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Mommy Moments – Family Outing

April 6, 2012 8 Comments

It is Good Friday! I know most of the moms might be out of town, but for those who are just staying home and would like to join us, feel free to write your recent Mommy Moments post! Mommy Moments is a weekly meme and you can join us by sharing any “mommy moment” that happened recently in your life. Create a post and add this badge to your post ( or choosing any other design from here). Then just enter your name and the URL address of your post below on the Mr. Linky, so we can all visit one another and see what you have shared with us this week!

Two Saturdays ago, the family together with my sister went to Laiya White Cove in San Juan Batangas for a day trip at the beach! We were not sure what sort of weather was waiting for us since it has been rainy the whole week. Thankfully, we were blessed with a sunny day at the beach. It took us about two and a half hours to reach our destination from Sta Rosa Laguna.

It is truly a wonderful way to intentionally create memories with our children! Spontaneous family outings are great way to build memories! The kids had fun playing with the very fine sand and swimming in the clean sea! The price of the food was also quite affordable, and even the entrance fee was reasonable. The adults had as much fun soaking in the sea! I can’t wait for our next trip back there.

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Mommy Moments – School Year Ends

March 30, 2012 11 Comments

It is the last Friday of March already! And it is time for another Mommy Moments! Mommy Moments is a weekly meme and you can join us by sharing any “mommy moment” that happened recently in your life. Create a post and add this badge to your post ( or choosing any other design from here). Then just enter your name and the URL address of your post below on the Mr. Linky, so we can all visit one another and see what you have shared with us this week!

Today was the portfolio review day of my daughter for her 4th quarter work. We went to TMA (The Master’s Academy) Homeschool Office in Ortigas and the academic consultant assigned to us interviewed her for almost an hour. My daughter was very excited and proud of her work. But I was thrilled with what the consultant told me, she was really glad because my daughter is now more confident and she has seen an improvement in her. She also noted that my daughter is learning and growing Character wise. I couldn’t be more happier to know that she is growing, thriving, learning and enjoying homeschool!

It was my son’s assessment day too. It was his first interview and assessment. I am glad that he did well too! Though there are still areas we need to improve on but the consultant was satisfied with his performance as well. I am truly glad to see that after one school year, my son can now read CVC words and he is pretty good in Math!

Homeschooling this year hasn’t been easy as I have to adjust our schedules since we are now homeschooling 2 kids. There were days that it is difficult to start “school” but thankfully with the grace of God, they did learn, they did have fun and we all grew together.

Congratulations kids! Mommy is proud of you!

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Mommy Moments – Family Vacation in Plantation Bay

March 2, 2012 16 Comments

Hi everyone! Every Friday, you can join in this weekly meme and share any “mommy moment” that happened recently in your life. Create a post and add this badge to your post ( or choosing any other design from here). Then just enter your name and the URL address of your post below on the Mr. Linky, so we can all visit one another and see what you have shared with us this week!

Last week, I featured our Bohol vacation and this week, I would like to share our Cebu adventure. From Bohol, we rode the SuperCat Ferry to Cebu. The ride was the kids first time and I am grateful that they both didn’t get seasick at all. The ride from Tagbilaran to Cebu City took almost 2 hours. We went to Plantation Bay and stayed there for one night.

It was a wonderful place and the whole family enjoyed the stay in Plantation Bay. We even celebrated my daughter’s 8th birthday at their restaurant and they gave her a free birthday cake and sang her a birthday song.

The kids loved the swimming pools and the amenities!

It definitely was a great vacation for the whole family!

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Interesting Kids Bibles

February 27, 2012 3 Comments

We encourage the kids to have a daily prayer and quiet time. This is the time to read the Word of God, pray and talk to God about what you learned through God’s word. But it is not enough to teach them, we have to demonstrate it to them as well. Kids learn when they see adults do it themselves. This is where I need to watch myself and be careful not to spend too much time looking at the internet for great deals like those dell coupons.

Aside from that, we also use good Bible books which interests the kids. We want them to know that the Bible is not just an old boring book but it is filled with great stories and a very faithful God! After reading through so many Bibles for kids, here are our top 2 Bible books for kids which really interested them:

The Jesus Storybook Bible.

It tells the story of the Bible in a different but interesting way and all stories relate to Jesus Christ. The drawings are also very colorful.

VeggieTales Bible Storybook

It tells the Bible stories through various stories from the great VeggieTales series! Very entertaining for the kids!

Have you found any other good Bibles for kids?

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Mommy Moments – Family Vacation in Bohol

February 24, 2012 15 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to The Mommy Journey. Every Friday, you can join in this weekly meme and share any “mommy moment” that happened recently in your life. Create a post and add this badge to your post by copying the HTML codes ( or choosing any other design from here) and pasting it to your post via HTML. Then just enter your name and the URL address of your post below on the Mr. Linky, so we can all visit one another and see what you have shared with us this week!

We availed of the country side tour care of Mang Dodong. We just found his name after researching through several blog posts. He sent his driver Kuya Allan to drive us around Bohol for one whole day. It was a great tour as we got to see so many sites and learned a lot. We went to Baclayon Church, Loboc River, Hanging Bridge, Butterfly Garden, Man Made Forest, Tarsier Conservation Center and Chocolate Hills. It was a field trip for the kids and the best of all, the whole family enjoyed it!