Children would love to do these things nowadays....

I have a growing child aged below 7 years and I am sharing what my kid loves to do. I do not know if these things are common with the rest, maybe yes. Here are the things that my 5-year old girl likes doing:

1. Arts. She likes painting and sketching. She likes colors, more colors. I bought pastel colors,  crayons, colored pens and pencils, poster-making colors etc. I too have an app in my phone, Quick Memo, she likes it very much. She sketches flowers, figures and a house in it. 

2. Playing differently. Aside from games that children usually play, she loves going outdoors. Even at the height of the sun she does picking flowers and soil. My kid loves martial arts, she likes the arnis moves. Arnis is the Filipino martial arts.

3. Selfie and photography. Since we do not have a compact camera or an SLR camera, my kid uses only mobile phone with camera to take her own selfies and take photographs of things all over the house and outside the house. 

4. Western children shows. I was asking myself, are there Filipino children's concept of cartoons? Where are they now? We watch Sakuragi (Japanese), Dora the Explorer, Barbie movies and all about foreign-influenced stuff. 

5. Travel. I brought my family together with other relatives with several children to a day tour. My kid was the youngest among the children I brought along with. Some of my nephews and nieces did not join us for fear of motion sickness but my kid remained calm and enthusiastic throughout the day until we went home. She really loves to travel a lot. Her favorite mode of transportation is - airplane.

Of all these things, I love what my kid does. However, if I will be asked what I would like to introduce my kid to, I would like to add music. I loved music but music does not like me. I heard my kid singing Air Supply's "...understand...the one that you love...asking for another day.." I do not yet know for now what's next for her. I am keeping my fingers always crossed for my daughter's growing up.

Holidays of Homesickness

A home will always be home no matter how messy the place is.

Being a single mommy and being away from home during the most important holidays of the year is no less than the most heartbreaking moments in my life.

After six months of being away from my five-year old daughter, going home for a day is like sneaking for lost moments. I went home after six months, but only for a day. After a day, I had to leave home to work. I spent Christmas away from my parents and my daughter.

Now, I am in a dilemma that I might spend the New Year still away from home. I had two booked bus tickets already. The first one, I was not able to use, I gave it to a relative. I have another one, I do not know if I will be able to use it.

Nevertheless, when I went home for a day. I was so sad seeing my kid missed me so much. She had to guard me in my times of sleep even during the day when she is expected to take her nap too. She even had to take pictures of me while I was asleep.

This article may not be about homesickness entirely, but about my daughter who practices photography using my mobile phone. I am glad that the pictures in this post are among her shots.

That's Pope Francis! He is visiting the Philippines in January 2015.

Mama's happiness. I dream that I will be able to buy a new one for her.

Not a facade but ordinary windows.

Caught by the angle.

Worn-out waiting to be worn again.

Living in greens.

The feet that touch the ground always.

A Polio-Free World

Source: +United Nations 

Polio eradication has prevented over 11 million childhood disabilities and deaths worldwide. Thanks to a 26-year effort, a generation of children has grown up free of the fear of polio.

Every child deserves to live in a polio-free world.

October 24 is World Polio Day.

Source: United Nations +United Nations 

Artistic June

Jar or  pot?

June is filled with arts for my kid. It is the start of classes again. She is excited to be back to daycare. She likes getting groomed everyday and then study.

Few days before going back to school, my kid focuses into the arts. She had to do color combinations from the basic poster colors that I bought for her. Aside from that, she loves the routine smartphone photography. I should have given her an SLR or perhaps a compact camera. However, smartphone is all what we have. Thanks to LG smartphone; we are maximizing its use. It is good for a start.

Clothesline 

Hammock

Silhouette

 Ginseng in 12 Noon

Spot the Moringa

Garden Fern

Upside Down

May Photography on Smartphone

Sunset in Red

Red Accent

I spent many days of May on vacation leave. When I am on leave, I am confined at home. Going out is seldom; we only make time to bond. At home, my smartphone catches the fast hands of my four-year old daughter. She does a lot of browsing on my saved photographs and does a lot of photography by herself. 

Not-So-Many-Rubles in Yellow

In this post, I am sharing some photos taken by my daughter. I keep a file of those photographs in all forms and angles so that when she has grown up, she will be able to trace them back. I am the one responsible for putting the titles to the photographs that I like from hundreds of them.

Missing Cup

Shades of Summer