Nicquee's Nook

In Due Time, Little Princess

In a few hours time, my little girls classmates, schoolmates and teachers are gonna board a bus and take a tour around Manila. The kids will surely love the places and sights they will be seeing; and the parents will capture as much as they can with video recorders, cameras and even with their own memory the priceless joy they will see in their child’s face and expression.

No, I am not envious.

At last minute, we were told Ayex WAS NOT TAKEN OUT of the list of attendees. And that we cannot cancel anymore because the school has already paid. When I picked her up at school, I was informed by their adviser that she IS NOT in the list and it is ok if she does not join. And so we asked her again. She said she will just join. But I know, come morning, she will change her mind and might even throw tantrums. Plus, that is not within this week’s program and there is very little space for alteration. And I just came from a bad case of flu. Simply put, I am not in the mood for it. I know it is for my daughter. But we already visited the place they are going and we already saw the attraction they picked. So on our way home, I asked her again. Finally, she said no. Of course that is accompanied by a long list of conditions including a tub of ice cream after dinner (which she already got)!

Next year, honey, we’ll be ready for a field trip. For now, mommy has to plan when we are visiting the other places we have not seen. I hope finding cheap family deals is as easy as finding www.mega.co.uk discount codes. Mommy has to also fix our schedule because daddy hates driving around the metro when Christmas is nearing because the traffic becomes jammed everywhere. Promise, we will visit the places they will go to and we will make memories too, as a family.

Still Boxed

Almost same time last year, I persuaded hubby to get us a new television because there are these buy 1 take 1 promo everywhere. I really want to have a TV inside our room because I want privacy at times and I do not want to watch outside. Not that I am going to watch something that is bad but I just feel that luxury also means being able to watch your favorite shows while in bed.

I was successful and hubby bought two new televisions. And can you believe that the other one is still in its box because the walls in our room cannot handle it? Sad right? The sadder part is that we cannot sell it anymore in the price that we bought it, even to the closer price because it has depreciated a lot since we bought it! We should have waited for newer versions of lg tvs to be out in the market.

Oh well, I guess that happens a lot to impulsive buyers like me and it just sucks that I dragged the hubby along. We still have not decided what to do with this TV on the box.

Left Behind?

I grew up in a simple family. Both my parents were working outside home, there were five of us and we all go to school all at the same time at one point. We had times when we can live a luxurious life, we can eat what we want and buy what we want from the grocery. That was enough for us. We have our Tito who lives in Guam, mom’s younger brother, who help us in whatever way he could and we are super thankful for that.

And that childhood is what inspires me and hubby to do everything we can to give our children the life we did not have. In fact, maybe sometimes too much, that our eldest thinks she can have all her whims at once. If we do not give in, she will throw tantrums.

The latest hubby and I was discussing was about gadgets. Our eldest is really techie. Give her a phone and after a few hours, she knows where the games are and how to play it. She even knows how to shut down the laptop than my in-laws! And she is just 4-years-old. We have been browsing nintendo ds games online but I am not sure that is the best for her. And of course, I want to get us something than we can actually use as a bonding time. They say Wii is great for families. Do you have one? Do you agree?

I am not really so afraid that my girl does not own these gadgets yet and I think she is not yet left behind by her peers. For now, I guess we will just stick with her online games until we come up with a decision that will make in our priority list.