Daddy, who is in Pagadian City, sent an sms greetings early in the morning. Donald was surprised he still remembers it. Well of course he does because he was the mastermind of our wedding date. LOL Daddy is not Chinese but he suggested it should be on the 8th or any date that the bottom does not points downward (like 1, 4, 7 and 9).

There in so specific plan for that day but Ella wanted it to be special by making a greeting card for me and Donald. We went to SM and did our usual walk around the ground floor and checked for a good deal at the second floor. Good thing I didn’t find anything worth buying because I have no plans in spending for anything but food that day. Then we passed by this new section at the second floor that really bothered Ella.

Donald and I sat on the desk and signed some papers. She asked what was it and I told her it’s the adoption paper. You should have seen her face went white when I told her the ladies will choose between her and Eman. But we were in the Community Tax Issuance desk at the back of this Adoption Help Desk getting our cedulas. Donald needs it for his driver’s license application and mine for business name application.

I think she was scared and was very silent until we saw this giant Crocs on our way to the Food Court. That brought her back to her old senses.

We all have different preference (except Eman) where to eat and so we agreed to try a new place – IGLOO. We have not been there but we always see the place each time we were at the Food Court. We went in and settled on our seats noisily. You know how Ella’s voice could get so loud when the place is quite like restaurants and banks. When the lady handed each of us a menu, She pointed on something and said “Mommy ito ang akin….chocolate parfait.” Whoa! I was so surprised of the price but I was more surprised that she read it right and with confidence. So as a reward, she got chocolate parfait.

Ella and her CHO-CO-LEYT PAR-FEYT

But before that was served, Ella and I had pasta, Donald had Palabok while Eman had chicken mami noodles. One thing that I can say is, we were not happy with the food and we are definitely not going back there anymore. The pasta tasted sour. At first I thought it’s Italian pasta but it is not! We didn’t finish our servings because it taste like it was about to go bad. Donald didn’t finish his meal too while he described Eman’s noodles as something that taste like “socks”. And not only socks….but socks that were hidden inside the shoes for ages. But I think Ella enjoyed her Chocolate parfait and she shared it with Donald and Eman. Another thing is they don’t have a high chair so Donald ended up as human high chair. He was holding the little guy while feeding him and himself. LOL

And the glasses will make you forget you needed a drink. I ordered two Pepsi in can for me and Ella while Donald wanted water. Funny how Donald how he changed his mind and ordered himself a Pepsi after he saw the glass. We are not happy with the food, the place and the service. I saw a branch at GMall which looks better than at SM but I will not spend any single peso on them ever again.Pwamis!

Anyhoo, we are still happy that we were able to spend time together outside the house. It’s like yesterday that we go to the mall with just one kid in tow. Now we have a little guy that loves to eat too. He eats what we eat and he is now cutting his 7th tooth at 10 months and 2 weeks old.

]]> http://caroleenstreasures.com/2010/02/chocolate-parfait/feed/ 5 http://caroleenstreasures.com/2009/02/our-day-yesterday/ http://caroleenstreasures.com/2009/02/our-day-yesterday/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:24:03 +0000 carol http://caroleenstreasures.com/?p=822 I should be starting on cutting the fabric for the cloth diapers last night but I was so tired from our trip that I didn’t even knew I’ve dozed off while putting Ella to sleep. I am so happy that Donald didn’t have issues on my new project and went with me to Tagum yesterday to buy materials since all I could find here in town are pongee and tetoron fabric. Not good for cloth diapers. What I got are flannels in different prints. I also got the plain white for the inner layers and the soakers.

I actually got the first two folds of  fabric in Davao two months ago. I was planning to make a receiving blanket out of it but was too dumb not to include satin fabric for the edges so it was sitting on the box until I finally decided to make them cloth diapers.

If you ask me how did I make Donald agree on an unplanned trip to the nearest city and spend moolah for these stuffs? I said nothing because I know he would really go with me because he wanted pizza. I know he’s been dying to have it and he wasn’t able to have a bite when we were in Davao last week. So right after we get off the bus and had a short ride to the mall, we headed straight to Greenwhich since we are all starving and he was already drooling. While waiting for HIS order, we asked him to get us something from Jollibee. I honestly would say I could live without seeing pizza but I’d die without palabok and sundae. Ella had spaghetti, burger and french fries and Donald had this…..

