Back in each others arms

Yey! Benji's back... only it's just for a short time... can you imagine, only for four days!... well actually, five days but the fifth day we'll be sending them off again to the airport... in Clark! Originally they were to stay here for around two weeks(until the 11th) but since they (his office) have a deadline on the 8th, he has to fly back as soon as possible. We were just lucky since Oct. 1 & 2 were holidays in Macau. You see, his working visa is still under process that's why he still has to go in and out of Macau just to have an extension. And since he has a round trip ticket, he saw this opportunity to make use of the return ticket to see and be with me and Colin of course. That's why he was still able to come home even for a short while. As I've said in my previous post, it's better than nothing. Goodness! It has been hard for the three of us. Well actually it was just hard on Benji and me... Colin still doesn't understand the concept of Daddy working overseas and that we only get to see him once in awhile (at least for the meantime). This will be a pretty busy stay. We've got so many things to prepare and buy so he can bring it back. One thing's for sure we're all glad to be together again.

Can't Wait

Tomorrow we'll be seeing Benji and MIL again... after a month of being away from one another, I'm all excited to see hubby again. His working visa is still under process that's why he has to go in and out. He was supposed to stay for two weeks but since he has a deadline (at work) on the 8th, he needed to go back as soon as he can (and that is on the 3rd). I have to be thankful for that anyway. It's better than nothing. I'm pretty sure we'll all be busy as bees when they get here.

Colin and Mita's day-out

Since Colin won't see his Mita for almost a month I decided to make up for those times by taking Mita out. Just like last Sunday when we took her to Serendra and Market! Market! for lunch and a little shopping. Then today we took her out again to Makati. Just me, Colin, Mita and Ate Rose. Benji had a lunch meeting so it was just us. It was an uneventful day out... Colin was a very good boy during lunch time... would you believe he ate all by himself? Yey! He was so happy and content with his serving of fries and spaghetti from Pancake House as he was also humming and reciting a few lines from Elmo's World. At least we all had our lunch at peace... ha ha ha... I am really one proud Momma! :D My Mom was telling me how amazed she is because Colin's growing up so fast and every time she sees him it's as if there's always something new for him to show off to his Mita. As much as possible I want Colin to see his grand Mom from his mother's side as often as possible. My Mom's two other grandkids from my younger brother, both boys too, just migrated to Australia. That's why my Mom's a bit low-spirited because it will be awhile before she sees them again. So, I try to let them (my Mom and Colin) have
some bonding time especially now that we'll be going away too for awhile. Only consolation is at least we'll still be coming back. =)

Packing Away

I've already started fixing our things to bring for the trip. I just can't seem to make myself do the "pack light" thing. I am aiming at bringing just one big suitcase for all the three of us but with the rate I'm doing the sorting and fixing I might not accomplish that. Tsk, tsk, tsk... It seems I always find a reason to bring this or that. Hmm... what am I to do? I don't want to be lugging two suitcases when we leave coz I know we will surely add one suitcase-full of things we bought when we return home. So as much as possible I really, really, really want to bring just one suitcase. Let's see If I'll be successful. I've also asked Ate Rose to wash the pads of Colin's stroller. Maybe by tomorrow I'd be able to assemble it back to one piece :D

...And how was your weekend?

Our weekend was pretty busy... Saturday we did some grocery and window shopping for Manang and Ate Rose (Colin's yaya) as well as some "pabilins" of SIL. This time we opted to go to Makati (Glorietta area) instead of our usual Las Piñas/Alabang area weekend shopping haunts. We got there at a little past 12 so we had lunch first at Yoshinoya. I'm really happy lately because there's little fuss in feeding Colin. I had little trouble feeding him that day. Since he likes something a little crispy, he was content in eating rice and Ebi Tempura. After lunch he was already asking me if he can go play already. Meaning I have to go find a play area/playhouse where he can have some fun. Nowadays, he's been so addicted to playhouses/play areas that every time we go out he requests for it. It's totally ok with him if we just leave him and Ate Rose there at hours end that he actually doesn't want to leave even when it's time go. There were only two (paid) play areas in Glorietta, Kids at Work and ABC Learning House. I opted to let them stay in the latter since it's less crowded. Kids at Work was teeming with kids so I know Colin won't enjoy playing as much. Little boy was so happy that he didn't mind being left there to play (of course with Ate Rose). After dropping them off at the play house we went to SM. I bought a box of disposable bottle liners, some sandos and a polo shirt for Colin. Then we headed off to do the grocery. We went gaga over the food stalls just outside the supermarket. There were so much food choices from viands to sweets to "kakanins". We ended up buying a few kakanins, meringue and our viand for dinner. We went straight home after picking Colin up. Colin didn't sleep at all while at the play house so naturally he was dead tired by the time we reached the van. He was asleep all throughout the ride home.

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Sunday, I woke up at around 8am to check on breakfast. Hubby and little boy were still sound asleep. Prepared Colin's things for our Sunday "pasyal". We were taking out Mita today after hearing mass. I had to wake up the two boys by 9am else we'll be late for mass. We had a quick breakfast then asked Ate Rose to give Colin a bath and dress him up quickly. After the 10:30am mass we picked up Mita at their house then headed off to The Fort area. We had lunch at Portico in Serendra. Too bad I wasn't able to take pics of the yummy food we had. We ordered Bokchoy/Mushroom (veggies), Poached Gindara (fish/seafood) and Boneless Chicken Leg Bbq (meat). They were all tasty! After the hearty meal we took a short walk around the area. We weren't able to go to the Bonifacio Heights area since it was a tad hot that time and walking under that heat was certainly a no-no, so we had to make do with what we can explore in that area that we were already in. Had desserts at A Different Boostore... ordered Mango Tiramisu and Mango Cheesecake with their homemade iced tea... yum! yum! yum! :D We then proceeded to Market! Market! where we tired ourselves in going around the tiangge area. Was able to buy a blouse for Mita and a bag for me... teehee... :P Also bought the (portable) steam iron so we can bring it to our trip. It was already 5pm when we finished window shopping and we had to bring home Mita already since I still have a class at 7pm.

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My student was absent so I just surfed the net. I'm having a hard time posting at night since Colin is already here with us in the room. Either he wants me to play with him or he wants to watch Elmo on the computer... so you pretty well know where that will leave me... ha ha ha... oh well... and how was your weekend? :D