Showing posts with label son. Show all posts
Showing posts with label son. Show all posts

H-O-T in San Diego


Yes, It's Hot over here! It started to heat up a few days ago, Those sweaty sleepless nights are just plain ridiculous! It's like being back in Hawaii, goodness... We take 2 to 3 baths just to feel cool and comfortable.(sigh) I can't wait for Winter, I really don't mind being in 3 layers at all. Anyways, The little boy celebrated his 7th birthday today. We ordered a small spongebob cake for him from Goldilocks. He loves his cake very much, although Spongebob's friend Patrick wasn't on the cake, he was a bit disappointed with that, He asked us the night before if we bought the cake from Walmart, and when he found out that we got it from a different place he was kinda sad. But we reminded him that he was supposed to be thankful because at least he got a cake! Compared to majority of unfortunate kids around the world who can't even afford to have cakes on their birthdays. He finally realized it and was happy again. Kids, I tell ya.





fun, fun + back to school


We went to Universal studios yesterday maybe for the last time for this year. We had a great time, I am so glad we went. It was Nate's first day of school today, too - It was only a minimum day so he got off school early. I can't believe my lil tyke is now a second grader! My, oh my how time flies by so fast... I want to go sleep right after reading about social security disability at allsup.com I want to get more information on this just in case one day someone is in need I can share advices regarding this subject. My goodness, It's only 11:09 pm but my eyes are getting sore from staring at the computer for so long. I hate it when I get time to go on the computer I suddenly stall and just browse around online forgetting about my tasks. I need to back up my computer before something happens to it. I guess I'll just do it tomorrow. Well, I'll see you guys later. :) goodnight!

One tooth down!






So, Nate lost his tooth last friday (02-26-10). That day was also his dental appointment. Since he has One tooth growing in the back on one of his lower front teeth They have to take out two! So we found out that we're supposed to pay $282 for Monday's estimated co-payment. But lo and behold, A few minutes later She told us that If we can accept the Monday appointment Since somebody cancelled, She can Waive the $175. God is so great! What a blessing! Thank you, God!

It costs about $39 per tooth, It's Minus one so It's all good! We were so happy because our payment was cut in half, yaaayyy!

I really believe in good karma. When you love one another and do good things to others It always comes back to you. :)

Very proud :)


Celina, her mom and her brother just got home... and guess what??? She won lots of awards and Their decathlon team won for the state championship, So they are going to Sacramento!! I'm so happy for her and her team. They have worked so hard and they deserved that. I am very privileged to see Her and her brother grow up, It's a very special feeling, you know. :) I'm hoping my son would do the same as well some day, although I am not expecting much from my son but I know he would do well in school and he'll be special in his own way. My son is very creative, he enjoys drawing and coloring and He aces his spelling quizzes all the time. Just seeing those 100% signs written on each paper he brings home just brings joy to our hearts. He reminds me of me, at that age I was in spelling bee contests all the time and brought home medals. I think It was the only thing I was best at besides from art. We try to give our best attention to our son because we know he will have the benefit of doing much better in school. Since I work, my husband usually helps our son do his homework making sure he does everything and not miss anything. When I get home I double check everything again. My sister-in-law is very happy because her children just gives her the best honors ever. It sure takes a lot to be one happy, proud parent. ;)



Happiest place on earth






Yay! we'll be seeing the whole gang by October! me and the fam are soooo excited. It's been 5 years since we've visited Disneyland as well as Universal and Sea world. As I was throwing out some stuff from the storage boxes I found these maps and some Disney napkins, too. goodness, I really miss Disneyland. :) My little one is quite happy, too always asking us 'Are we going to the mainland now?'. (LOL) Sooo cute! When he was 2 years old my sister-in-law and her whole family brought Nate to Disneyland Tokyo, soooo I'm not sure if he remembers it at all unlike now, we're complete and he's 6 plus he passes some of the height limit for certain rides, too.

special recap


Gosh, time sure flies by when you're having fun! :) I miss blogging so much, and I miss visiting my sisters online. offline life has been very busy so I'm here to just give you guys a lil recap of what's been happening lately. Last August 17 was my brother Gully's 1st year death anniversary, I'm so sad coz I haven't finished his memorial site yet, will make sure I get that done before we leave Hawaii. That day came a special surprise, I'm pretty sure Gully asked this from God because it HAD to happen on that day! :) the night before my supervisor came up to me and told me if I can come to work to speak to our director she wasn't sure what it was about and from hearing that news I felt a sudden swirl of butterflies inside me, I felt sick to the stomach.

