#RLfunnies | COME AGAIN?

In bed, while waiting to doze off...

RL: "Mom, what does 'come again' mean?"
K: "Come again? You mean to welcome the person back someday?"
RL: "Hmmm... So why does my teacher say it all the time? Even if we're not going anywhere?"
K: "What do you mean?"
RL: "Sir J always goes 'Come again? Come again?' when someone is talking to him..."

Sus. Generation gap. #sigiripit

#HoarderDiaries | EXPOMOM GOES SOUTH!

I told my friend Janice how I really, really wanted to go to this ExpoMom. Why? Well, aside from it giving me a fair enough reason to drive South and see dear friends (ehem!), I learned from Janice, the great mompreneur behind ExpoMom, that this particular ExpoMom is going to be a little different. "This ExpoMom is going to be more intimate - with different areas catering to the different aspects of mommyhood," Janice told me at her recently concluded ExpoMom at Glorietta. Yes, friends, think mommy seasons. There will be four different areas of interest - Attachment Parenting, Pregnancy, Baby Care, and Kids Stuff.

This Expo will also feature FREE all-day arts and crafts activities for kids so that Mommy (and Daddy) can shop with ease.  These activities will be facilitated by Kids These Days MNL, Make My Day and Crafts and Party Bucket - experts in keeping little ones (and the not-so-little ones) busy and entertained.

Crafts & Party Bucket

Kids These Days MNL

Make My Day

If you want your kids to join any of these activities, you must pre-register for them by texting 0998.5399212 or by filling out the online form on the link.

I am sad because aside from all the activities, Janice mentioned there will be new product picks featured here. Wish I could be there this Sunday, but I am flying out to Oz for work! I will be missing out on a number of activities this weekend. Sad. So sad.

But! YOU DON'T HAVE TO MISS THIS! Head on South this Sunday, and catch ExpoMom at the Crimson Hotel, Filinvest City, Alabang. This is a one-day-only event so make sure you catch them while they're there!

EXPO MOM GOES SOUTH

June 28, 2015

Sunday, 10am to 6pm 

Crimson Hotel, Alabang

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#MinionsAtMcDonald's | UNBOXING THE MINIONS HAPPY MEAL SET!

I know I have been blogging a lot about McDonald's. Please excuse the flooding of McDonald's posts but my kids are just too excited about the Minions being back at their favorite fast food joint.

Last Saturday, we were invited to attend a McDonald's event. True enough, they featured the Minions! The little boy was so happy!

McDo's Adi Timbol

According to Adi Timbol, McDonald's Philippines PR and Communications Manager, the Minion toys are here for a LIMITED TIME ONLY, so if I were you (and I didn't get to pre-order the whole set, like someone I know), I would buy 10 Happy Meals on Friday when they are released to the public!

Yes, the Minion toys will be available with the McDo Happy Meal starting Friday, June 26, 2015 at all McDonald's stores nationwide. There are 10 Minion toys in this set for you to collect:

• MINION VAMPIRE
• EGYPTIAN HULA MINION
• GUARD MINION
• LAVA SHOOTING KEVIN
• MINION CAVEMAN
• GUITAR STRUMMING STUART
• CHATTING BOB
• MARTIAL ARTS MINION
• GROOVY STUART
• MARCHING MINION SOLDIER 

Watch the kids unbox their McDonald's Minion Set! This is their very first video. Do leave comments on YouTube!

In addition to the toys, McDonald's is launching something special on Friday as well! Watch this space for more details.

Thank you once again, McDonald's for always thinking of the kids. RL says thanks as well for his complete Minion set!

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#MommaDiaries | FATHER'S DAY (Part One)

And just like that, Father's Day came and went. This year, the kids went about the day without much reference to their absentee father. And although we were pretty busy that day with family activities plus a BentoMommas workshop at Rustan's, I must admit I didn't encourage any form of reaching out. I mean, we've done all the reaching out in the past. Now if this man truly wanted to spend time with his kids on the day fathers are celebrated, his efforts would go beyond that one missed call.

I can hear my MIL telling me "Ikaw naman, pakipot ka pa. Tumawag naman pala, di mo lang sinagot." But see, I've gone through this several times in the past. He'd call. I'd answer. He'd promise. We'd believe. He'd show up late. He'd fall short (insert all other disappointments here). We'd compromise. He'd go home. And then silence. Nothing. No calls. No text messages. Repeat cycle after two weeks or whenever he feels like it.

After going through the same cycle for the past 6 years, A is finally fed up. She doesn't even think of sending her dad a greeting. When he sent the usual "balita?" text Saturday night, she replied with a spam text she copied from a spam message we received earlier that day. "He keeps sending us the same one-liner, it's irritating. Doesn't he have anything else to say?" Yup, you can't fool a teenager. My 13-year-old knows better.

RL, on the other hand, still doesn't know what he's missing. Or maybe... he just doesn't miss anything at all. At Kid's Church, the kids were tasked to make a Father's Day card. I have often wondered what RL would do if he came across a situation where he would be asked about his dad or anything of the sort. After church, he came bouncing happily with a card addressed to "Angkong" (grandfather in Fookien/ Chinese). He proudly showed me that he even signed it from "K, A and RL."

That evening, on the way home from Rustan's, I waited if one of them would ask to call their dad to greet him. One block away from the house, I finally asked in case they were waiting on my go signal. But RL was quick to answer with "No. I already greeted Angkong a 'Happy Father's Day'. I also greeted Jesus. Because today, He is my daddy, because He is the One taking care of me."

"A Father to the Fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling." Psalm 68:5 NIV