Polka Tots Fashion Show @ Glorietta

Children's Ave models Polka Tots Clothes

Here are some of the pics from the Polka Tots Fashion Show held @ Glorietta Activity center last Oct. 31 @ 4:00pm. Everything went off smoothly and the kids same as the stagemoms and parents enjoyed and really had fun. The kids just have a quick practice just right before the show because mommy april was still rushing to finish the boy's clothes. The girls clothes are really gorgeous and the girls really love to wear them...very comfortable and ayaw na ngang hubarin ng iba yung clothes after the show...hehe!

was about to start

I just had some minor problem with the pics. The fashion show shots, as in the actual show on stage was a bit overexposed!...waaaah!...as in the brightness was ultra bright and all the stage pic were almost white in color! I forgot to adjust the setting of the cam to automatic mode rather than manual mode before giving it to my sister in law....waaaah!...my fault! Good thing that photoshop was able to fix it's colors.

of course a pic of my little model with her trademark pose..hehe

Sam's New Laptop

Vtech Write It Right Laptop

Product Description

- Colourful 2-in-1 laptop featuring the new letter recognition technology
- Teaches handwriting skills and shows how to write numbers
- Press the chunky buttons on the keyboard to access 34 curriculum based activities
- Introduces children to reading, writing, maths, logic and much more
- Ergonomic stylus with glowing writing pad makes learning to write easy and enjoyable
- You can also answer question by pressing the tick and the cross on the glowing pad
- Full alphanumeric keyboard introduces pre-schoolers to first computer skills
- LCD screen brings child's writing and drawing to life for added fun
- Colourful inlay shows lists of activities for easier selection.
- Requires 3 x AA batteries

Since Sam did very well in school for the first grading period, I told her dad about my plans of giving her a small token or reward from being one of the top noodles in her class. Ever since she started to get familiar with computer, she always seat on my lap and watched me while working on something. She's really amazed with the keyboard and sometimes I let her play with it. But until now, she still haveing a hard time to control the mouse. She started to get fascinated na with laptops whenever we're at the mall, requesting to drop by at the toy kingdom or toys r' us just to see these items. She always check and plays with diffrent educational laptops on display and telling me she like to have one of it. As we all know, the costs of these laptops is a bit expensive. I just told her that we don't have money yet and we'll return back na lang next time we visit the store again. Her 1st grading report card made me decide to get her one na. I'm choosing between the Leapfrog items and vtech, and I really had this sudden confusion of what to buy for her. I'm always into Leapfrog because of its excellent background when it comes to learning system... the cons about it is the design...they have a very limited choices when it comes to laptop designs. On the other hand, Vtech also have the same developmental benefits that aims to achieve each child's maximum learning experience. And the good thing about their products is the wide variety of laptop designs... that Sam really like ever since. So that's it... vtech won! She's now enjoying her very first laptop. :p

busy exploring her new toy

Interactive 2-in-1 laptop featuring Letter Recognition Technology to help children write letters and numbers. LCD screen displays children’s writing to reinforce learning. Two friendly characters guide the play and teach reading, writing, maths and logic through 34 curriculum-based activities. Features ergonomic stylus with glowing writing pad and a qwerty keyboard to introduce first computer skills.

one happy girl who still don't want to sleep!...arrgh! :p

Sam's !st Grading Awarding Ceremony

top 4 in her nursery class for the 1st grading period

Sam had their First Grading Awarding Ceremony held at their school last Sept. 19, Friday @ 7:30am. I just put her into bed prior the big day, earlier than her usual sleeping time. Woke up @ 6am and prepared all the things needed. They don't have the classes na that day but the students from all level were asked to attend the said program. The nursery were the first in line to receive the certificate of awards. Though she's not the top 1, I am very proud to say that she's the 4th placer in their class. The feeling is really overwhelming seeing your kid going up in the stage and accepting her very first school award... hays, para ka na rin nanalo ng lotto. :)

the 5 outstanding pupils for the 1st grading period

I admit that I'm a bit strict with regards to Sam's studying routine. But I'm not particular with the time...in fact I let her watch the tv first before doing her homework if she wants to. For me kasi, I'll just follow her frame of mind. I can't force her to study if she don't feel studying. Sayang lang yung effort on both sides and for sure she'll learn nothing because she don't want to focus. But this happens very seldom. Most of the time, she's doing her assignment right after her class. Pagkading sa house, she's looking agad for her homeworks. I always let her do her homework by herself... I'm just at her side to teach her, give an example and guide her. And I'm really glad that my effort produced her of being included in the top 5 of her class. I'm really proud of my little girl!

