Happy Birthday to me!!!!

Sino po bang tao ang nagbobroadcast na birthday nya.... Itaas ko na kamay ko... Kasi 30 years old na ako... Happy happy birthday to me... :-) Thank you Lord for giving me life....

HELP - Tea Party Etiquette

Hi guys! Hope you can help me with this. Saan kaya ako makakahanap ng complete resource on how to do a proper tea party. Tagal ko na kasi humahanap sa internet, pero hindi sufficient. Then yung sa library naman, search ako, wala din, pero parang meron kaso lang yung book 2 years ng hindi sinosoli. Mas magaling siguro kayo magsearch sa akin, so patulong naman. And
if you could chance upon a book in a bookstore, na hindi naman mahal, if you could please inform me.

My kids and I have been trying to do tea parties every weekend but I think we haven't followed the right etiquette yet. Nakakatuwang gawin, kasi yung mga naresearch ko na tamang paghawak ng tea cup and how to drink it, sinusunod naman nila. And tea time is a good time for us to discuss anything under the sun, especially those topics concerning what they want to be when they grow up, what they want to improve in themselves, or what they wanted to tell mom or dad. This ritual I want to continue until they grow up...

So please help us... :-)

Mana kay Mommy, Mana kay Daddy

Eversince my son told me that his goodness comes from me :-) and his sillyness comes from his dad (nalamangan kita dito dad, hindi ko tinuruan si Ben ha...), I wanted to list all the looks and traits that my children got from me and my husband. So here it goes:

Benedict
From Mom:
His mouth and eyebrows
Smart
Good at reading
Matanong
Makulit
Super sweet (gives me a million kisses a day, ok exage ito:-))
Sensitive
Iyakin
Early Riser
From Dad:
Face (pinagbiyak na bunga)
Nose (wish it was from me)
Sillyness (according to Benedict)
Funny
Likes computer games
Laging gutom

Ann
From Mom:
Face? nothing from mom, really :-(
Fat Legs
Smart
Sweet (kisses me whenever she sees her brother kisses me)
Makulit
Pa-cute
Likes sweets

From Dad:
Ears
Nose (wish it was from me again)
Good at drawing
Lovely handwriting
Creative
Matagal Matulog

NO TV

Ever wondered a world without TV?

Gone were the days that we pacify our kids with watching tv, movies and playing computer just to make them stay put in one place at huwag manggulo. But now almost the whole day, no TV.

What do they do then? From school that is around 315pm when they get home, they eat, then eat and eat. No kidding... They probably eat rice 2-3 times, up until 7pm and have snacks as well. In between that time and before going to sleep at around 8pm, they do their homework, play with each other, read books, play with toys, draw a lot and ask me a lot of things as well.
It works, I think as of now. They only watch a little bit of TV on the weekends, that is if me or my husband turns it on without them even requesting it....

I hope this thing lasts.... :-)