January 21, 2008

What is it about Barney that drives kids crazy? I don’t get it cause Ruy and I both can’t stand Barney yet Andrea is cuckoo over Barney.

Andrea was in Megamall (for the first time ever) yesterday and she saw this Barney toy that was so much taller than she was. She ran to that Barney, hugged the doll, bit the snout…shouted (in glee).

I am at a loss. What is it? I really don’t get it.

I was watching some self-help show and it said that in order to be rich, you’ve got to feel rich first.  And is there anything that could make you feel more rich than having your very own gold bullion.  Yes, owning gold bullions, lying in a bed of cash and having a lot of diamonds — these 3 things are the ultimate signs of richness.

I am nowhere near accumulating enough cash to lie in, I only have the diamonds in my jewelry but I can definitely own some gold bullion. A lot of people are now switching from real estate to investing in gold. With the rapid decline of the real estate sector, you can be sure that your money would be safer if it’s invested in gold specially if the gold is procured from a safe seller like Monex Deposit Company.

Gold has been believed to be the best way of investing your money for centuries. Cleopatra and all those people can’t be wrong right (after all, Cleopatra was right about those milk baths too)

Andrea’s still not calling us. =(

She knows who we are but she never calls us. She doesn’t say mama or papa…I don’t understand.

According to the Babycenter .com development chart, she’s supposed to be doing this already. The thing is, she only talks when she’s mad. Otherwise she’s perfectly happy just sitting and playing and shouting.

I know I shouldn’t worry but I think it’s part of my job description as a mother to worry.  

One trick I’ve been dying to teach Andrea is that of kissing. There’s just that image in my head of a baby puckering her lips and planting a wet kiss on your cheeks that really drives me nuts.

I’ve been trying to teach Andrea how to do this and so far this is what we’ve accomplished.

1. I pucker my lips, I kiss her on the cheeks and then I ask her to kiss me. She laughs and crawls away.

2. I pucker my lips, I kiss her on the cheeks and then I ask her to kiss me. She sticks her tongue out at me and laughs.

3. I pucker my lips, I kiss her on the cheeks and then I ask her to kiss me. She  makes the kissing sounds I make.

4. I pucker my lips, I kiss her on the cheeks and then I ask her to kiss me. She moves her lips closer to my cheeks and then she bites me.

5. I pucker my lips, I kiss her on the cheeks and then I ask her to kiss me.  Just today, she held my cheeks with both hands and moved her lips to my cheeks.

I feel kilig!! Isn’t that so exciting? (This didn’t happen in one day, it took me a week to get her to do that and I’m not even sure if she’ll do it again.)

I’m still going to bug her about this cause I want her to make the kissing sounds while kissing…hehehe =) I’m a demanding mommy.

Before we got married, Ruy and I already had a division of labor which we thought was fair at that time. He is the big cook and he hates washing the dishes. I on the other hand enjoyed the bubbles and water and liked washing dishes.  It seemed perfectly logical at that time to assign the task of cooking to Ruy and washing to me.

I am re-thinking this set-up now as I have seen just how Ruy cooks. He’s like a madman when he’s cooking.  He obsesses over a dish…then when he’s cooking that he thinks of what other things he can pair up with what he’s cooking. Pots and pans are everywhere when he’s done.

I’m thinking it’s time to get a dishwasher. I looked up the best brands online as I’m not so familiar with this appliance and I saw that the dishwasher with the best reviews is the ge dishwasher .  It seems to be the perfect balance between price and quality. Do any of you have ge dishwashers? Can you give me any feedback on ge dishwashers.

Now, if Ruy’s cooking and the dishwasher’s washing…what do I do?

I EAT!!!