So the next morning, the visitors from headquarters came and visited our store, every one of us came up to them and presented them a lei. An hour and a half later I finally got called to the training room, and I couldn't believe it I was chosen among the recognized employees from our store, I was sooooo happy you couldn't even imagine! I received a gold and silver coin, It was a special moment for me and I thanked God for that.

Next was August 20, my son's 6th birthday. We dropped off the treats and ice cream at school in the morning and in the afternoon we went to Dave and Buster's and played some games. When we went home we had a small round chocolate and vanilla cake and took a few family pictures. Awesome day I'd say. :)

We're leaving the Island officially on the 29th. I finally got my request for transfer to another Commissary, I'm just praying that I'd get a spot right away to one of the commissaries in San Diego. So happy I can retain my status and not resign anymore. I'm gonna pass it tomorrow to our secretary, (crosses fingers) hope I can get a position right away.

I'll keep in touch... will post pics on facebook and flickr. ;)

6 years!


HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY, BABY BOY!

watermelons + other stuff




Sack and Save had a great deal on their watermelons! 19 cents a lb! regular price is 59 cents a lb. see the difference? We don't really buy watermelons here because it's sooo darn expensive. I'm not sure how much a lb is it in the mainland? I bought one seedless and one regular. This was around the 4th of July, we miss eating watermelon! In other news, I finally got to update my This and that blog and my Shopping blog and I'm not even done yet especially with the links, if you're interested please leave a tag and I will link you as soon as possible when I have the time. I miss blogging so much, as well as my beloved online sisters... I'm spending a lot of time on flickr, facebook and twitter and I wasn't aware taht I've been neglecting my dear poor blogs! how awful of me... but I promise, I'll stick to it. :) thank you and God bless!

love being a mom!


I just adore being a mom, I am pretty sure every one of you feels the same way I do :). Especially when Nathan started school, just seeing the improvements he had with everything was absolutely priceless. I try to document everything as much as I can, coz I didn't had much when I was in school back in the days, only pictures - that's it. Visit my Flickr for I am always there uploading some pictures and will soon be uploading some videos, too. If you want to be my Flickr buddy, just add me up, I'll do the same. :)



A few days ago Nate's school had a fun run at their school field, so while waiting the teacher kindly asked me to volunteer to pull out the finished homeworks and put in the homeworks that are going home that day. I absolutely loved it! being in their class volunteering for a few hours really makes a difference. I can tell the teacher appreciated the little volunteer work we gave. The other mom, who was also a filipina, was there. we were the only moms in our son's class to volunteer (how sad). I distributed their notebooks and folders plus goodie bags, I love how they call me "Nathan's mom" since they hesitate to call me mrs. Cruz hehee. :) anyhoo, the fun run was great the kids ran how may lapses, impressive. me and the other mom just went on one lapse... too tired, so out of shape hehee..

I didn't mean to be nosy with the other kid's communication notebooks and homework folders but It's very sad to learn that a lot of these children's parents don't really participate well in their child's education. A lot of kids don't do their homeworks or their communication notebooks which parents needs to read aren't signed plenty of times... I feel bad for the kids. I informed my husband about this one day while we were driving home and he smiled at me, he told me that eventhough we're both busy working parents we still strive hard for our son to learn good and participate as much as we can in their education. That is indeed one of the factors to have a successful child in school. I am so proud of our son, eventhough at some times he can be a pain in a butt but he shows us that he can do good eventhough he didn't go to preschool. We proved some people wrong about our son not going to preschool, well guess what? He's not behind at all and the teacher kept telling us that inspite of his playful behavior he's doing some great progress! that's music to our ears. and we get to see the evidence binder every quarter along with his report card. :) I love how the teacher also tells us that Nate has great handwriting except for the a's and o's and d's he starts writing from the bottom, a small concern that needs work.



