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We had our own Royal Wedding viewing party at home. Festivities started at 4pm here in the Philippines. By 6pm Kate was walking down the aisle. Perfect time for a non-tea tea party.


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Every season I hear from the friendly folks at Shop Familia. They know how much we love Right Bank Babies. This season they sent over some stuff for my kids from Right Bank Babies.


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We are going through a major spring cleaning process in the house. You all know how hard it is to spend time going through things and deciding on what to let go of. My closet always has to be edited. When we renovated, I thought I could minimize my closet space. I reduced my shoe cabinet by two-thirds, leaving only one-third of shoes I really wear ( Read more... )

While summer has begun here a couple of weeks ago, spring is just about to start in my folks' home. My sister is stressing out over bunnies that made a love nest in her flower garden. My parents are going nuts about the mama squirrel that built a house on their balcony. We're having a nice summer so far. Knock on wood. Notice the cool breeze every ( Read more... )

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I'm big on carseats. Safety in general. You can never do enough... and yet they still get cuts and scrapes. But when it comes to being in a car, there's no debate. Seatbelts and carseats save lives.

Though carseats are not required by law in the Philippines, I insist on strapping all my kids in carseats. Imagine our vehicle with three kids and ( Read more... )

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Environment-friendly diapers


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I have no fear of dentists. The only thing I'm really scared of is the needle. But once we get over the injection part, I'm okay. We grew up following the "mandatory" 6-month dental visits imposed by our dentist. I always liked the feeling of smooth freshly scrubbed and scraped teeth. My dad's sister is a dentist married to a dentist with two out ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's Monday already and it's mid-August. Have you started Christmas shopping already? I know... haha. It's too early. But this is Manila and Christmas starts in July ( Read more... )