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Morning walks with Dad

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Daddy was a cross country runner in his youth. He is now a long-distance walker. It’s part of his lifestyle to stay healthy. He walks at least six miles on weekdays. He wakes up at 4 a.m. and leaves the house at 4:30 a.m. He’s back around 6.30 a.m.; enough time to rest, shower, and then cook breakfast. This has been a four-year-old routine. I truly admire his discipline and dedication. 

Three weeks ago, Nicholas approached me and said that he’d very much like to join his Dad’s early morning walks. But he wasn’t sure if Daddy will agree because morning walks serve as Daddy’s “me time.” I told Daddy about it but we didn’t tell Nicholas that Daddy knew as we waited for him to muster the courage to ask his Dad.

LAST week, on a Sunday, he finally did it.Continue reading“Morning walks with Dad”

Embracing full-time homeschooling

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This is my season of humblebrag so allow this proud mother to unravel after enduring a school year filled with tears, screams, and laughter.

The twins bid Grade 2 goodbye with the report cards below. Teacher Marycrist has been helpful in their learning journey during this pandemic. It has been a crazy year for me. But I can honestly say that Nick and Toni have learned so much this year compared to the two years that they were enrolled in a private school. Continue reading“Embracing full-time homeschooling”

Let’s Make Art: A special project for our neighbors and the children

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Do you know how many times in one day we have to clean up the children’s home classroom? 

The answer is: I lost count. 

We started putting together our home classroom in March after Jeff and I started our discussion about homeschooling the children. We decided not to. We will enrol them in a regular school that offers online and modular learning. Continue reading“Let’s Make Art: A special project for our neighbors and the children”

Learning with Technology: Using Facebook Messenger as a platform to teach children spelling and grammar 

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We limit screen time in our family to two hours per day. This means that there is a designated period for it. For our children, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. is “movie time.”

They watch a movie or a show that I already screened in advance. Lately, it has been “Spiderwick Chronicles” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”Continue reading“Learning with Technology: Using Facebook Messenger as a platform to teach children spelling and grammar “

Straighten your crown

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There are so many reasons why I feel that life is unfair.

I cannot list down all the details. I am not strong enough to write them down just yet. Maybe in the future, when I am stronger enough to share them.

I know I am not alone in this; we’ve all been through it. The dark days, the times when you feel betrayed, the moment when you feel that your worth is judged by your mistakes.

I was traveling around China and Hong Kong for 10 days when I felt that way.

I was not in my best mental and emotional state.

It helped that I was visiting places that were both familiar and new to me. In Shanghai, I revisited Fudan University, where I spent hours studying Chinese and learning how to live life abroad. In Zhangjiajie, I went on a nature trip and walked on a 4,700-feet high glass skywalk. In Guangzhou, I enjoyed a cup of coffee at the Garden Hotel, the very place where my twin children learned how to walk and run. In Hong Kong, I revisited the place where Jeff and I decided to commit to each other seven years ago.Continue reading“Straighten your crown”

Stability and variety: Why there is no such a thing as striking a balance

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Some mothers appear to have figured out everything.

Because social media is a curated version of every person’s life, the pages and accounts of these mothers are filled with positive, energy-boosting, utopian posts of an ideal Mom; the kind who  seems to have time for every single milestone or development in her child’s life.Continue reading“Stability and variety: Why there is no such a thing as striking a balance”

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