I hope he continues on doing good in school, I'm not expecting much from him but hope he'll be like his cousins who are straight A students. :)

a sad christmas rush



Oh, christmas is just a few days away and we are soooo sad! why? coz my son just left around the 17th, my mother-in-law accompanied him to San Diego, me and hubby were supposed to go, too but hubby couldn't get his leave for the holidays while I was approved for 2 days use or lose leave. hubby doesn't want me to leave him all alone here for christmas, I felt sad but that's ok, at least we'll be together.. we've never been apart ever, and we're never gonna be! that's sorta our pact hehee...

anyhoo, when I picked him up at school I told him he's leaving that night and he'll finally see legoland! he wasn't very happy when I told him he'll be leaving with his grandma, he knew we weren't coming, and he was about to cry! I took it back and I finally said we'll be boarding another plane, it's just they have to go first and we'll come next. I knew he bought it at first, poor guy. when they were boarding the plane he was crying coz he knew we weren't there. he was looking more for his papa because my husband has an aiport badge he has access to come in the airport, me and our uncle stayed outside. Our heart broke for our lil guy. he'll be coming back Jan. 11th for their school starts at Jan. 13th. but so far he's doing ok there with his cousins. I remember yesterday I went to pick his school homework and activity pack his classmates saw me and a loud buzz of whispers from the kindergarteners were like:

"it's nathan's mom! it's nathan's mom!"
"Where's nathan??"
"how come nathan is gone already?!"

They were all so funny, some moms were there helping out with the goodie bags and all, I received Nate's goodie bag, so cute! in it were lots of goodies, books and a christmas wreath that was made with a paper plate, hand traced hands made by the children and a lil poem at the back and a picture of the whole class in the front.




It's a tiring week, I apologize for not updating regularly like I used to. eversince the in-laws came everyday was really hectic and come night time after work I feel pooped out. but since Nate won't be here for the holidays it will be only me and the hubbykins, can you believe I haven't finished my christmas cards yet? as well as my gift wrapping session? I'll get to that tonight, hoo boy! and I'll find time to revamp the site and get things going while Nathan is away, I'll try my best to keep in touch and return comments as soon as I get this show on the road. have a great holidays, everyone!!

thank you to the following who sent christmas cards: ate jenny and jhayelle love you guys!!

Ruby Tuesday #1




goodness, me... call me crazy but I just had to put up the tree earlier this year. ;) I added more mini stockings, I don't buy those huge stockings coz first of all we don't have our own fireplace to hang it from. =) I usually put up the tree around after thanksgiving but since the lil one bugged me to put it up, ta-da! I haven't displayed the smaller ornaments, I got too tired that night. I couldn't forget one morning when I woke up my son and told him to check out something in the living room he was like "whooooahhh!" and got all giggly asking santa for extra gifts for his wishlist, oh my.... happy ruby Tuesday, everyone!

toy hunt # 1






This pink stuffed toy is among the favorites of my son besides of the other few stuffed toys he has. why PINK? don't ask me why. he just loves it eventhough I tease him that it's only for girls. we actually got this by mistake, in one of those toy vending machines, we were actually lucky we got that that day coz we never EVER get any at all. he says it's very soft and comfy. =D can't help but make a face everytime he hugs it and sings the song:

P is for Penelope,
Penelope, Penelope.
P is for Penelope,
a proud and pretty pig.
Penelope is pink and plump,
pink and plump, pink and plump,
Penelope is pink and plump,
a truly perfect pig.


over and over, and over again...

