Family fun and bonding at the Quezon Memorial Circle

It was a great Dec. 23 great family fun and bonding at the Quezon Memorial Circle.

I thought I was in the Enchanted Kingdom that time when I saw same rides
were all jam-packed with kids and kids at heart.

Around were families enjoying the picnic, some were biking, jogging, strolling,
looking for great finds in the tiangges, and some having photo-ops with the
dinosaurs.

While some including my son enjoyed the inexpensive rides - boating,
zorb, zip line, carousel, ferriswheel and so many more.  Ride fee usually
ranges from 30-40 per ride. It was so affordable that a lot had surely
enjoyed.

What my son really enjoyed was the Go Kart.

The Family had its dinner at the Coconut Haus tasting some of its specialties -
Sinigang na Baboy(sa buko), Ginatadobo with Ensaladang Buko.

It was a very tiring long night but it was worth it all.

My son's passion for building anything with his Lego

After his love for his Mega Blocks, he is now insanely in-love with his

new construction toy- LEGO. His imagination really works every time

he builds something.

He was amazed on the different constructions that a LEGO can do

during the exhibit at SM The Block - temples, castles, tower, dinosaurs,

robots and a lot more.

As he was very much interested, I told him that this will be our Christmas
gift for him.  We bought the basic Lego construction set.  See.....he was
very happy that he was able to construct this which he named - My house,
my car, my pet and my pet house. 

Some of his constructions from his imagination and picture of things around.

A fun-filled halfday Friday with my son

Big thanks to my  son's school activities which give me valid excuse to have a day
out from the office during the weekdays.  Of course, mommy's call of duty first
before anything else.  

This morning was the closing event of the Nutrition Week celebration in my son's
school.  For the past two days, they already had a visit to SM Hypermarket and
were able to see where their source of nutritious food are being bought
(vegetables, meat and poultry products, fruits, etc.) The kids also tried to buy
food for themselves and witnessed a baking demonstration.

And the highlight was the Kids and Parents Fun Run held this morning.  My son
did enjoy the run but I saw a sign of sadness on his face as being one of the three
kids who finished the line last.  To appease him, I whispered to him "Good job
son.  Next time we'll prepare for this."

As a surprised to my son for the good job, we went to SM after the event for a
play in Timezone and had lunch in Jollibee. 

And as a new experience for him, he enjoyed riding on a tricycle and jeepney
for the first time. 

My son's favorite weekend bonding with his Grandpa

My son is just so lucky that he can still bond with his grandpa most of the
weekends at his favorite arcade - Timezone.

Aside from watching cartoon movies/series and playing games in the
computer at his grandpa's house, they do sports together through arcade
games such as basketball, bowling, dance craze, shooting the mummies,
etc.  At least, these are still physical activities.

Maybe next time, we'll look for a good sports clubhouse where The
Family can bond - either badminton or basketball.

As of this posting, its the birthday of his grandpa, my father.  We just had dinner
on my parents' house. 

Crossword Game Bonding by The Family

Call it Scrabble or Word for Word, it is still a Crossword Game and my son is
enjoying it very much. Every time The Family is in the house during the weekends
or night time, he gathers us to play this.

Despite being busy for the house chores, we drop everything when he calls us for
this session because I know this is one great way of learning. Also, he can acquire
these skills:

1. Enhance vocabulary - He thinks and try hard to form words - a three to
    four-letter words.  And for every word placed in the board, it is being used
    in the sentence.
2. Develops memory skills - He recalls the words he learned from his Kinder 1
    class and use them if there is a chance.
3. Reading skills - We give him more complicated words to practice his reading.

See how his thinking and two little hands work...

A 30 minutes to 1 hr session every weekend can make a difference in your child's
word power. It is really a great way of enjoying learning while playing.

Enjoying his first school summer vacation

Its summer vacation now for my son. An excuse for sleeping late, waking up late,
more time for his toys and frequent watching of his favorite cartoons and
characters. No clock alarming @6AM, no 30 minutes time to eat breakfast, take
a bath and dress-up and no school service to fetch him @6:30AM.

Whewww!!! What a quite relief for me also by at least waking up a little late and
no pressure in reviewing my son.

But because he is deprived of going out 5 days in a week, he is always looking
forward to learning and fun-filled activities every weekend.

So even before his school vacation came, we already planned some activities and
get-aways for him to fully enjoy his first ever school summer vacation:
1. Weekdays schedule for reading, writing and learning addition and subtraction.
2. Every other week visit to his library - The Fully Booked.
3. A time for watching his favorite cartoons and characters.
4. Moderate eating of in-season fruits. He loves to eat papaya and mangoes. But
    since there was a time that his sugar test was high, I have to limit him from
    mangoes.
5. After the ACE Water SPA, maybe 2 more swimming getaway. He is beginning
    to enjoy swimming.
6. An Enchanted Kingdom treat. I want him to try the ferris wheel.
7. Since one weakness of my son is on self-expression, maybe due to his
    shyness, we will enroll him in Speech as his summer class this May.
8. Play time bonding with his cousins. 
9. A weekend schedule for online games at his lolo's house.
10. Hopefully, we can visit Everland this April.