WEEK 39: september 21 - 24

finally i am done cleaning all the rooms and the toilet and bathrooms. i will just clean the kitchen later since i still have to cook. we have guests coming over tomorrow. they are from canada, they are good friend of my brother. we met them during our visit in canada summer of 2008. you will know more about their visit in the coming posts.
meanwhile, here is the first part of my week....

september 24 -- my son started a new collection of books. it is called Geronimo Stilton. his first 2 books were gifts from our good friend Meg. when we were in the philippines (last summer) we discovered that it has a whole collection. we bought a couple of books that we brought back here to paris. each book is quite expensive so i explained to rafael that we have to buy them slowly. last night a friend from the philippines (who is in paris for business) brought rafael 2 more books (that i asked meg to buy) and Meg added 1 more book as a gift! rafael was really happy to have new books to read.oh meg, thank you also for the book you sent for isabelle and sofia!

september 23 -- can you see that small green truck on the sidewalk? they clean the streets and side streets of paris. they have small trucks to gather leaves, truck that sprays water to clean the streets and side streets, some that kinda scrubs/brooms other dirt and trash. i notice it is not easy to maintain the cleanliness of these streets. although trash bags are in every corner, people tend to loiter and throw trash anywhere, and let their dogs/cats just poo here and there. well, i guess we cannot really have a perfect city, but i admire the efforts of these people to make paris clean.

september 22 -- you can see sofia beside a container of toys. that container has been in storage for awhile now and i decided to bring it down for her to have something 'new' to play with. well, she got excited at first but still enjoyed watching her favorite show more.

september 21 -- my plants lasted this long (considering i'm not much of a 'planting' person)!! i am glad to see them still alive. but the past two weeks they haven't been flowering, but as you can see now, they have lots of buds!! i'm so excited so see them all in bloom in a couple of days...

LAYOUT: for pimp-my-page challenge at peppermint creative

i just want to share with you this layout i made for a challenge at peppermint creative! you can check out the gallery to see it too: YOU & ME i would like to thank everyone there who left me wonderful comments for this layout! you fill my heart...

WEEK 38: september 18-20

here's the rest of our week..

september 18 -- this package arrived!! a new jacket for nitz and a new pair of shoes for me. we ordered them online from vente-privee! this is a really great site but you can only buy if you are a member. a friend invited us here. all items sold there are discounted (up to 70% off!!!). you get email notification about what brand is on sale and for what period of time. if you are not in a rush of buying certain items, you can buy stuff there for a really really good price! if you are interested, you can leave me your email add here and i can invite you. i am not sure if they only deliver in france or the whole of europe... you can just check it out.

september 19 -- we were suppose to meet a friend (actually a friend of my friend's wife...) who was visiting paris. we agreed to meet in front of this store at the corner of champs elysees (cartier) between 7:30 to 8:00 pm. we waited til 8:20 but she didn't come. we had dinner at mc donald's nearby(still hoping she would text..). after dinner (and no call nor message from her) we decided to go home. when we got home, we received her message. she wasn't able to come because she was really tired from the whole day's tour. well... too bad we didn't get to meet her personally.

september 20 -- this is our friend haydee! she and her husband are our household leader. we meet up every sunday for our prayer meeting. we hosted the prayer meeting at home. haydee is 8 months pregnant, and still plays the guitar! she is due on october 14 and we are all excited for her new baby.

WEEK 38: september 14-17

sharing with you the first part of the week..

september 14 -- nitz was in dubai so i had to take the kids to school. me and the kids woke up really early because i din't want to get late. it was getting colder so i brought a blanket to cover sofia. i tried to cover her but she didn't want the blanket over her. when we got back home, she got runny nose...

september 15 -- sofia's farm!! it plays the tune 'old mc donald' and sofia loves singing with it (though of course i couldn't understand her lyrics!!hahaha) she would put the animals in and out the barn..

september 16-- nitz got back from dubai!! he was home by 8am and i was really happy to wake up and he was there..
he got us some stuff from dubai -- shirts for the kids, some chocolates, a perfume for me and a ref magnet for my collection!!

that night i heard from my kids room that isabelle was awake and coughing really bad. her cough was so dry and it seemed like she was having difficulty breathing! i rushed to their room and checked on her. i put my ear on her chest to listen, the air passing through sounded tight...(i don't really know how to describe it). but it seemed like her throat was tightening and the air hardly passes through. we called sos medecins (a 24-hour medical assistance). it was almost midnight but the doctor came right away. he gave her some medicine, he nebulized her and said she would be ok in a couple of hours. he advised us to let her inhale vapor to help her breath. im just glad my husband was there when it happened. thank GOD...

september 17 -- the last thing i ate before i went to bed!! my favorite yogurt... activa muesli! you ought to try it...