Sam made me proud again! :)

a note from her Reminder Notebook

I've been waiting fo the release of Sam's report card ever since after she took her first grading examinations. I already talked to her teacher and she told me it's already done and the release will be this Friday. As a first time mom, I'm really concerend how she did in her academics. With regards to her exams, she did very well naman with less mistakes in all her subjects. The two got almost perfect with just one mistake. I'm kinda confident naman that she'll get an acceptable overall grade but still need to wait for the report card.

Until today after I picked her up from her class, it's already a routine for me to check her things. From her pencils to the number of her crayons, yes!... i'll make sure to check those because sometimes, she's loosing a piece or two. And each of her crayons and the rest of her school stuff has name on it!...haha It's very expensive if you'll buy another set to think one piece lang ang nawawala diba? Anyways, I also check if she has assignments. And upon checking her Reminder notebook, I was really surprised to read what's inside. Sam made it to the Top 5 Outstanding Pupils!...Yey!!! I still don't know about her place but then, I'm really really proud of her. I'm not expecting that she got the top 1 nor the top 2 since two of her classmates were supposed to be in kinder 1... based on their academic capabilities and age bracket which are both 5 y/o already. It was a concern for us, the parents of 3-4 y/o students before because the parents of these two students refused to jump their kids to kinder 1... Imagine that? If i'll be the parents of these kids, I'll be more proud because my kid will be accelerated... Hays!

Anyways, I'm again very thankful that Sam did very well and made it to be somewhat level with them. They'll be having an awarding ceremony this friday at 7:30am...goodluck sa pag gising ko kay Sam...hehe! :p From another proud mommy here...

a tiring but exciting photoshoot day...

Finally, the most awaited day of the first day group photoshoot of Kidstime little models has been arrived. The photoshoot for the Stella's Clothing Line group went off smoothly. I think some of them didn't make it. As far as i know, the headcount should be 12 for the Stella's, but they were just 9 of them during the shoot. The girls wore these dolly-like satin colorful dress from the said clothing company for the formal wear shot. Sam really like the dress and refuses to remove it after the set...haha! Everybody poses their sweetest smile in front of the cam. Even the youngest in the group did very well. The studio was jam-packed with these kids and the ever excited stagemoms. You can really hear the woos and coos of the mommies even outside the studio!...haha...ang ingay! :p I hope that daddy Chris didn't get annoyed with us, the ever so ingay stagemoms..hehe After the shoot, we were asked to wait outside for the meantime to giveway for the Polka tot's group.

formal wear shot

The 2nd set was a bit more casual. They still wore these clothes from Stella's. Sam's wearing a red soft pants matching her tops. The others wore a casual dress that really looks so comfortable. Everybody had a great time. Noisy mommies on the loose again!..haha

casual wear shot

It was also nice to finally meet in flesh our ever dearest "Contest Queen", Mommy Ro!..haha Though Mommy Kat & I already bumped to each other once during the Trinoma exhibit...I'm really happy to meet you again and had this little chikahan. I also met some GT moms from the forum and group. Pardon me if I forgot the names...hehe! I'm not that active kasi sa forum. I usually visit the site just to get some news about the contests and mag winners...I'll try to be more active now to make connection with the other stagemoms.

