Showing posts with label Sam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sam. Show all posts

Monday, June 17, 2013

Welcome to my room ~~~ Saffron

Sometime last week we were supposed to have Mommy Smiley and her kids over. When I told Saffron about it he was excited and so is his yaya! hahaha. Yaya said to me..."Ate ayusin natin yung room" In our house nobody is allowed to move stuffs except me. Why????
1. Because I have good memory so I know all the stuffs.
2. I am the woman of the house.
3. I am good at this. hehehehe.

So we spent the day fixing Saffron's room. Now I will share it with all of you.

Upon entering you will be welcomed by this shelf, on the side of the shelf is another play pen 
(back of coke can) this play pen we use when we go out of town.
 it's super compact and his basket ball ring. 

Mats from Baby and company

This baby use to be besides the shelf, now it stays outside of the room. Too big. =) 


Shelf on the right was previously owned by my husband. =) This shelf serves as storage for toys. 

His study table we got from S and R

Easy access to coloring materials (please do not leave your kids unattended, when using colors)

Wooden toys are more welcome in our house. =) The clock was from Jon when he was still a kid. Another heirloom piece. The other wooden toy was a gift from his Godmother Ivy. 

We got this 2 foldable storage from SM. Black storage store pillows and the Iron Man storage bin from Toy Kingdom stores bedsheets. 


The three tier storage bins are from Baby and Company. Stores more of the little trinkets like bowling pins, small balls, cooking stuffs (yes we have cooking stuffs), animals, cars etc. 

The cooking stuffs and other stuffs.


We own this Uratex memory foam bed topper that we don't use anymore. 
We folded it down to its 1/4 size and wrap it with 
Spiderman blanket as lounging chair that Sam and his baba
 uses when they read a book. 

On nap time we unfold it in half and cover with a different bedding. Converting it as his day bed. 

Day bed with his pillow and favorite blankie. 

Saffron has a 3 in 1 wooden crib which is inside our room. We decided not to put it in his room since it would take too much space and since we also co-sleep. =) Sometimes Kuya Tristan (my nephew) uses it when he sleep with us. 

his bookshelf/toy shelf: This piece was from me. This use to be my book shelf. 
Pardon the laundry basket. hehehe! foldable laundry basket from IKEA 

Closer look at the shelf:
George showing some love with his Sam's photo. 
His 1st business attire photo taken by Stanley Ong during our Ankong Val's Dbay


VCD, CD and Cassette tapes. Those cassette tapes still works all from his baba. 

The Gang: Sponge bob his current fave, 
Shrek (handme down from kuya Carlos), 
Elmo (handme down from Tristan)
Mcqueen was his 1st stuffed toy purchase at rustans
Cookie monster his 1st purchase from Toy kingdom
Scout gift for the Villamiel's =)  

Framed photos: the on the brown frame thats Jon's baby picture. =) Carbon copy. 

This is by far the most expensive purchase we got for Saffron. Much expensive than his crib. hehehe. 
Top part is really a changing table, but we decided not to use it as changing table for safety reasons. =)



Top counter were we store diapers, vitamins, cottons, etc... 

So maybe your wondering how can we fit all his stuffs inside those drawers? Here's how...

This is how we fold his clothes. We fold it down to its smallest size as it can be. 

Insert shirt with its pair. why? So it's easier to get. It always comes in pairs.

to avoid discoloration of pairs. 


We always use the pairs. If the shirt was washed we wash the shorts too.  

And then we store them vertically to save space, easy access and easy checking. =) 

2nd row of drawer holds his Lampin,  socks and clothe diapers

Storage bins from Uratex, Study table turned shoe storage from his baba. 

Storage bins stores different types of hand puppets. 

Welcome to his comfort room: 
Bath area. I encourage you to install hand rails. Since Sam is bigger and he can not fit inside his tummy tub we bought him his new tub. We are now using okbaby tub available in Mother care. 


His sink with a free rubber duckie from Lactacyd 

Bath soaps: We use Cetaphil Restoraderm since he has sensitive skin. 
Kuya Tristan uses Breck kids and J&J

Mushroom and the boy bastos from baguio. =) we have to put some little trinkets to make it fun for him 

His chinesse. hehehe 

Tita Michelle De Guzman gifted us this very useful potty trainer. =) Available in Babyland 

We also use this as his ladder for brushing his teeth or washing his hand. 

Towels (and it has to be blue???) 

This is how his room looks like when it's still clean. hehehe! 

