Sunday, July 20, 2014

Chicken and Pato, Ganso, Itik…

Right before dinner, we were treated again by Ylize’s spontaneity when she said, “chikn”. It was her first. Throughout this afternoon, all she did was play with her brothers. She is becoming bossy. At times she would WP_20140710_005i

impose her likes (Let it go, of course). A couple of times yesterday, she pulled my shirt and leading me to the direction of the kitchen. She just wanted ‘nana” (banana”).

Also, at the dinner table, while winding down, she grabbed my hand and said “pa” while imitating our game “pato, ganso, itik, rikiti-kitik. She remembered our game. We played for a couple of times until I got wearied.

I can’t wait for her tomorrow’s surprise.

There was not much that I was able to do today. Right after lunch, I laid down our comforter in the TV room hoping for Zach and Coco to take a nap while watching TV. That was a futile strategy for them, but not for me and Ylize. Zach and Coco were able to finish the movie “The Bullet Proof Monk”. From then on I got lazy. Except for baking pandesal and going to Church’s for our dinner chicken, all I did was to stay on bed watching tv.

Mom is working today, her second night. Coco and Zach, as usual, are sleeping in our room while I am contemplating on what to do with the rest of my summer.

My plans, most of them, did not materialized. Readings were not done, my certification review is halfway through and may classes preparation is nowhere in sight.

The silver lining in today’s dark cloud? I have started my online course with Dayton University.

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