Little Red Riding Hood

The "ber" months...
It is getting quite chilly outside...


Bundling up Kimi with her furry jacket to keep her warm from the outside cold. She looks so cute as I took her picture. This particular picture reminds me of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"... the younger version... hehe!

Pretty (even) in Blue...

THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS

Maurice Chevalier

Thank heaven for little girls

for little girls get bigger every day!

Thank heaven for little girls

they grow up in the most delightful way!

Those little eyes so helpless and appealing

one day will flash and send you crashin' thru the ceilin'

Thank heaven for little girls
thank heaven for them all,
no matter where no matter who
for without them, what would little boys do?

Thank heaven... thank heaven...
Thank heaven for little girls

Fall Season: Halloween

In Manila, Halloween is simply a minor event with just a few decorations till the next big event, which is Christmas...

Here in Canada, Halloween is a really BIG thing. Majority of the displays are hues of yellows and oranges as well as black... There are garden decors, vases, candlestick holders and even sculpture to decorate every aspect of your home with eerie items in time for trick and treating. Big Pumpkins, real and fake are out on the store front with various posters on various Halloween activities...

SCARY LIFE-SIZE DISPLAYS OF MONSTER CREATURE

Craft Stores are showcasing doll cakes with Halloween/ fall themes. Scrapbooks of fall leaves, scarecrows and witches are overflowing the display shelves. Baking courses which focuses on the Halloween theme like making gingerbread house for your Halloween centerpiece as well as monster or witch cupcakes to add to the scary decors which you can also eat.
SCARECROW ALERT

I am almost excited to see what Halloween here really is... On the other hand, I haven’t really prepared anything for Halloween yet. I haven’t even bought a costume up until now...

In her Shoes...

I get something out of them! When I feel bad I like to treat myself.

Clothes never look any good...

food just makes me fatter...

shoes always fit.

I was able to catch the movie "In her shoes" on our cable. The story was about two sisters who are as different as day and night. One responsible (Lawyer sister, Rose, who buys shoes as a way to make herself feel better but doesn't wear them) and the other sister, who couldn't even hold a job and just loves having a good time, Maggie (Cameron). When a fight between the siblings ended up with Maggie leaving the house, and finding solace with Ella (Shirley MacLaine, the grandmother she accidentally learned was still alive), she starts learning about responsibility.

I love the poem Cameron read to her sister during the wedding... it reminded me of my family who I misses so much...

i carry your heart with me

-ee cummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it(anywherei go you go,my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)
i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you


here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which growshigher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

Cooking Mania

Multitasking has taken a new meaning for me this week. Whereas multitasking last week would mean blogging and keeping an eye on Kimi. This week, I am in full-time mommy mode and multitasking is keeping an eye on kimi and cooking/ laundry/ feeding Kimi... (hehe!)

Although this week may be a lot firsts for me, I am glad that I am beginning to learn what living seperately would be like...

1st Congee Success: Chicken with Scallop Congee

I have no choice but to try my hand at making my baby's congee... Uh-oh!

Good thing that it was a success and she was happy eating them all up...

Everything within reach

This was my view from the kitchen... The highchair, playpen and intellitainer all side by side. Everything a baby will need to keep her happy...

1st Baking : Mini Pizza for Merienda

Dinner: Korean Beef

Spaghetti Filipino Style

For our dinner, a simple dish of Spag and pre-marinated korean beef.

Finally! Another day done! :)