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Areté

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It was Pablo Picasso who said, "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." By dust, I would like to believe he meant the troubles and concerns brought on by daily responsibilities -- to step out of the monotony and allow ourselves to be inspired. It makes a lot of sense to me. That's why, along with mani-pedis and full body massages, I've considered art museum visits a self-care activity. And on my birthday a couple of weeks back, as a treat, I declared a "family art museum day" and visited the new creative hub of Ateneo University. It is called Areté, which, in Read More

2018, Let’s Go!

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I always find it difficult to write a year-end post because I never know how and where to begin. But I'm giving it a shot this time and even made a linoprint for the occassion. There's just too much to be thankful for and celebrate. Our party of five had a pretty good year with just the right amount of bad to make it exciting. We took a lot of "field trips," learned a little more about how the world works, learned to sing new songs, took a lot of pictures, met a lot of good people and admirable artists, travelled and made art together. We've also had to go through losing possessions Read More

Emma’s Amazing Fifth

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We didn't throw Emma a party this year but when we asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday, she said she'd like to "go to the woods" and see her cousins at the beach. By the woods, she really meant Baguio, and the beach where her cousins live is at San Juan, La Union. The last time we went up north was three months ago so it was just about time we visited again. We spent a day in Baguio and instead of staying there for the night, headed down to LU where we stayed for three more days. The trip turned out to be really great! The weather was perfect. We got to catch up with friends. Read More

Magic And Meaning

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A week into Advent and we've been busy! In keeping with our family traditions, the girls and I made an Advent Calendar to help make our countdown to Christmas memorable and meaningful. We set aside an afternoon at Kendo to work on it together. I must say, this year's may be my favorite one so far! Just like what we always do, we made use of stuff we already had at home: an empty cardboard box, assorted board paper, markers, washi tapes, ribbon and crepe paper. I took care of creating the little compartments inside the cardboard box (which turned out to be a lot trickier than I had imagined!) Read More

All Good Kids

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Last Friday night in Cubao Expo, Nobody Clothing launched their collaboration with our daughters, Summer & Emma. It was part of their collection titled "All Good Things" and its ultimate message is the appreciation of "the simple and rare occasions that make a marked difference in our lives: The end of a long journey, perfect opportunities, shared victory, a beautiful day, seeing shooting stars..." The idea to involve the girls came out of this desire to just do something purely fun and different. It was not intentional, but a clear contrast came out of the girls' drawings, Read More

Five Things We Learned Traveling With Kids

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Last week, we went on a five-day family vacation to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. It was our first time to travel with the kids and also their first plane ride! KK was an easy choice. Kayo has always wanted to go and I've read a lot about it being a kid-friendly city. Luckily, we chanced upon inexpensive plane fares making it affordable to bring everyone along, so off we went! This trip was wonderful in so many ways and though we had our fair share of stressful moments, I can say we all handled things quite well, kids included. Let me just share some of the important things I learned bringing my Read More

Cubao Hex, Po!

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Halloween was crazy fun at Cubao Expo last October 26! And it was our first time, as a family, to join in the shenanigans. For me, here are the highlights of this year's Halloween festivities: SUPERHEROES IN UNDER 600 PESOS The kids wanted to be comic book characters for Halloween but I refuse to buy them costumes in the store because, let's face it, they are pretty expensive and I am 100% sure they will feel very uncomfortable in them. They won't last and will want to take them off. So I decided to put together their outfits myself! Thanks to Market Market! bazaar where I found very Read More

Summer & Emma Get On The Sticker Business

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My girls and I love stickers! I keep my own stash but I also have a bunch which I let them use when we're scrapbooking together or making greeting cards for friends. We also share a fondness for sticker-bombing our stuff, like bags, boxes and notebooks! They can't stick stickers all over our house but they can inside their closet door, so that's been sticker-bombed too! And because we love stickers so much, we did a little collaboration recently and created sticker sets using their own designs! First, I made them draw on paper. They could draw anything they liked as long as it was big Read More

Rainbows and Unicorns, Jo Turns Three!

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Jo, my youngest, is a very willful, vibrant and fun-loving girl. Her stubborness drives me crazy, but her humor and silly antics, which she often uses to supress my anger, is simply irresistable. Unfortunately, she really knows how to play me and many others who have fallen under her magic spell. Oh my Jo. How do you have so much character at such a young age? Jo turned three last week and to celebrate, we threw her a party that very much reflects her unique personality — a Rainbow and Unicorn birthday bash! We held it at our happy place, Kendo Creative, in the company of family and close Read More