Another Recreational Activity

1 / 24 / 12

.. for the little boy that is! We will be going to dear son’s kinder-1 Educational Trip tomorrow. As always, he can’t contain his excitement when I let him take a peek of what we’ll be seeing in one of the places to be visited. There will be only four places on the list and all of them are just within the Metro Manila, which I think is enough for us to enjoy each place unlike before that we had to go far wherein travel time alone is already quite tiring.

I will be taking a leave from work to accompany DS. I need to prepare all these things early tonight for tomorrow’s activity.

First aid kit ( band-aid, Betadine, white flower, etc.)
Extra clothes (Shirt, short/ pants, underwear)
Extra towel
Travel medicines
Digicam
Extra batteries
Snacks
Pocket money

Will be back with lots of photos and stories to share here! 🙂

Choosing the Best Connecticut Day Care

12 / 9 / 11

Tips on how to choose the best Daycare for your children

As much as parents would want to stay at home with their kids to take care of them, they have to work and earn a living. Especially now that times are though, most families can’t afford to become a single-income generating family and these leaves both parents no choice but to find someone to look after their kids while they are at work.

One of their options is to bring their child to a daycare like any of the CT daycare in Connecticut. Since the daycare is where your kids will spend most of their time, it is here where they will start to learn and develop values and interpersonal skills so it is really important to choose the best daycare that will ensure your kids will get the best care, attention and education.

So how do you choose the best daycare for your kids:

Research. Check your phone directory and look for daycare centers in your area. Location of the daycare is of primary importance so it will be convenient for the parents every time they drop and pick their kids from the daycare.The internet can also be a good source of information as most day care have website where you can have virtual tours of the center, check the mission of the center, their staff and other important information that will help you narrow down your list.
Visit the Day Care. Once you have a short list of the day care that you are considering, visit the center so you can see them in action. You can observe how the teachers and staff treat the children, the cleanliness of the surrounding, the security and safety of the kids and more. Doing a visit is also a perfect opportunity to talk to the administrators and staff and ask questions that you may have about their centers to help you decide which daycare to choose for your kid.
Ask around. Ask your friends and neighbors for their recommendations on any of the CT preschool where they send their child. Parents who bring their kids to this center will be able to give you first hand and taken-from experience feedbacks so you will get the most honest information about a particular center.
Check Local Children and Family Agencies. These agencies can also give you a list of daycare centers that will suit your need and requirement. For example, they can give you a list of a Connecticut day care that is of close proximity to your home, centers that offers home-inspired, center-based developmental child care services, daycare that offers hot lunches and more. They can also give advice on how to look for the best daycare for your child and will even give you a list of FAQs that you can ask day care administrators as you do your site visit.

The Daycare will be your child’s second home so it is really important that you do a good amount of research before finally deciding which daycare center should you entrust your child.

About the Author:

Aggie Aviso is a freelance consumer and business writer, writing comprehensive reviews, articles and how-to’s.

DD’s Educational Field Trip (Grade 2)

11 / 7 / 11

Been so busy lately that I’ve been so behind with my blog posts since the last few weeks of October. Last October 22 was my daughter’s educational field trip. As usual, DD was so excited that she was up even before I got the chance to wake her around 5 a.m lol! Assembly time time is 6:30 am, departure is 7:00 am, but since there were late comers, we waited at least half an hour more.

First Place:

Touch of Aura

(Near Boom na Boom, Pasay City)

They featured light musical show where kids (audience) take part in it and also in shadow playing. There were also exhibits about evolution of lights.

Kids enjoy most the shadow play and the laser lights.

Second Place:

Laguna Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Nothing really new for us as we have seen them most in other animal places that we’ve been in. Honestly, I think the place need some cleaning as it really stinks. Cages were not really in good condition. Hope they could pay attention to it so animals there would really at their best and in good health.

Third Place:

DD was not feeling well on our way to Laguna and before we went down the bus, she just throw up! The thing is, I was not able to bring extra short or pants, only t-shirt. We were not able to enjoy going around the place as we were both dirty.

Their comfort room’s faucet is not working hence, no running water. yes, there is drum but the water is deep and dirty. 🙁 We ran out of tissue but glad that a fellow parent gave us a pack of wipes.

Museum of Natural History

I am able to convince DD to still take a picture of her ( No smiling though :D) around the place.

Animal Fetus

We had our lunch in Botanical Garden

We bought some eco-friendly souvenirs, these cute family tree table display and key chains- all affordable at price range of 20- 100 Pesos.

Fourth place.

Boat Riding and Fish Feeding at

Nuvali, Laguna

Kids enjoyed the fish feeding. We were given two packs of pellet fish foods which seems not enough for those huge Koi Fishes. We did also enjoyed a few minutes of boat ride around the man made lake.

Again, it was a fun filled educational experience for us.. Looking forward to next year’s field trip. 🙂

Busy with Kids’ School Activities

10 / 26 / 11

Finally, I had the time to make an update 😀 I was really busy since last week. I will make a separate entry about DD’s Educational Field Trip, a really a tiring and exhausting (DD threw up three times all throughout our travel time) experience, we were not able to enjoy our Museum History visit in UPLB.

