Caroleen’s Treasures

I would just be making an update about Ella’s business since it’s nearing midnight and we have just arrived from Ate Lourdes house. She invited us over for dinner and spent almost the whole night chatting with her SIL-Ate Rosie Tejada.

Last night after I have posted my entry for the day, Tatang and Inang came over for a short visit. They missed Ella and wanted to know how we are doing too. Chatted about our trip to Kabacan and how Papang Alfred was doing and about what kept them both busy the past days. When it’s time to leave, Ella tagged Inang’s hand and asked if she would like to buy some painted blocks. She opened the box and showed it to Inang followed by her “sales talk”. Of course who could resist a 5-year-old charm? Inang asked her how much and she said each small block costs P1, showing her the green block. Inang was in awe and could not believe that Ella has this wonderful idea and fished in her purse a one peso coin and bought one. When Inang asked her what’s the use of it, she showed her that the blocks could be made houses or buildings when stacked (like lego). Smiling, Inang hugged and kissed Ella after praising her for being so helpful to Mommy and Daddy and headed out the door. So this thrilled Ella so much and could not contain the happiness that at last someone bought. Now because of this, she was convinced that she could sell more the following day. She painted some more and planned on selling it after worship.

When it dried, she carefully packed it inside a box ready for selling.

This is how her blocks look like. She tried her best to make it as appealing as it could be.

And she kept on changing box. You could see the excitement in her eyes and she had a hard time sleeping last night thinking about it.

So today after our Children’s class, we all went inside the chapel. The kids stayed behind me and when I looked around, Ella was carrying her box of blocks! I never thought she was serious about selling it to the members after te worship service and before I could stop her, she was talking to someone about buying some. Some find it cute, some find it amusing and all of them said it is good that at a young age, she is this resourceful. When the last couple left the chapel, Ella has P20 in her pocket which she was counting every now and then. When she asked me if her money has still change when she buys a car, I said “Nak, kahit gulong kulang pa ‘yan.” (That would not be enough even for a tire) And so this makes her want to sell more.

After lunch, I started doing the laundry and Donald helped me as usual. I was not suppose to do it today since it should be rest day but I want to take advantage of the good weather. It was sunny today and I was hoping it would go on until it all dried up. After everything is done, we received an invitation for dinner at Ate Lourdes’ house as a thanksgiving for her twin daughter’s birthday. The twins are in Davao right now but she want to celebrate it here too so her SIL Ate Rose, BIL, nephew Edward were there. It was supposed to be a family affair but they invited us because we were like their adopted family. It was such a very wonderful night with Ate Lourdes and Ate Rosie. We had great time chatting and I literally forgot about the time. Ella played all by herself with the dishes and pots in the kitchen while Donald, Edward and Christopher (Ate Lou’s son) had some men’s talk in the living room too. After Ate Rosie and her family left, Donald and Christopher joined us in the kitchen to have some review of history (our life’s experiences). It was a night full of laughter and we were so full too. Ate Lou let us bring some spaghetti and pansit which I would be eating again after this post.