August 19, 2011
"and i did it without even studying so hard mommy noh?"
Today i got my son's very first report card.. He is in Grade 1 already and this is the first time that I got a report card with actual grades on it. He goes to MMIS and for his pre-school years, grades on his report card were only letters (A+, VG, G, etc). MMIS doesn't believed in the honor roll so you won't really know how your child is doing as compared to others in his class. they say that its because they don't want to pressure the child, which i also tend to agree..
so anyway,when i arrived from work the other day, my son greeted by excitedly saying that
allen: mommy, mommy, i don't have school on friday.. yehey! yehey!' with dancing motions
me: and i go like'' 'why pangga?'
allen: its Parents Teachers Conference (PTC) mommy.. you have to be there or else teacher will get angry
well, with an edict, who could say no right?
now, this week has been a very hectic week.. i had to attend a 5 day labor seminar while sandwiched in between those days were 2 meetings and simultaneously a 2 day leader's summit was also scheduled which i also had to attend.. all in the same week.. the seminar, the meetings and the summit were in 3 different locations, so i had to travel back and forth .. and god! by the end of the week, i was so exhausted..
and i had to factor in the PTC also or else my son's gonna kill me.. so over the course of the week... i had to remind myself over and over again 'maila, PTC on friday, 1PM, MMIS'.. 'maila, PTC on friday, 1PM, MMIS'..
on wednesday night, just when we were about to sleep, i reminded myself again, 'maila, PTC on friday, 1PM, MMIS'.. 'maila, PTC on friday, MMIS'.. 'maila, PTC on friday, MMIS'.. when suddenly my son said:
allen: oh by the way mommy, i forgot to tell you
me: what pangga?
allen: teacher said i'm in the honor roll
me: (excited).. really pangga?
allen: yes mommy, teacher joy said the first honor is a boy..
me: (doubtful at once): what exactly did teacher joy said pangga?
allen: she said, that its a boy and his name starts with 'A'.. and then she also said it could either allen, aidan or brandon..
and allen, being allen, he promptly feel asleep after saying it.. so me, i was like.. starts with 'A' but it could be brandon? hmm.. something's not right at all...
amidst the busy day ( i went home late last night from the office), while we were again about to sleep, being the stage mother that i am, i asked allen:
me: so pangga, did teacher say who was number 1?
allen (matter of factly): its aidan mommy
me: oh.. did teacher say if you got any place?
allen: no she didn't.. will you still love me mommy even if i am not number 1?
me: of course pangga.. you will always be my number one love.. i will love you even if you're not number one
allen: but you'd love me more right if i'm number one?
me: of course not pangga.. i will love you no matter what..
allen: aww.. that's so nice mommy.. love you too.. (with matching hugs and kisses)
sidenote: when i heard allen say that, it made me realized that we should take care not to pressure our kids too much.. they might end up thinking that failure is not an option and would not be able to live with it...
anyway, this lunch, i rushed to MMIS to get his report card.. and true enough, teacher joy said that allen was an honor student.. allen was second place getting a GPA of 92.48.. to be first honor, you have to have a GPA of 93... that's only a difference of .52...
not too bad allen..in fact.. this is G R E A T !!!
when i got home, i excitedly told him about his card and told him he was honor student.. and allen, being the shy, humble kid that he is said: "and i got that mommy without even studying too hard noh?"
toink! that's allen.. that's my son.. :)
August 8, 2011
"allen's birthday on the 8th day of the 8th month"
My son officially turned eight at exactly 7:50 PM. We had a party in the house - and by party, I mean, just us here in the house plus a couple of titas, 1 tito and 1 cousin. We decorated the house all by ourselves and though the results might be amateurish, my son simply loved it..
We bought a simple birthday cake and decorated it ourselves.. as elena said, it looked good and looked like it was an underwater cake with spongebob, squipperd, sandy and patrik. we put in some candles that looked like weeds thus completing the underwater theme :)
I realized that as long as you do things together and you make it a labor of love, no matter how simple it might be or how cheap it is, my son wouldn't mind a bit and would just love it.
At the end of the evening, he said the sweetest thing to me - 'mommy, its the best birthday ever'...
Happy birthday allen! You make life worth living :) Love you very much...