Then last Sunday, we went to my parent’s place to celebrate and greet my sister’s hubby on his birthday and we had the usual catching up and endless conversations from morning till afternoon.

Monday morning was DD’s field demo (Levels 1-3), we were at the Mandaluyong gym around 7:00 am for the registration. Their waka-waka dance performance finally push through it was cancelled in lieu of Quiel typhoon after a month, all of their hardship and practice paid off as they were announced as the Grand Champion!

DD is already on their sem break while DS is still having their 2nd Periodical Test up until Thursday. So I am thinking of what recreational activity they can take to keep themselves busy and enjoy their vacation.

I, on the other hand, need to catch up on my online activities over the long weekend!I hope to finally finish and order DD’s 7th birthday phoobook, upload photos and videos over at FB.

School Sports Festival

9 / 14 / 11

My daughter is busy with school work the past weeks, she said that they are doing loads of assignments and catching up on lessons just so they wont have a hard time after the school’s foundation day wherein there are many extra curricular activities that they will be doing. She’s been practicing the “waka-waka” dance steps every night as she was chosen to perform together with some of her classmates. I also need to find an orange t-shirt for her as it will be the color carrier for the grade two pupils.

A sports festival will also be held and different grade school levels will be competing among each other on volleyball and basketball, I have seen the sports trophies being displayed in the lobby near the main gate of the school that made the students more excited about the upcoming event.

Little Boy’s Exam Result

9 / 6 / 11

I am glad that it turned out well for the exam results despite not being able to make a detailed review in all of his subjects. We just actually re-read all of his past lessons and it only goes to show that he actually understands them :). His writing skills need a lot of improvement, though he’s getting there. He would only write his first name and says he’s tired to write his last name. LOL!

My School Kids: THEN and NOW

6 / 25 / 11

I was going over some photos of the kids when I saw the shots taken on their first day before going to school. Time flies and how they grew up so fast! The little boy is now in Junior Kinder level while his Ate is on her second grade already. I am happy to note that that they are both doing good in school and is starting to build a good study habits, though we’re still having a hard time to wake up the little boy for his morning class. 😀 Next month, will be the start of challenge for me as I juggle my time between taking care of them and my day job as I solely need to take charge while DH is off for a month long vacation with his siblings in Australia. I am really hoping that my brother will be available at the end of the month to help me out while I am at work since I can’t take a long vacation off. Only if I could be a Work at home mom (WAHM), but that would be far from now since online tasks are scarce the past few months. But I am positive though and thankful still that I have been receiving a few despite the scarce in online opportunities. I hope things gets better both in my online and offline activities.

Learning in a Beauty School

5 / 15 / 11

For those who want to learn more about their passion in arts, beauty and cosmetics enrolling in a beauty school with the likes of Austin beauty school is an advantage. The form of education is more on a hands on experience were students get to apply their natural talent in their projects and assignments. They also get to mingle a lot with other people and express their creative ideas. Apart from the learning process, having an immediate job after the course is another good benefit. Furthermore, we knew for a fact that their salary is sometimes higher than those who hold a good position in a corporate company.

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Moving Up Day Details

3 / 24 / 11

Finally, I was able to upload the photos during the little boy’s culminating activity last Monday, March 21 at 2:00 pm. I did take a leave from work that day (half-day). I was able to reach home just in time at around 1:00 pm. Did take a quick lunch and quick shower to freshen up, though it doesn’t show in the picture that DH took up when I was at the stage with the little boy, I looked so harassed and stressed. lol! Anyway, I was a bit annoyed with our Digicam when we had a little photo shoot before we went out the house, some are dark and grainy, or was it just me who couldn’t get a nice angle?! But lo and behold, most of the shots are just like that even in the program proper.

We are planning to buy a new cam and I am now browsing different digital cameras to choose from. How I wish we could buy the ones that are compact and yet carries the features of a DSLR.

Here are some of the photos:

At home, before heading to the venue..

Before the Program proper:

Noticed that he’s wearing the parent’s badge here?? I got it switched with mine. 😀 good thing another parent got noticed and immediately informed me so I was able to change it before the program starts.

The fans: Daddy and Ate

DD busied herself by playing games on the phone while the presentation of the graduates is being held.

Singing :

And then kids gave their parents a rose…

certificate and awards

After the graduation rites, with Teacher Mira

with Ate and Daddy.

My Star Scout’s Indoor Day Camp

2 / 27 / 11

Dear daughter reminded me Friday night to wake her up early on Saturday morning as they need to be in school at 6:30 am. All the Star scout (girls only) will be having an indoor day camp at their school premises. They were asked to bring planting gloves, extra shirt, face towel and light snacks. As always, she is excited whenever they have school activity. She was even bugging me to think of a cheer for their group, I told her I don’t know what kind of cheer would they be doing and then she said, “we already have one, but I am just preparing for a new cheer just in case” LOL!

She handed us this winning badge as they were the cleanest cluster in planting and other activities…

Her Daddy pick her up before lunch time and she came home with a Nilagang camote or “Sweet Potato”, in which they have cooked during the indoor camp, and then she handed us this oregano flower that they planted, we just did transfer it to a bigger pot.

Look…