My Rocking Cradle

Weekend was spent outside with the two kids. While my Second-born was sleeping very well in his stroller, First-born took his time to lecture me with his experience-acquired wisdom. We were sitting on a bench, him on my lap when he suddenly remembered that I was not able to play with him in the playground [...]

 
  
Today as we were going out I asked my Firstborn:
 ”Does Mommy look good?”
He answered:
“You don’t look good, Mommy. You look pretty.”
 
How’s that for my ego-booster?

For moms in countries where a nanny is a rarity, I am sure we all have stories to share on how we cope up with household chores and taking care of our kids.
This is how I get things done:
Kids (usually my Firstborn has the say) choose whether they watch TV or play computer while Mommy [...]

Aside from my lack of acting skills, perhaps the most laughed at during my portrayal of Nita in Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero’s play “Three Rats” was my drinking of the seemingly bottomless cup of coffee that I had to take during the play. The cups of coffee were very important to the plot so I had [...]

I choose today as my “not a busy day”:-).
A regular day for me goes like this: sweating in the gym for a 20-30 minutes of cardio, shower, prepare breakfast for my boys, then hubby goes to the office. I am left with the kids for their morning bath before my 4-year old is picked up [...]

He is a big man but his big frame does not intimidate kids. He seems to have a magnet which draws kids to him. My kids easily warm up to him and they could play for hours. Between my Dad and my Mom, my kids prefer him. They could contentedly sit by his side and I could have [...]

The two boys have a new hobby. They make sure that I cannot clean the house as fast as I can. They take the pleasure in taking away from me the vacuum cleaner. When they are both in the house, they would take turns tormenting me until I manage to finish the cleaning.
Today, Baby Dynamo got [...]

We were billeted at The Mandarin Hotel for a few days and Little Dynamo took to the pool on the mornings that we were there. He just had to have it right after breakfast. This was what happend on his first morning:
He was the only kid on the kiddie pool. He was… hmmm… lonely?

I had to leave [...]

Little Dynamo has his own batch for playmates here in Seoul. I’m glad my children do not lack this important part of their childhood. But what’s so special about Baby Dynamo’s friend in this picture?
 
For one, their mommies have been friends for 4 years already. We had been together almost everyday until last year when [...]

This is a good year of friendship.
I love our life here in Seoul and I love the people here in Seoul. For an expat wife like me whose attention and focus are on her children and husband, friends are a great bonus and they add spice to my life. It isn’t a boring life. Those [...]