Archive for November 22nd, 2009

Last night, she was up into something , she wouldn’t listen and stop, that I had to tell her “I’ll give you back to your real Mama, sige!“  She wondered for a while and almost cried. But I still didn’t stop haha! I told her to look at our wedding photo hanging in the bedroom, and see the difference. My bad! Told her that she is your real Mama, I just had to take care of you coz your Dada told me so kasi you were kawawa, your Dada and Mama goes to work and no one else was there to take care of you. She stares at the photo, then glances towards me.

I had to justify my statement and told her  more “Look at my hair, it’s not curly. The one in the photo is curly“.

Then she suddenly and maybe realized I was just pulling her leg, and said “But your tooth is also out” LOL! She just did a smart identification huh! Read the rest of this entry »

I couldn’t believe teachers give homeworks to pre-schoolers the things they still couldn’t do just by themselves. Most of the time it’s really overwhelming my daughter, and would often say “I’m tired na, Mama!” Then she’d give me a frowning face and no matter how hard I convince her to finish her homework, she just wouldn’t.

Since then, I don’t force her at all. I let her do the things she’s only able to do and tell her teacher she still hasn’t finished it. At times I’d find notes on her books “No homework”. Frankly, at first thinking her grades/ranking would be affected. But come to think of it, she’s only three and supposed to be enjoying her dolls and toys at home.

When I told my husband about it, my husband said the same thing “not to force her, let her do what she only can”. But if she really has to finish them, I just make a deal with her Read the rest of this entry »