Julia's Bday dinner at Chi's

We had our family dinner (Sabitsana side) for Julia's bday at Chi's yesterday. Good food but our orders took so long to be served. Tapos hindi pa sabay sabay dumadating. Nakaka bitin! But it was good nonetheless. All were present except for Tita Jill :( Julia's line up was not complete! It was fun, even though the girls, Maddie and Julia (actually mostly Julia, because Maddie was sick), was super hyper inside the restaurant. She kept on saying hi to the people at the other tables and banging on the glass doors. Nakakahiya =p

Thanks everyone for joining us for dinner! And thanks for all the gifts! Julia got a pretty dress and a huge box of Froot Loops from Ninang Krissy and Tito Chu, para hindi na daw sya mang agaw ng froot loops ng classmate nya :) Ninang Char gave her a cute dora shoulder bag, disposable toilet seat covers and a cool first aid kit that fits into my bag! Thanks Char! It's just what I need! Thanks also Tita Jill for the xylophone-slash-noisemaker! Our peace and quiet ends where Julia's fun begins! :) Hehe!


Here are some pictures taken at the dinner:

Highlights of the past few days...

June 15: Julia's first day of school at KinderCare
Drago and Ninang Krissy went with her :) She was crying at the beginning (as expected) but she warmed up after a while. I think her favorite part was snack time! hahaha.

crying...

working with clay



snack time! (she likes eating her classmates' food! haha)

June 17: Our first day of school in Prep and Julia's birthday!
It was a suuuuper busy day! Good thing i prepared everything i needed for my class the day before. I just did a few last minute stuff in the morning before heading to KinderCare at 10 a.m. for Julia's bday party. I only asked for a 1 hour off so i had to rush. I passed by Red Ribbon to get a bday cake and then straight to Julia's school. Good thing Drago brought everything else already. We also prepared the loot bags the night before so we're all good. We served popcorn (which they loved!), wafer sticks and juice. Oh, but Julia was crying for a whole hour before the party started. I arrived at her school around 10am, just as they were about to set up and she was still crying! It's because parents and yayas weren't allowed in the room anymore. Guess that's why she got so agitated. Kawawa, bday pa naman nya. Anyway, the party was fun! She stopped crying when we gave her a stick-O. Cute ng kids! They sang happy birthday, then ate, had their pictures taken and then lined up to give gifts and get their loot bags :) It was a memorable event for us coz it's Julia's first school experience. I'm glad we did this! When she's bigger I can show her the pictures and she'll know how special it was :)

I posted all the pictures on facebook

By the way, my class that afternoon went well :) It really pays to be prepared, especially on the first day. I had fun meeting and getting to know the kids. I forgot how much i loved classroom teaching :)

Ok, 9 and a half months before summer vacation. Hehe!

It's been a very busy couple of days after Julia's accident. Mostly because of work and going back and forth to U.P. to accomplish requirements for my M.A.

Being a freshman is hard because of all the procedures you have to undergo, but being a freshman in U.P. is a totally different story! It could have been much easier if I went to La Salle instead. I can go on complaining endlessly, but all the hassle aside, i'm pretty sure i'm going to like it in U.P. once i'm already there. I've always loved their campus (compared to the impossibly congested DLSU) and even though I still need a map to find my way around, it's actually quite fun. Besides, as they say, it's the U.P. experience :)

Anyway, i still have to go for my advisement and enrollment on Friday. It's the last day so hopefully I finish in one whole day. Or else, i'm out.

Here are some pics I took of Julia with her stitches :)






We had the stitches taken out today. The driver took yaya and Julia to MCP where they met Mama. Thanks Mama for assisting them!! As expected, Julia cried like a madman. But she's fine now. We're going to bf tonight so Julia could see everyone who just got back from Leyte and Bora :)