with mommy Ro and mommy Kat and our cuties

with my fellow stagemoms and gt moms

mommy Zharina cuddling her bunsoy

And finally, a very big thanks to this mom behind all of these. Thank you so much mommy Zharina and to your ever loving and very supportive hubby, daddy Chris and to the rest of the staff of Kidstime and Children's Ave. It's really a great opportunity working with you guys and I'm looking forward for the success of your "Twins." After all your hardworking days and nights and the completion of your models, you made the first photoshoot a success. Though there are some misunderstanding about model categories, you were still able to work it out. I understand that sometimes you need to make a change and hope that some concerns have been fixed for the benefit of all. Good luck more sis for these coming two days of exciting photo shoots. More cutie kids, more crying..hehe...more noisy moms...and more precious moments to capture. :p

What's in your Desktop?

download the desktop here

Been seeing this tag for a couple of times before when I do blog hop. I decided to share mine. Since it's my birthday month, I decided to start using a calendar desktop to keep me tracked of my to do list for the entire month. I usually have a photo of my daughter or any digiscrap layout that I made to use as my desktop. For this month, I made used of this beautiful layout desktop calendar from shabby princess. It includes the current month and some slots for your pics. Plus a very clean space for your desktop icons. :p

How about you?...What's in your desktop?

My Little Pre-schooler's First Day In School!

I'm very proud of my little Sam because she was able to overcome her shyness by being brave and cooperative on her very first day of school! I thought she would be clingy to me and will refuse me to leave her inside her classroom. Since it's the first day of school, the teachers still allowed us...the parents, to sit-in that's why i was able to shoot and captured some shots.

Teachers started the class with a prayer (that they need to memorize, by the way) followed by singing a couple of nursery rhymes. Then the teachers had this activity about the different animals and asked each of the student to identify some. So proud of Sam because she was able to answer all the questions that her teachers asked her :p Then for the story telling, they were asked to transfer to the other room (with floor matting already, toys, etc.). Sam was so mesmerize with this colorful room..haha! :p This time, parents were no longer allowed inside. But there's still this big window so we can take a peek once in a while. Again, my mamarrazi mode was turned on again!..hehe! The other classroom that they'll be having their formal class will be closed for us. Sam listens very well in the story telling and even tried to answers some questions. The other kids were not listening and just keep on playing at the back. After the story telling and some question & answers activity, It's time to go back to their classroom. But first, they need to identify their own shoes (because they were asked to removed it earlier) and wear it without any help. Good thing Sam was able to identify hers and was even able to put it back on her own. :p When they were asked to return to their classroom, parents were already off limits inside their room! They had their recess and the teachers checked on their things like the required books and other school stuffs. When their class was done, Sam immediately showed me her big Blue Star with a Very Good stamp in her left hand! Of course, I was surprised and really very proud with her very first achievement in school! Don't know what happened inside but I'm sure she did very well. :p

They're more than 10 students in the class with 2 teachers. Actually we still don't have a formal orientation yet, which I know is a must for us...the parents, to know the "what's in it" for our kids. I don't know when will be the schedule for that...arrgh! For now, they'll be having 5 subjects (5 books), a 20 mans recess from their 2 hours class..hehe, PE's on friday and that's it! When i asked the teachers, there's really a schedule for the orientation to discuss some important matters about the things they'll be teaching & what to expect with our kids academics and everything. Tomorrow will be their formal start of school na, so meaning no parents allowed na inside the classroom...huhu! :p... And to tell everybody, Sam is so excited and can't wait to go to her school again!

It's Finally Ours!!!

At long last...after a couple of questions and endless requests to the admin of Trinoma, they agreed (with the sponsors approval first) to finally give the showcased portraits to us...the winners of the mall's photo competition Portraits: Mom & I @ Trinoma!...yey! As you can see, we already got ours...hehe. I just asked my bro to pick it up for me yesterday which is good thing I did! I didn't realized that it's really big. Now, I'm still thinking where to put it....is it on the living room or in the bedroom?...hmmm...help me decide! :p

Prizes Galore!

Got na our prizes from the Trinoma contest yesterday morning. After we took some shots beside our huge portrait near the concierge of the mall, we immediately went to the Trinoma admin located at the fourth floor to claime the prizes. The prizes weren't that much but still very thankful to received it. The gift pack from The Body Shop contains a Pink Grapefruit Body Butter & Shower Gel, a box full of Neroli Jasmin shower essentials and scents and The Body Shop Love your Body rewards card. Two Wellness Gift Cards from The Spa worth P1,000 and P1,500 respectively. An Electronic Gift Certificate worth P2,000 from Ayala Malls. They also gave us this little certificate of appreciation for joining the said competition.

