Baking 101 with my daughters

I almost bake every night. And my girls have already gotten used to seeing me in the kitchen
with what they call "my stuff". My girls, specially missy, usually goes to me and asks me tons
of questions when i do "my stuff". Questions like "what are you baking today mommy?",
or "what is that?" and "what does it do?" (while pointing to an ingredient i've just
added on my mixing bowl) are just some of her common repeating questions.

Now, once missy sees me do "my stuff" she always tells me that she wants to help.
It's fun coz i feel like im starting to breed a future pastry chef here. lol.

Oh well, here are some pictures of me and my girls..on the kitchen..doing "my stuff". :)

mommy pouring milk while missy stir the egg yolks

missy explaining to me what she's doing:)

here's cj as she gets excited to see her sister use "my stuff" :)

cj as she tries stirring the ingredients

Cheers!

My 2yr old's First Dental Visit

For a couple of days last week our CJ had trouble eating and drinking milk and was experiencing recurring fever. A few days after that I noticed that her mouth was emitting an unusual foul smell so with that we decided to schedule a visit to a Pedia Dentist.

We were lucky to know Dr. Jay from a couple of network friends at n@wie. Since his clinic (Tooth Fairy Dental Clinic) is just located in Makati City and several moms are raving about how good he is, we decided to give him a try.

When I called him up he requested us to get a panoramic xray of Cj's teeth so that he would be able to identify which tooth should get the immediate help (which one would really need to be extracted). And so we went to Zen Dental Spa Clinic at the Fort for the panoramic xray a day

before we visit Tooth Fairy. Unfortunately, CJ doesn't was to cooperate with the procedure.
Well what do you expect from a 2-year old when she sees and hears this big machine turning around her head:( In the end, we were not able get a good shot of CJ's Panoramic X-ray. I commend Zen's Clinic though because they gladly returned the payment I made for that x-ray request (P800 pa rin yun.)

And so off we went to the dentist the next day with our two girls. The dentist was truly remarkable at his craft. He introduced the different dental equipment to CJ like they were toys. :))

For example, the dentist said that the tool that spurts out water is a water gun..
The tool that slurps the water or liquid inside your mouth is a magic wand because it instantly makes the water from the cup disappear.. Nice huh? While introducing his dental equipments he also lets Cj hold each of it so that she won't get scared of seeing these new tools.

However, even will all these lectures, Cj still got scared.. I guess it would be easier if Cj was much older. Because of Cj's refusing reaction the dentist had no choice but to do his plan b procedure. He called it the lap - to lap procedure wherein Cj would be sitting on my lap and her head would be on the dentist's lap.

The dentist saw her tooth problem after that procedure and advices that her four front teeth be extracted to prevent further infection on her mouth. He requested 5 different blood tests plus a certification from CJ's Pedia doctor before he could give a go signal with the tooth extraction.


The blood test procedure is another long story (they got almost 4cc of blood for this and it was not at all a good experience for us). We already have the results but still need to have it interpreted by the pedia. Hope everything will turn out okay. But I'm still hoping that we could save some of CJ's four front teeth.

Recognizing letters of the Alphabet

When did you or your babies start learning the letters of the alphabet? I don't know the average range but I'm so proud to say that at 1 yr and 11months old baby can already easily recognize the letters of the alphabet!

She always shouts the letters she sees on your shirt, on the streamers, on the food carts, on my computer's keyboard, or just about everywhere!


I would still say that the learning was mostly influenced by the educational dvds we bought for them.

Right now both my girls are learning numbers from 1-50=)

Planning for a Halloween Costume =)

It’s only two more weeks to go before the ber months starts kicking in! Aside from my daughter’s coming birthday on September, another ber month to look for is the last day of October!

Entering the month of November will always remind us of Halloween. Halloween is very much celebrated in most western countries and occasionally in some parts of Australia. Although it is not part of our country’s tradition, most malls, multinational companies, and some residential areas here nowadays prepare and celebrate this fun and joyous event.

What I like most about Halloween is the spirit of giving.. giving candies.. and chocolates .. and little toys for example. I also enjoy watching the kids walk in different colorful costumes as they do their trick-or-treating.

And since kids need costumes for trick-or-treating, I tried to search for online stores that sell different costumes for kids. Luckily, I stumbled upon this website that specializes in costumes! I am really excited and am actually thinking of ordering costumes for my daughters. The store is awesome! They can ship from anywhere in the world and even accepts payment thru PayPal! The links are well organized so you can easily search for whatever you like. Another great think I liked about this site is that you can chat with their agents. With this, you are ensured that any question you may have in mind can definitely be answered quickly. Plus, their rates are very affordable!! So if you’re are thinking of getting Halloween Costumes for your kids or anyone for that matter (since they do cater to any age), check them out!

Here’s a sample of a costume I really think would look cute for my daughters:


This Blue Sky Fairy Toddler costume is only worth $26.95! That already includes the dress, wings, booties, and matching headpiece. Sweet huh!!!

By the way, all these costumes adhere to the halloween costume safety standards.