Tuesday, July 27, 2010

P365-10.07.21:"elapot's farm on 07.21.10"

now, who's addicted to farm story?!... 'fess up! =)

this is a snap of elapot's farm taken on 07.21.10 (the time stamp of the picture is 07.27.10 though. somehow flickr was taking the date when it was uploaded trough the ipod touch flickr app)

as of today, this farm has a lil bit more animals and trees. i'm trying to get enough coins to expand to 15x15. this farm looks promising. i have a lot of plans for it ya know?! i just hope i get enough gems to buy a family house (why oh why did i ever use those gems to buy a dachsund?! tell me!)... any other tips out there on how i can get more gems?

Monday, July 26, 2010

P365-10.07.26:"tabouli salad night"

since we didn't have anything from the fridge but a few leftovers, i rummaged through our pantry to look for something to match these leftovers. and there it was... a box of wheat tabouli.

i just cooked it as per the box instructions, placed it in the fridge for 30mins, stirred in some diced tomatoes and cucumbers, drizzled some olive oil and lemon juice, seasoned with salt (the box includes a packet of seasoning and dried herbs already), and ta-dah!... refreshing tabouli salad

Sunday, July 25, 2010

P365-10.07.25:"imeldific"


P365-10.07.25:"imeldific", originally uploaded by dasims.

the lil girl has not 1, not 2, but 4 new pairs bought from fred myer today! ... she's becoming "imeldific" with her shoe collection... a shoe-a-holic in the making? hmmm... but hey, i got these from the clearance racks (summer shoes are on sale now!). clearance prices plus 40% off! (k fine, call that excuses, or k fine, just bite me!)

Saturday, July 24, 2010

P365-10.07.24:"ready...set...go!"


P365-10.07.24:"ready...set...go!", originally uploaded by dasims.

it's time for the brgy boise annual picnic once again!

... tons of food (as usual... and we had free half lechon! .. too bad i wasn't able to take pictures of all the food that we shared)... tons of chikahan, kwela... laughter and okrayan galore... fun fun games with great great prizes (kaya walang gustong manalo sa BINGO e, hahahaha)...

ang saya! ... til next summer!

** that's tito chris playing sack race with marcus and gino. the rest of the pictures and sack race videos are in this flickr album

Friday, July 23, 2010

P365-10.07.23:"meet and greet"


P365-10.07.23:"meet and greet", originally uploaded by dasims.

they're just saying hello to their new neighbor... the very shy striped gourami

Thursday, July 22, 2010

P365-10.07.22:"the lil girl's nightly routine"


P365-10.07.22:"nightly routine", originally uploaded by dasims.


shower/ clean-up...

dede while watching nick jr shows (while mommy/daddy prepares to bed as well)...

dede some more as mommy/daddy reads bedtime stories...
toothbrush...

night time prayers...

chit-chat with mommy/daddy/herself, sing songs, or dede some more (as per request) .... and all those activities she comes up with just to get away with sleeping...

mommy and/or daddy goes deadma... (so nauuna nang makatulog)...

meme na lil girl... FINALLY!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

P365-10.06.18:"no more pair"


P365-10.06.18:"no more pair", originally uploaded by dasims.

we lost the pair of her favorite slip ons at roaring springs... but she still insists on wearing it... =(

Saturday, July 17, 2010

P365-10.07.17:"the water curtain"


P365-10.07.17:"the water curtain", originally uploaded by dasims.

this very haawwwttt summer saturday saw us with the daguros at roaring springs! it's actually our first tme to go to that waterpark. we thought that at this age, and for someone who loves the pool, slides and playmates so much, joel would already appreciate water parks. but nah, we're wrong. at least it is not what i expected.

when we got there, she was hesitant to go down. so we were carrying her almost during the first half of our water park escapade. to top it all, she didn't like all those strong water fountains and showers hitting her face. and i think she also got a lil bit scared of all those people (and i tell yah, the park is almost full!) shouting , laughing, etc.

after lunch she was able to warm up though. and so after enjoying a few of those adult slides and floating by the endless river, we never left the kiddie area (that's why most of our pictures were taken within that area). we only even stayed at the wave pool for a bit since the lil girl only wanted to be nowhere else but the kiddie area. at least she's still able to go down that water slide with daddy... but nah, "no more slide", she said, after that (she took in a bit of water since it's all over her face when they were going down, heehee).

it was a fun fun, albeit hot (at 98F!), exhausting wet day! we'll definitely go there again! maybe next time we'd be able to experience the fun that the other adventurous slides offer.well, just maybe =)

the rest of the pictures and videos from our roaring springs escapade is here. (ps. not everything is visible publicly so just lemme know if you wanna see all of 'em)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

P365-10.07.14:"padjacks, the jersey"

we finally got our bike jerseys (proudly made in the philippines!) today... now that we have our jerseys, we probably should consider buying eac of us a road bike. hmmm, what do you think?

ang macho ng model ko ano? that's the husband! a-hem!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

P365-10.07.13:"the tank at night"


P365-10.07.13:"the tank at night", originally uploaded by dasims.

night shot, underexposed, with only the tank light on...