…….all to himself and he also finished my palabok (because they have larger serving there than in any other branch) and had some of Ella’s fries. He must have been really starving because after just a few moments…..his plate looks as though it was ran over by a tornado.

Before he could order for another pizza, we quickly exited the place and went upstairs to the PlayRoom where Ella spent almost three hours playing while we find the materials I needed. It was a nice play area since they have this huge slide and some computers. She gets bored easily in Wonderland because she feels too old for the toys that they have. I now know why she would rather buy “projects” than play when we went to Davao last week.

After getting all the stuffs I needed and was about to pay, I remember that I should get charts for Ella about the animals and their young, addition and subtraction. We were at the third floor and the baby stuffs are on the lower level so after paying for it (since it was not allowed to bring the stuffs from the third level to the second level) I asked Donald if we could check on some baby stuffs. We passed by the kid’s clothes and we saw a mannequin wearing plaid pants. I think it was the last pair since we couldn’t find it on the racks. Donald was giving me a hint that he wanted to buy it for Ella. He also checked on the shirts that looks as though it was already used. He wanted to get one for Ella since last year but each time were at the mall in Davao that only sells that kind of shirt, the lines are too long and he was too impatient to wait in line. I checked on the price of both and I had second thoughts on buying those because I just planned to buy materials and nothing else but if he insists, then I couldn’t do anything about it. While he was checking on the shirts, I told him I will be just right at the baby’s corner. I wanted to see if they have bolster pillow cases that would match the comforter and pillow I bought last time but there was none. Donald followed me there and spent a fair amount of time blocking my sight each time we pass by some Winnie-the-Pooh stuffs. Before heading to get Ella, I decided to check on the toys to see if they sell wooden abacus. We bought the plastic one in Davao and I am not happy with it. I am glad they have it although they are not the same kind like what I am seeing when I was still small Donald helped me pick one and he chose the wooden stuff (not the kind that looks like real abacus) that has blocks of numbers and math signs. It also has 100 pieces of sticks in red, blue, yellow and green. I hope this will help Ella learn math because we have a big issue especially the subtraction. I teach her to make draw sticks on her paper and put a line across the number of sticks that should be subtracted. She could make the exact number of sticks asked but she would get screwed up on the subtracting part because she counts ahead. She is really a sanguine like her Dad! Her mouth is faster than her hands.

In the toy section, Donald saw a toy guitar and I could tell that he really wanted it for Ella. I checked on the price and was hoping he would put it back because it was double the price of the shirt and pants which I won’t dare buying at that moment. But instead, he asked if there are other stocks that he could choose from. The ones on display have cartoon stickers all over the front. He wanted a plain one that looks like a real guitar. After a few moments watching him check on it, I was thinking that if he really want it then we could buy it anyway it’s for Ella. So I was there waiting for him to pick one but I was surprised he did not saying the sound isn’t so good. I suggested to check if they have small guitars on the sporting goods section (because I can feel he really wanted to get one for his unica hija) and he agreed. There we found one. A “real” (baby) guitar that even I cannot resist. It is more expensive though but it has a good quality and since Donald promised to teach her to play, I gave it a go.

When we went to get Ella, she asked what we got for her. We said none but she saw the box of the guitar and was asking all the way down what was it. Donald said it was a stand for the laptop. Can’t he think of anything better and anything that one can believe than a stand for the laptop? (Remember that we fooled him last December that my sister Crislyn was carrying a box of a tripod for the camera when in truth it’s his guitar?) I was laughing because I couldn’t imagine a laptop with a stand. Can you?

So we took a bus home and arrived at 7:30pm. Ella knew Daddy has a surprise for her and she waited for 2 hours until we got home to see what was it. When Donald opened the box, she could not believe she now have a baby guitar. She sat and started strumming it with broken chords, singing “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles.

Aside from arts, she loves music too and she knows the songs of Carpenters and The Beatles more than some nursery songs.

Here’s the father and daughter guitars. Wish them good luck.

