Review: Lactation Cookies by Crumbs & Grubs

It was more than a month ago when I received a package from the owner of Crumbs and Grubs, mommy Jeanne Marfal. No, I'm not feeding my 4-year-old Little Bebeng through my breast, but I just wanted to try their products & she sent me the cookies. I might not get the best of the other products (brownies & other breads from its sister company) if it will be shipped to me so she advised me to meet her instead. We have already scheduled a meet-up but we both got busy with some personal things that it ended up her shipping a pack of cookies to me. That was a little after I had my dramatic ectopic pregnancy. 

The Teleserye Princess in her Pink World

Today, I was the one who went with Sophia to school & not Ate Maritess. We got an invite yesterday from one of her classmates who celebrated his birthday today in school. Happy 5th birthday, Kyle! So I needed to buy a gift that's why I let some Marikina sunshine touched my skin. The invite that we got was a Spiderman card. Hmm. So Spiderman ang ireregalo ko. I went to a nearby gift store after I made sure my LB's in the safety of her classroom. I looked for a Spiderman toy & saw lots of it. Bumili ako agad-agad. Dinagdagan ko ng marker pens & Spiderman drawing book. Voila! All below Php100. Kasama na ang paper bag. Hihi. Wais na misis. Hello, petsa de peligro. 

This is what she wore yesterday. She wore it the whoooooole day.PINK is my fev-rit, Nanay! ♥ 

When I got back to school, I tapped their glass door to ask for Sophia, who was in the middle of an argument with her Teacher Pau. It looked like she was in her maldita streak again. She went out to get her gift for Kyle. I saw a trace of tear in her left eye. I asked her why she cried. She said she wanted the PINK marker pen. Pinapagawa pala sila ng birthday card for the birthday boy. She said she can't find the PINK marker pen. Howmaygoolay. Bad influence na ba ako sa anak ko? Na hindi siya gagawa ng card kung hindi PINK ang marker pen? Kaloka. Yun lang iniiyakan na? Pag-aartistahin ko na talaga yata 'to. :p

Do Crabs Bite?

When Sophia started to learn to sing nursery rhymes & children's songs, it never occurred to me to teach her  the usual pinoy ones. Kasi nga pa-soshal ako. Gusto ko tunog nag-aaral siya sa international school. Kaya mga "Littah Petah Rwabbit" ang bet kong i-demo sa kanya. Pak! But now that she's a preschooler, araw-araw iba-iba! Medley pa! I was a momma-in-kilig when I first heard her sing Bahay Kubo. Her version sounded like that of a foreign kid attempting on her Tagalog --- "labanos, mustasas". Plural ang mustasa niya. 

One day she came home after school (tulad kanina), and she was humming this famous Tagalog nursery rhyme:

Tong tong tong tong pakitongkitong

Alimango sa dagat

Malaki at masarap

Mahirap hulihin

Sapagkat nangangagat

(repeat until insanity gives up on you)

I know this song; I used to sing this, too. But I suddenly realized something was wrong when LB asked me what "nangangagat" means. I said it's bite. Yun naman talaga translation niya di ba? Then Rhambo asked, "may ipin ba ang crab, wala naman di ba?" Good thing LB didn't mind us as we continue to converse about the song. I even thought too much of the English term of naninipit, which the crab really does & not biting. Hay naku, ka-stress pa naman mag-explain sa inquisitive preschooler. I deserve an apology from this song's writer. Chos.

Rayala Dialogues: Sophia's 2nd Name is Frank

Nakaantabay si Tatay sa kung anong hihingin na tulong ni Frank

Part two of our provincial tour is almost over, but things hadn't changed --- the Bebengs are still in front of the pc. We were done with kite-flying and we went to a nearby beach yesterday. There's nothing to do anymore. So eto, nganga sa laptop with anything we can make kalkal. Ako, busy with my "social" life. Si LB, sa kung anong laro meron ang laptop ng pudra niya. Ayun, she found Plants vs. Zombies and she played it. Ayun at humingi ng tulong ni Super Rhambo, kasi hindi na niya alam gagawin. They were doing okay as a father & daughter in PVZ-training until I heard my theatrical character actress of a daughter said:

"Akin na, you're bully!" 

