My Little You Tuber

Can't believe my 4 yr old would actually memorize what he watches from You Tube. He's into Legos and loves to watch Lego clips on You Tube. One morning he brought out his Lego Factory collection and started talking to himself. Yes, that was at 7 in the morning when everyone was still hoping for at least 15 more minutes of sleep. My husband and I didn't get the idea of what he was doing until 5 minutes later (of him talking non stop) he said, "...and don't forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel at Lego Factory slash ____.com" We both got up laughing to ourselves and praising our little You Tuber for such a great commentating he just did.

A day later I convinced him to do another Lego Tutorial while I videotape him...and here he is...

"Hi, my name is James."



Lego Battles: Ninjago For Nintendo Ds (Google Affiliate Ad)

Baby's Firsts

Baby's Firsts are always the best. I recorded almost all of them with my first born. I had so much fun watching him grow, I even made this little ad for him while I worked for a Newspaper co.
That was almost 4 years ago.

I'm now on my second one....and still keeping records.







At the Sign of the Barbers Pole (Google Ad)

Happy Easter!

James came home from school last week with this Easter artwork. He didn't realize what it was until he handed it to me. He had the funniest reaction on his face. He said, "Oh my gosh Mommy! This is great! This is my foot mommy! And it became a chicken!"

Funny lil' guy! He's looking forward to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Park tomorrow. It will be a long day for mommy and daddy.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Little Questions

Today, my husband gave our 4 year old an empty box of New Castle to put his toys in. He was so happy when his daddy dropped it on the floor where he was playing. He put all of his race cars in it then he came to me and said, "I have a nice Daddy huh mommy? Where did you get him?" I wanted to laugh out loud when I heard this, but I answered his questions instead..."Yes James, you have the nicest Daddy in the world. I bought him at Bug Mart, he was on sale for $2." Then he said, "Really? So what about me? Where did you buy me?" After asking me this question, I suddenly started thinking...should i keep playing with his imagination or should I be telling him the right answers to his questions. But how do I answer his 2nd question? I only had a couple seconds to come up with a decent answer coz' this little guy is anxiously awaiting for an answer while standing right in front of me and looking me in the eye. And so I said, "I bought you at Walmart....just kidding... we don't buy people. Papa Jesus gave you to me." Then he quickly asked, "How much did you give to Papa Jesus?" At this point I felt like I just got myself in big trouble.
So I quickly said, "I didn't pay him any money." Then his daddy yells, "You were Free James." Needless to say, the conversation got more complicated. I had to explain to him why he was Free? And i had to answer more questions like "Where did Papa Jesus get me", "Where did you come from Mommy?", "What about my sister?"... until I had to slowly change the topic and try to get him back to playing with his toys.

It is amazing how these little brains work, isn't it?

Spring is here.

I can't believe this sunflower in our backyard is as big as a 3 month old baby's face.
Lot's of flowers are starting to bloom....lots of bees around them too.

Can't wait for Spring so we can see colors again. It is official in 4 days!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Last Friday my son came home from pre school with this nice heart project he did with his teacher. It amazed me how a 4 year old would keep us in his heart because of the little things that we share and do with him. Things that we don't even notice. Little did we know we're loved and appreciated so much because of the time we spent playing or drawing with him.

Maybe if I try to think like a child sometimes, I'll appreciate more good things that surround me.

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

Male Babysitters

Introducing my Male Babysitters! They are great men! They don't complain. They try their best. And most of all they love my kids.
The only thing I don't understand about my babies is that they always put their babysitters to sleep. Hmmm....I wonder why? And how?

Miss Travelling

It's been so long since I've gone traveling.  I think i'm having a cabin fever in my own home. I can't wait to travel with my kids.
The other day, I went through my old picture and cd's from my trip almost 10 years ago and found this video. http://www.youtube.com/user/poqa2001?feature=mhum

Before you click on the link above, prepare to sit in front of your computer for the next 20 mins.

Enjoy!

Dealing with Big Brothers/Sisters

It all started when my new baby and I were leaving the hospital.  I could smell 'jealousy' when Big Brother James threw a silent fit on our way out. He didn't like the fact that his newborn sister was on mommy's lap in the wheelchair instead of him. And when we took a couple pictures, his comments were "too much!".

That was more than a month ago.  You might be asking how have we been dealing with this tricky toddler vs baby situation. I have to be honest, oftentimes we see James being jealous with his baby sister. But we've eliminated some of it by:

1. making sure he's getting heaps of love and attention from his mommy and daddy.

2. keeping the communication going between him and his sister. I do the talking for baby of course. James loves it. He always responds whenever I talk on behalf of baby. He would actually make the conversation more interesting by showing his little sister how to do things like brushing his teeth, how to operate his toys, etc. I guess it makes him feel like he knows more and that he could teach her a lot of things.

3. giving him his turn to "lambing" (tagalog for kisses&cuddles) with mommy. He knows it's his turn when baby's sleeping or when daddy has the baby.

4. being as calm as you can when he's mad or misbehaving.  James usually does this when I spend too much time feeding or holding the baby. He just wants my attention so I try not to get mad at him. Instead I give him  something to do like try to find an activity book  in his room that we can work on after i'm done with the baby.

5. keeping his old everyday routine with mommy and daddy like brushing his teeth at 7 and reading books at bedtime. He looks forward to those things everyday.

6. bringing him out for a date. His daddy brings him to the movies or baseball game once in a while. James calls it "guys day out". And sometimes I bring him out shopping at ToyRUs after picking him up from school. He calls it a "date with mommy".

7. including him whenever we talk about the baby. I even include his name in my songs when i'm putting baby to sleep. It makes him feel just as special.

8. giving him the big brother responsibilities like helping mommy take care of baby. I usually ask him to throw away baby's dirty diaper and put baby's pacifier on when she's crying. He's pretty good at it.

9. educating him about being a big brother and how to be gentle with his sister. And that hurting her is not acceptable.

Having said all these, we still see jealousy in him once in a while. He throws comments like "mommy, why don't you just give her to those who don't have babies?", "enough kissing", "how come you don't sleep with me anymore?" These words break my heart, but I have to accept the fact that it's a natural reaction from an innocent child." I'm still proud of him for being such a good brother since his sister came. We just have to keep doing what we've been doing with him and hopefully he'll fully understand how lucky he is to have a little sister.