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Relief Goods For The Earthquake Victims

I was able to grab pictures from my mother’s email today, it showed how extent is the damage caused by the 6.9 earthquake in Philippines. It is the place where my Grand Parents lived. There were quite a few damages. They have 2 small houses, the one in the city is not livable anymore as most of the area in Jimalalud City, Negros Oriental is very much damaged by the Earthquake and the one in the isolated area has a… Continue reading

Why Parents Should Not Take Babies With Them In Bed…

Many parents simply think of the accidents or even SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) when taking babies in their beds. Hospitals and other Pedia centers even give this warning to parents with babies. As for me, I sometimes take my baby in our bed during nap time or at night time and I even have a bassinet beside our bed to keep them close to me. I also breast feed my babies and that they easily get hungry in the… Continue reading

Save Money on Your Grocery Bills

With the current state of economy, a small day to day savings would end up a huge weekly savings. Hence, saving a dollar or two on your daily grocery items may result into a huge sum of money that can go straight to your savings account or can be used for other purposes. So how do you save money from your grocery bills? Here are some tips that you may want to keep in mind:

Kids Updates 1-30

I have been feeling a little frustrated about my two boys a few weeks ago. I wasn’t able to visit back in the blog hops I have joined and all I can do is to promote the events I have signed up and paid to join. I’m saying this now because I am hoping to pay back visits this week, now that my two boys are getting to their normal self. Both of them has fever and cough and colds… Continue reading

For Mommy: How To Win Over Toddler/Prescooler Tantrums

This topic may sound very familiar to Moms out there, but let’s face it, its the typical behavior of our child that we don’t like and we need to find a solution that this problem to be under controlled. We need to be there for our kids, whether they like it or not, we need to put them under our wings to for them to control their “out of control” or “Tantrum” behavior.

I read this interesting tips from the Mom Sense magazine,… Continue reading

House Rules | In Our Home We…

George holding our House Rules.

I was able to make this House Rules plaque during one of Art Crafts day in MOPS – Mothers of Preschoolers in our area. It was a nice idea to make your own and share your the general rules in your home to your kids. Here’s what I chose as our house rules:

  • Believe in and extend Grace
  • Seek hard after God
  • Actively Love
  • Say I’m Sorry
  • Play Together
  • Love with our words
  • Need each… Continue reading

Kids raiding basement stories and public storage

A church friend told me about her sister’s kids and how they gave her an interesting time. She said the kids were at the terrible four and five of age. Her sister is pregnant and baby sitting a 4 months old baby while the other two tots were playing in the basement. One time they got hold of a liquid laundry soap and pour the whole bottle in the basement’s floor. When her sister saw the mess, she directly pour… Continue reading

New Mom

Contribution by Kennith Griffin

Being a new mom is tough enough without having to deal with an overbearing husband but you know, to me it’s all about staying the course and taking care of the baby like I know I’m supposed to. I know Mark doesn’t mean any harm but he’s just driving me crazy asking me to do so much when it comes to making dinner and looking into Just Energy customer reviews – it’s just about all I… Continue reading

Our Family Post Christmas 2011 Celebration

Our family did a small get together in my mom in law’s house during the Christmas day. The day before that, I cooked a 5 pound chicken to my new crockpot. Then I brought to their house so we can eat together before Christmas Eve mass. I did some gift wrapping for my presents to everyone. It was a beautiful night. Clear sky and clean road, no snow at all. We had the beautiful Latin mass and talked with the… Continue reading

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