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Fun at Expo Kid!

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***This post was originally published last March 8 but it disappeared when the servers at my old host were attacked. Thank god for google though, I found a cached copy of this post and so I'm pasting the entire thing here and have edited it for good measure! ** Hi everyone! I hope everyone’s weekend turned out great. I posted last Friday that DW was running a fever again and that we might not be able to go to Expo Kid afterall. Well, turns out DW’s fever went away Friday night and by … [Continue reading]

Video: Father “Hostaged” by Daughter

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Have you seen this video? It's making the rounds of Facebook pages and blogs and I just have to share this all too familiar scene. This is how DW is when he's not feeling well. He wakes up every 2 hours at night and looks for his dad. He either wants to be carried and lulled to sleep or he wants to climb on his dad to sleep on his chest. Last week, when DW got sick, not a few days after BDW got the bug too because he just wasn't getting any sleep at night. We can laugh about this video now … [Continue reading]

Easiest Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe

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I have to say that this is the EASIEST and tastiest sandwich you could make with just THREE ingredients. The emphasis is on the word "easiest" because, well, I've already professed to you about my lack of any kitchen skills and so I'm starting small. The recipes I've been searching over the net are simple and easy, 10-minute quick fire deals that would allow me to feed my family of two often hungry boys. For this one, I used a recipe from Home Hacks. Before we go to the hows, I have to … [Continue reading]

Failing Forward*

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Hellooooo everybody!!! This feels good, typing in a post, hitting save draft or publish. This week has been nothing short of amazing. The blog was down for 5 days so I had to  learn a lot of stuff about restoring my database, looking for another home for manilamommy and just letting go of things that have gotten way out of hand.  Then on the weekend, BDW and I went on a sort of vacation with DW.  My family hied off to a hotel in Makati and I just realized then and there how much DW has grown … [Continue reading]