My Baby Loves to Read

This is another photo of Abrielle which was taken two days ago (June 24, 2014). By the way, her dad is  out for  one week due to a professional development conference. It is challenging to juggle between my motherly duties :-) as well as my teaching job for the summer camp which also commences this week. As expected, Monday was a bit rough. My routine begins with  having to drop my little girl to Kingdom Kids day care and pick her up in the afternoon at 2:00 P.M. Thankfully, I still have the energy to play with my little girl once we reach home. It is part of her routine. And for some reason, no matter how tired I am from work, all that fades away each time I see my little girl. Well, I'm so proud of my Abrielle (allow me to brag), because she is becoming more independent and she knows how to be entertained.

Abrielle likes to draw and sort objects. And she loves to do it with me. So, when it was time for me to prepare dinner, I left her in her play yard. After a few minutes, I came back surreptitiously to check on her for she was so quiet. To my amazement, Abrielle was seated on her soft chair and quietly skimming one of her books. She was pointing to words and pictures. I was so proud because I didn't have to tell her to get a book and read. She initiated to entertain herself while Mommy was cooking!

Exploring the Outdoors

Summer officially begins on the 21st of this month! This is going to be Abrielle's first summer where she will be doing a lot of exploring particularly the "great outdoors." Last summer, Abrielle was barely ten months when we had a road trip off to Chicago. I was so proud of my baby because she wasn't fussy during the trip. We made sure she got to stretch and relax at the assigned rest area for each town or city we went into. It was definitely a fun and memorable summer. This year, however, will be different. We didn't plan to go on a long road trip(unless hubby thinks otherwise). This will be an opportune time for us to bond with Abrielle and do some cool stuff within our backyard. Yes! She loves to walk and run. I try to be more responsible and careful with my health so I make it a point to do at least ten thousand steps twice a week or should I say "brisk walking." I just had to be more consistent with it though. So, here are some pictures of our trips around the yard. Abrielle enjoyed picking flowers and twigs. She likes to run around the yard. That in itself is her form of exercise and I could tell she was truly enjoying herself. I hope you guys enjoy the pictures and feel free to post some comments.

Outdoor Recreation

My little girl's exploring the outdoors! She loves running around in the yard. She likes picking flowers. She tries to imitate the cacophony of sounds emanating from birds, crickets and bugs. I am so amazed by how effortless it is to help her learn about her environment. She doesn't need to be encouraged because she naturally enjoys playing outside like most other toddlers do. 

Problem Solver

My daughter Abrielle has fascination with locking clips on her car seat's harness, on her high chair or any item that has a locking clip. She's very focused. It amazes me how simple things such as this one could make my baby engaged. On this video, she tries to hook and unhook the locking clips on her carrier. 

Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013 was Abrielle's second Christmas but I considered it more meaningful for her since she was able to participate in almost everything that we did to celebrate The birth of Christ! Abrielle took part in putting up the Christmas tree. She helped Mommy with hanging the ornaments! On Christmas Eve, Abrielle was dressed up like Little Santa as we attended a Christmas Party organized by the Fil-Am community in Roanoke Rapids! Abrielle did a great job because after the party, we headed to attend a midnight Mass at the Catholic Church. She was very behaved during the entire celebration. When we got back home, we did the family tradition of "Noche Buena" and we all thanked our Lord for this wonderful gift called family.

Q