P365-10.07.12:"the free touch"


P365-10.07.12:"the free touch", originally uploaded by dasims.

the husband surprised me at 10pm with this nice gadget! yef, yef, the ipod touch from keybank is finally here! woohoo! it's 8G.. and it's F-R-E-E!!!

i downloaded free apps and only hit the sack at almost 4 in the morning. there are just too many free apps! ack!

so, yes, there's an app for that! there's an app for everything! ang saya!

(note: pic timestamp says it's already the 13th at past 1 in the morning... tagal kasi matulog ni bulinggit, nauna tuloy ako and i just woke up to tinker with this gadget)

Sunday, July 11, 2010

P365-10.07.11:"it's the mickey mouse clubhouse..."

when daddy helped her open the box of her new toy, she was ecstatic upon seeng what's inside... her mickey mouse clubhouse! ... "... come inside, it's fun inside.. it's the mickey mouse clubhouse"

Saturday, July 10, 2010

P365-10.07.10:"devonshire garage sale year 2"

we had the yearly community garage sale this saturday. and it was freakin' haaawwwt at 96F! wooh! some of our friends joined us in selling their used (and unused) items as well.

yep, it was a fun way to raise funds, but it's actually just an excuse to have a get-together which means chikahan, bbq-han and kainan!

we had more buyers last year than this year. nevertheless, we still earned about $80+ from our items. ang saya!

Thursday, July 08, 2010

P365-10.07.08:"meet the guppies"


P365-10.07.08:"meet the guppies", originally uploaded by dasims.

these are the lil girl's naughty and playful guppies. the fast-swimming "kulets"! kinukulit lang naman ang lahat ng kasambahay nila! LOL!

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

P365-10.07.07:"two by two"


P365-10.07.07:"two by two", originally uploaded by dasims.

the lil girl's aquarium now with live plants and another pair of the same 1st two species...

it's so cute when we placed the new fishies in the tank. each one really hastily swam towards their respective kind, and probably "said hi" and sort of "chatted" with them. well, they've been probably friends since they had been living in the same tank at petco for i dunno how long :)

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

P365-10.07.06:"the first two"


P365-10.07.06:"the first two", originally uploaded by dasims.

nel and i for the longest time, wanted to have an aquarium. but the thought of its maintenance and care is always on the way so the plan never solidified until now... just because my lil girl loooves animals!

whenever she sees dogs, cats, bunnies she'd really run towards them to pet them fearlessly. so it's always a treat whenever we're at a pet shop where she'd rather have all those hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets, birds out of their cage to play with them, if she only can.

she'd run towards tank after tank after tank to look at the colorful fishies swimming by. she'll tap on the tanks and say, "here, fishy, fishy!"

so when we found a 29-gallon tank on one of our garage sale escapades bought for just 20 bucks, we got it ready for the pet fishies of our lil girl.

while the lil girl loves feeding the fish, i'm very much satisfied with just merely looking at this tank. it's just so peaceful. it just leaves me in a state of trance that i can just stare at it for hours...

this album is where i'd keep all of our aquarium photos and videos ...

Saturday, July 03, 2010

P365-10.07.03:"freshly handpicked sweet cherries"

saturday saw us at tyler's rocky point orchard do do some cherry picking and picnic with friends.

the lil girl enjoyed just being surrounded with other kids, picking some cherries (and it's just so nice that she can reach quite a number of branches with really ripe fruits) and eating them along the way (including the seeds, hay).

as soon as everyone's done with their own picking and paying for them for just $1.05/lb, we got our blankets, chairs and food out and ready for a cool picnic under the shades of the cherry trees. as usual, food's just overflowing! it's a fun and relaxing picnic, sira lang ulet ang diet =)

it's really good that the lil girl loves cherries the way we do coz we'll be having them for dessert during most of our meals until we get all of those 8 lbs of cherries wiped out!

more of our cherry picking pictures and videos here most of our pics and vids are private by the way so just lemme know if you wanna view everything, k?)

Friday, July 02, 2010

P365-10.07.02:"smiley steps"


P365-10.07.02:"smiley steps", originally uploaded by dasims.

wouldn't it be wonderful if you were being led by these smiley stickies towards where you're going? thank my daughter for sticking all of em everywhere in our home...

Thursday, July 01, 2010

P365-10.07.01:"missed by the birds,teehee"

these are my last two cherries... they can really grow big and get really really red ripe if the bird misses to eat them.. nice! now, you stay away from them darn birds!