to pay off but at least we are now in control of our finances.

If you are struggling with your debts, a debt consolidation might be a good option for you. You can check out http://www.delraycc.com/ for the best options you have in consolidating your debts. hey might be of help to you in finding a creditor that would give you a good interest rate.

Nostalgia # 28 - Thanksgiving In Korea

Hello memory lane travelers, are you ready for the next Nostalgia yet?  Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US,  I am posting the Thanksgiving we had in Korea  a couple of years ago.  

It was memorable to us since  it was our first time hosting one and we were in the Land of the Morning Calm.  We only invited  our Korean friends since most of  the people inside the  base had their own parties too.

Most of them are  friends we met at church, from work, and my Korean student.

I missed our stay in Korea.  It was a memory we will never forget.

Below is a turkey my daughter made.  Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Be thankful of what you have even if it's just small.  Thank you once again for  joining and for being a good online friends with us.

Eye Cream that Works

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Christmas Lights

We bought five boxes of Christmas lights  last weekend to  put all around our  gutter in front of the house.   We had a good weather yesterday  so hubby  tried to  put it up, he wasn't able to finish it though.  He said that he would finish it after Thanksgiving, hopefully we will still have a warm day.

Calcium Supplement

My maternal grandmother had osteoporosis. When I was a kid, I used to ask my mother why my grandmother's back is so deformed and she told me that it is caused by old age. I am worried that my Mom would develop that too because during our visit, her back don't look normal anymore.  I asked my husband to look for the   best calcium supplements that we can buy so that we can send it to my Mom.  When we visited last year, we brought her some  multivitamin tablets that she could take.  I wanted her to take some calcium supplement too so that  she won't experience what my Lola had then.

New Christmas Tree

We went to Sears today and bought us a new Christmas  tree.  We decided to just get an artificial tree instead of buying the fresh one because, in the long run it saves us bucks.  We chose this Twilight Peak tree with LED lights. It's quite expensive, it cost $278.19 including the tax.  Whew, really out of my budget range wahhh.  Hopefully, we would be able to sue this for years.  Will post the pictures I took later.

Neck Acne Treatment

My husband told me that every seven years your body regenerates it's cells so there might be food that you are not allergic to but after seven years your body might act differently to it. He said that it is a theory and not proven yet but I think, it does happen to me. When I was in the Philippines, eating seafoods is very common to me but when I came here, I was shocked that my body reacts differently. I get itchy whenever I ate seafoods now. But mind you, I eat it anyway lol.

Good things it is not a neck acne that I am experiencing because it is hard to hide that. There are neck acne treatment available in the market that you can buy to treat it. The bad thing about my skin rash is that, it comes back when I eat seafoods wahhh.. I consulted a skin doctor about it and he couldn't figure it out. He even took a sample of my skin and sent it to the lab but the result did not say anything. He prescribed me a medicine that can kill the itchiness. I just hate the fact that it goes away and then comes back.

Great Pretender

This is how the male burrito hides whenever he wants to play hide and seek.  He gets mad when you say that you found him.  He wants you to pretend too lol..  The knee in front is not his, that's Rylie who was pretending to be searching for him. 

Getting Rid of Dark Circles

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Laughter

Our daughter brought the shirt that they are going to wear on their Christmas Presentation this coming December 15th. Her part is to sing alone in some part of the musical presentation.  I asked her to  try it on before I washed it and she  willingly  did.  I then asked her to  smile for me and this is what she  did.

I showed her the photo I just captured and she started laughing so hard.  I want to record her laughter on video but then my camera was already set to photos so I just click click click.

I was laughing so hard too when I was taking photos so most of  it are blurry.

Children's laughter can melt your worries away.  

Being a parent is the most wonderful experience that God gave us.  We are lucky to have His most wonderful gift!

When hubby came home from  taking Rylie to school today, he told me that  Rylie's teacher   praised her for doing so well in her   part to the presentation.  She told my husband that Rylie exceeded their expectations.  Compliments  can make our hearts swell so big, I am gad God made me a parent! 

Wedding Invitations

I was looking for something to post for my Nostalgia this week at our albums and some of them are our wedding albums. My husband joined me and we reminisce the special day that we shared with friends and families. I documented everything including some copies of our wedding invitation.

I dissected the wedding invitation and stick it in the photo album. I have a very fond memory of our wedding invitations as it was made personally by one of my close friends back in my country.  I asked my husband if he's ever going to ask me to marry him again lol.  He then replied that we will march down the aisle on our 25 years wedding anniversary.. Wahhh that's a long time lol..

Wishes

 Champ and I were playing  outside  my FIL's house when EJ decided to join us.  He kicked the ball for Champ then when he got tired, he  laid in the yard full of  maple leaves.

 A perfect opportunity for me to take some pictures for mellow yellow  lol..

 "Mommy I can see the moon and the stars!",

"Make a wish Anak"

"I wish that Santa will bring me a lot of toys this Christmas"

"Nice  wish anak, can you wish something for me Mommy?"

"What is it Mom?"

"Tell Santa to bring Mommy more online task."

"Okay Mom, I'm done!"

"But you didn't say it"

"I did Mom, just in my mind.  I think Santa will hear  it."

 Oh how wonderful it is to have  children!

Have a great week ahead everyone!

Black Friday Sale

Over here in the US, Black Friday is a big thing. A lot of people really go out early in the morning in order to avail all the great deals on many products.  Some  people  would not even sleep after thanksgiving  and drive up straight to the store and wait there in line till the  store opens up.  If you are  planning to get Christmas gifts, Black Friday is the way to shop because you can  basically find fairly reduced  stuff in the store.

Trip to Museum

Before we visited my FIL during the Veteran's day, we decided to make a trip to the small museum in downtown Weirton. The place was so small but we learned a lot of things about the town through the pictures and demonstration by the man who work there. Too bad, taking pictures is strictly prohibited so I wasn't able to get any documentation hehehe.

Here is how the  town looks like back in 1905.  (Picture was taken from their website at weirtomuseum.com)

We also learned that  there was an existing airport here in town back in 1950.  My husband  don't even know that it existed.  This is airport is now a shopping plaza where big stores like KMart and other establishments are located.

Another interesting note is the former name of this town, it was formerly Holliday's Cove but then a rich guy who started/founded the steel mill  changed it into Weirton.   A woman named Elin Nummi who lived here in town  was a TITANIC survivor.  It is so nice to go to the museum as you learn a lot of things that you don't know.   There are so many  old stuff there that are preserved for future generations that is why  taking photos are not allowed.  The place was so small though, I hope that someday, they would find a big place for the museum because they have so many pictures to display but  there  is no place to put them.  

Anyhow, we proceeded to  Dad and we  caught him raking leaves in the backyard so we took  some pictures.  

My 88 years old FIL, still active and strong.

Hubby exhibiting his goofy pose lol.

A shot of these two ornery burritos who were in the mood to pose  for us. 

Thanks everyone for dropping by.  If you are interested on how our town looks like, you might want to visit the url that I  provided above.  Thanks to your comments.

Special thanks to Tracy of Shadow Shot Sunday for including my entry last on the gallery of shadow shooters. Come join us in huntng shadows every Sunday.