We don’t usually put food coloring on it but this time I colored it to make it more special. I think I should have spelled my name on the top of it with the cheese like they are doing in cupcakes.  

We slept very late but Ella has no problem getting ready for school. I first checked if there’s opportunity up for grab and I was feeling so lucky I got one! I was starting on my post for it when Inang and Tatang came by for a quick visit and I am just glad Ella did not spill the beans. They are in a hurry so I just wrapped for them and after the left, I worked on my blog. I had to write and think fast so I could publish it and grab another one. I was feeling so lucky that I grabbed three again.

Ella has been very excited about this day and asked Donald day ago to go with her at the Central Warehouse to buy me a gift. So after her class, they went straight there and brought this home.

Inside are a gel pen, address book, a purple nail polish and two panties. She picked a pen because she has misplaced mine last night, an address book for me to have a NEW notebook to write on (she thought it’s just a notepad), nail polish because she sees me doing my nails every Saturday and panties because she said I needed bigger ones so the baby won’t get hurt. She also gave me a personalized gift.

It is actually an envelope which she carefully made with her little hands and it has two pictures that she drew inside.

It’s a table with my cake, balloons and some food and the second one is a picture of our house.

  I was so happy with her gifts and I kept thanking her but she won’t stop saying “Pasensya ka na My ha…yan lang ang kaya kong bilhin…” (I am sorry Mommy, that are the only things I could afford) As if it’s from her own pocket.

Since I did most of the cooking yesterday, I had bad backache today. What a good way to celebrate birthday. But since it is my day, I got pampered by Donald with back massage just on my left scapula where my spine bends. I will still have to do some packing for our long travel tomorrow. I’ll be gone for several days and I wish I could find internet cafe near the farm so I could still grab some opportunities and update this blog. I’ll see you when I see you!

While we were watching TV and she was done playing, I tucked her in bed and went back in the living room. Not long that I felt a different kind of pain. After the documentary, we went to bed and I was trying to convince myself that it’s gone. But oh it’s still there and I cannot tell exactly how bad the pain hurts. After an hour of trying to sleep, tossing on both sides and even rolling like a ball….still the pain was there and it seems like the more I try to stop it, the more painful it becomes. So I’ve got no choice but to wake up Donald. He asked me if I am in labor and I said no. Of course no! It’s too early for me to deliver the baby but we are not ruling out the possibility of spontaneous abortion. But I know this one is not about the baby. I feel pain just below my chest. He gave me a glass of hot water and the moment I have emptied the glass, the pain was gone. I don’t really drink hot water before, I feel it’s icky and I don’t know why but I am just glad that I tried it and it does work! I was thinking maybe my body reacted to the midwife’s belly massage yesterday. Although I feel the baby was higher now than before, I think I am not having anymore belly massage.

So today went just as normal. I saw the photo of spaghetti on my sister Crislyn’s blog and I was drolling so I sweetly talked Donald into having spaghetti for dinner which he gladly agreed because he’s a very big fan of spaghetti too. Mama Ingrid sent us 4 boxes of pasta so we only buy the remaining ingredients then we prepared it in a lightning because we are both hungry. So next time, I hope my sister won’t be posting food photos again because we might be needing to get Phentermine online.

Since I have not found something for Ella, I bought 3 donuts with filling like the ones from Dunkin Donuts. The man selling them offered me his donuts and when I asked him how much, he answered “Diyes isa. kung unsang color ana, mao na ang labor.” (Twenty cents each. Whatever the color is, that is the labor) WHAT????? I thought he was saying that I am paying twenty each donut inclusive of that is the LABOR. Of course! We have been making rice muffins and some other delicacies before and we sell it for a price that would cover the cost of ingredients, LPG and labor. I asked once more and I heard it right. LABOR. LABOR. LABOR. While he was wrapping the donuts, I then realized what he means. It is not LABOR, but FLAVOR.

