Mommy Ning

To my little girl... It was more than a year ago when you came as a sweet surprise to mama and papa. It was not in our plan that I get pregnant again and yet you came. At first, I was sad because I had plans of working after your kuya will turn a year old that time. Mama will work again and maybe will have another baby after 2 years. But then you came, all I have to do was to accept the fact that you are in mama's tummy already. I prayed hard so that you will be healthy just like kuya. Mama tried to work when you were just weeks old. But then I guess you wanted me to rest so when I had a check up with my OB she asked me to rest until it's time for you to come out of my tummy. You were a threatened abortion when you were weeks old. You wanted me to rest like a princess and mama was so lazy that time unlike when I was pregnant with kuya. I had to take uterine relaxants that time. I asked you to be strong for me and hold on and you did. I know you are such a good girl even if you ...

Today is a lazy day for me. Due to the extreme heat outside I'd rather spend the day at home doing a little "me time". Since I am too lazy to cook for our dinner, I thought of a meal which only takes few minutes to cook and prepare. Aside from being easy to prepare it is also a budget meal since all of the ingredients cost only more or less than php50. It's a simple lazy meal with a twist. I used the merienda pack of Del Monte Spaghetti in this recipe which costs only php20. Because we are a small family opt to use smaller amount food packaging. A can of tomato sardines which costs php10 or more and the usual spices onion and garlic. Cheese is optional if you like to add a little color to your pasta.  ( pardon for the poor quality of photo used only a phone cam) Ingredients: Del Monte merienda pack Spaghetti 1 small can tomato sardines salt to tase pepper to taste 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, diced extra virgin olive oil grated cheese Lemon to taste (o...

One of mommy duties is to do the grocery. When I went the other day saw some baby potatoes on the vegetable section and thought of making some salad out of it. So far J loved this and even asked me to make some more. I will be sharing my own recipe of potato and egg salad. I usually use baby potatoes for this recipe since it is very easy to cook and easy to prepare because you will just slice the potato clean in half. Made some modifications to achieve a mixture of taste from the sweet to salty and sour flavor of this salad. Here's the recipe: Ingredients: 500 grams baby potatoes, sliced in half 3 medium eggs, boiled, sliced in cubes 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup pickle relish 1 1/2 cup mayonnaise Procedure:  Cook baby potatoes in a large pot enough to cover it. Usually takes about 10-15minutes. Make sure not to over cook it. One tip after boiling the potatoes is to pour ice cold water to stop the boiling process. Mix mayonnaise with the potatoes all the ingredients. Serve chilled. ...

When I got pregnant one of my major problem was dry skin. Even if how much I hydrate(more than 1.5l of liquid/day), few hours later it would itch due to dryness. Tried a lot of soaps from the organic ones and gentle skin cleansers available in the market still gave me same unlikeable results. It was during that time that my tita who happened to be my OB gave me samples of Cetaphil cleanser. I tried it on and gave me excellent results. I don't have heavy and dry feeling after washing my face and also my body. Plus it doesn't have a strong scent that would cause irritation if your skin is sensitive and allergic to harmful ingredients. When I gave birth to my babies, the hospital used a different cleanser it came to a point when my baby girl had redness all over her face that I thought it was due to allergic reaction from her antibiotics that time. When I asked her pedia about it, she said it was due to dermatitis which is caused by the cleanser they are using. So from then on, I...

Every Sunday I give my boy a treat I cook him something special. I am no chef but I just love to cook and a food lover. Today I made a carbonara but didn't use the spaghetti but the penne noodles instead. Here's my recipe. Feel free to try them. Ingredients: 2 packs of all purpose cream (250ml) 1 can button mushrooms (cut into strips) 250 grams penne noodles 1 can of luncheon meat (cubed) 1/4 cup cheese (cubed) 1/4 cup bacon (cut into small strips) 1/4 cup celery (cut into strips) 1 medium size onion (diced) 2 tsp virgin olive oil Procedure: Cook bacon strips into low heat until brown and crisp and remove from pan and drain. Cook cubed luncheon meat until brown remove from pan and set aside. Cook noodles into salted boiling water with oil according to package instructions until al dente . Cooking time usually takes 6-9 minutes. Saute onions into virgin olive oil, add mushrooms, all purpose cream and cheese into low heat. Wait until the mixture thickens and the cheese melted. Ad...

Two weeks ago we went on trick or treating with the kids at  Island Cove . I was scouting for events here in the metro and I came across  Mommy Practicality 's blog for Halloween events in Manila and decided to join the event there. As a first time mom I am excited for my kids since this would be their/my first time to join Trick or Treat events . I have been meaning to join last year but since I was 7 months pregnant that time with my little girl decided not to join instead. A week before the said event, we bought costumes for the kids and due to time constraint, we ended up buying whatever available costume in SM department stores. I got my little girl a pink fairy costume and batman costume for my little boy. The scheduled event starts at 3p.m. I am crossing my fingers for no grumpy babies since it is their nap time.  When we arrived at the area, I was so surprised to see alot of kids and they look cute in their costumes. Here are some of our photos: Island Cove hall p...

I have been a subscriber of smart parenting magazine for four months now and ever since it gave me alot of ideas on how to raise kids, money matters, relationships and also events. I have been meaning for my son to join a model search for him to experience it at an early age. As I was browsing my first copy of the magazine and I saw a model search for kids and I immediately told hubby that I wanted Jolo to join the said event.  The event started around 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and we arrived at almost 12 noon. A lot of parents participated and some are even from the provinces. They have a lot of activities and surprises for the kids. They have magicians, sponge bob and give-a ways in between. They also have face painting, photobooth and free consult with their in house pediatrician. We got number 191, decided to stroll around the mall and wait for our turn since there are about 100 kids before us. Yes, that alot!  It was almost 3 p.m. and my baby boy is already sleepy and grumpy a...

Yesterday I was nominated by Happy Mommy Adventures for Leibster Award (by the way Thank you). Just like her I got curious of the origin of this award. When I hit the search button of google, it popped a lot of blogs. It got me thinking, it's like a sort of chain letter that you will get to answer every question the person tagged you but in a manner that it will encourage you to blog more often. The award originated mainly in Germany which the criteria was a little different. The blog you should tag must have at least 3,000 readers but now it came down to at least less than 200 readers. Anyhow, still I am thankful because it's my first nomination as a newbie blogger. Here are Happy Mommy Adventures questions: What's your go-to/comfort food?  Me: Pastries.  Any weird habits?  Me: Yes. When I was a toddler I have this comfort object which is my favorite pillow. It used to be a little flabby but as I age, it got so super thin because I keep on pinching it that way soothes m...

As promised and a long overdue post, I am sharing you our Vigan trip last month with hubby and the kids, together with my mom and brother. After our 7 months stay in the province finally we are back in Manila. It was very timely that hubby has a travel to Vigan so we went along with him. It was raining hard that time so it took us 10 hours to arrive in Vigan. We left Manila around 2 p.m. and arrived at the hotel around 10p.m. and I was so hungry already. We had dinner on the corner of our hotel (forgot the name of the resto). We had their famous delicacies. Jolo enjoying Bagnet Our dinner (Pinakbet, Vigan longganisa, Shell soup, Bagnet) Sinanglao, a must try Vigan empanada The next morning we went on a Kalesa ride to stroll around the city. It costs about 200 php and the Kutsero will show us around.  Our first stop was the Vigan Museum. This is where they bury the dead during the ancient times. Pardon my face but hubby asked me to do that. Hmf. The little potty. There you go litt...