Christmas greetings!

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Kids, don't forget that, more than the gifts, the food and the festivities, the true essence of Christmas is in the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. He has humbled Himself to be with us and save us from our sins.

I pray that every Christmas, you are reminded that "no one is too rich that he cannot receive and no one is too poor that he cannot give". May you be grateful for all the blessings showered upon you, and in turn be a blessing to others. Finally, may this season be always a time to celebrate with family. Do not forget your aged parents who love you and who will always be here to support you.

I love you kids! :)



Read about our Christmases past here.

Our Christmas Break 2014 - Day 2

Thoughts for today.

-oh em gee we slept in late! Woke up at 10am. No time for morning walk now.

- active play within the yard then vitamins time.

- bathe all kids! Mantra is Ligo. Kain. Sleep. I think I did a good, organized job with the kids there.

- everyone is sleeping now. Time to cook spaghetti sauce as promised to Kuya.

- Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2!!

- kids are awake already so I have to stop watching now. Everybody prepare for church!

- dad is a bit grumpy today. Did we do anything to anger him? If he will get mad everytime we go to church, might as well not go anymore. Err.. no, that's a bad idea. All the more that we should go and hear mass.

- maybe one day, I'll keep walking away and won't turn back.

- dinner time! Everybody sleep after this!

- finally some me-time. I think i'll finish my movie now. I have the book beside me so I can reference to while watching the movie version.

My simple joys.

That day just breezed by! We have such a crazy crazy family and I love it just the same :)

A very manly Christmas

A few days ago, I chanced upon DIY gift tags that Jolina Magdangal used for their family's Christmas gifts this year.

Pinterest-worthy :)

I thought it was a really good idea, but didn't actually plan for it this year. One night, when I was wrapping a gift for lola, I decided to just wing it. Unfortunately, I don't have colored stamp pads so black ink will have to do. We put in Kuya's thumbmark at the middle, Iya's on the right and Miko's on the left.

This is how it turned out...

Uhm... they look like little uhmm.. what do you think?

Here's a closer view.

I may just be green-minded but that looks phallic to me

Needless to say, we'll just use these tags within the immediate family okay?

And note to self: buy colored stamp pads. Or think of better designs.

You may also want to read about the 2nd day of our Christmas break