One Colorful Afternoon

Minutes before the kids arrived from school, an idea popped on my head---rainbow spaghetti! Saw this on Pinterest awhile back but too scared (of the mess perhaps?) to try it. To be honest, I prefer working alone in the kitchen but spending time with the kids doing something exciting is also priceless. Besides, there's more to life than watching tv and using the ipad right?

green and purple for Leila

blue and red for Lance

Kids and mess are most definitely interrelated but hey, if it makes your kid creative, so be it. Playing in the rain, getting all muddy, going home with ripped or stained clothes are just some of the perks of being a kid. I think, when you don't let them get down and dirty, it somehow diminishes their sense of adventure.

taste test!

I want them to grow up bold and brave (not daredevils) but really exciting people. Someone who isn't afraid to get out there, confident and full of life, as colorful as these rainbow spaghetti :D

tada!

Look at that, so pretty! I wish we had more food color (next time there will be yellow and orange). The kids were so happy with how the rainbow spaghetti turned out. They want this for their lunch tomorrow.

how cool is that?

I can't wait to get more food color and try it on other pasta shapes. This is great for a rainbow themed partyyy!

eating time!

the finished product!

The kids' verdict? It tastes like regular spaghetti (of course!) but it's more awesome. Yay! Good job mom :D

My Sugary Sweet Toddler

Giving Mac a kiss!

Holding hands with Ninong Joel

While Lance is on his way to maturity (early onset), our little girl is at her sweetest minus the tantrums. She is no longer shy (sometimes) and is getting ready to attend preschool this year. She says her name with a slang, has a song ready for the teacher which she was practicing on the cab driver the other day. She says hello to almost everyone, talks to the parents in school, she could go on and on about her new shoes or whatever she's wearing. Oftentimes you'd hear her ask, "Do you like my new boots? or my glasses? or my new hat?" And it doesn't end there, she would follow it up with, "My Dad bought it for me." She also told the cab driver about her dream, something with flowers, much to the amazement of the driver. And here's what brought me to laughter, when we got down from the cab, aside from the usual goodbye, she told the driver, "Thank you for riding!"

getting close during a photo op with Ninong Millet

Before, she won't let others kiss her, but now you'll hear her say, "Give me a hug or a kiss first." When we bring Lance to school, she tells her kuya "Give me a hug!" And the sweetest? When it's bedtime, she never fails to say "Goodnight boys."

A few inches taller

Our little girl is growing up real fast. I surely miss my babies but at the same time, I can't wait for them to grow up and see what kind of children we raised.

More headaches in the future that's for sure, Thank God I have a high tolerance for pain!

My Growing Babies!

my babies then (winter of last year)

I will never get enough of my kids' hugs and kisses. I may lose my patience sometimes (or is it most of the time?) but at the end of the day, I know that without them our lives will never be the same again.
Last night during dinner, Mark asked Lei, "Why are you looking at me?" Lei replied, "Coz I like you Daddy." What she said just tugged my heart. Years from now, she's going to say that to another boy.

and now (taken during our walk to school)