Category: Family & Parenting

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Autism Awareness

Thankfully I am not personally affected by Autism. But the number is diagnosed cases keeps growing. How long will it take before someone you know has to deal wtih this ? We need to find why it is happening and find a cure!

There are so many children that have some level of autism now. This is an epidemic with no know cause or cure. How many children and their families have to suffer from this? What if this has been preventable all along, but no one knew?

There are some ways to help these children, but the schools are not really prepared for these kinds of challenges. We can do better as a society and I hope to be a part of the changes for everyone’s benefit.

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PBJ

This afternoon I was craving a PBJ. I have a nice fresh loaf of Wonder Bread that was just crying for me to add some peanut butter and jelly to the slices. I used Jiff crunchy peanut butter and Smuckers grape jelly. OMG! It was delicious!

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Yes, We Can

I was at the kitchen busy washing the dishes when my three kids walked out of their bedrooms, chanting “Yes, We Can”. They looked so cute, but I wonder if they know what they’re talking about. I asked them where they heard the “Yes, We Can” and they all said that it’s from the Internet. My oldest child added, “It’s from President Barack Obama”. I went back to my dishes, although now I wish I took my time at that moment to teach them the deeper meaning of what “Yes, We Can” means.

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Putting Christmas Decorations in Storage

New Year’s Day and the weekend was busy spent partying with families, and putting away the Christmas decorations. We put up an artificial Christmas tree that an old friend gave us many years ago. We have the stockings, snowmen, Santa Claus, Mickey&Minnie skaters, Christmas lights up during the holidays. It took us a little more than half a day to put them back in storage. I didn’t buy any Christmas decorations this year and we still have plenty. It was a fun holiday with bright colors, lights, and my kids were a little sad about putting the Christmas decorations away.

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Pizza Night

My kids call Friday – Friday Fun Day. They love Fridays because school load is lighter and we go to parks or watch a movie after school. Personally, I love Fridays because it’s my Friday Free Day. Free from cooking dinner. It’s actually our pizza night. By the end of the week, the kids are tired of my home cooking and ready for some yummy treats.

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Ipods

Last Christmas, we bought our kids ipods for Christmas. Daniel and Leo were so excited and started loadin up tunes, and music videos from itunes. I was so impressed with the ipods and itunes. The quality of videos are so good and clear. Technology is so amazing. I like itunes because the kids can listen to the music before they download them and it costs next to nothing.

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Call of Duty 5

Daniel will turn 12 years old next May but he still believes in Santa Claus. My sister tells me that maybe Daniel is just pretending that he still believes in Santa. But as a mother I know that he truly believes in Santa. I hear him talk to his friends with disbelief when they say Santa is not real.

Every year, my kids write to Santa and we all go to the Post Office to mail their letters. A couple of weeks before Christmas, they also receive a letter back from the North Pole. Santa writes back to them! Ofcourse, every year Santa brings them the toys they want. This year, Daniel wants Santa to get him a 360 game called “Call of Duty 5”. I’m not sure if Santa will bring him this game because it’s rated M.

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Rock Band 2

Leo is expecting a Rock Band 2 from Santa this Christmas. Daniel, Leo and Pierce are excited to play Rock Band. They said they’ll take turns playing with the guitar, drum set, and microphone. I am sure that they will play well together and that they’ll bond even more. My kids love to sing, and dance. I just hope that they learn a real instrument. Maybe, when they get a little older, they will be motivated to pick up a musical instrument.

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Teaching Piano

For the past two years, I have been taking my older boys to Yamaha School of Music to learn piano. Daniel and Leo are resistent to practicing piano. Leo has a natural fondness for playing but just do not want to practice.  I would like them to learn a piece of instrument. But I also want them to have fun. Their piano lessons costs a lot so I decided to pull them out last year. I decided that I’ll teach them a little bit each week but did not get to do that. Maybe, next year I will be able to convince them to go back to their school.

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My first post on my blog – Hello!

I want to tell you about my life as a homemaker in 2009 and from here forward.

I’m not just talking about cooking, housekeeping, teaching kids, but it’s about balancing the social pressures with traditional values, keeping food nutritious and appetizing on the table, decorating the house on a budget, raising boys with gentleness and firmness, and so much more.

I am fortunate to have a loving husband who takes parenting as seriously as I do. We don’t get second chances with raising children. We both want to make sure we get it right.