10 Ways To Prepare Your Child For School

Banish first-day jitters for your child and for yourself!

Starting school can be a difficult time for children. Every child is hesitant to go somewhere new and see people she's never met before. Here are some helpful ways to prepare your child for her first day of school:

1. Let your child know what his schedule will be like. Tell him what time school begins and ends each day.

2. Ask your child about her feelings -- both the excitement and the concerns -- about starting school.

3. Visit the school with your child to see his new classroom and meet his new teacher before school officially starts.

4. Point out the positive aspects of starting school. It will be fun and she can make new friends.

5. Let your child know that all kids are nervous about the first day of school .

6. Leave a note in your child's lunchbox that will remind him you're thinking of him while he's at school.

7 . Reassure your child that if any problems arise at school, you will be there to help resolve them.

8. Try to have your child meet a classmate before the first day of school so she will already have a friend when school starts.

9. Arrange for your child to walk to school or ride together on the bus with another kid in the neighborhood.

10. Find out about after-school activities that your child can join. Will there be a back-to-school party? Can she join a sports team?

BERKS at Sunset Street - Seaside (MOA)

We had a dinner celebration at Seaside in Mall of Asia. We choose this place for a change. Because we always eat at Max's Restaurant whatever is the occasion. Though my mom can't eat seafoods because of her cholesterol still she eat a bit just to sour her taste buds. This is also my first time to eat fresh oyster. I am not picky on seafoods but I'm just afraid to eat fresh oyster. In fairness, it's delicious but I only eat one. That's enough.

My mama & me...

my younger bro, pop & mama...

my titas & cuzins...

We're very glad that you are here with us
celebrating your 51st Birthday.
I wish you will have many more birthdays to come...
I wish that you will always be healthy and safe...
Blessed and guarded by the Lord.
We love you so much,
God Bless YOU!

My Wordless Wednesday #2...

Can Pregnant Women Drink?

During pregnancy, food and drink consumed by the expectant mother is passed on to the developing baby through the placenta. Consuming alcohol during pregnancy has been shown to have an adverse affect on the developing baby.

Heavy drinking throughout pregnancy has been known to cause alcohol dependency in new-born infants and abnormalities affecting growth, mental retardation and low intelligence, and facial and other physical defects, and organ damage.

This is known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The physical, mental, and emotional effects caused by FAS are tragically irreversible. Even moderate amounts of alcohol are thought to have a detrimental impact on the well-being of expectant mothers and the unborn child.

For years doctors have suggested that pregnant women should have no more than four units of alcohol a week and no more than a single unit in 24 hours. The truth is, it is not fully known what the impact of even such moderate amounts may have on a developing fetus. There is no recommended safe level of alcohol for pregnant women.

New advice from the Department of Health recommends that women should abstain from alcohol during pregnancy.

I've been there...

Every situation you are into now, I've been there...
Just the same...
I learn to count on myself and not expect help from others...
I know my family is the only one who will fight for me till the end,
Their support gave me the strength...
My baby gave me courage to survive...
Myself gave me strong will to live for my son alone...

Don't expect others...coz they have nothing...that's why they can't help you,
They don't understand because they don't want to...
They can't feel your pain because they have no feelings...
And most of all...
They can't give you strength, power, money, etc..--simply because,
Those things are the ones lacking on them...

There are a lot of lessons I've learned
And I thanked them, for they made me feel that.
Don't listen to promises, for promises are made to be broken.

How could someone give you love if he doesn't felt love?,
How can someone give you understanding if he doesn't understand the meaning?,
How can somebody let you feel your important if they never felt to be important to someone?,
How can they give if theres is nothing to give?,
Tell me how.

My Precious Gift for My Mother

Weeks before I've been thinking what is the best gift I can give her. Since the time I worked I haven't give her anything...so ashame. But I'd rather give her something that will really touch her heart and soul.

While strolling at the mall one time I saw this book with the title "Mother"--it is a inspirational book composes of writings like poems and letters giving thanks to a mother. I know this is the best gift I could give her, not bags nor jewelries because she has too many of these.

We're not that open like other mother-daughter because I was not with her. But I know somehow we're bridging that gap and making the most special moments together when time allows.

Welcome Back!!!

Today is the arrival of my step-pop and mom from Saudi. They will have a 3-weeks vacation here in Pinas. But they will be arriving not with the same plane. My mom will be arriving with PAL from Dammam while my step-pop will be arriving by Saudia Airlines from Riyadh. They will just wait each other in the airport.

My mom is very excited for this is her first time to come home this time of the year. This is also her first time since she went to Saudi to work to celebrate her birthday with us. Her birthday is on Feb.6. I don't know what is her plan but definitely we will celebrate it by having dinner altogether.

My sister-in-law, Dayle send me a message thru Friendster that she had ultrasound for the sex of the baby. She was expecting it will be a baby boy because of some indications that it is a boy. But luckily when the result of the ultrasound held to her, she was so surprise to know that "it's a baby girl". I'm so happy for her and also excited for the baby to come.