Sweet Fix

"That time of the month!" fix...

Mango Graham Cake and Choco Toffee Crunch

Selecta Ice Cram

Glad it was my turn to choose the ice cream flavor during grocery day. Yes, each one of us, the five of us gets to have a turn in choosing the ice cream flavor we want during grocery day. Because not everyone likes coffee, or mango, or vanilla :) . So to be fair, we each gets our turn to choose. Less stress for mom and dad.

Food Friday : Salad

Food Friday Host

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Pictures of my daughters, once a week, this 2015. 

The 52 Week Project

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Photographs of my daughters, once a week, this 2015.

Art in Island / Jan012015

#the52project

Breakfast with Miffy

pandesal + tuna + boiled egg + lettuce + apples + coffee

Christmas 2014 Gift Wrapping Theme

Kraft Paper + Chalkboard Gift Tags

BigBro's

gifts to his friends.

Used pattern paper from

National  Book  Store  and

chalkboard christmas gift tags

free from

SonyaDeHartDesign.

Lovely! Happy Holidays!

Everyday Me

Received this the other day... my EverydayMe free package, welcome kit, membership card, discount coupons to Rustans, Robinsons, and Watsons. Yay! Thank you P&G!

Breakfast Love

BigSis' breakfast plate. She made this and asked me to take a picture of it. :D

White Bread + Purefoods Fiesta Ham + Scarmbled Egg + Kanpy Strawberry Jam + Dari Creme Lite Butter

Making Life Easy #1: Plastic Folder

Use plastic folder over worksheets and books to make reviewing and practice easier especially when you have to do the same worksheet or page over and over. Use whiteboard marker to write and tissue to erase. This also makes me save the printed worksheets for LilSis' future use.

My Little Cinderella

ENGLISH MONTH CELEBRATION 2014

Character Parade

Class Section Character : Cinderella and Co.

Costume : Cinderella

{blue dress - existing, wig - rented P100}

The Mysterious Cat

A cat costume for BigSis

  

I saw a proud mysterious cat ...

 

Mew, Mew, Mew

... the making of the costume

Elocution Contest

The Mysterious Cat by Vachel Lindsay

1st Place - Grade 2

Little Miss Egypt (or Greece)

UNITED NATIONS CELEBRATION 2014

 as always, last minute na naman si mami. 

i procrastinated until i was pressured to come up with something.

no, it's dadi's fault pala. he said he will look for a nice costume sa quiapo

but he got busy with something and forgot all about the costume.

heniways, while reviewing LilSis for her second quarterly exams,

i was cutting, pinning, sewing, and fitting in between.

m a t e r i a l s

cream cloth (excess curtain fabric)

yellow cloth (pre-cut from my stash -courtesy of my favorite cousin - and waiting for me to use it, perfect!)

gold christmas ribbon (for headband, armband, belt. tg i found an extra roll)

double sided tape (for the accessories and for keeping the dress together. i so love this tape!)

BigSis was so happy and can't wait to wear it.
the next day after the program, one mommy texted me...
 "uy, ang ganda ng suot ni ate kahapon!"
- i'm a happy mami :D!

two tops

 finally finished this circle top.

love the fit. so comfy.

still have to embellish it...

 ...with these fabric flowers.

i experimented sewing a kaftan top using a different type of fabric.

the neckline gave me a hard time but was able to pull it off.

lots of ripping... and patience!

so hard to take a pic without ruining the fit.

my favorite cousin lovett. 

i might give it to her.

new post. new year. new hopes.

ginarip na mais

 thank you kapatid for cooking this.

had to take a pic - brought back memories of mama's home cooked meals.

playing with fire

Ate's request...

request...

granted!

 = happy kiddos!

flower power

fabric flowers... done while watching tv the other night

still making more fabric flowers

costumes were made...

UN Day 2011

my 2 little native american indians

Halloween 2011
Theme: Outer Space

my star princess and sun princess

miniature store and building

one portion of my breakfast nook looks like a recycling station because of various packaging i keep. i keep them in the hope of making toys for the girls out of carton boxes, cardboard and other thingamajigs. i was feeling tired and wanted to sit and rest a bit. but i don't want to waste time just sitting and doing nothing. so i grabbed few empty medicine boxes.

before

reversed, and taped them. drew whatever comes to mind. i'm not good in drawing but who cares. my little one adores whatever i do or make for her. i painted them using watercolor.

after

she was so happy and played with it. using her toy cars and little dolls. another happy day for mommy and kiddo!

my little pink fairy

it's been a while since the last time i did pink saturday. been helper-free since middle of april. after 11 years, finally it's just "us" - our family. all five of us. yes, i asked for it. even if that would mean sacrificing lots of "me" time. blogging and sewing especially. i wanted to live simply and teach the kids to be responsible, learn to do household chores, and be independent.

anyway, on to this week's event. my entry is a thumbelina - yes that's what she said she is - costume that i made for my little one for her schools halloween party.

i managed to whip this up, 3 hours before the 8:00 am party. my plan was to let her wear one of her floral dresses + wings. but... creativity and sewing mojo came in early in the morning and so this came about...

she was very happy and been thanking me endlessly on our way to the party. the smile on her face... priceless!

she merrily joined the games like... pinning the nose on pinocchio...

 finding "under the sea" treasures...

and shooting apples inside the pumpkin...

 

thumbelina was very happy and filled her bucket with lots of treats from other parents. unfortunately she got sick after the party and mom did not allow her to enjoy the candies she got :(.

now, she wants a "purple dress with belt" for her. just like june's dress in little einstein.

Happy Pink Saturday!

it's nice to be back.

Please visit How Sweet the Sound for more pink finds.

happy birthday, little lady!

cookies and cream cake + hello kitty toy + 4 candles

=  hello kitty cake = happy birthday girl = happy mommy