A few months ago, we bought Mateo a set of play tools to play with. He played with them for a while and then lost interest afterwards. However, we bought him a small bookshelf last week which Ramil assembled upon getting home. It was the first time that Mateo got to watch Ramil ‘build’ something. He was insisting ‘help Teo Dada’ which means he will help Ramil. Ramil was at his wits’ end trying to limit Mateo’s meddling because Mateo wanted to use the screwdriver and hammer also. It was a shame that I forgot about his play tools amidst his trash toy boxes.

The next day, when Mateo played with his toys he re-discovered his tools and immediately put them to use just like how Ramil used them. I collected all his tools and improvised a tool bag for him by looking for one of Ramil’s old belt bags in the shipping boxes we were using for storage. Mateo had a lot of fun pretending to be our handyman.

Starting on Monday, I will be filling up an additional role again. It seems that I am filling up my plate again with how much I’ve been taking on. School starts next week and I’m going to be teaching once again. As early as now, I’m finding it hard to balance things with the laundry, house cleaning, cooking, taking care of Mateo, and my other writing job.

I know it’s crazy but I would even love to get another degree online. I recently read about Capella University, an accredited and fully online university that offers several graduate programs. According to their recently released podcast, Capella is the only online university offering a master’s degree program with a state-approved specialization in reading and literacy. They also offer other degrees in business, information technology, and public safety. I’m particularly interested in learning more about their business programs and hopefully, enroll myself in the future. Maybe once I get better at juggling all the things I have now.

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After my post on Mateo’s summer school culminating activity, here’s how he’s going to look on June 17. I tried to ignore the tugs at my heart upon seeing my son in school uniform but every time I look at his picture I can’t help but ask myself where all the time has gone? He’s grown into a big boy much too soon and we’re feeling the urge to have another one these past few months. This time, it’s a real, urgent urge, haha! Not the whimsical kind of urge. We really feel that if we want Mateo and his future brother/sister to be playmates then we should be hurrying up. As of now, their minimum age gap is 3 years. Delaying it means a longer age gap. Ramil said he wanted them to at least both be in high school some time which means a maximum of 4 years gap.

So right now, I’m praying for things to fall into place. I still have a weight limit to achieve before getting pregnant, something that I’ve imposed on myself. I’m still six pounds away from that weight and it’s not a good idea to check out weight loss pill reviews to lose those extra six pounds.

We also feel very fortunate to be teachers right now. Sure, we don’t enjoy hefty paychecks like some of our friends and we guess we never will unless we decide to change careers. However, the usual damage on everyone’s pockets every June (well, at least those who have kids) is not so much felt by us. Thanks to the tuition fee perks we enjoy. Ramil and I even tried to save more by borrowing the books that Mateo is supposed to have from the library. They’re evaluation copies and new! Also, Ramil made my month earlier this week when he went home with several uniforms for Mateo, one of which is what he was wearing in the picture. It so happened that the school was getting rid of old uniform stocks and the employees were treated to some. Just when I was worrying about the budget for Mateo’s uniforms! So right now, Mateo will be going to school starting June 17 and we haven’t spent a cent. Thank you Lord!

This took a long time for me to post. There’s just always too many things to do and too little time to do them. Anyway, Mateo had his summer class culminating activity last May 22. Basically, the parents were allowed to enjoy the class with their children and there was a gingerbread house making activity for the parent and the child. Mateo and I got busy munching on the gingerbread, icing, and other toppings while busy ‘making’ our own house. Our house collapsed immediately after a few minutes. Even gazebo kits would have made better houses than the house we made. There was a short PTC afterwards where the teachers gave their assessment of the child’s development. So Mateo’s really going to school already. Can’t help but feel a bit sentimental about it

This is the house we are currently renting. The house is more than ten years old already but it has been well-maintained by the owners and we love staying here. The owners have migrated to Canada and Ramil and I are thinking of offering to buy it by taking out a Pag-ibig loan. It’s not really our dream house but we are thinking of just having it renovated in a few years’ time. Right now, it has three spacious bedrooms, one of which has a bathroom. My only concern is the kitchen, dining room, and living room. I prefer to have more space for them. We’re not really planning on a home theater but it would be nice to have more room to entertain guests and more space to prepare food. We’ll be meeting with the owners soon, hopefully we come up with something that everyone will be happy with.