Motherhood is an oxymoron. It makes you happy tired. The moment those babies start popping, there’s no turning back.
Every day, I get headaches from all the mess in the house. The sound pressure my voice becomes noise from my speeches about putting back toys to its proper places, arranging books, and sweeping the floor.Continue reading“Motherhood and the guinea pig tread wheel”
This is an adorable experience that happened on September 1, Tuesday. It has all the elements of our little Jeffrey/JJ in it: curious, sweet, loving, innocent.
So here goes…
JJ at 6 a.m. on September 1:
“Mom, is it September 2 already?”
This is another sardinas (sardines) dish to give our friends another recipe that is affordable and healthy. For this recipe, we spent about P77 for the following:
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”
Migraine is in.
It’s threatening to happen at this very moment that I’m writing this.Continue reading“I said it. That’s it.”
We joined the Virginia Foods’ #DoTheCookingChallenge and presented our #VirginiaQuarantineRecipes entry starting off with this dynamite lumpia recipe. I’ve always loved dynamite lumpia because it’s crunchy, crispy, a bit spicy, and tasty. I have been meaning to make it at home especially that we are staying at home because of …
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 “
This is a story that makes me giddy. In early April 2020, I decided to plant again. I have a green thumb but work and travel took me away from the soil. Staying home rekindled my love for planting. I thought it’s best to grow plants that we can eat …
Antoinette wanted to have her own cooking show. But I have been very busy with full-time work in 2019 and I didn’t have much time to help her out with this project. Quitting full-time work in January and then the unexpected entry of COVID-19 got us started on “Inside Casa …
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Like many families, the Ruffolos have been relegated to the confines of our home.
We live in a 69-square-meter, two-storey home in Liloan, Cebu, Philippines. Continue reading“Quarantine Itinerary: Can-do activities with children at home “
