Living my best life.

No longer terrible two.
LittePrincess turned diva 3 this month.

She’s into girly stuffl like Barbie and Disney Princesses.
She loves to hold pretend tea parties and dressing up to the nines complete with 1-inch glass slippers.

On the other hand, she likes cars, skidoos and power tools too.
After all, she is 101% Papa’s girl.

Me: What is your Grandmama’s name?
LittlePrincess: L***

Me: What is your GrandPapa’s name?
LittlePrinces: D****

Me: What is your Lola’s name?
LittlePrincess: G*****

Me: What is your Mommy’s name?
LittlePrincess: G**

Me: What is your Papa’s name?
LittlePrincess: Honey!

To HoneyPapa (aka FrenchCharming), you bring sweetness in our lives. Happy Father’s day!

* Our variation of ‘Five little monkeys jumping on the bed’

LittlePrincess jumping on the bed,

She fell down and broke her lip.

Mama called Papa…

And Papa said…

LittlePrincess, NO MORE JUMPING ON THE BED!!!

In reply to Olive’s tag…

Quirky things that make our family special:

1. We are a global family. FrenchCharming’s ancestry is a mixed of NativeAmerican and French. Mine is Filipino and Littleprincess is Chinese. And we live in the melting pot of Canada.

2. Three languages are spoken at home. French, English and Tagalog.

3. We love to travel. FrenchCharming and I met in Toronto. Had our first date in Boston. We became a couple in Montreal. Got married in Toronto and the Philippines. Honeymooned in France. And became a family in China. We spend most of our free time travelling…going for long road trips and if money is available…out of the country.

4. We are D.I.Y family. We enjoy doing things on our own….we do most of our home projects (such as renovating, house painting, building furnitures) by ourselves. Littleprincess is following our footsteps. She would rather play with empty boxes and bottles than with store-bought toys.

5. We are lefties. The three of us are left-handed.

6. We have a quirky sense of humor. We see the bright and funny side of life.

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been very ‘unstable’ when it comes to my career. There are so many things going on. So many unknowns. How I wish I have enough resources to just f@#$%6 it and leave. But …. I am just not ready to quit. I still have enough geeky juice to run a well-oiled machine.

So here I am, in the eye of the storm. Waiting and waiting …for everything to calm down. Whatever will happen, I am ready.

Lifted the questions from here.

What books and/or magazines did I read this quarter?

Me: Our Family Scrapbooks, Clean and Simple Scrapbooking, Mini Albums (books), CK, SS, ScrapbookAnswers, Canadian House&Home, MarthaKids (magazines)

FrenchCharming: Snowmobile magazines

LittlePrincess: Pajama Time, Hey Wake up and Birthday Monsters by Sandra Boynton

What movies and/or tv shows did we watch this quarter?

Me: Pride&Prejudice (movie), Greys Anatomy, Desperate Housewives

FrenchCharming: Greys Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, French TV shows

LittlePrincess: Cinderella, Mommy&Me, Little Einstein and Dora (DVDs)

What special days did we celebrate and how?

My birthday and parents wedding anniversary - we went snowmobiling and dined out.
Chinese New Year - hosted a party with friends.
Valentine’s day - dined out.

What illnesses or health concerns did we have this quarter?

I was diagnosed of having an elevated liver enzymes. Nothing serious. Just need to exercise my foie gras.

What fun things did we do with my friends and/or family?

Every Sunday brunch with FrenchCharming’s parents. Sugar shacking with friends this month.

What special or unusual purchases did we make?

IKEA Expidit bookshelf for my craft area. Venetian mirrored clock.

What were this quarter’s disappointments?

None. (Didn’t win the lottery maybe)

What were our accomplishments this quarter?