It's really funny that the admin has really no idea that the top 3winners were actually friends!...haha! Doc Peachy & Nina were my online friends at first but were able to meet up in person during our kids birthday parties and some other kiddie events. It's just so happen that we all love photography and the contest really inspired us to join without informing each other...hehe! Luckily we landed on the top 3 winners. The size of the portraits are really huge and I'm wondering if they're going to give it to us as well. Blowing a picture that big is really expensive so were hoping they'll give those to us after the exhibit. :p

Showcased Portraits @ Trinoma Mall

me & Sam beside our huge portrait

We were able to drop by finally @ Trinoma yesterday afternoon to check out our winning portraits that is being showcased until the 8th of this month. Sam & I were accompanied by some of our good friends and online buddies. Thanks Irish as on of my on the spot photographer...ganda ng mga shots mo mare!...haha :p And to Kat who joined us making kulit in front of the portraits. Also to Stef who spare some of her & Keanna's time to join us. And lastly to sis Thet, that we were able to meet in person at long last!...It's really nice to meet you sis and pretty Iya as well. Too bad that Nina wasn't able to stay for a while because of some important reasons. Thanks for all the support guys!...luvsyah all...muah!

sam was really amazed to see her big photo

Our Photo Exhibit @ Trinoma

our photo exhibit at the 1st floor of trinoma, just near the concierge

Oh wow!...I didn't expect that our winning entries @ Trinoma's Portraits: Mom & I @ Trinoma photo competition will be displayed as big as this!!! I didn't see it by myself yet. It's my brother who told me that he noticed this huge poster-like pictures of me & Sam @ Trinoma mall. I already told him about our winnings in the said photo competiton and ask him to check it if it's already being exhibited @ the mall. To his surprise, he was also amazed to see the size!...haha! When he told me about it, I assumed that maybe it's the grand prize winner (doc peachy with banky) is the only one that is being displayed in that size. I didn't know that my bro had it captured pala until he showed me the pic from his digicam. Whoa!...that's us!...my initial reaction was really "nakakahiya!" Because I really didn't expect that it would be very big as this! I thought It will be just like the Market Market Exhibit whereas all the winners were just placed in one standee. But @ Trinoma, it's different. All the winners are being exhibited individually, each has it's own standee, even the 3 consolation prizes are being displayed in this same size!...Imagine that!...lol! :D I already showed it to hubby & he was really delighted too! If you have time check us out @ Trinoma mall. Oh well, need to check 'em out later too and of course, to claim the prizes as well. :p

the rest of the schowcased portraits

Sam Decorates Her Own Krispy Kreme Doughnut

"We all love Krispy Kreme Doughnuts"

with the trinoma team

Sam was able to experience on how to design her own Krispy Kreme Doughnut. Good thing she's really in her good mood that time when one of the crew approached our table and invited our little Sam to join them and be part of their little crew. Actually this was the second invitation. The first time was last december pa. Anyway, she cooperates well with Kitkat (store crew) and goes with her for the doughnut decoration. Daddy was the one who took the pictures. The rest of the staff were so amused of her behind the counter. The best part of it was she got her decorated doughnut for free na! Thanks Krispy Kreme! :p

sam with ate kitkat

Lucky Winner of Cartoon Network's 'Certified Coolest Mom-Baby Bonding Moments' photo contest

"When it rains...it really pours!"

Yey again!...I received another phone call today from Tin Bernal of Global Media Consultants informing me this another great news! I won another photo contest! This time it's the "Certified Coolest Mom-Baby Bonding Moments" photo contest sponsored by Cartoon Network and Johnson and Johnson. There were actually 5 grand winners and my photo entry was one of them. I thought my entry wouldn't make it because I sent it an hour before the submission deadline ends last may 24. Oh well, I'm truly blessed and indeed very lucky today! :p The primary pic I'm using here in my Multiply Account was my winning entry.

