2013

I made a lot of feeble attempts to write everyday for this blog but as you can see, to no avail. My LOs have been sleeping through the night after three days of sleep training. Indeed, I can say, It was one of the best parenting decisions I made. 

I have a lot of things to write about. They are all under "drafts". Now that I gained my life back after 7pm, I still dont have the energy to squeeze whatever brain juices left from a day's momma work. Sophia and Emma are so active eager beaver now that they will not let you rest nor sit down. The fun part is here and so is the tiring part. Guess my body aged so much in a span of a 11 months that working playing with babies is such  a labour-intensive exercise already.

What better way to usher the year than to write about it. It's 30 past 12, we just rung in the new year here in central time zone. I rung in the new year in my pjs munching on dried out french fries and a litre of coke. I had crab cakes, calamaris and nachos but nothing sort of fancy like what is expected of a Media Noche in the Philippines. We would've gone to a new year's eve party but the kids are not alright and teething is the culprit. I feel so helpless whenever they cough/sniffles. I just hope this is just part of the teething phase and nothing serious.

I am excited and anxious for this year. After a year of staying at home, I will be back to work in a month's time. It's just a MAJOR adjustment, what with daycare, winter, babies. It's too much to take in so I am bracing myself. I can't help but be anxious, I worry for my babies. They will have a hard time too being hauled early morning in below freezing temperature and stay with other kids. I know I know. But this is our life now. There's no nanny or grandnanny who would do the babysitting duties. We have to make do with what we got and I am still lucky enough to have found a daycare just minutes away from our place. More than anything else, it's the weather that sucks. It's hard enough to wake up early in the morning let alone a chilly cold seeping through your bones. que sera sera. Just have the positive attitude that things will work out good.

In two weeks time, we will start our trial run at the daycare..... Which means, I have to get my ass off in the morning with the kids for two weeks till they get used to their new "environment". Two weeks. Maan. this is it. But having survived childbirth... this is nothing. HA!

2013 means going home too. We need to while the babies are still free. My passport will expire in January 2014 so I need to go home mid 2013 so I dont have to go to Ottawa just to have it renewed.

OTT-- I just dont get it Philippines. Manitoba has the highest number of Filipinos in the entire Canada. Heck, Tagalog is even the second spoken language here. Why can't we have our own consulate??? 

So 2013, let's turn around this anxiety into excitement. I dont do new year's resolutions anymore. I rephrased it to aims and goals.( which is technically the same thing hahaha).

1. to be less indulgent. underindulgence?
2. to be frugal. (see number 1)
3. to worry less, pray more.
4. to be a couponer. ( see number 2. lol)
5. to learn BAKING. 

We ran around town

I run around town, around round the round
With the pedal to the met, the pedal to whatever
I run around round, around round the town
With the pedal to the met, the pedal to whatever

We love bike rides. It used to be our favourite pastime. I just got a new bike when I learned that I was pregnant last year. For the first few months, we still went biking despite the bump. Then winter came.

Kevin and I agreed that just because we have kids, doesnt mean we have to stop doing the things we used to do. We just have to make some 'adjustments'. Let the kids be a part of our lives...the life as we know it. Our universe revolves around Emma and Sophia... but we are slowly incorporating them in our own "universe" too. For now, there's just little you can do.

Thankfully, last summer they were old enough for strolling and bike rides. My neighbour Liza gave me her 'advanced' christening present--- she gave me a double bike trailer-- something I've never thought of buying. It was the best gift we got last summer, it made our bike rides with kids possible.

We were so excited to test it out.So one fine day, we took the kids for a ride. Mr. sun, sun Mr golden sun  was shining down on us. Couldn't have been so perfect a time. The kids were surprisingly good throughout the entire ride. It was a success. Looking forward to more bike rides next summer .