Me: 53 scrapbook LOs done, 1 mini-album, new blog

FrenchCharming: Fixed the washroom cabinet, installed picture frames and magnetic board in LittlePrincess’ room, setup new PC

LittlePrincess: Potty-trained for both #1 and #2. Converse in sentences (English and French). Can identify colors, shapes, letters and numbers. (not bad for a 2 yr and 10 months toddler)

Extended Family News:
P, my oldest nephew graduated in highschool and passed the entrance exam in here.
K, my first cousin passed the bar exam.

Got this idea from here.

Twelve Movies
1. Sabrina
2. LOTR series
3. Gladiator
4. Pretty Woman
5. Pride & Prejudice
6. Pirates of the Caribbean
7. StarWars (the first 3)
8. Grease
9. Disney movies
10. Before Sunrise
11. Before Sunset
12. Ponnette (this french movie made me cry!)

Eleven Bands/Artists
1. Daniel Powter
2. James Blunt
3. Michael Buble
4. Sheryl Crow
5. INXS
6. Dido
7. Enya
8. Bedouin Soundclash
9. Green Day
10. R.E.M.
11. Depeche Mode

Ten Things about Me
1. I’m a Life Artist
2. I’m lefthanded
3. I work at home
4. I like exotic foods
5. I hate worms
6. I work on 2 computers at home
7. I’m a scrapshopaholic
8. 8 is my lucky number
9. I need to lose weight
10. I love Spring!!

Nine good friends
1. Judith
2. Sally
3. Mila
4. Anna
5. Meann
6. Divine
7. Ermie
8. Mariel
9. Joy

Eight Favorite Foods
1. Shrimp Tempura
2. Spring Rolls
3. Truffle Cake
4. Pad Thai
5. Crepe
6. Leche Flan
7. Longganisa
8. Daing

Seven Things I Wear Daily
1. Wedding Ring
2. PJs
3. Bra and undies
4. Socks
5. Pantoufles (slippers) or shoes
6. Make-up (eyebrow liner and lipstick/lip balm)
7. Deodorant

Six Things I Dislike
1. Pollution
2. Obnoxious and corrupt politicians
3. Ecological and Industrial Waste
4. Littering
5. Pushy people
6. Cleaning the house

Five Things I Do Daily
1. Kiss DH and DD
2. Eat
3. Pray
4. Exercise (working on it)
5. Surf the net

Four Shows I Watch
1. Greys Anatomy
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Amazing Race
4. HGTV or Travel shows

Three Places I’ve Lived
1. Philippines
2. Toronto
3. Quebec

Two Things I Want {FrenchCharming, take note! }
1. Adobe PhotoShop Elements 4.0
2. Canon Digital Rebel

One Person I Want to See Right Now
1. Mom

Dear LittlePrincess,
If, fifteen years from now, you decided to dye your hair neon green or have a mohawk hairdo, your honeypapa promised that he will do the same thing with his hair in support of your decision. You can look at this picture for reference.

P.S.
If there’s no more update in this blog, it means that FrenchCharming had turned into a ferocious dragon and annihilated the daylights out of me because I posted this photo. Peace, honey

Take a look at my soul….:-) Please handle with care because it is still very fragile.

I’m so ‘duling’ na with work….:-( Anyway, here are some conversations I had with FrenchCharming and LittlePrincess this week.

With FrenchCharming:
While looking at the magazines and books scattered on the bed, FrenchCharming let out a big sigh and started to gather everything up…

Defensively, I snapped, ‘ What!!! I’m intellectual…’ (trying to justify my mess)

FrenchCharming looked at the title of the book that I was reading…..and we started laughing….

The title of the book: 10,000 ways to say I love you by Gregory J.P. Godek.

With LittlePrincess:
After dressing her up one morning, I cooed: Wow! ang cute-cute ng baby ko!

LittlePrincess screamed ‘NO!!!’

Taken abacked by her outburst, I was about to launch a long speech about good behavior…

LittlePrincess beat me by a second by saying, ‘I’m preeettty!’

Sige na nga……….:-)