It just cracks me up coz he's singing that to a pink dog! lolz. funny!

check out more toy hunters HERE.

fright night (part1)


Let the pictures do the talking! here's the first part of our trick or treating. I am in a hurry, so a few pics won't hurt. wait for the next one! Nathan had a lot of fun at their halloween fall fair, he brought back a huge bag with lots of goodies in it! as well as halloween projects they made in class. we met up with our neighbors and with their kids around 6:00 pm and we went to the navy housing and had a great scare! had lots of candies and the houses were just amazing than the last time, so cute! It didn't rain either, hurray for that! the sucky part was.... I was sick! allergies acted up since at work. so bummer. but all in all, it turned out great for all of us.



















Please claim your treats over HERE.

arrr!!


Well, I finally got a perfect size of a pirate costume for Nathan, and what luck, too for It was the only one left at the one of the racks at Kmart, they were all 30% off, after I dropped off Nate at school I decided to drive to Kmart and look around. Well, I got lucky alright. meet my lil pirate!







I also bought a witch hat, and hubby decided he'll be wearing a mask when we take Nate trick or treating, hopefully it doesn't rain just like last year, what a bummer.

by the way....



knock and you just might get a treat. ;) leave a comment saying you want a treat. ta ta ghouls!
UPDATED:

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booooo!

Halloween's just weeks away and kids are soooo excited! so is my little pumpkin who wanted to dress up so bad, so I took him to Walmart last night, we went to look around and found a costume, he decided to be a Pirate this year! but unfortunately, the costume was too darn big! I need to go back there and get a refund and find a smaller size. bummer. I also bought him a sword which was $2.00 and a set of pirate earring and eye patch for a dollar, now all we need to do is find his size and maybe a pirate hat, too since he looooves captain Jack Sparrow hahaa! I am excited, too coz I'm such a kid at heart, I'll probably buy a witch hat and color my eyes and lips black! (witch laugh here)


I am soooo stupid for not looking at the label (blahh) it obviously says large on it =/. boo.



Look at this! so cute, it's a little ceramic tealight candle holder only a dollar! I was supposed to buy a cute lil ghost, too but I settled only for this one.


I'm about to get ready for work, hope all is well with you guys wherever you are. hugs and kisses to all!
I also updated my Shopping blog drop by if you want, I posted a few of my shopping finds this week. ta-ta!


busy, busy, busy =)


hello there, peeps! how are you all doin'? for us here, it was one heck of a week, enjoyable as I may say. very busy week inspite of Nate not having school because of intersession week. tomorrow I am off and I have lots of things to do on my list. how am I gonna do all these in one day? time management, I guess. you know what I hate about myself? I just hate it when I sit in front of the computer I suddenly go blank and just start blog hopping from one site to another, sometimes I do comment but I just loooove to lurk around, you know and then all of a sudden I just realize I needed to finish a lot of tasks that day I end up not finishing it anyway. poor time management, huh? so tomorrow, I am on it! went to Kmart yesterday and hoooo boy, the store is filled with halloween and christmas decorations! oh goodness, why am I not surprised?? hahaa!






cute singing frogs! would love to have one at home =D




just went clothes shopping for hubby because all their items were on sale. I forgot to buy some battery operated tea light candles for the orange bags that I'm gonna turn into pumpkin lamps in our living room, lil Nate would love that for sure. I even forgot to buy some halloween icing decorations for cookies! hmm... and we went around to look for costumes, still a bit early for costume hunting, we couldn't see a perfect size for Nate since he would love to be Buzz lightyear. although he doesn't know if he wanted to be buzz lightyear, venom or batman... kids hehee.

What's on my to do list:

1. clean bathroom.
2. finish some online stuff.
3. invite Nate's friend for I'll be making halloween cookies.
4. organize our clothes and other storages.
5. exercise (lol) if this is still possible with my time =(.

I'm looking for link exchanges for this and my other blogs please leave a tag if you're interested, thank youuuuuu!!! hope all is well with you, guys.. God bless and thank you for my new visitors who took the time to comment, bless you!

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