After fixing the room, the next day I was down with fever. 38.5 fever. I often joke my friends that I can only walk maximum 200 steps, over that I will get sick...So my husband said...next time don't fix the room. hahaha! So I was down with fever and called Smiley that I have to cancel our meeting since I don't want her kids to get sick. Today...yaya said... "Ate, hinde na dumating yung bisita natin ha. Sayang naman ayos natin ng room ni Sam" hahaha! To Smiley...I hope you can visit us soon. =) 


I hope somehow you learned something from us =) 


~~Mommy Raquel 










































Thursday, May 23, 2013

What we are reading now: What Your Nose Shows by Ray Comforts

The other day me and the kids where talking about bookstores and libraries. How I am fascinated with cook books, drawing books (my frustration), anything vintage, books about Audrey Hepburn and anything about jewelries. 

Last Wednesday I asked Jon to bring us to Megamall so I can bring the kids to National bookstore. when we got to National it was too crowded. We then went to the book sale. It's the nearest book store that is not packed. Then we found this book. 
The book is about our nose, it's use and funny illustration on why we have it. It's suitable for Sam since his learning more about the parts of his face. But really....
The real reason why I bought this book is because of it's "SMELL-I-VISION" feature. 
It was my first time to actually see a book with feature (of course I have seen those US magazine with free perfume samples), but not in a children's book. 
We got curious when we saw this and it was just sold for 65.00. So we bought it. 

When we got home we were all excited to check out the "smell-I-vision" feature. 
Most of the pages have this hidden nose symbol, which you will scratch lightly and smell. 

Sam excited to test the smell-I-vision. 


This one really smells like a baby powder. We were super happy that it was at the powder and not on the diaper. Hahaha! 

This one smells like a leather. Sam was not to happy with the smell. Hahaha

This one smells like the sea. Pretty cool! 


While this smells like lavender. So relaxing. 

After the book sale trip. Kuya remembered how we use to walk from West Ave to National bookstore In Quezon Ave with my nephew Carlos and my niece Ysabel. It was our bonding time when they come to visit me. We would walk inside West Triangle, passed by the presidents house at Times st. And then go to the church and say our prayers. Head to the park to play. Then off we go to the bookstore where I would give them 100.00 pesos to buy whatever they want to buy. Sometimes food, sometimes books or stickers. It was a fun day for us. we get to discover things like insects, weird plants or sometimes new food at the grocery. It was extra fun for me cause I would laugh when they start to say weird things. It was hilarious. I wish Sam and I could do that someday too. 

Oh we'll it's never too late. =) 

Happy reading guys! 

~Mommy Raquel




Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Fun Kid Idea: Crate Storage Pool

My son Saffron is not scared of chest high waters. I think it has something to do with him enjoying his bath using his tummy tub. When your using this kind of tub water goes as high up to his chest. Now that its summer and is too hot we found a new way to bond. We now have swimming time. Which he looks forward to everyday.


Bath time ritual: tummy tub and playing

Saffron in his triathlete outfit in subic! He loves the beach and pool more than the shower. 
Early swimming at our condo pool with his floater. He doesn't want us to hold him. Brave! 

The other day while baking a whole bunch of orders for mommies and catering. My nephew Tristan and Sam came down from the room and said they are super bored. I told them to just go out  and just play ball while waiting for me. After awhile I needed to go the grocery to get some ingredients. I saw some inflatable pool for sale. Bought one for the kids. 

The two playmates having a blast. It was also Sam's 1st time to swim wearing just shorts. 
At first he doesn't want to... But then gave in. 

The pool comes with free floater and a ball! Not bad! Cost about 600.00 at sm hypermarket you can ask them to inflate it for you too. Free! 

Now this two looks forward to swimming days. Today... They wanted to swim but the condo pool is one condo away and it's too hot to walk outside. We decided to swim here in our veranda. Next problem is...we don't have a pool to use.... And I don't want to burst Sam's bubble. So we just used storage crates. Hahaha. 

***Please do not leave your child/children unattended. While I was capturing photos our yaya was with us watching over the kids. 

Filing water. 
Look at that smile? Can you burst that by saying they can't swim? 

Next photo will show you how pilyo my son is. Sorry Kuya! 

While Kuya was relaxing and imagining his in subic...

Sam was busy playing with his toys. 

Filled his cup. Stood up...


And pour the water to his Kuya! 

Hahahaha! Kuya was caught of guard. 

Sam laughed seeing his kuya's reaction. 

And then Sam said... Not me! Hahahaha. 

Happy summer everyone! 

Mommy Raquel