Your first Trick-or-Treating

The other day, Daddy bought you a Scream costume, complete with black robe, the mask and a huge palakol. You were excited at first, but cried when we were fitting it on you. You never tried the mask and robe on. But you hugged it for 2 days. 
Yesterday, we made you a makeshift pirate costume with my clothes, an eyepatch and a groovy belt. You marched all around the house saying ARRRR! to everyone and announcing that you're a pirate :) You were such a cutie-pie.

You and daddy left at around 1pm to San Roque today. You had no clue what was going to happen, but you kissed everyone excitedly as you said goodbye. 
Daddy said when you reached Marikina, you still didn't want to wear the Scream costume. Tita Gege didn't like the makeshift pirate costume, so she made you a White Lady costume on the spot. And since you love dressing up complete with make-up, you didn't complain. 

When you were done, you were so groggy that the makeup looked creepy with your sleepy eyes. (Here you were with Kuya Vlad.) Several minutes after, you asked for milk and slept. Daddy was so relieved that you took your nap because every time you skip naps, your sleeping time gets all crazy..and we all end up sleeping in the morning, and awake at night.

When you woke up, you had the energy to go trick-or-treating. Ate aira, kuya Vlad and you had a quick photoshoot. And even if Vlad wore the Scream costume, you still didn't like it. Check out your face here:

After warming up, you were ready to join the trick-or-treating parade. For a soon-to-be-3, three streets of asking for candy is a long long way. Here you are working like a donya for your candies. hehehe

At the end of the parade, all the kids lined up so the judges could check out your costumes and award someone with the best costume. Daddy thought you won't walk the runway hehe but you proved him wrong. :)  

Kuya Vlad won the Best Costume for boys. :P You took home a bucket-full of candies. You were very very happy to show it off to mama, even if you don't have a sweet tooth. Mama said that you went gaga for these candies when you went home, counting your "harvest" throughout the night. 


*p.s. We haven't been separated for more than 10 hours in the last 2 1/2 years, but I attended an overnight high school reunion this day. I couldn't wait to go home and check out all your pictures. It was also the first time I experienced separation anxiety, I missed you so badly. 

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Ayun pala yun! :)

Dear Tadhana...

Today, Daddy and I discovered where you found the phrase you've been happily mumbling about the whole week. You were watching a Spongebob marathon on DVD when we heard Squidward blurt out a sarcastic comment to Spongebob and Patrick, saying:

"Squidward: Really? Jellyfishing with you guys? Oh, that would be the best day ever in my book. I would love to go jellyfishing! I can’t think of anything I’d like to do more on my day off than go jellyfishing with my two best friends: SpongeBob and...uhh..."

It's from the episode "Jellyfishing" (season 1, episode 3a)

For the last two weeks, daddy would act sad, crying "Daddy's sad" then you'd tell him this line.

Well....*turo sa cheeks kunwari nagiisip"

You know what, daddy? *turo kay daddy*

It's the best day everrrr in my boat!

I loooveee jellyfish! *with emphasis sa love*

That really made daddy smile. You were such a Spongebob fanatic. :)

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The middle finger

Dear Tadhana...

This week, daddy's been worried about your middle finger. You kept posing it up in the air, then calling him to look at your finger. He says it was intentional, and thought Tatay or someone else might see it. We'd be dead if they believe we taught you how to do that, you know? :P

But as the week progressed, I kept telling Daddy that you're just experimenting on how your fingers work. You can now control each little finger into anything you want done. By the end of the week, you were already able to say Rock On! *with two hands doing this sign: \m/* It was the cutest thing ever - especially with your rock on face.

That same week, you were also able to put both pinkies up in the air, mimicking Spongebob on the episode "Tea at the Treedome." On this episode, he visited Sandy on her air-filled Tree dome, but got surprised that there was no water there. When he asked for Patrick's help, Patrick told him: "If you want to be fancy, hold your pinky finger high above him." - and so Spongebob did. AND SO DID YOU :)

Daddy wasn't worried anymore. :) You were just growing up right before our eyes.

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Ayudame!

Dear Tadhana...

You loved watching Dora. You were also such a drama queen. When you needed help doing the smallest things, such as opening the door, wearing one of your slippers, or hiding from daddy...you'd scream "Help meeee!"

Funny thing about your plea for help is that you always say "Ayudame! Ayudame!" after screaming "Help me!" I asked daddy what that meant, and he said it was from Dora and Diego. Apparently, you were speaking Spanish now. hahaha. It's spanish for "help me."

We didn't teach you that my dear. You picked that up yourself. :)

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