Video: Toni Biggie
Our pretty, little girl. 11 June 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyo7UT4VSuw
Author: C.E.L. Ruffolo
Video: Wednesday Play
It was one of those days that we just let them loose in the living room. These two are turning a year old in three weeks. 11 June 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c04AZRrBwzo
Quote of the Week: Time (J.R.R. Tolkien)
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf,” and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given …
Video: Bedtime Storytime (Akong Bugsay/My Paddle)
Another read aloud session with the mutants. Nick got tired towards the end, laid down and took his sister’s milk. Toni wanted to replace me as storyteller. Akong Bugsay was published by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI). From RAFI’s website: “Akong Bugsay, an illustrated bilingual children’s book, tells the …
Remembering Berlo
An organization is never healthy when it has not experienced episodes of conflict that may bring about feelings of uneasiness and to a certain extent, embarrassment to fellow members. I write this as a 27-year old officer, former officer, member, ex-member, lurker, observer, stalker, loyalist, fan, and patriot of several …
Video: Bedtime Story Time (Pag-abot ni Kolor sa Lungsod/When Color Came to Town)
Pag-abot ni Kolor sa Lungsod (When Color Came to Town) is a book written and illustrated by Susan Dela Rosa Aragon. I got a copy of the book in Cebuano/Visayan a few months ago while searching for a storybook to be used in one of the Basadours’ storytelling sessions. Since …
Video: Bath Before Bedtime
Bathtub play 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evfN2NHI1is&feature=youtu.be
How to get those pancakes?
Tuesday morning and the Ruffolo home is a crazy jungle of stuffed toys, dirty clothes, and a Mother who is not yet awake. When the Mom woke up at 10:00 a.m., the twins are taking their morning nap so she went straight to her office table where a plate of …
Children’s Day at the Garden
The twins turned 11 months old last June 1! It’s crazy how time flies so fast. To celebrate their day, the idea – really – was to take the children out in the garden in the afternoon so we can escape the scorching heat of Guangzhou’s sun and the oh-so-unbearable …
Video: The Pancakes! The Pancakes!
Jeff made me pancakes for breakfast but looks like I will go hungry because the mutants are scarfing down my meal. 03 June 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWRO6a04FHk&feature=youtu.be