When I arrived home, it was still drizzling. Tatang and Marlon, the brother of his daughter-in-law, were here. It’s their group’s turn to do some cleaning in the churchyard and the building. Tatang brought a small bag of rice. We will cook the rice for him for our meal fellowship tomorrow and he will cook one dish as his share of our potluck. For  their lunch today, he brought frozen lechon (roasted pig). I do not know how long it was sitting in their fridge. Maybe two weeks?  I was doing something in the pc so Donald cooked. He asked me how to cook Lechong Paksiw (Roast Pig Stew) because it smells like Marang and the only dish that could at least remove the smell is this. Even though Marang is one of his favorite fruit; he could not eat lechon with that flavor.  Tatang and Inang’s fridge is packed with Marang from their own Marang trees and this makes everything in there smells like Marang. I sent him back telling him to add more pepper to remove the smell but to no avail. I just ignored him, thinking it was his favorite fruit anyway. So what we have for lunch is called “Lechong Paksiw Con Marang”. I didn’t realized that it just didn’t smell like Marang but tastes like it too when I was sitting here after lunch and burped with that distinct smell. I don’t like Marang like Donald and I almost threw up. Even he could not take a food with that flavor except for ice cream maybe but no way for a dish that taste like it. I bet, Tatang’s dish tomorrow will taste like marang too.

After lunch and after Tatang and Marlon left, Ella played in her playroom while Donald tried to take a nap. When Donald was about to doze off, Ella entered the room with her baby. I told Daddy will sleep but she said she just brought her daughter to see her grandpa and grandma. So we now have a granddaughter????

After some cuddling and kissing with our granddaughter, we let ourselves fit in the bed. Four of us and none was able to sleep so we changed clothes and went to get groceries instead. We just bought ingredients for spaghetti (since I was dying to have it since yesterday), Ella and mine’s bath soap and kid’s snacks for our Sunday School. I also picked a pack each of disposable plates, spoons and cups in case some member don’t have eating utensils tomorrow. Then we went straight to the market to get the rest of the stuff we need for our dish tomorrow. We just buy vegetables since we still have meat and fish in the fridge (and we are going to Davao tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning). We will cook everything in there for our meal fellowship so we could defrost the fridge, this way I could sleep well while in the city not worrying about the house getting burned down to ashes.  

Ella kept herself busy before dinner, running around the house. She also did some tickling with Daddy and just when I turned around to call her to the table, she was peacefully dosing off in her Bratz bean bag.
 

The kid could sleep that fast! The purple bean bag was a gift from Tita Crislyn on her 4th birthday but I wasn’t able to get the stuffing to put inside so I hid it for over a year. When I was cleaning the other room, I found it so I took it outside and filled it with blown fiber temporarily. Hope I could find some beans for it in Davao and maybe some light fixtures that I could put in her tiny playroom.

We had pork stew for lunch since it was cold and raining. Had a long nap in the afternoon. The rain finally stopped when I woke up and I went on with my yard work again. It was getting dark when I went inside the house. Donald was not in the mood to cook and I am not either so we ended up going to the market for dinner. Where could we dine here but Trento Resto. There is actually another place like it that was newly opened but their food is not worth your money. Since this morning, I was craving for cheeseburger and spaghetti so that is what I ordered. Their own version of McDo’s spaghetti and Burger McDo. Ella ordered their version of Chowking Lauriat consisted of rice, 1 piece chicken, pansit guisado, fish crackers and banana cake while Donald tried their own version of Greenwhich double sized pizza. When our order was delivered to our table, Ella wanted to have spaghetti and burger so I ended up eating her order. I wasn’t happy at all but I had no choice but I made sure she knew that I wasn’t pleased and I said firmly that next time she should eat what she ordered. To make me feel alright, Ella offered to share her food and I did not refuse at all. I had a few bites of her burger and probably 20 strands of pasta.

While we are eating, I reminded her to sleep early tonight because she has to go to school tomorrow. To my amusement, she answered “Wala na kaming klase kasi SUNBREAK na.” (We don’t have a class because it’s sunbreak already.)

SUNBREAK : A two weeks play and movie time in between the first and second semesters in school.

I almost had a heart attack right there in our table. The kid really has her own vocabulary. When we are done with our dinner, we walked across the street to Julie’s bakeshop (yeah! Trento has a decent bakeshop now!) and bought Selecta’s Limited Edition Langkasuy Con Ube (jackfruit and cashew with purple yam).

Yum yum yum…delicioso!!!