One time, kasabay namin yung either landlord/dad/lover nung kapitbahay namin sa elevator pababa. He was wearing a tight polo tucked in his pants. He’s got a bit of a pot belly so my son poked his belly and said: “Badoo!!!” (that’s how he calls his dad na may big belly din) The guy just laughed and said in Mandarin, “Ay oo nga naman, medyo malaki na tiyan ko! Hahaha!”
Recently naman, during the second day na pumasok si yaya after restrictions were lifted and outsiders were allowed in our complex (we still had to register her as someone na laging papasok in our household just to be on the safe side), my son rubbed her belly naman. Na-conscious tuloy si yaya kasi she gained weight during the strict lockdown period.
Last year lang a day before the wedding celeb of @sk8rgirl -
Me: So tomorrow punta tayo sa wedding ni tita sk8rgirl so we can meet her husband. And then tito @titantantan will be there with his wife so you can meet tita too. Then tayong dalawa, ako lang may kasama na kid. Ikaw kasama ko.
Daughter: Kase mommy di kayo married ni daddy. (Nabali leeg ko paglingon kase we never talked about it, we kept the “daddy works far away” line for years)
Me: huh? What made you think that?
Daughter: Cos you don’t wear wedding ring and daddy doesn’t live here with us.
So bigla kameng nagusap ng masinsinan ng anak ko. Right after I called her dad, explained the situation and then they talked over the phone. smart kid.
Ginagawa ko rin ito sa anak ko, dahil may peanut allergy siya, I will just say may peanut yung food. He will blurt out, in dramatic fashion “it’s not fair!” Nakakatawang, nakakalungkot, lalo na kung kare-kare yung food.
Kanina naman, dahil bago pa lang siya na potty train, I usually accompany him inside the toilet. Aba bigla ba naman ako sabihan ng, “dad get out, I need some alone time!”
Naglilinis ako ng office kanina. My middle child was helping me out while their Dad’s working on the computer. May napulot akong mini-SD card sa carpet.
Me: “Trash na ba ito?” I asked my husband. @Whims: “Hindi, kelangan ko pa yan.” sabay lagay niya sa ibabaw ng printer
Me: “Well, if it’s important don’t just put it on there, you know the kids can just get to it and misplace it again.”
I turned to Arabella (age 5) and saw her beaming with smile, and commented, “Mommy, you’re smart… sometimes.”
I bought a ukulele a few weeks ago and Alek gets so fascinated when I play. Earlier today, he said, “Nanay, you’re so cool playing the guitar.” I was so proud.
Five minutes later, he then said, “Nanay, just play the guitar, don’t sing. Your voice is noisy.”
I remember a friend who just had a bikini wax, e nakita sya ng anak nya magbihis who was around 5yo that time. Sabay dumating sa house nila yung lola and amigas. The 5yo daughter happily announced to everyone na wala nang hair si mom sa pekpek. Hinala daw nya pabalik sa room anak nya
I told this story a lot. Nung teacher pa ako ng mga primary school kids, we were learning things from their textbook, describing people like their parents.
May isang part sa text na “My father is strong and handsome.”
Yung isang student sabi sa akin: “Teacher, my father is not strong and he is not handsome.”
After class, his father picked him up tapos he repeated the same thing he told me to his dad. Well his dad is ok-looking naman yet on the little chubby side. Natawa na lang yung tatay kasi his kid just likes to broadcast his thoughts, pero I think the kid was being honest naman eh.
Kiddo, (then) 9yo: ordering steak: “Pan seared, medium well pls.”
Waiter: “Medium well or well done?”
Kiddo: “Uhm, nobody likes to eat shoe leather po”
On our 8hr flight to Sydney, my lo was 6yo and every couple of minutes would ask me if we’re near already eg “Mommy, are we near?”
Eventually got tired so I asked her to “stop asking me cos it will take hours and hours to get there”.
After a few minutes she said out loud, “Mommy, I got a new question. How many minutes or hours left before we arrive?” The lady beside us laughed out loud.
Well, I did ask her to stop asking me if we’re near so iniba naman nya ang question nya
hindi. niloloko lang nya ang tatay nya kasi nakita nya one time na kumuha ng pera sa wallet ko to buy something. eh alam nya meaning ng gold digger kasi narinig nya one time sa pinapanood ko and she asked what it meant. ayun, ginamit sa ama
smart kid.
eto entry ng anak ko sa diary nya (school requirement). maiyak-iyak kami ng ama sa katatawa nung nabasa namin: 
