A Post-Christmas (Pre-New Year) Post

Inspired by Maqui's post on wanting to start 2013 with fresh, new entries, allow me to cram and type away some of the stuff I've been meaning to blog about since last month.

First off.. something holidays-related.  If last year I said christmas wasn't felt as much as it used to (did I really say that?), this year beats that record.  The first days of December became so busy and has carried over until, well, today.  The sad part is that all (save one) of the get-togethers I expected never happened.  There are still two post-holiday "parties" lined up for January though.  Still, I miss family and friends!

Here are some of the photos I gathered from christmas week which summarizes how it was spent.  These were at the Santa's Village in Eton City.  Good marketing strategy here!

We spent 24th and 25th mostly at home (we were just tired to do anything else!), we just went out out of boredom.  Haha!

Two words to describe our christmas this year - TIRED and LAZY.  Babawi na lang kami next year.  Hehe.  But nevertheless, it's still filled with LOVE. :) Hope you all had a great one!

Holiday Greeting

From our family to yours,

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Wishlist

This year, I vowed to be a wise superwifey (and supermommy, of course) by not cramming for christmas presents. For years, that has been the case but this time around my planning skills will make sure it doesn't happen again. It should save me from all the last-minute stress of having to make my way to a long line at the cashier, of not getting what exactly I want because it's out of stock, of staying up late to wrap gifts, and of ending up going overbudget.

So far, I've already managed to buy stuff for some of our tita's, neighbors, and little dude's classmates and teachers. Not bad, right? Next week, I'll be hunting gifts for the younger ones. I'm so proud of myself for coming up with a list categorized by gender and age. Hihi.

Now, off to my subject. Here are some of the things I'd love to get (not necessarily as a gift but could be something I'd buy for myself) this christmas:

1. A 3-in-1 printer, photocopier, and scanner for my DIY projects. Thanks to Pinterest, I've got a ton of things I'd like to make at home. This is for the Martha in me. :)

2. New scent - this one I'll probably buy for myself at a discounted rate (wink!)p

3. Cardigans, coats, and cover-ups I can use with my office clothes (again, wink!)

4. A new bag. Just so.

5. Mommy planner for 2013 either from momme or mommymundo. I'd really want to efficiently juggle mommy life and career life so being organized is key.

7. Magic Sing - ok ok let me explain. I'm not a singer. But I'd love to be. Feeling ko kulang lang ako sa practice e. Hahaha! But seriously, I'm thinking it's a good and enjoyable (for me, that is) way to introduce singing to little dude.

How about you, what are your wishlists like? :)

Countdown to Christmas

Christmas is almost here again.  How time flies! 

I have tons of christmas traditions I'd like to finally start our family with.  I've been waiting until the little dude can actually participate in these activities.  I wonder if at 2 years and 11 months he could already grasp the concept of a family tradition?

Anyways, let me start my series (naks!) of christmas posts by reminscing about the little dude's first christmas.  Here are some photos of us during an impromptu mini-photoshoot at our company christmas party. 

 

I couldn't find a picture on the christmas day itself. :(  I remember having a video of Marcus opening his presents on christmas morning though.   I seriously need to organize our "memories filing system"!

 

Obviously, one of our traditions is to wear matchy-matchy outfits.  This year, I'm thinking of having a green theme.  Hmmmm... let's see.