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Nicholas and this Mom’s nine-o’clock reflection

C.E.L. Ruffolo March 4, 2024 April 7, 2024 GeneralLeave a comment

Parenting Nicholas has been so challenging the last few weeks. So much tears were shed from both sides. Recalling what happened still brings me intense sadness. But after every dark episode in this learning curve of parenting, I always ask my children: “How do we move forward from this?” Nicholas …

Nanay is officially a licensed professional teacher!

C.E.L. Ruffolo March 4, 2024 April 7, 2024 GeneralLeave a comment

How apt it is that on National Homeschooling Day, I officially took my oath as a licensed professional teacher. Ah, the many roads and degrees I hurdled to get here. 😘 This one is for The Reading Ruffolos – Jeff, Nick, Toni, and JJ – whose support and sacrifice moved …

For them, I fight: Why I’m voting Leni Robredo for President

C.E.L. Ruffolo March 14, 2022 March 14, 2022 GeneralLeave a comment

It’s always awkward when people describe my children as “half-American/Italian and half-Filipino.” I know it’s a way of defining their race origin; that their father is Caucasian, their mother is Asian. But I don’t look at it that way. My children are Americans and Filipinos. Full, not halves. They have …

We got vaccinated! Here’s our experience on pediatric vaccination (5-11 years old)…

C.E.L. Ruffolo February 19, 2022 February 20, 2022 GeneralLeave a comment

LILOAN, CEBU, Philippines — Hello everyone! I included a dateline in this post because we have been receiving messages asking where in the world are we and how Nicholas, Antoinette, and Jeffrey got their Covid-19 vaccines? I would really love to answer all of your questions but I’m not a …

Dad Speak: It costs nothing to be a gentleman

Jeff RUFFOLO August 5, 2021 August 5, 2021 GeneralLeave a comment

I had a great Dad. You would have liked him. A lot! Totally “old fashioned” and what today’s “me generation” would think as out of step … Louis E. Ruffolo was truly a man’s man. With the beating heart of a cuddly teddy bear.

Embracing full-time homeschooling

C.E.L. Ruffolo July 26, 2021 August 2, 2021 GeneralLeave a comment

This is my season of humblebrag so allow this proud mother to unravel after enduring a school year filled with tears, screams, and laughter.

The twins bid Grade 2 goodbye with the report cards below. Teacher Marycrist has been helpful in their learning journey during this pandemic. It has been a crazy year for me. But I can honestly say that Nick and Toni have learned so much this year compared to the two years that they were enrolled in a private school. Continue reading“Embracing full-time homeschooling”

Cleaning the Ruffolo Liloan home

Antoinette Elena Ruffolo July 22, 2021 July 23, 2021 GeneralLeave a comment

Hello there again.

I am now going to tell you about cleaning our home here in Liloan.

I love to clean because it makes my Mom happy. You know we do not have a Yaya, a house helper that helps us clean the house or cook food. We do all household chores all to ourselves, well, except for laundry because a man comes to our house four times a week to pick up our dirty clothes and then deliver our clean clothes.

When the house is clean, my Mom does not get upset. Continue reading“Cleaning the Ruffolo Liloan home”

Non-stop learning and the three graduation rites in 2021

C.E.L. Ruffolo July 19, 2021 July 21, 2021 GeneralLeave a comment

JJ, not-so-little Jeffrey Junior, is the reason why I have trouble walking, why I need to rest my foot for two weeks, and why I can’t do long walks for six weeks. A puddle of water that he left at the bottom of the staircase was the cause of my …

Hello, I’m Antoinette!

Antoinette Elena Ruffolo May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 GeneralLeave a comment

Hello everyone! As you all know, the Reading Ruffolos is a family who loves to read. So it is a family where I belong. I am Antoinette and I love to read. I read anything. I read books written by Filipino authors. In our family, we want to become different …

Smart releases free-to-download storytelling, gardening, and disaster preparedness videos for teachers’ virtual classes needs

C.E.L. Ruffolo November 10, 2020 April 6, 2021 GeneralLeave a comment

To help ensure continuous learning in education’s new normal, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has released video resources suitable for teachers’ virtual classes needs, all aligned with the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) of the Department of Education (DepEd). Supplementary teaching materials include the LearnSmart e-Storytelling series, Maging …