We won these super Certified Cool Bulilits Getaway from Johnson's Baby Cooling Powder:

• Overnight stay at Camayan Beach Resort, Subic bay
• A day trip to Subic Ocean Adventure (4 tickets)
• Johnson's Baby Cooling Powder Gift Pack

Another great news is that they are asking our (winners) permission to sign the Name & Liability Release Form from Cartoon Network for Johnson's Cooling Moment Contest because our photos will be aired @ Cartoon Network!...Weee! Sam & I can't hardly wait to see this short time fame of us in TV!..hehe :p

the contest ads

3rd placer - "Portraits: Mom & I @ Trinoma" Photo Competition

Yey!...I didn't expect that my entry will be still included in the photo contest of Trinoma's Portraits: Mom & I @ Trinoma. I just received a phone call today and an email from Anne Nayve, Marketing Dept. of Trinoma informing me about the good news. Competition was very stiff and I was really lucky that the photo we've submitted was still chosen and has been selected as the 3rd placer. Here's the winning photo entry entitled "By my side"...

"By my side" (photog and title courtesy of Sam's daddy)

We won the following prizes:

• P2,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGC's
• gift pack from The Body Shop worth P2,000
• The Spa Wellness Cards worth P2,500
  

Sam's getting ready for School!

Sam will be entering nursery already @ St. Raphaela Mary School, just a walking distance school from our house. Glad to find this one after scouting for a different school near qc when hubby was still here. I really find some of them appropriate for my little schooler in terms of facilities and form of teaching (traditional vs progressive), but some of them are really way too far from our place. Maybe when she enter already the big school...I'll consider the place even if it's a bit far. For now, my hubby & I agreed to enroll her to this school. Facilities is ok with fully air-conditioned rooms (from primary to secondary). There will be only more or less 10 students on Sam's class and they will have two teachers for 3hours class. And believe my, my daughter is really excited to go na. She always says, "mommy & ninong stay home lang..and Sam (pertaining to herself)...in school"...haha! I'm really delighted to hear her this...that she doesn't want me to roam around while she's having a class...hehe! I'm really hoping that the opposite thing wouldn't happen on the first day...that she'll be clingy to me and begging me not to leave her or else... she'll make a scene...waaah!...oh no! haha!...oh well, goodluck to me!:p

For now I'm the one who is excited to shop for her school supplies...actually she already have some, but i'm not yet contented...parang may kulang pa...haha

Moments with Daddy at Market Market Photo Contest

Ayala Malls
invite you to join
Moments with Daddy
at
Market! Market! Photo Contest

To join, present P300 worth of receipts (single or accumulated) at the Concierge from any Market! Market! establishment from May 23 to June 8, 2008 and accomplish a Moments with Daddy at Market! Market! application form. Receipts may only be used once and will be stamped upon redemption of the application form.Photos must capture a particular moment between “father and child,” and must be taken in Market! Market! Entries should be submitted to the Concierge in a sealed brown envelope and must include the following:

• duly accomplished application form
• CD containing the soft file of the photo

Deadline of submission of entries is on June 8, 2008. Winners of the said contest are:

• Father (with child) depicted in the Photo
• Photographer

Winners will be selected at the end of the promo and will be notified through SMS, voice mail and/or email. Prizes are as follows:

Photographer:

• 1st Prize: P10,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs, P500 worth of Bench GCs, and gift pack from The Body Shop
• 2nd Prize: P 5,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs, P500 worth of Bench GCs, and gift pack from The Body Shop
• 3rd Prize: P 3,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs, P500 worth of Bench GCs, and gift pack from The Body Shop

Father(in photo)

• 1st Prize: P10,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs, P500 worth of Bench GCs, and gift pack from The Body Shop
• 2nd Prize: P 5,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs, P500 worth of Bench GCs, and gift pack from The Body Shop
• 3rd Prize: P 3,000 worth of Ayala Malls eGCs, P500 worth of Bench GCs, and gift pack from The Body Shop

Photographers retain the copyright to their submitted photos.

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