Valentine's Day

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 - " Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

Happy Valentine's Day! What is really the true meaning of Valentine? Why do most people celebrate it? This is the day when you buy flowers they are expensive already haha, a lot of store sells different kind of chocolates, lots of cute teddy bears that are on displays, well, my Valentine is just an ordinary day, since I have two girls, I told Ronald that I want my girls to feel special, so we bought a cute lamb stuff toy and he will buy a rose for each, so this morning when Ronald was about to go out, Elle immediately said she wants to go with him, so he don't know how to buy rose already, funny because Elle asked his daddy instead to buy a yellow tulip to give to me (yes that's my favorite flower and color as well), so shobe and I were waiting and it's already afternoon and we are hungry already, atlast they came home and Elle hand me the flowers, honestly I don't expect my husband to give me flowers anymore, for I felt it's a waste of money, since the flower will die too, but on the other hand I thought that it's better to received flowers while I'm still alive and appreciate the beauty of it than receiving it while I'm inside the casket and would never appreciate it anymore, anyway go back to my story, we gave our girls the stuff toy and a flower for each, they are so happy, seeing them happy makes me smile, so they went to their dad and thank him and gave him a hug and kiss, I don't think we need to wait for February 14 to celebrate this event in our lives, everyday can be a valentine for us, because the Love that we give to our loved ones are the most important, the love and time are the most precious gifts that we can give to people who are dear to us.

Look like an Angel

Luke 20:36 - " They are like the Angels, they are God's children."

At school, every Christmas all the first graders will perform to what they called Christmas pageant. It's all about the story of Jesus Christ, from there the teacher will give each kid a paper and asked them to write what role they want to play, to be a reader, an angel, 3 kings, Joseph and Mary. When Elle was first grade she wants to play the role of an actor but sadly the teacher gave her the role of a reader because they knew that she perfect fit for it, and yes she kinda felt bad that time and cried while asked me why would they asked you to write if they won't give you what I want, we need to explain to her properly so she would feel better and yes after some explanation she totally get it and she feels happy for her role, now for Erin, she knew what she wants, to be an angel, and when the teacher gave her the paper and saw she was an angel she was too happy, so from time to time they practice inside the school, then one day, she told me that she had a special role but can't tell us the full details because she wants to surprise us. December 17,2015 was the day of the program, we just borrowed the costume from the teacher (for I don't want to spend anymore, just being practical ), so I asked her what shoes does she need to wear and she said flip flop, so literally she wore a angry bird purple flip flop that we bought from Philippines two years ago, when we were inside the venue and waiting for them to come out, Ronald and I started to laugh because other Angels were a white sandals and our child is wearing a flip flop hahaha, so the story begin by the Angels singing, after that the reader read their part while the actor do their play, then Erin went up to the stage and raise her two hands, so that's the special part that she's telling us, after the play we change into uniforms and says our goodbye for they need to go back to their classroom. That afternoon while checking my Facebook, the school post picture of the play and I was so surprised to see the picture of my child, she was so beautiful, whoever took that photo, she was really good in taking the angle of it, she really looked like an angel, everytime I looked at the picture I can't help but really thank God for giving them to us, they are my ANGELS.

Blessing

Psalm 127:3. "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward."

I know this so a super late port that I've should have write it last November 2015, forgive me about this hehe 😊  When I was younger, I'm not the smart kid, I really don't end up with honors but as long as I had a passing grade I'm fine and happy with it, so I told myself I'm not going to push my children to get a high grades or whatsoever, because I knew I'm just going to give them pressure in the end. Now having two wonderful girls, I really didn't expect them to win any contest in the school, I always pray and want them to grow up very good girls but if they excel in school that's an extra factor that God gave to my girls. With Elle, I knew that she will do well in school for at the very young age, she start and love to read until now, so as a parent we support her by buying her books and read with her.

Remember the post that I wrote last time about the spelling bee, ok when she was first grade, that's the first time the school start to do the spelling bee, she won, second grade and last year she won again, but this time they have vocabulary bee, they gave them 100 lists of words with their meaning, and yes they only gave them a week to review right after the spelling bee, so when we started to review the words that she got wrong, she needs to review it again just to make sure she'll remember it, so come now 19,2015 the day of the vocabulary bee, I just pray that she will remember all the things we reviewed and I just lift everything up to the Lord, so that afternoon when I picked them up, I asked her how was the test, she said she got all correct and told her good job, I forgot when but that day when I picked my girls, they start telling me that in the morning show inside the school and announce the winners of the vocabulary bee, and yes for Elle grade level 4 of them won, two from each class, funny is when Erin heard her sister name she was happy but got disappointed when they mispronounced our surname (yes, they are having a hard time saying a surname). We are so happy and proud for all Elle's achievement in school since first grade.

Seeing my girls excel in academic, I can't help but thank our Lord, for giving them to us, for children are truly BLESSINGS from GOD.

Award

Year 2013-2014 was the first year where the school start giving an award they called PRIDE award, what does this PRIDE award means: P- Positive attitude, R- Respectful behavior, I- Independent learning, D- Dedicated to safety, E-Engaged in learning, per class the teacher would choose one student per semester, nobody know, students and parents don't know who will win, the award is given every end of the semester, and parents will only know who win through email that we do received weekly from the school, last 2 years ago, both my girls won the award, yes both of them, in the same semester too. After winning, we thought that's it, but we are wrong, last Thursday, while waiting for my girls to pick them up, as soon as shobe went to the car, she told me that she won the award again, she was surprised when her name was called, am I happy? Of course, but at the same felt a little sad for my older one, I know how she wish she would win the award too, so Ronald and I assured her that she will win again, and beside she already won before.

I always thank the Lord for giving my girls to me, they are not perfect but I just love them the way they are, my only prayer for them is they become a good people with full of love in their hearts ❤️❤️❤️