By now, dear readers, if you have been following the Reading Ruffolos’ Facebook page, you know that I am Mommy-Teacher. I have taken on the challenge to be at the frontline of my children’s education by being their teacher, day in and day out. It’s not the most glamorous task; it’s not easy peasy! I have mastered the art of intimidation by staring. Laser beams come out of my eyes and my nose is a smoke-belching organ.
It’s 11:46 a.m. on a Tuesday, October 6. I just told the twins to take a break because the last activity for the Mother Tongue (Sinugbuanong Binisaya language) subject is a bust.
I’m tired and I’m close to being fried.
I seriously feel like I’m this huge chunk of meat that has been marinated and breaded, ready to be submerged in a vat of boiling oil.
Yesterday, October 5, the first day of school was great! We tackled English and Math and we were done before the rice cooker flashed the red light on top of the “warm” sign.
I wrote many of these words on a Friday night. September 11. It’s a sad time. Joy left the house today, September 12, to go home to Leyte. I decided not to publish this immediately out of respect to Ate Joy. I also didn’t want to jinx her boat’s schedule …
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.
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:
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.”