LAYOUT: week 37... september 7-13

these are my last weeks layouts!!
oh...and i wand to thank WEEDS & WILDFLOWER for the 5$ gift certificate!! i left a comment on their blog and they got my number in the raffle!
well, i hope you enjoy my layouts! tfl!

WEEK 37: september 10-13

here is the rest of the week...

september 13 - today is not a very good day. i miss nitz so much... anyway, good thing the kids kept me busy and chores are always there to kill time. the day almost passed without something special to take a picture of. then just after dinner and it was time for dessert, sofia got her ice cream and ran to our bedroom!! of course i ran after her!!! when i entered our room i saw her seriously eating her icecream...hahaha!


september 12 - 11am in the morning... nitz left for the airport. he has a 4-day meeting in dubai. me and the kids were looking out the window to say goodbye. after i took this photo, i carried sofia in my arms so she could see her papa. sofia started crying because she wanted to go with nitz.she cried harder when the taxi pulled away...


september 11 - i thought i would share a picture of our apartment! our building is at the corner of rue de l'amiral cloue and avenue de versailles. we are very near pont (bridge) mirabaeu and just a few meters away from the statue of liberty! we are on the first (or maybe for others it is the second...) floor! you can see the open windows just right above the 'interior' shop.


september 10 - i just love this picture of my kids brushing their teeth together!hahaha... im just happy i captured one good moment. there are times when sofia will be pushing rafael away to give her space, and grabbing isabelle's toothbrush because she wants her sister's. now doesn't this look good?!!

WEEK 37: september 7-9

september 9 -- let me start this post with what happened today.
it was a bit busy today because my kids were home the whole day. wednesdays they do not have school (that is the public school system in france, at least for primary school i think...). i didn't get to do a lot of chores, i just cleaned the living room. mid afternoon i went to the grocery store (with all the three kids!!). as soon as i got home i started cooking. since i haven't taken my picture for the day, i asked rafael to take a picture of me and sofia in the kitchen. i was making small dumplings for the soup for dinner when sofia climbed on the chair beside me and started 'helping' me!! it was really funny so i just let her 'help'a bit.. of course i had to re-do everything she made.

september 8 -- nothing really special about yesterday. i just want to share my dinner plate: 6 slices of carpaccio (at the bottom), green leaves, 2 slices of toasted bread topped with slices of goat cheese, with olive oil, lemon and pepper.

september 7-- monday lunch...pasta topped with tuna sauted in olive oil with tomatoes and olives. sofia just ate the noodels... hahaha

LAYOUT: week 36... august 31 - september 6

i had so much fun doing these layouts!! i hope you like them too...


thanks for looking!!

WEEK 36: august 31 - september 6

the past week has passed by smoothly. it is starting to get colder... and i'm not really liking it. anyway, school has started and so far so good! so here is the week that passed...

august 31 -- the kids in their room. i was surprised that the house was quite that morning. when i looked for them, i saw them quietly cuddled together in the bed watching tv!! i had to take a picture of that! that didn't really last long...soon after that they messed up the house..hahaha


september 1 -- joy (my dh colleague) was in paris and had dinner with us! it is always nice to have a friend over for dinner.


september 2 -- im very proud to tell you that my morning coffee was made by my son! it was a good coffee! thank you very much, rafael!!



september 3 -- first day of school!! if you notice i take lots of picture with this angle (i mean a picture of the street from our window..).

september 4 -- got back home from school. sofia wanted to open the door for us but apparently it was not easy to turn the key and open the door. it sure did take awhile before she gave up and finally let me open the door.


september 5 -- this is the apple slicer my old friend gave me. i just love it!!

6 september -- these are books from our very good friend, haydee and jhon!! it was really sweet of them to remember rafael, isabelle and sofia whether there is a special occassion or not. i cannot thank you enough...