Beaboo Anecdotes Series

Bea playing with her leappad, teaching me how to play Brave (from the movie)

Bea: mommy.. so thats the LEAVING DOOR!
Me: the what? you mean its alive? like a "living" door?
BEa: no mommy! that's the "leaving" door because its where you go when you want to leave! (and she says it as if its a natural thing to have "leaving" doors in every house.)

Bonding Moments...Baking

Kids are such a joy to work with. They are passionate little souls that help you wholeheartedly once they put their minds and hearts into something.

At times when we feel like eating cookies, rather than just buy them, we bake them! And what better way to bond with your little ones than baking!  Whats fun about it is,

Bea's New Tweety Neighbors

photo from the internet

Just this weekend, while Beaboo and I were playing (yes I play with her too :) at the backyard, there was this little tangerine Maya bird (who looks a lot like the photo on the left) going back and forth in one of Lola Cora's hanging plants...

DIY Christmas wrappers and presents

"Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas... dum...dum... dee dum...."

I can't help singing that song as I see Christmas decors everywhere - in the mall, the lanterns and lights adorned on houses we pass by at night...Of course, in our house our tree has been up since after Beaboo's birthday last October, thanks to our official Christmas decorator - Lola Cora! :) It has been a tradition to decorate our house and put up our tree right after Oct 5. since Lola has to go back home to Paranaque after that. So yes, it has been Christmas-y in our house really early. 

But yesterday, I was busy wrapping a few Christmas presents. And my little girl was busy on her own. Guess what my busy little bee's up to? 

Beaboo Anecdotes Revamped

Some of Beaboo's latest antics... sharing them with you before I forget them. :) 

*About Money:  

BEA: Mommy can you buy me a toy?

ME: but you have tons of toys already and besides we don't have money

BEA: But I have money!! look!! (she shows me her coins, about P20 of assorted coins)

ME: But sweetheart that's not enough. we need the paper money too.. we have to work really hard so we can have enough money to buy you toys 

Package from the USA (Worldwide Culture Swap Group 62)

Another package arrived for us from the USA.  

It was sent by the Robisons from Ohio, USA.

Saludos desde España (Worlwide Culture Swap Group 62)

Saludos desde España! Greetings from Spain! 

It was a wonderful surprise for Bea when she arrived from school last week...

The package from the Boned family of Spain has arrived!

Let's Cook: Thai Stir-Fry Chicken with Cashew Nuts

While hubby and I were in Thailand, this Thai Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts was one of our favorite dish. There was even a group of European tourists who order this same dish almost everyday! :)

Worldwide Culture Swap Group 62 - FROM KENTUCKY, USA

This was waiting for us at home today...

It was a package from Lexington, Kentucky, USA! 

The McConell's package has arrived! 

Bea was so excited seeing the items

Worldwide Culture Swap

The Worldwide Culture Swap is a project initiated by three French expat moms aimed at promoting different cultures around the world to children - starting with their own - to partner families/ children all around the world. Their tagline being "Bringing you the world, one package at a time" is a simple endeavor which centers on bringing families from different parts of the world closer to each other by introducing their own cultures to partner families  within a WCS group. 

For starters, and to those of you who are utterly curious ( I know I did :) so here are a few information from their website about this culture swap program: