This Journal will Actually Change your Life as it did with mine

Last year I got this JOURNAL for FREE. I was supposed to do a comparison with it and Starbuck's "leather-covered-collect-the-stickers-to-get-one-thingy" but hey, it's incomparable! As I say it, if you are looking for a 2010 journal, here's the tip: for a certified coffee lover ,wanting to know the history and nitty gritty of coffee, go get Starbucks's (FYI, they look the same as Free Speech's now so no more leather covers to go gaga with) But if you believe there's more to life,then Grab The Journal that Actually Changed my Life for 2010! Powerbooks and Fully Booked are "the stores" for journal hunting!

I never thought my 2009 pages will be so used up. As a hands on mom of four boys, I'm a very busy one indeed. I need to schedule everything: daily routines, visits to their pediatrician, even create here their immunization chart(written at the back) , write each of their school activities and books to bring for the day, then plan on our budget allocation and grocery list etc!!


So when I started on January's pages, I got so hooked that I kept writing. I ended up using all spaces of its pages. Jotting down things to do, to accomplish, goals for a week, dreams for the month, parenting seminar dialogues, SMS greetings ,huh, almost anything at those small spaces I could find.




This Journal Actually Changed my Life for 2009. It introduced me to international celebrations and advocacies to be part of. It has a mood chart and a health check that monitors quarterly. It's also my son's coloring book when we're waiting in line at the bank or doctor's offices.
Oh well, here's what my very well used Journal looks like, or shall I say, I'd take you to a peek at my 2009 life. And I'm sticking to it's concept as my journal for the coming 2010.


































If only I could grab one more for 2010 from the guys that gave this for JOURNAL for FREE!

A Preschooler 's Prayer and Rally

It's fulfilling to send your kids to school. And nothing beats sending them with no service but just walking or riding the bike. My second son, Jayrob is now at Nursery and we never experienced separation anxiety. I guess it's solely because of his eagerness and drive to learn.

He would just be sent to the gate where the school gives me a GATE PASS and once I put on his shoe rug ,off to the classroom he goes. Unlike his colleagues who cry.

It is rewarding to start detaching yourself from your kids at an early age.
The only assurance he asks from me,as he is my middle child,is "Mom,do you love me?"

It just a YES for an answer that ignites my 4 year old to schooling.
Here is their school prayer,Jayrob's version and phonetics:

Oh Jesus/good shapherd/you are our master our shaphard/You call and lead us for future /to fruit of sweet flavor and joyful rest/oh loving Son/ Our almighty/ send the holy spirit /to make you humble and obedient/ you are our only hope

I guess Prayer is indeed the teacher's only HOPE to stop the crying of the rest in the classroom.

Ooops by the way,prepare your kids favorite snack-no junk foods please-that's also one way of telling them how you Love and try to be with them the most!

Art Works Online

Jaro and Jayrob's artwork was featured

How do your kids see the world?

Arts and Crafts are reflections of society and our culture.It is indeed an expression of our experiences.Some artworks may be catalysts,asking for a change.While others are mere catharsis,completing one's healing process.



Jaro's Ben 10 Artwork


My 8 year old Jaro, is beginning to sketch like Fine Arts students do.You know,fine circles and lines to achieve balance like how cartoon and animators begin with.

And mind you ,his medium-pencils.He even collects pencils.Name it,he has every brand left unsharpened.From the cheap pencils with Spiderman or Hotwheels print to the classic 1 2 3 Monggol.He also treasures Faber Castel and the expensive HB Staedler.

But Jaro always prefer using his "Japanese pencil".He bought this environment friendly pencil at Php10 from his classmate and that kid had a box from his OFW parent based in Japan.Talk about young entrepreneurship!

While Jay,my 4 year old always narrates stories while trying to write something.Sometimes we think he may be possessed by ancient spirits while he scribbles shapes that resembles the ALIBATA-the ancient Filipino alphabet.We hope not or I need to burn incenses some more.



Jay's Alibata inspired artwork

Jay,unlike Jaro,uses Markers.He loves Pentel Pens.He also likes Pilot and may be addicted to it's fragrance.He may be getting a natural high with its odor as he writes on a clean paper and doodles using either black or blue- but never a mixture of colors.

So we opted to let him use the Crayola washable colorful pens so he would be less serious at his age making him more "colorful" than seriously uniform.

But what he and Jam,our youngest,does is,write on the wall making our home indeed a sterling sketch pad or in simplest term,one giant coloring book-which I definitely allow them to do so when they grow up,they will see what they have drawn and do the repainting or pay for the costs.Wise Momma huh!

Other than that business,I am very proud to invite you to check out the link below and see how my children see the world!

Make your child experiment too!