Rayala Dialogues: Sophia Daldalita

Sapagkat ako'y mapaghandang ina, nilinis ko kagabi ang aming mga mapuputik na tsinelas para sa maghapong pagtambay namin dito sa dagat. Habang pinagkaka-busyhan ko itong gawin sa CR ng kwarto ni Rhambo sa kampo, eto ang naging eksena:

Bebeng: Ang putek! Hirap kasi walang sabon.
LB: (sa kama, nakikipaglandian sa pudra niya) Nanay, what's sabon?
B: Soap po.
LB: You calling me, Nanay?
B: 'Nak, soap. Not Sophia!
Rhambo: Ahahaha!

Ang kuliiiiiit.

Sophia's Kite

I never remembered flying a kite when I was a child. MIL told me R did when they were in Bicol. I asked him about it but he said it was not the real tugatog ng paglipad moment. It was more of "run, little R, run" than the kite flying with colors. So when we scheduled this provincial tour, I made a mental note that my sweet girl should fly a kite. I want her to experience those little things that can really make a great impact to her childhood. As much as I want to shield her from the harmful UV rays of haring araw, it would cause such trouble to explain to her the importance of sunblock. Buti na lang kikay siya - she personally asked for her pink shades and has automatically looked for where there is a shaded area. Thank heavens the weather cooperated. It was definitely a perfect day for flying a kite!

My husband is not the jack-of-all-trades kind of guy, neither a handy daddy. Never siyang nagpasikat sa akin na lalaki siya. Hindi siya nagsisibak ng kahoy, nag-iigib ng tubig, hindi niya sinungkit ang buwan at bituin para sa akin at lalong hindi siya nangongolekta ng kotse, motorsiklo or rubber shoes para mapatunayang lalaki siya. Kaya hindi na ako nagtaka na hindi siya marunong gumawa ng saranggola.

But because he's currently the father of around 200+ military men, he asked his troops to make his princess a kite. And the troops did. They even made one for themselves. Nakakatuwa! 

Rayala Dialogues: Mr. & Mrs.

Rhambo & I are basically like any other couple who has heated arguments about anything, which can sometimes lead to a BIG fight. But because we're sarcastic comedians, we can make fun of each other without really trying to make it sound too personal. Again, just like any happy married couple, we're best of friends. We're chikamates. He is my FAVORITE chismis partner. I love how our chismisan always goes, especially when he starts to pretend he's washing the clothes in the batis. Despite being the chismis pair that we are, we also have malalim na usapan; usually happens at night, right before going to bed. Well, only we're together. Kasi when I'm at home & he's here at his camp, he doesn't even text me "good night", borlog na talaga siya kaagad. So whenever we're together, ang daming naka-bangko na pagchichikahan. Maximizing time. Pamorningan talaga. As in umaabot ng 20 years from now ang topic. Pero usually, typically, ganito lang kami mag-usap.

(Habang nanonood ng TV. A Beautiful Affair ni JL & Bea.)

Rhambo: 100 years lang pala ang Coke.
Bebeng: Oo, bakit? Okay na yun.
R: (nag-iisip)
B: 1912 din kaya yun.
R: (nag-iisip)
B: Bat ganun, laging 1912 ang time setting. Yung Titanic, 1912 yun eh. 4 out of 6 ng nabasa kong libro, 1912 din kunwari nangyari.
R: Industrial revolution! (Sa tonong napaka-talino ng dating. Mala Kuya Kim.)
B: Ano ba yung industrial revolution?
R: Yung ano, parang ano. 'Di ba dati yung panahon ng lumang bato, tapos may bagong bato. Parang ganun.
B: Ah. Parang yung pusong bato? 

Of course, it didn't end there. We laughed about it for a minute or two. Benta daw. He even encouraged me to post it in my FB. Status-worthy daw. Hehe. But I thought, ay ang bongga kung iba-blog ko ito. Para well-documented talaga ang kashongahan ko. At para tuwing mamimiss ko siya kasi nasa malayo siya at "nagtatrabaho sa bundok" or sadyang nagsusuplado dahil nag-away kami, babalik-balikan ko ito. Hangswit ano? ♥

For those who don't know what Pusong Bato is. Google it. Clue: it's a song. :)